Introducing Nat Blomfield
Kia ora koutou katoa. Ko Nathaniel Blomfield toko ingoa . I am glad to have this opportunity to introduce myself as your Labour candidate in the 2020 General Election.
My views and life values are influenced by a lifetime living and working in rural New Zealand – growing up in Te Puru on the Thames coast; my first job as a Thames Hospital orderly; twenty-plus years as a chef around New Zealand; running my own restaurant in Tairua, with anything from five employees in the winter to 30 in the height of summer; all the while raising a young family with my wife Mel in Tairua.
More recently I have worked as a construction worker for a property development company, leading a landscape team while continuing part-time for a charter fishing company.
I believe that New Zealand’s House of Representatives should be just that – a place that represents New Zealand’s diverse cultures, communities, regions and social demographics. With my work-life experience, I feel I can represent the varied communities of the Coromandel and its working people, small business owners, people involved in fishing and the primary sector, and those without secure jobs.
For me one of the core Labour values is Kaitiakitanga. We are just the guardians of this whenua, and we do our children a disservice if we don’t do everything in our power to protect it.
In that vein, I’ve been investigating the value of regenerative farming techniques, including positive examples of this type of farming practice right here in our electorate.
I do want to see enduring heart and kindness with another Labour-led government as we get our economy moving again, and while we keep up protections against the Covid-19 pandemic.
My team and I are keen to meet you. Please invite us to your group to hear more about Labour and why I am standing for Parliament by contacting: labourincoromandel@gmail.com