The Opportunities Party Coromandel candidate
Thank you for this opportunity to introduce myself as The Opportunities Party (TOP) candidate in the Coromandel electorate, in this year’s General Election. This is my first experience in the political arena, and I have become involved with TOP because of the way their policy suite aims to balance economic, social, and environmental drivers for New Zealand. The way in which TOP develop policy is based on a rational, evidence-based and transparent assessment of the issues and problems as well as potential solutions. This was a strong driver for me to become involved in the changes that New Zealand needs to go through to put itself in a position to succeed in the future.
That balance that TOP achieves involves putting the environment up front but at the same time providing for the economy to grow and be successful. No nation can make any significant positive change without first having a strong economy upon which to enable the change.
My initial training was as a Civil Engineer and I have held roles in engineering and environmental management in the pulp and paper, forestry, meat processing and electricity generation sectors. I have experience in consulting, central and local government and now I run my own small business, Hire A Hubby, largely within the electorate. My wife and I are active volunteers with Mercy Ships in Africa, and supporters of the work that Childfund NZ carries out in developing countries.
I was born in the King Country and brought up in small town NZ before ending up in Auckland for secondary school and university, and since then have worked in various places around the North Island.
I am particularly passionate about the need to protect and enhance our environment and this includes climate change. Without making significant change in the way we treat the biosphere in which we live we are going to see further uncontrolled events, such as Covid-19, and severe and costly climate change impacts. The changes that we need to make include adaptation to climate change as well as mitigation.
My team and I are keen to meet you and more fully introduce ourselves and TOP to you. This will help you in understanding what we can do for Coromandel and New Zealand.
Contact me on top.rob.hunter@gmail.com or through ‘Rob Hunter – TOP Candidate for Coromandel’ on Facebook.