Thames-Coromandel District rents up $100 per week under Labour

Scott Simpson February 16, 2022 Share

The Coromandel is good for your soul, but people living here are under increasing pressure to afford rent, says Coromandel MP Scott Simpson.

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Government must avert KiwiRail Christmas strike

Scott Simpson October 21, 2021 Share

The Government must intervene to avert proposed strike action by KiwiRail workers that threatens to significantly disrupt freight and passenger transport in the lead-up to Christmas, says National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson.

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Urgent Intervention Needed to Protect Pink Maomao

Scott Simpson June 28, 2021 Share

Reports about abuse of the pink maomao fishery is highly concerning, says Coromandel Member of Parliament Scott Simpson.

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Transition from plastics requires Kiwi ingenuity

Scott Simpson June 28, 2021 Share

National are broadly in agreement with the Government’s decision to phase out a range of particularly problematic plastics, National’s Environment spokesperson Scott Simpson says.

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Labour stuck in 1970s with National Awards 2.0

Scott Simpson May 07, 2021 Share

Labour’s so-called Fair Pay Agreements are an ideologically-driven project without any sound analytical basis, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says.

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Waihi Kiwibank to Close

Scott Simpson March 25, 2021 Share

Coromandel Member of Parliament, Scott Simpson, says that Kiwibank’s decision to close its branch in Waihi confirms that the “people’s bank” is no more.

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Kiwibank to Close in Waihi

Scott Simpson February 25, 2021 Share

Coromandel Member of Parliament, Scott Simpson, says that Kiwibank’s proposal to close its branch in Waihi is just another nail in the coffin for retail banking in the Coromandel.

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Limited Return of Coromandel Rescue Helicopter Welcomed

Scott Simpson November 16, 2020 Share

Coromandel MP Scott Simpson is welcoming news that the Coromandel Rescue Helicopter will return to Whitianga during January 2021.

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Petition Accepted to bring back Coromandel’s Rescue Helicopter

Scott Simpson June 19, 2020 Share

MP for Coromandel Scott Simpson has accepted a petition from Stephan Bosman on behalf of the entire Coromandel community calling on the current Government to reverse its decision that saw the local Coromandel Rescue Helicopter service taken away last summer.

It was an honour to be the first person to sign Stephan’s petition when it was launched in January, Mr Simpson says.

“It’s an even greater honour to have now formally received it from him along with more than 46,000 other signatures. That’s almost the population of Invercargill.

“The 46,439 signatures on this petition represent the anger, the frustration and the sense of betrayal of local Coromandel people and visitors alike.

“The petition is a clear message to the Government that speaks to the passion, energy and hard work of the volunteers who organised and helped collect signatures from all around the Coromandel region.

“Almost 4 years ago, over a million dollars was raised by the community to build a purpose designed hangar and accommodation facility in Whitianga. Last summer for the first time in 12 years no rescue helicopter was based on the Coromandel Penninsula over the summer holiday period. 

“The people of the Coromandel need a chopper based in Mercury Bay at the Coromandel Rescue Helicopter Trust’s hangar over the summer months and at long weekends. The Government need to bring it back.”