The Invercargill electorate has been and will always be best placed to understand our needs and the best way to deliver for them. Too many decisions are made in Wellington without understanding the uniqueness of our community.
Not only has education been a core focus of mine, I have also been heavily involved in sport within the community, as Chairperson of Hockey Southland, and the President of NZ Hockey. Having been involved with farming all my life, the value of our Agriculture and Horticulture industries are also top of mind for me.
August 15, 2022
The Government’s $20 measles vaccination catch-up programme has been a big disappointment in the South, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “Completed last month, just 1292 people in the Southern...
READ MOREAugust 05, 2022
Polytechnics in the South are being forced to cut millions from their budgets because the Government’s mega-merger polytechnic entity Te Pūkenga is in such a mess, National’s Tertiary Education spo...
READ MOREJuly 25, 2022
Originally published as a column in the Western Star The force with which the Government is pushing through its Three Waters reforms is alarming and its communities like those in Western Southland ...
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