Waitai brought common sense approach to policing and parliament 12 May 2021 08:39 AM Photo: Whanganui Online Facebook.
A former parliamentary colleague say the late Rana Waitai set a great example for others to follow.
Mr Waitai died on Saturday in Whanganui aged 79.
He was one of the so-called tight five, the five New Zealand First MPs who swept the Māori seats in the first MMP election in 1996.
Fellow tight five-member Tuariki Delamere says before winning Te Puku o Te Whenua Mr Waitai was a police officer for 31 years, ending his career heading the Gisborne district in a way that set the standard for common sense policing and showed he had not forgotten his roots.
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Hi Pat. I think that ChCh is a bad example. Since the earthquake the city has spread out hugely to the west, north west and south west. In the east of course, which has historically been lower cost housing, its just one huge barren landscape in many areas. The whole market is totally distorted.
The new dwellings are all of a certain type. Flashy, expensive and not really good rental material. So, I would strongly disagree that supply has increased
in the rental market.
Agree with you re excess liquidity, along with interest rates sub 3% and the wrong incentives (lack of Capital Gains Tax).