Kia ora koutou katoa
I am delighted to be writing to you all as the new Waikato District Council Mayor and would like to say a huge thank you to any of you who supported my campaign for election. For those who didn’t or who don’t know me yet, I look forward to earning your trust and confidence in my abilities and to leading my team of Councillors – nine of them newly elected – to deliver on our promise of Liveable, Thriving, and Connected communities across the Waikato district.
I am passionate about leading this Council and can promise you that I have the best interests of our entire district at heart albeit that I live in the far north of our district, on the awa at Port Waikato, and have served as Councillor for the Tuakau-Pokeno General Ward for the past nine years. I specifically stood to be a representative out of my own ward so that I could push myself to learn more about the diversity and growth challenges within some of our most complex communities. It has been quite the apprenticeship, and over this time I have seen and experienced a huge amount of activity that will serve as a solid foundation for my mayoralty over this next triennium.
Ngaa mihi
Mayor Jacqui