Hi, I'm Trevor Mallard, MP for Hutt South.
I’m a Wainuiomata local. I'm passionate about the Hutt, and optimistic about our region’s opportunities. I love our bush, our beaches and the friendly people who make up this electorate.
As your local representative, I generally spend 3 days a week in Parliament and the rest of my time out and about in the Hutt Valley. If you would like to meet with me, simply contact my offices to make an appointment or you can contact me directly via Facebook or Twitter.
What’s going on in Hutt South?
Every day, a number of our Hutt South residents are achieving wonderful things. Whether it’s sporting or academic, professional or community based, we live in an area which punches well above its weight and continually puts Hutt Valley and New Zealand on the map.
However, there are also a number in our community that are struggling. These people are champions of their cause but also victims of their circumstance. All too often, I have interactions with people who approach me as a last resort when their first action should have been enough.
We are also seeing the impact of national politics as we are being hit hard in our own backyard. A number of state housing lots stand empty with question marks over their future. People continue to struggle to simply book an appointment with specialists, let alone surgery, despite having repeat referrals from their doctors. Police accessibility continues to be a problem with decreasing hours or closure of our community stations.
I am committed to working hard as your local MP to not just celebrate the success but also to fight for our people when necessary.
Get Involved
New Zealand should be the fairest, most decent society in the world. We’re a small nation with a lot of resources. We have a culture of working hard and looking after each other. A fair go for everyone, and putting people first.
Labour has a positive vision for New Zealand — a New Zealand where there are enough secure, well-paid jobs, where every family can afford a warm, dry home, and where every Kiwi kid gets the best start in life.
Positive Labour Stories
Minimum Wage
Debbie is a care-giver. She gets paid $14.81 an hour to look after the residents of the care home where she works.
Under Labour the minimum wage will go up to $16.25 an hour giving Debbie an extra $50 a week.
Living Wage
Mele, Mose, Millie, and Marko are cleaners. They work day and night to earn enough money to live. It's not fair.
The first thing a Labour government will do is increase the minimum wage to $16.25 an hour. After that, Labour will bring in the living wage.
Housing
Durham Crescent in Epuni is like a ghetto. Many Housing New Zealand properties are empty and boarded up. Property values have slumped.
Labour will revitalise local communities by investing in housing.
Transport
A road between Petone and Grenada would increase the traffic on the Petone Esplanade and destroy the beauty of the Korokoro valley.
Instead Trevor wants priority given to the cross-valley link, connecting the Dowse interchange with Eastbourne, Wainuiomata and Seaview.
Healthy Communities
Housing New Zealand is demolishing 90 apartments in eastern Petone. The community is desperate for affordable, quality housing. Health professionals are seeing the effects of overcrowding.
Trevor talks to Sally Nicholl of the Hutt Union Health Centre, Petone.
Education
Children are going to school hungry. Parents cannot afford the school donation. Large class sizes make it hard for teachers to give each child enough attention.
Labour will hire 2,000 more teachers and pay $100 per student to schools that stop asking for donations.
Seatoun to Pencarrow Cycleway
The Eastbourne walkway/cycleway could be a great resource for the whole region but we need to make it safe for all users.
Trevor talks to Ginny, Terry and Neil about the vision for a cycleway to link Seatoun to Pencarrow.
A Market for Naenae
The earthquake-prone New World supermarket in Naenae has been closed down. Locals need a place to buy cheap fresh fruit and vegetables.
Trevor calls on Foodstuffs to let the locals set up a market in the abandoned car park.
Banning Legal Highs
Trevor was instrumental in a successful community campaign to ban the sale of 'legal highs' in Naenae.
Small Business
Times-7 is a great example of a small business that benefits from being based in Hutt South. However, there are many empty shops and offices in the Hutt City CBD.
Let's get people and more small businesses back into the CBD and make Hutt City a great place to live.
Jenny's GISHWHES challenge
Jenny is competing in GISHWHES: the "Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World has Ever Seen". Jenny's team needed an elected official willing to do an hour's work on minimum wage.
Trevor answered the call. On a rainy August afternoon in the Western Hills Trevor got to work on Jenny's garden.
Pankaj
Pankaj is in a wheelchair. He catches the train to work. He lives 2.2km from the railway station. He relies on taxi funding to get him safely to and from the station.
When his funding was cut Pankaj turned to his local MP. Trevor helped get Pankaj's funding restored.
Steven
Steven went into hospital for an operation on an ulcer. There were complications. He developed a hernia the size of a basketball. He was put on the waiting list for surgery.
After waiting for six months Steven's surgery was bumped. He went to Trevor for help.
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