So when we launch our Buy Local campaign in places like Motueka, Nelson and Blenheim, or talk about revitalising communities by building local economies in Otago and Southland, we get a very positive reception. People want solutions and they want them now. And that's what we are here to deliver. I have focused on employment because I believe if everyone who wanted a job was earning a decent livelihood, other symptoms of our sick society would begin to heal. If I had more time I would traverse a number of other issues dear to my heart.
Overwork is one.
Housing also springs to mind. National, the party that used to promote the property owning democracy, is destroying the dream of the young, the working poor, and the unemployed of ever having the security of owning their own home. We intend to make a difference in the next government. We won't just be there to keep Labour honest. We will be there to ensure that the new government's policies look beyond tomorrow.