East Coast electorate-winning National candidate and now MP Dana Kirkpatrick with her children Anna and Sam Rasmussen and mother Heather at what became a celebratory event at the RSA on Saturday night. Ms Kirkpatrick is Gisborne born and bred with a background in journalism (including The Gisborne Herald), communications and marketing and business development, and was Equestrian Sport NZ chief executive for over five years. She has worked in various towns and cities of the North Island, returning to live in Gisborne after a stint in Hawke’s Bay. Picture by Paul Rickard
East Coast MP-elect Dana Kirkpatrick was in Wellington yesterday with a new-look National caucus on the back of a general election preliminary winning majority of 3138.
She replaces Labour’s Kiri Allan, who resigned her ministerial portfolios in July and announced she would not be standing for
re-election after being involved in a car crash and facing charges resulting from that.
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She is truly one of us and I have no doubt that she will do what she can within the bounds of the party she represents, to look after her constituents.
I heard her speak at the Lawson Field Theatre and thought she was a breath of fresh air compared to Anne Tolley.
Her own personal views are far to the right of her new boss Christopher Luxon who was working with Jacinda Ardern himself just four years ago.
Farmers and small business owners must be cheering and it seems obvious that even a large number of former Labour supporters have had enough.
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