Kia ora koutou,
my name is Urs Peter Signer. I have lived with my whānau in South Taranaki for close to 20 years and am currently a market gardener teaching horticulture at tertiary level. I seek your support to be elected to the Taranaki Regional Council as a strong advocate for the climate, our struggling provincial communities and to protect the ocean from seabed mining. I support the retention of the Māori wards as a step towards Te Tiriti justice and encourage you to vote in favour of the Māori wards. My top priorities are supporting farmers to shift to regenerative agricultural systems for local markets, expanding public transport and improving the health of our rivers, land and sea. Given the state of our planet, it is time for transformative change. We need grassroots and collective solutions for a just, fair and regenerative future.

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