Hello I am John Hayes. I have enjoyed the privilege of representing constituents since I was elected as the Member for the Wairarapa Electorate in the 2005 General Election.
So welcome to my website. I hope you find it interesting and informative about me and what I can offer as your local MP.
I have come to know many of you during my travels across the electorate or in my offices in Masterton or Dannevirke. A part of my work that I enjoy is meeting you in my constituent clinics – an opportunity for me to assist you with difficulties or problems.
Feel free to comment on my articles and news items as your feedback is important because it is essential that I know what the electorate's views are. Knowing your collective view enables me to better represent the electorate in Parliament.
Please come up and introduce yourself at any time when you see me out and about or drop by my offices for a chat.
Kind regards
John Hayes
Latest News:
An Open Letter to Constituents in the Wairarapa Electorate
Speech to the NZ-Fiji Business Council - 10 November 2011
From the House: 9 November 2011
I feel really invigorated having just returning from Wairarapa College’s Senior Prizegiving. What outstanding talent we have in our young people . . . [Read More]
From the House: 26 October 2011
The last 45 days has set a new bar for the Rugby World Cup tournament. It has been a great tonic for our country and especially provincial New Zealand . . . [Read More]
From the House: 12 October 2011
Politics is about people. Every interaction is different; the variation and variety of people and their issues encountered every day is why the job is so interesting and such a lot of fun. As I write this column it’s interesting to reflect on the 100 plus constituents I’ve met today. The age range runs from about 5 years through to the mid 80’s. Their occupations range from mayors and councillors through to beneficiaries, shop keepers and accountants . . . [Read More]
From the House: 28 September 2011
The Prime Minister John Key will be travelling with me in the southern part of the Electorate tomorrow Thursday 29 September. He will be at The Village Café in Martinborough from 8.30 – 9.30am. At midday he will be at the Masterton Town Hall to address a public meeting and at 3.45pm at the Featherston Community Centre. In between he will visit a play centre, primary school and meet with the Wairarapa District Health Board to discuss issues around suicide. It will be an advantage to us for him to be familiar with and understand Wairarapa issues . . . [Read More]
From the House: 14 September 2011
What a fantastic week for New Zealand. It started with the arrival of prime ministers and heads of state from across the Pacific, and senior leaders including a US deputy secretary of state, Jose Barosso president of the 27 countries which form the European Union, United Nations boss Ban Ki-Moon, Commonwealth secretary-general Kamalesh Sharma, and secretary general of the ACP Group of States Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas . . . [Read More]
From the House: 31 August 2011
FANTASTIC PHIL!
What a great outcome at Palmerston’s Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon when Wairarapa United beat Napier City Rovers to lift the Chatham Cup for the first time in the eighty nine year cup history. Coach Phil Keinzley was ecstatic and his joy was echoed by about a thousand Wairarapa supporters. The Napier team travelled with a vocal bunch clad in blue who created a certain intimidation with their deafening noise. It did not take long however before the superior ball handling skills of the Wairarapa team began to create respect amongst Napier supporters in the crowd . . . [Read More]
From the House: 17 August 2011
It is strange writing this column during snow showers in central Wellington. Lots of roads are closed and we are seeing snow in unusual places like Greytown. Poor lambs …it must be something to do with global warming! But there was nothing strange about Wairarapa United’s win on Sunday at Blockhouse Bay. History is being made as our team takes another step towards the Chatham Cup final . . . [Read More]
Lambs and calves have begun to appear across the electorate so warmer weather and longer days are rapidly approaching. Parliament has been in recess for the school holidays so I have travelled throughout the electorate meeting with and listening to the views of many constituents. I’ve also enjoyed attending a broad range of meetings from Supergrans to Early Childhood educators, and citizens concerned about road and rail transport, to others interested in the care of our elderly. Being your Member of Parliament carries with it huge variety, a bit like our weather which dumped snow and closed the Rimutaka Hill road, but at other times has been fine and warm, more like summer than winter . . . [Read More]
One of the privileges of being a Member of Parliament is being able to meet so many really good people who contribute so strongly to our community. A couple of Saturdays ago I drove through an atrocious storm to Pahiatua for the presentation of a Gold Star to Peter Daymond, Chief Fire Officer of the Pahiatua Volunteer Fire Brigade. Peter is an impressive leader who with the support of his wife, children and employer has given 25 years’ service to the communities of Woodville then Pahiatua. I especially enjoyed chatting to many of the firemen’s partners; all of them strong capable pillars of the community. Our communities are safer, stronger, and resilient because of these family partnerships and the contribution they make. It’s the partners who hold families together while Dad is at a fire or who helps Dad after he has attended a serious accident . . . [Read More]
It’s interesting how the worm turns. In 1982 I was posted to the New Zealand High Commission as Deputy High Commissioner. The person I replaced had only arrived in India a few months earlier and had to depart having been afflicted with a brain tumour. In all, three predecessors in this position had suffered the same disease. So arriving on our National Day I explained to the staff that bad luck happened in threes. Now this bad luck was behind us the office could move forward with confidence . . . [Read More]
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