Paul Goldsmith

Goldsmith Update – ANZAC edition

As autumn settles in, we take time each year to commemorate those who paid the ultimate sacrifice by giving their life for their country. Lest we forget.

My family remembers Edgar Penman, my great grandmother’s brother, who lost his life at Gallipoli.

Goldsmith Update - Feb 2023

Paul Goldsmith February 08, 2023 Share

So much has happened already this year.

Remember Jacinda Ardern? She celebrated a record - breaking election victory two years ago but fled before the electorate could deliver its verdict later this year.

Goldsmith Update - Feb 2022

Paul Goldsmith February 25, 2022 Share

The Government’s Covid policy for the past two years of ‘buying time’, better to prepare for the inevitable arrival of Covid, is now reaching a natural end point.

With sky-rocketing daily cases, the cat is now out of the bag and with it the logic of continuing on with crushingly expensive controls, restrictions and subsidies to buy more time.

Goldsmith Update - February 2021

Paul Goldsmith February 11, 2021 Share

I began the Parliamentary year with a focus on getting kids back to school.

Goldsmith Update - Getting New Zealand back on track

Hon Paul Goldsmith October 15, 2020 Share

Earlier this week I went to a cottage meeting in Remuera – fifteen or so people. Before I poured my soul into a final pitch, I asked who had already voted. Everyone had; except two.

Who’s for the workers now?

Hon Paul Goldsmith October 01, 2020 Share

Someone asked me earlier in the campaign, where did you grow up and what influence has it had on your politics?

Goldsmith Update - Restoring New Zealand's Prosperity

Hon Paul Goldsmith September 19, 2020 Share

The lives and livelihoods of many New Zealanders have been upended by the pandemic and many businesses, large and small, have been pushed to the brink by events out of their control. Families are suffering as a result. Our economy has shrunk and our public debt has ballooned.

Strong team, More jobs, Better economy

Hon Paul Goldsmith September 01, 2020 Share

Election season brings the return of billboards, waving signs along Shore Road and other vantage points, cottage meetings, debates and plenty of media coverage.

The 30kph economy

Hon Paul Goldsmith August 01, 2020 Share

The Epsom News isn’t a publication to rival The Hobson. It’s just a pamphlet we deliver around the electorate twice a year, with a questionnaire attached. Since the latest edition was delayed by the lock down, I missed the pleasure of a few feijoas from my favourite trees on my route this time.