Auckland City Council Mayor Profile (Candidacy Confirmed 2/8/07)

Personal details: Steve is married and lives in Mt Roskill, Auckland. He is a Counsellor, Supervisor, and Mediator in Private Practice. Following a successful career as a multi-award winning Management & Marketing Consultant in the Health & Recreation industry, Steve has worked in the Social Services field cross-culturally for 11 years with clientele from at-risk youth, Domestic violence, Accident Compensation, Migrant, School, Careers, Alcohol and other Drug Abuse and private practice populations. Steve is a member of the New Zealand Christian Counsellors Association (MNZCCA) and the Drug & Alcohol Practitioners Association Aotearoa New Zealand (DAPAANZ). Steve is a published writer, a competitive inter-club squash player, and a voracious reader, and is working to complete his third degree (Bachelor of Laws) part-time at the University of Auckland. Steve is a Christian, and fellowships at Calvary Chapel.

Steve Taylor, Auckland City Mayor Candidate
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Policy Platform:

Binding Citizens Initiated Referendum (BCIR) - "the opportunity for the citizen to enforce a compulsory directive mandate on Local and Central Government". Steve Taylor is the Deputy Leader of the Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand www.ddp.co.nz for which the opportunity to implement BCIR within Local and Central Government is a core policy platform.

"Representative Recall" - whereby voters can remove an incumbent representative from office at any time (if the representative is voting against the wishes of the people they are deemed to be serving), is also a core principle of Direct Democracy. Steve believes that "Direct Democracy" is a long overdue antidote to the ongoing "silencing of the majority" of Representative Democracy in both Local and Central Government. Steve is a double-degree qualified Counsellor, Supervisor, and Mediator in Private Practice www.24-7.org.nz, is married, and lives in Mt Roskill, Auckland. Please go to www.ddp.co.nz for more information.

Steve Taylor, Deputy Leader,
Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand
www.ddp.co.nz

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