This media statement is to confirm that Dr. Eric Chuah former party strategist for United NZ Hon. Peter Dunne in the 1999 NZ Parliamentary elections where Hon. Peter Dunne won the seat of Ohariu-Belmont in Wellington, and also electorate candidate for centrist party Rock the Vote NZ for the Auckland seat of Maungakiekie in the 2023 parliamentary elections will be running for the Auckland Mayoralty for this upcoming October 2025 Auckland Council elections.

Dr. Eric Chuah joined the National Party in March 2024 after standing down from running for Tauranga Mayor so as not to take away votes for the centrist and right Tauranga Mayoral candidates. Dr. Eric Chuah will also be running for Northcote Local Board and North Shore Local Ward for Auckland Councilor Position.

Dr. Eric Chuah's academic teaching and policy making experience while working as lecturer in Monash University and later University New South Wales in Australia seconded to Australian Defense Intelligence combined with his business and investment consulting experience on the ground level in New Zealand as a cafe owner, property developer, insurance broker, assistant manager for telemarketing, Telstra Territorial Manager for Karori Wellington and Asia Pacific Manager for Fire Denyers International a NZ owned fire alarm system company that won the Housing NZ award will provide and enhance the necessary strategic vision and also capacity to create Action Plans to have better delivery of local council services, minimise increase in rates unnecessarily and ensure health safety for local residents and businesses liaising with NZ Police for better policing.

When you serve the local council and local government it is for all NZders, notwithstanding their political preferences be it left right or center. This is to ensure efficient facilitation and Action Plans to better public transport, better traffic flow, better waste water management services.

Yours sincerely

Dr. Eric Chuah

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