18 Jun 2021

Breakfast with Chris Luxon & Paula Bennett

Sponsored by Bayleys

"When a child is fighting for their life, they need their family to fight with them."

Last year, Ronald McDonald House provided more than 250 nights' accommodation for 47 East Tamaki families with hospitalised children. Welcoming more than XX guests to this breakfast event, GETBA general manager Ruth White encouraged everyone to support Ronald McDonald House's Join the Fight to Fund a Night fundraising campaign.

Scott Campbell of Bayleys offered an insightful overview of the current residential and commercial property markets, highlighting how these have become more appealing to private investors, especially with term deposits paying "extraordinarily low returns".

Former deputy prime minister Paula Bennett is now Bayleys' director of strategic advisory. She led an energetic and refreshingly candid Q&A with Scott Campbell and Christopher Luxon, National's MP for Botany.

Chris spoke first of his "emotional connection" to Botany, describing this hugely diverse electorate as a "pretty special place" – "the new New Zealand is here".

It was an engrossing and thought-provoking 40 minutes, and the time passed swiftly. Guests clearly enjoyed the robust discussions and the opportunity to better get to know their local MP. Conversations between attendees continued from the conference room to the walk back to the car park!

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