Wayne Morris - DEMOCRATS

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 10, 4 August 1987, Page 11

Wayne Morris - DEMOCRATS

Wayne Campbell Morris has lived in Taumarunui for 17 years. He ws born and educated in Wellington. 'Mr Morris has held office as King Country president and vice president, Tongariro vice president, Taumarunui president and Railway spokesperson for the Democratic Party. He was a scouting leader for 14 years, committee member of the Tarrangower Primary School P.T.A., member of local union committee (L.F.A.) and was chairman of the Tarangower Kindergarten Committee for two years. Mr Morris has worked for the New Zealand Railways for 20 years and is a train operator. Interests are transport, youth and industrial relations. Hobbies include railways, stamps and the 'outdoors'. He is married to Jacquelme and the couple have a son and a daughter. Wayne Morris: "As the Democratic Party is a party which believes in people first, then their needs must be cated for, so to this end the policies must be made to suit the people, not the people suit the policies.

"Policies must fit into the needs of tomorrow, today. "Education must be the most important of all the policies, for without education, there will be no tomorrow. Therefore, education must be a case of education with the basics, and modern technology. "The other main parties have, since 1975, led this country of ours down the same path of inflation, high interest rates, unemployment, cuts in health, education, police, public services and public transport. "Both parties have the same basic policy for taxation; Labour has G.S.T. and National has ExTax (funny that they do not talk very much about it). Both are

very expensive to administer and highly inflationary. "What this country needs is policies which bring inflation down, drop interest rates and bring in a taxation system which rewards people who work hard, not penalise them. Other parties like to make promises. Promises like you have had in the past; promises that do not work, or fail to materialise. "The Democrats will not make promises, but will give solutions to the problems and leadership. It will give help to those who want to help themselves. Most of all, all people need an opportunity, an opportunity to work, to own a house - but most of all they need opportunity with justice".