Brooke van Velden couldn’t be more different than the electorate’s former stalwart, Rob Muldoon, but the Act deputy leader aims to bring back the heft to east Auckland.
WATCH: New Tāmaki MP Brooke van Velden speaks with Maria Slade.
There are any number of explanations for Brooke van Velden’s surprise win in the traditional National Party bastion of Tāmaki, not least the amount of pavement pounding she did.
She proudly recites her 2023 election campaign statistics: 130 street corner meetings, come rain, hail (literally), or
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