Act Party Tauranga candidate Cameron Luxton is visiting Mount Maunganui on Sunday morning, as part of his campaign to meet Tauranga residents.

'MP James McDowell and I will be at the base of the Mount to meet people,” says Cameron.

On Saturday, party leader David Seymour joined Cameron on the campaign trail in Pyes Pa as the pair spoke with locals on street corners.

'We've been out meeting people at nine stops on Saturday. We have 50 street corner meetings happening in Tauranga during May and a few in June leading up to the election date.”

Act's Tauranga candidate Cameron Luxton with party leader David Seymour on the corner of Annandale Drive and Fairfax Crescent in Pyes Pa on Saturday. Photo: Supplied.

'We're talking with people and hearing the issues that are affecting the people of Tauranga,' says Cameron.

'There is the issue of crime, and how people are beginning to feel unsafe in their communities.

'And that their voices are not being heard on a range of issues. Local council and the main parties are ignoring us as the people of Tauranga. They are not providing the representation we deserve as the fifth largest city of New Zealand.”

Cameron says he's also hearing concerns from people around what's happening with the NZ economy.

'Young people are unable to build a life here and businesses are unable to find enough staff,” says Cameron.

'Congestion and roads and lack of infrastructure is stifling our economic potential.”

Cameron and party leader David Seymour launched Act's Tauranga campaign this week with an event at Blokart followed by an evening function at Classic Flyers. The campaign includes a bus branded with Act party logo and colours that will be at each of the corner meetings.

Act's Tauranga candidate Cameron Luxton with party leader David Seymour on the corner of Annandale Drive and Fairfax Crescent in Pyes Pa on Saturday. Photo: Supplied.

'The bus is a big billboard showing where I can be found,' says Cameron.

'We've also been doing mail drops and have a huge increase in volunteers for the Act Party. People have got involved as they can see real change needs to be made.

‘We're sending a message to Wellington that we can keep electing the same vanilla candidates and keep sending the same message to central govt. Or we can elect someone like myself who is a father, husband, business owner and a builder, who grew up in this community and cares about it deeply,” says Cameron.

'I want to send a message that Tauranga will not be ignored anymore. We have a chance in Tauranga which the rest of the country wishes it had that we have an opportunity to vote this year, and we have a chance to send a message to the Government that we are not happy with the direction they are taking us.”