previous "cost blowouts", also drawing attention to what he described as "some political parties...pushing for central control over everything, whether by asset stripping first or imposing more and more legislative requirements". He later clarified his concerns that this was [an]..."ideological drive to centralise and put everything under the control of the government", citing the Three Waters reform programme as an example of this "collectivism". Mark also expressed some concerns about the voting process due to high numbers of people not receiving their voting papers, or votes going missing in the mail, stating that "constitutionally...[this]...is open to questioning by every court of law." References |- 1954 births Living people New Zealand First MPs New Zealand Army personnel Māori MPs Māori mayors Ngāti Kahungunu people Military of Oman Mayors of Carterton, New Zealand New Zealand Labour Party politicians New Zealand list MPs New Zealand Māori soldiers People educated at Tararua College Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Unsuccessful candidates in the 1993 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 2008 New Zealand general election People from Masterton 21st-century New Zealand politicians Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election New Zealand defence ministers Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Unsuccessful candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election