The Southland electorate is an incredible place. I think it may well be the most incredible electorate in the world, but, of course, I'm biased. It has the snowy peaks and deep, glacial-carved lakes region of Glenorchy and Queenstown, and the historic old goldmining regions of Clyde, Alexandra, and Roxburgh that now produce fruit and wine and electricity. There's some of the Catlins, the southernmost part of the Mainland with some of the best big-wave surfing in the country at Papatowai, and a great community heart in Ōwaka. 