Alan Gregory Sayers is an entrepreneur, author and a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.

Early life

The son of

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and

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Alan Sayers, Sayers attended

Auckland Grammar School Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

, where he was a

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and the winner of the Burroughs Trophy ( ''Dux Ludorum''). Sayers attended the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, where he studied Chemistry and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree. He holds a New Zealand Institute of Management diploma in Management. Before entering politics, Sayers was chairman of several companies, including Zorb Limited and Kiwa Digital Limited. He co-owned the financial software development firm Real Nz Software (Real Software Support Limited).

Political career

Sayers was elected to the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board in

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. At the 2013 Auckland elections, Sayers was elected to both the Rodney Local Board and the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board. At the 2016 Auckland elections, Sayers was elected to the

Auckland Council Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...

, defeating incumbent

Penny Webster Penny Webster is a former mayor of Rodney District and a councillor on the Auckland Council. As mayor of Rodney she headed one of the six main local government entities generally considered as making up the Auckland metropolitan area (Auckland C ...

in an "upset". In his maiden speech he "said Auckland Council had to restore trust with his ward" and the "Council must live within its financial means". In 2019 Sayers wrote a book titled “How to Fix Auckland’s Housing Crisis – 4 Bold Proven Solutions”. At the 2019 Auckland elections, Sayers was re-elected to the Auckland Council, becoming the first Rodney Ward councillor since Auckland Council's formation in 2010 to be elected unopposed. At the 2022 Auckland elections, in a “landslide victory” Sayers was re-elected to the

as the Rodney Ward councillor in 2022.

References

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