Election Candidate Profile: Allister Tosh (Future Youth Party)
Tukituki Electorate
It was a hard slog for Allister Tosh to gather the 500 signatures to establish his one-man Future Youth Party, driven by his desire to help the under-privileged.
Born in one of the Tomoana Cottages, which his family lived in after his father moved from Scotland and got a job at the Tomoana Freezing Works, the 47-year-old set the party up about two and a half years ago following a dream he had since he was very young, he said.
He was driven by a desire to create a more just and equal world for children to grow up in, he said.
"The world is in a volatile state and we need to get things sorted - if we don't we will be in a world of pain.