The 2028 local body elections could be run by the Electoral Commission if wide-sweeping changes recommended by a Local Government NZ electoral reform working group are adopted. But for this year’s election, two private companies…
The 2028 local body elections could be run by the Electoral Commission if wide-sweeping changes recommended by a Local Government NZ electoral reform working group are adopted. But for this year’s election, two private companies…
* Clarifying – Waikato Regional Council was a member of LGNZ at the time of the conference and to the end of July, as the council had a notice of motion signed by a majority…
*correcting William Tregloan Thomas, who was mayor of Woolston, not the famous sculptor William Thomas Trethewey. The upcoming local body elections will feature another family rivalry – Waipā councillor Dale-Maree Morgan and her husband Steve…
Josh Moore, who runs digital marketing agency Duoplus, discusses the importance of good photos for an election – and selects what he considers the best among mayoral and Cambridge councillor and community board candidates. Marketing…
Continuing our local body election coverage, Christine Cornege, an award winning Cambridge photographer who takes equestrian, portrait, family and business photos selects her “best of page” photos from last week’s Cambridge News. We’re often told…
The end is nigh. The future of Māori wards around the country goes to the vote in October, and I’ll be shocked if they do not get the thumbs down. A decade ago New Plymouth…
When we spied Roger Gordon putting up his election signs last week, the first thing we asked him was when the photo was taken. Last election he used a three year old photo when election…
Betsy Reymer will be in two minds when she casts her vote in the upcoming Waikato Regional Council elections. On one side is her son Garry Reymer; on the other her daughter-in-law Liz Stolwyk who…
Dale-Maree Morgan and Yvonne Waho are the two nominees in what could be the final election for the Waipā Māori ward. Neither wants to see Māori wards go. A referendum alongside the local body elections…
In this initial foray into local election matters it is important that I sort the wheat from the chaff. Or rather the mayoral candidates from those seeking council or ward chairs. So, we have three…
