Category: Election

This questionaire was the most polarising questionaire of any focus/advocacy group. Where it was possible, I have attempted to answer questions in a reasonable and considered way. However, many of the questions were either a simple yes/no or had pre determined answers to select from and except for the last 4 questions there was no…

The second organisation to send out its candidate questions out is Policy NZ. Policy NZ gathers information about the policies and ideas of candidates running for election and puts it all into one place so people have a better idea of who they are voting for. Like The Press, answers were very limited in the…

As part of the local election ramp up many organisations send questionnaires out so that they can gather a bit of information about candidates to share through their networks, databases and social channels. Some publish the information as written by the candidate and others chose a bit more of a poetic license depending on their…

I am seeking election to ECan in the Christchurch West Ward. There has never been a more important time to be in local government. The large number of top down reforms, such as three waters, Resource Management Act changes and the looming future of local government reforms are going to change the way local democracy…