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Candidates cross swords at Mt Victoria’s New Crossways
SEE video story at bottom of page: Mt VICTORIA’S Meet the Candidates meeting got off to a smoking start with Aotearoa Legalize Cannabis Party candidate Michael Appleby pontificating on the benefits of...
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Our ‘virgin’ voter: this ain’t no ordinary election coverage
NewsWire reporter MIYUKI McGUFFIE is about to have her first vote. In this, the first in a series, she’ll write about what it all means (so far as she can tell): I DON’T care much for the election,...
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Rongotai meeting was new voter’s first election experience – yawn!
First-time voter KRISTINA KEOGH has just been to her first-ever candidates meeting. It was a bore, she writes, but it did confirm who she’ll vote for: Rongotai electors looking for a cure for insomnia...
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Saved by the bell? Not likely, as candidates go on and on
ORGANISERS of a meeting of Mana election candidates should have taken a leaf out of the Aro Valley candidates meeting – and armed themselves with water pistols. Over-zealous speakers ignored (or didn’t...
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Candidates will look at religion in schools
IT’S NOT AN ISSUE: Kiwi Party candidate Gordon Copeland, a former Hataitai resident, responds to Anne Hare (right), on religion in state schools. A Hataitai parent’s concerns about religious groups in...
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Religion and politics lead separate lives in NZ
Photo: Victoria.ac.nz A RELIGIOUS studies professor of Victoria University says while religion is a significant aspect of life in New Zealand, it rarely features in our political lives. Professor Paul...
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