Annette Brosnan believes she could be the youngest person contesting Hawke's Bay's council elections this year - and she's wasted no time kick-starting her campaign by door-knocking 365 homes in just five days.
Mrs Brosnan, 25, hopes to be elected for the Onekawa/Tamatea ward for the Napier City Council when people cast their votes in October.
The young woman grew up in Tamatea and attended school in Napier. She graduated from EIT in 2008 with a Bachelor of Business Studies, double majoring in management and marketing and had worked at the Hawke's Bay Regional Council for the past five years.
Her research suggests she is the youngest candidate contesting the council elections, although the nomination deadline does not close until August 16.
Mrs Brosnan believed the best way to meet people was face to face and last week she began knocking on the doors of voters. She aimed to introduce herself to each of the 4400 households in the ward.