Tukituki candidates get tested on their general knowledge of the area:
Alastair Scott for National, Kieran McAnulty for Labour, Ron Mark for NZ First and John Hart for the Greens answer some tough local questions:
How many people died in the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake?
How strong was it?
Where does the word Wairarapa?
Which former NZ Prime Minister is from Pahiatua?
Who knows the answers?
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