Watch the full Local Focus interview for Izard's views on the region's biggest issues, and our less important quickfire questions
Masterton's self-proclaimed wizard, William Izard, is running for mayor in the hopes of improving the culture between councillors, mayor and council staff.
His number one priority should he be elected will be to "identify where the costs are all going and try to curb the unrelenting expenditure that's going on in the community".
Izard says New Zealand is in the middle of a recession, so Masterton's civic centre wouldn't be his top priority and providing a "facelift" for the swimming pool and library should come first.
"We don't really need a $70 million civic centre," he said.
