Local Focus: Ani Pahuru-Huriwai on Candidate Camera
Meet Ani Pahuru Huriwai, candidate for Tairāwhiti Māori Ward, GDC.
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Mercia-Dawn Yates discusses why she decided to run for a second term on council.
Viv Beck, the candidate desperate for issues to overtake ego on the campaign trail
Viv Beck is not interested in turning her Mayoral race into a cheap personality contest.
Local Focus: Mike Clement on Candidate Camera
Meet Mike Clement, candidate for Palmerston North City Council.
Local Focus: Kiri Goodspeed on Candidate Camera
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High school students reveal what they want from mayoral candidates
Youth voter turnout has historically been low.
Local Focus: John Roil on Candidate Camera
John Roil would set up an independent review of council work if he is elected.
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One Party co-founder and Voices for Freedom member runs for Rotorua's general ward
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Local Focus: Ross Barber on Candidate Camera
Meet Ross Barber, running for Mayor of Palmerston North.
Christchurch Mayoralty race: Lunch with the top two candidates
What do Phil Mauger and David Meates stand for?
John Roughan: Why Wayne Brown will be getting my vote for mayor
OPINION: To believe in a car-less vision of the future you have to want to believe it.
Wellington Mayoral Debate: Candidate's $40,000 personal investment
Wellington Mayoral candidate tells debate she's put $40000 of own money into campaign.
Wellington mayoral candidates face-off
Tory Whanau, Andy Foster, and Paul Eagle set to be grilled at business debate tonight.
Send your questions to the Wellington mayoral hopefuls
The debate will be livestreamed on the NZ Herald website, from 5.30pm.
Local Focus: Fletcher Tabuteau on Candidate Camera
Former NZ First MP turns his attention to local body politics and the race for mayoralty
Local Focus: Kaya Sparke on Candidate Camera
Community and climate top council candidate Kaya Sparke's list of priorities.
Local Focus: Conan O'Brien on Candidate Camera
Community safety tops list of local issues for general ward candidate Conan O'Brien
Local Focus: Hussein Pierre Kikhounga-Ngot on Candidate Camera
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Local Focus: Dan Jackson on Candidate Camera
Meet Dan Jackson, running for Whanganui District Council.
On the campaign trail with Efeso Collins - the nice guy who wants to be Auckland's mayor
Efeso Collins wants to become first non-Pākehā mayor of Auckland.
What Rotorua's mayoral candidates would do about emergency housing in motels
One candidate says the city is being 'ripped apart' by emergency housing in motels.
Local Focus: Ryan Gray on Candidate Camera
Rotorua's lack of affordable housing needs addressing says council candidate Ryan Gray.
Local Focus: John Chetty on Candidate Camera
Restore Rotorua as a tourist destination, says first time RDRR candidate John Chetty
Local Focus: Aubrey Ria on Candidate Camera
Tairāwhiti Māori Ward candidate Aubrey Ria on why she is running for council.
Local Focus: Rion Roben on Candidate Camera
Rion has been interested in politics for a long time and encourages everyone to vote.
How Rotorua's 'shocking' motel mile is shaping the city's mayoral race
The community feel like the situation is out of control.
David Shand: Questions Auckland voters should be asking
OPINION: A member of the commission that set up Auckland's Supercity pens some advice.
Simon Wilson: Co-governance, climate change and the big fix this city needs
Auckland needs fixing, but not so much in the ways some mayoral hopefuls think.
The Auckland political group caught up in Viv Beck's messy mayoral bid
C&R bosses are distancing themselves from Beck's financial issues.
Local body elections: Boosting the youth vote and a councillor's baptism of fire
Could giving 16-year-olds the vote create more interest in local body politics?