13-09-2022, 03:37 PM
To say the least. These take place next month & among candidates are five people linked to the VFF lot. And the wizard.
Its very tempting to vote for one of the more colourful characters...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchur...VANCRQ3GE/
"A colourful cast of characters including a wizard, an anti-mandates pastor, a serving city councillor and businessman, an anti-stadium campaigner, a former health boss, and a champion of something called "economics euthenics" are all jostling to become the new Christchurch mayor.
Eleven candidates have been confirmed to contest the Garden City mayoralty race in this year's local body elections on October 8.
The winner will replace three-term Lianne Dalziel who has led the city since 2013.
Nominations closed on Friday and attracted several serial contenders including Tubby Hansen on the Economics Euthenics ticket, who has stood in every triennial election since 1971, and independent Peter Wakeman who has previously stood in 1998, 2007, 2010 and 2013, as well as controversial anti-mandates churchman Carl Bromley and 89-year-old Wizard of NZ, aka Ian Brackenbury Channell."
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/1...ristchurch
https://thespinoff.co.nz/local-elections...rks-of-art
Its very tempting to vote for one of the more colourful characters...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchur...VANCRQ3GE/
"A colourful cast of characters including a wizard, an anti-mandates pastor, a serving city councillor and businessman, an anti-stadium campaigner, a former health boss, and a champion of something called "economics euthenics" are all jostling to become the new Christchurch mayor.
Eleven candidates have been confirmed to contest the Garden City mayoralty race in this year's local body elections on October 8.
The winner will replace three-term Lianne Dalziel who has led the city since 2013.
Nominations closed on Friday and attracted several serial contenders including Tubby Hansen on the Economics Euthenics ticket, who has stood in every triennial election since 1971, and independent Peter Wakeman who has previously stood in 1998, 2007, 2010 and 2013, as well as controversial anti-mandates churchman Carl Bromley and 89-year-old Wizard of NZ, aka Ian Brackenbury Channell."
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/1...ristchurch
https://thespinoff.co.nz/local-elections...rks-of-art
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)