Our Meet the Candidates event is tomorrow night. With script input from an anonymous satirist, there’ll be great entertainment to soften the hard questions!
Auckland Council (AC) and Waitemata Local Board (WLB) candidates will answer your questions, explain what they stand for and why you should vote for them in Auckland’s local elections.
Come along to listen and come with your questions.
Cash bar downstairs.
All welcome.
Where: Upstairs, Grey Lynn RSC, 1 Francis Street, Grey Lynn
When: 7:00-9:00 pm, Wednesday 21 September 2016
Price: Free (but gold coin donations are gratefully accepted)
Organised by: Grey Lynn Residents Association Inc.
AGENDA
6:45 PM
Meet & greet, grab drinks, write down your questions and throw them into the question bucket.
7:00 PM
Welcome – Nicola Legat, GLRA chair
7:02 PM
Introduction and explain procedures for the evening – David Batten and Brandon Wilcox, GLRA committee members and your MCs for the evening.
David and Brandon introduce the candidates one at a time (with script input from an anonymous local satirist).
– 20 seconds per candidate
Each candidate responds with a self-introduction and outlines what they stand for and why you should vote for them.
– 60 seconds per candidate
7:35 PM
WLB Question Time: A question is drawn from the ‘question bucket’ and a candidate is drawn from the ‘candidate bucket’ to answer that question. Each candidate should get 2 questions in total.
– 90 seconds per question
8:35 PM
AC Question Time: Four questions are drawn from the ‘question bucket’ for Mike Lee and Bill Ralston to answer.
– 2 minutes per question per candidate
8:50 PM
WLB Summation: Each candidate will sum up their position and do their best to convince you that you should vote for them.
– 30 seconds each
AC Summing Up: Mike Lee and Bill Ralston will each sum up their position and do their best to convince you that you should vote for them.
– 30 seconds each
9:00 PM
Close meeting – David Batten & Brandon Wilcox
The attendees are…
Waitemata and Gulf Ward candidates
- Mike Lee – confirmed
- Bill Ralston – confirmed
- Rob Thomas – is in China and sends his apologies 🙁
Waitemata Local Board candidates
- City Vision:
- Shale Chambers – confirmed
- Adriana Christie – confirmed
- Pippa Coom – confirmed
- Chang Hung – confirmed
- Richard Northey – confirmed
- Kurt Taogaga – confirmed
- Vernon Tava – confirmed
- Auckland Future:
- Judith Bassett – confirmed
- Stella Chan – confirmed
- Mark Davey – confirmed
- Jonathan Good – confirmed
- Alasdair Long – confirmed
- Greg Moyle – sends his apologies 🙁
- Chris Severne – confirmed
- Community Central:
- Russell Hoban – sends his apologies
- Independents:
- Morgan Avery – his wife is in hospital and sends his apologies 🙁
- Kurt Brunton – confirmed
- Jackie Hui – confirmed
- Allan Matson – confirmed
- Rob Thomas – is in China and sends his apologies 🙁
- Margaret Voyce – confirmed
