I saw ACT’s list. Apparently there is one standing for Greater Wellington Regional Council, but the name of the candidate is not on ACT’s list. Hopefully it will become clear who it is. 🤞
🥹 Sorry you got caught out previously - especially when their resume was good on the surface. With ACT et al planning to stand candidates we need to be vigilant as some groups have already said they will try to disguise affiliations & views the "woke" voters would not support 🤷 I am heartened by the work of this site & the one you quote, plus a growing number of others sharing what they know such as Mountain Tui & Nicks Korero - let's make Seymour et al regret waking us up with his Treaty Principles Bill etc 💪💪💪😁
Another group which is providing opportunity to get involved in the lead up to our local council elections, is 350 Aotearoa - they are a branch of the international 350.org which focus on climate change solutions. They are offering support/ideas/training with a three prong focus - leaflets, questions to candidates, discussion on social media - which ever sounds like you. https://350.org.nz/
I have heard about disguised candidates too - whilst no ACT candidate is specifically listed for my area, the resumes provided by several candidates who identify themselves as "We Love Kapiti" certainly suggests such affiliation.
To the credit of Ōtautahi Christchurch, people are so vocal about "central govt politics shouldn't be in local body" that anyone who doesn't declare their affiliation to Labour/People's Choice is automatically suspicious as far as I'm concerned.
I want government to legislate for Council’s to say YouTube their meetings, or zoom. This will certainly bring greater participation in LG. We so miss our local paper of several years ago.
Ours (Kapiti) already does zoom for the public part of their meetings. They also put out a weekly email with stuff like which roads are going to be dug up next week and other community events! You can also sign up for notification of such as liquor licenses, (you would be amazed at how many).
My friend who is chair on a Tasmanian Council says ALL their meetings are filmed & can be found on line. It’s really helped that councillors can be accountable for their comments & voting - & it’s stopped rudeness & bad behaviour
💯 To their credit, Otautahi-Christchurch does have LIVE video of some of it's meetings & sub-committees. Have tuned in occasionally for specific issues. Not only good for transparency at the time, but you get to see the quality (or otherwise!) of elected members which helps if they stand again 👍 In this day & age it should be compulsory as COVID times democratised live video (I attended a funeral on-line 🤷)
I saw ACT’s list. Apparently there is one standing for Greater Wellington Regional Council, but the name of the candidate is not on ACT’s list. Hopefully it will become clear who it is. 🤞
Excellent advice xx
Thankyou, I feel completely lost this year and this will help.
Thanks for this resource of resources. I'll definitely find it useful.
🥹 Sorry you got caught out previously - especially when their resume was good on the surface. With ACT et al planning to stand candidates we need to be vigilant as some groups have already said they will try to disguise affiliations & views the "woke" voters would not support 🤷 I am heartened by the work of this site & the one you quote, plus a growing number of others sharing what they know such as Mountain Tui & Nicks Korero - let's make Seymour et al regret waking us up with his Treaty Principles Bill etc 💪💪💪😁
Another group which is providing opportunity to get involved in the lead up to our local council elections, is 350 Aotearoa - they are a branch of the international 350.org which focus on climate change solutions. They are offering support/ideas/training with a three prong focus - leaflets, questions to candidates, discussion on social media - which ever sounds like you. https://350.org.nz/
I have heard about disguised candidates too - whilst no ACT candidate is specifically listed for my area, the resumes provided by several candidates who identify themselves as "We Love Kapiti" certainly suggests such affiliation.
Great suggestion, thank you!
To the credit of Ōtautahi Christchurch, people are so vocal about "central govt politics shouldn't be in local body" that anyone who doesn't declare their affiliation to Labour/People's Choice is automatically suspicious as far as I'm concerned.
I want government to legislate for Council’s to say YouTube their meetings, or zoom. This will certainly bring greater participation in LG. We so miss our local paper of several years ago.
Ours (Kapiti) already does zoom for the public part of their meetings. They also put out a weekly email with stuff like which roads are going to be dug up next week and other community events! You can also sign up for notification of such as liquor licenses, (you would be amazed at how many).
My friend who is chair on a Tasmanian Council says ALL their meetings are filmed & can be found on line. It’s really helped that councillors can be accountable for their comments & voting - & it’s stopped rudeness & bad behaviour
💯 To their credit, Otautahi-Christchurch does have LIVE video of some of it's meetings & sub-committees. Have tuned in occasionally for specific issues. Not only good for transparency at the time, but you get to see the quality (or otherwise!) of elected members which helps if they stand again 👍 In this day & age it should be compulsory as COVID times democratised live video (I attended a funeral on-line 🤷)
This is something else to watch out for:
How Fake Political Accounts Fool Us:
"If we want to defend against synthetic manipulation, we need to understand not just what people believe, but why it resonates."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/nz/blog/misguided/202508/how-fake-ai-political-accounts-fool-us