In this local body election, what if we could do a little more than a tick and a prayer?

Tim McCready chats with candidates and commentators throughout the local body elections to tease out people’s visions for Onehunga and the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Episode 7: Looking to replace our incumbent Local Board members in this election are three women who make up the City Vision ticket; Dianna Fuka, Chhaya Rana and Danika Revell.

Dianna Fuka is a Tongan grandmother who is a church and union leader.

Chhaya Rana works as a registered nurse, and is a mother of three grown children.

Danika Revell is a mother to two young ones and is CEO and founder of The Period Place.

 

In this local body election, what if we could do a little more than a tick and a prayer?

Tim McCready chats with candidates and commentators throughout the local body elections to tease out people’s visions for Onehunga and the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Episode 5: Standing for ward Councillor as an independent, Dr John Peebles is passionate about Auckland being more fiscally prudent.

John has worked in various governance and consulting roles over several decades.

His decision to run for ward Councillor as an independent sprung from a dissatisfaction with what parties have promised and delivered.

In this local body election, what if we could do a little more than a tick and a prayer?

Tim McCready chats with candidates and commentators throughout the local body elections to tease out people’s visions for Onehunga and the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Episode 3: We’re kicking off our candidate interviews with our incumbent ward Councillor, Josephine Bartley.

Before getting into politics, Josephine was a lawyer. She was elected to the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board and re-elected in 2013, and again in 2016.

Upon her election as councillor, Bartley became the first Pasifika woman elected to Auckland Council.