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More people want to be mayor of Dunedin than anywhere else. So who are they?

A billboard with a Māori woman wearing a sunhat. Text reads: "My mana doesn't need a mandate. Vote no to Māori wards." Two smaller images show the same billboard at different angles, on a red background with yellow patterns.

How did Ellen Tamati’s face end up on Hobson’s Pledge billboards?

Who wants to be the next mayor of Hamilton?

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

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A 25-year-old tries to figure out what the Alliance party is – without using Wikipedia

A lone person sits among many empty orange seats in a large stadium, appearing small and isolated in the vast, deserted space.

Yet again, not enough people are standing in local elections

A man with long blond hair in a white t shirt, standing in front of a green and blue background.

Windbag: Why the Taxpayers’ Union endorsed this Green Party policy

A man in a suit speaks to a seated audience in a hall. Four inset images show various people reacting with surprise, cheering, and speaking, while a projected screen behind reads “Ray Chung for Mayor.”.

Chaos on Courtenay: Inside Ray Chung’s unruly, incomprehensible campaign rally

Two presenters stand in front of a seated audience, gesturing expressively. Three other panelists are seated behind them. The background features a teal wall and colorful artwork. The scene has a soft yellow vignette effect.

Ray Chung gets a woman to apologise for him

A collage of screenshots of Sean Plunket interviewing Ray Chung

A play-by-play of Ray Chung’s train wreck interview with Sean Plunket

A collage of thirteen people, both men and women, arranged around a blue map of New Zealand on a yellow-to-purple gradient background. The individuals are of varying ages and appear in both colour and black-and-white.

Nominations are now open – so how are the big mayoral races shaping up?