Your Candidates
Matthew Cross 
David Hay 
Independent
Ian Colin Ireland 
Gynandry Kumar 
Labour
Tofu Mamedov 
Labour
Olivia Montgomery 
Dick Quax 
Independent
Sharon Stewart 
Independent
Paul Young 
Independent
Julie Zhu 
Green Party
Matthew Cross
David Hay Independent
Ian Colin Ireland
Gynandry Kumar Labour
Tofu Mamedov Labour
Olivia Montgomery
Dick Quax Independent
Sharon Stewart Independent
Paul Young Independent
Julie Zhu Green Party
Click below to see the Spinoff endorsements
A blue S denotes a coveted Spinoff endorsement; a grey S = a capable candidate who didn’t quite make the cut. Click here for our general backgrounder.
First we need to talk about Dick.
The Slender Man of East Auckland backtracked faster than the Finnish running demon Lasse Virén at the Unitary Plan hearings, going from density-hating villain to urbanist hero quicker than you can say “Olympic silver medal”. Bizarro Quax’s first act of the hearings was advocating to immediately approve 422,000 new homes in Auckland. When that failed, he proceeded to vote in line with our War principles.
But can a few weeks of good behaviour redeem years of grumbling and obstruction?
More importantly, can it make up for his weird moustache, which exists in a theoretical space just shy of reality?
The answer is no.
While there was some heated discussion on the editorial board about chucking Quax a grey S, we’ve decided simply to endorse Matthew Cross and Julie Zhu. Both these young candidates want density, public transport, and pedestrian-friendly policy.
Quax will probably get in anyway.
Sharon Stewart, a sentient vestigial limb who Metro editor-at-large Simon Wilson once brutally admonished for being a “sock puppet of Dick Quax”, is more vulnerable. Vote Zhu and Cross!