Confirmed candidates for the 2025
Some punchy questions for the Meet and Greets, or if you catch up with any of the candidates out and about.
- Where do you stand on the rates increases?
- How much of Gisborne’s planning is influenced by lobby groups, consultants, or
Wellington officials, compared to the voices of ordinary ratepayers? - Why is Waingake Road, the access to our city’s main water supply, being downgraded to gravel? * Who controls
Gisborne’s water: the community, or private contractors? - The Council debt is owing as at 30th June 2025 $195.333 million (Taken from the Annual Report and End of Financial Year Accounts of the LGFA as at 30th June 2025 )
- Why do the same companies keep winning tenders? Is the process fair, or stitched up?
- Can you Name one major project that came in on time and under budget? *Who really sets Gisborne’s direction — councilors we elect, or unelected senior managers behind closed doors?
- Why are so many council workshops closed to the public? What are you hiding?
- Do you believe climate policies for Gisborne are being shaped locally, or are we just following UN/central government 2030 agendas without questioning their fit for Tairāwhiti?
- Is Gisborne shaping its own future, or is it being moulded to fit central government and global 2030 climate frameworks?
- Do you believe council policies are protecting community self-sufficiency — or making us more dependent on outside funding and bailouts?
Remember: VOTE by putting in a NUMBER i.e 1… NOT √ or X
Also… only number the people you want, maybe 1,2,3,4 and leave the rest blank…
