The City Council has published a list of candidates on its website.
Bob Parker won’t be standing and Lianne Dalziel now has plenty of company or competition and the voters more choice. The following alphabetically-ordered individuals have put their hats in the ring to stand as Mayor:
- Blair Anderson (awaiting confirmation)
- Victor Cattermole (awaiting confirmation)
- Kyle Chapman
- Lianne Dalziel
- Tubby Hansen (awaiting confirmation)
- Sammy Harris (awaiting confirmation)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Paul Lonsdale
- Robin McCarthy (awaiting confirmation)
- Brad Maxwell
- Rik Tindall (awaiting confirmation)
- Peter Wakeman (awaiting confirmation)
The following people have been nominated to stand as councillors for the Shirley-Papanui Ward.
- Ngaire Button (awaiting confirmation)
- Jonathan Corfe (awaiting confirmation)
- Pauline Cotter (awaiting confirmation)
- Ali Jones (awaiting confirmation)
- Aaron Keown (awaiting confirmation)
- Brad Maxwell
- John Stringer (awaiting confirmation)
The following have been nominated for the Shirley-Papanui Community Board
- Jonathan Corfe (awaiting confirmation)
- Pauline Cotter (awaiting confirmation)
- Michael Davidson (awaiting confirmation)
- Rosie Halligan-van Riel (awaiting confirmation)
- Aaron Keown (awaiting confirmation)
- Gary McIlroy (awaiting confirmation)
- Gemma Maslin (awaiting confirmation)
- Catherine Moen (awaiting confirmation)
- Robbie Naysmith (awaiting confirmation)
- Damian Neale (awaiting confirmation)
- Emma Norrish (awaiting confirmation)
- James Park (awaiting confirmation)
- John Stringer (awaiting confirmation)
- Ian Tinkler
- Barbara Watson (awaiting confirmation)
- Daniel Wright (awaiting confirmation)
The elections are held by postal ballot (from around mid September) and the results will be known on October 12.
Source of names: CCC website