Candidates find common ground in Wellsford

Candidates for the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate laid out their credentials to voters at a meeting held at the Wellsford Memorial RSA on September 6.

There was a collegial atmosphere and candidates found a lot of common ground when identifying the challenges facing the next government. But, of course, they differed when it came to presenting the solutions.

At the top table were National Party candidate and sitting MP Chris Penk, Green Party candidate for Te Tai Tokerau Hūhana Lyndon, NZ First’s Jenny Marcroft, NZ Loyal’s Brenton Faithfull, Labour’s Guy Wishart, Democracy NZ’s S...