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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
<strong>2022</strong> LocaL ELEctions - meet your candidates<br />
Dr Sunita Gautam Labour candidate for Community Board - Central Ward<br />
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My day-to-day life is grounded in the Central<br />
ward and Christchurch has been my home<br />
for 19 years. I’m passionate about building<br />
people, business and the environment. As your<br />
Community Board member, I have engaged<br />
with the local community via community<br />
meetings at Linwood Village, resident group<br />
meetings and supporting community events.<br />
I have been a strong voice on the Board<br />
and championed several wins such as<br />
the Greening The East project, uplifting<br />
Linwood Village, working with residents on<br />
Armagh Street traffic safety, and improving<br />
the Welcome Rest Park. I also serve our<br />
community as a JP, marriage/civil union<br />
celebrant, business mentor, career mentor,<br />
leadership and life coach and work at ARA as<br />
a Business lecturer.<br />
I am committed to working hard for the Central<br />
Ward. Let’s work together to make it a place<br />
where all the people feel safe, valued, and<br />
have a sense of belonging.<br />
https://www.facebook.com/<br />
SunitaGautamCHCHCentral<br />
sunitagautam3010@gmail.com<br />
Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Kevin McDonald Standing for Community Board, Christchurch Central Ward<br />
Kia ora my name is Kevin. I’m a retired<br />
business person/social worker. I have 4<br />
adult children and 1 rascally grandson. I live<br />
in Linwood and I love it. I’m standing as an<br />
independent for Ch-ch Central Community<br />
Board.<br />
I believe that politics, especially at this level,<br />
can be a noble occupation. I want to connect<br />
my community to the decision making process<br />
and restore trust in local democracy. To this<br />
end, if elected, I will set up a regular weekly<br />
open information exchange meeting, in<br />
Linwood Village. Residents will be welcome to<br />
chat about local issues, which I will feed back<br />
to the board and where they can find out about<br />
Council plans for our ward.<br />
Christchurch central ward is undergoing the<br />
greatest housing intensification in recent<br />
history. With many new dwellings having little<br />
outdoor space, with no garage or even off<br />
street parking. When these new residents and<br />
vehicles arrive they will have a huge impact on<br />
our streets and infrastructure.<br />
Although the ‘big’ decisions are made by the<br />
Government, through the RMA, Local Govt.NZ<br />
and City Council the Community Board have<br />
an important lobbying role and ability to input<br />
into Council decisions.<br />
Historically voter turnout for local elections is<br />
low. I’m hoping that a chance to be involved in<br />
decision making will excite you enough to vote.<br />
I respect individual freedom of choice and the<br />
truth.<br />
Thank you. Aroha. Kevin.<br />
Authorised by Kevin McDonald, kevy52@gmail.com<br />
John Miller Labour candidate for Community Board - Central Ward<br />
I want to improve the interface between<br />
citizens and the Council. As a community<br />
advocate and helper, I’ve learned how to<br />
navigate the many parts that make up the<br />
Council organisation.<br />
My name’s John Miller, and I’ve lived and<br />
worked in the Central Ward for 20 years. My<br />
experiences include managing communityowned<br />
properties, marketing communications,<br />
community development and advocacy. In<br />
recent years I was one of several volunteers<br />
who developed a Revitalisation Plan for the<br />
Inner City East. Successes from our work<br />
include a substantial reduction in kerbside<br />
dumping, and an interagency group that<br />
addressed crime and safety concerns around<br />
Linwood Village. Many lessons from these<br />
projects can be applied across other parts of<br />
Central. I’d like to expand these projects to<br />
continue improving public safety. I also believe<br />
that a service similar to the pre-2011 yellow<br />
City Shuttle buses is key to revitalising the<br />
inner city.<br />
We need a Community Board that empowers<br />
community and makes it easy to get good stuff<br />
done.<br />
john@johnmiller.co.nz<br />
027 422 0893<br />
facebook/JohnMillerForCentral<br />
Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Paul McMahon The People’s Choice - Labour candidate for Community Board - Linwood Ward<br />
I am passionate about the East, it’s my home<br />
and community, but the Council has given us a<br />
stink deal - we deserve better!<br />
I am lucky to live in Woolston with my wife and<br />
sons (10 & 13), and we love the Linwood Pool,<br />
libraries, the tracks along the river, and being<br />
close to the hills and to the beach. There’s so<br />
much going for our side of the city, but so often<br />
we seem to come off second-best.<br />
I work for a community organisation in Wainoni<br />
combatting harm to young people from drugs<br />
and helping communities resist the spread of<br />
bottle shops. I’ve also sat on a local school<br />
Board of Trustees and a charitable trust, been<br />
a local community board chairperson, and<br />
worked in youth mental health. I chose to do<br />
this work because I want our communities to<br />
be places where we look out for one another<br />
and treat each other with respect.<br />
My focus on the Board will be working<br />
collaboratively to stop the stink, investing in<br />
green space, repairing damaged roads and<br />
footpaths, reducing heavy traffic on residential<br />
streets, getting a fair deal for the East, and<br />
speaking up for those who need a strong<br />
advocate.<br />
A vote for me is for someone who listens and<br />
has the experience and ability to get things<br />
done.<br />
Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Jackie Simons The People’s Choice - Labour candidate for Community Board – Linwood Ward<br />
I have lived in Woolston for over thirty years<br />
and I’m proud to call it home. Recently, we<br />
have had some good wins for our community,<br />
including: a new swimming pool, the Woolston<br />
Village makeover, and lots of smaller projects<br />
that have been completed.<br />
Council sometimes takes an extraordinary<br />
length of time to get even the smallest of<br />
things done. There is no excuse for the lack of<br />
resolution to the odour issues, nor the lack of<br />
<strong>2022</strong> LocaL progress ELEctions in fixing our roads and footpaths over - meet your candidates<br />
a decade on from the 2010/11 earthquakes - it<br />
is not good enough, and I will keep fighting for<br />
a fair deal for the East.<br />
As a healthcare worker, I’m concerned about<br />
rising poverty and inequality. We need to do<br />
more to support those most in need in our<br />
community. I’m prepared to work hard for you<br />
to secure a better future for us all.<br />
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