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Wednesday 28 September 2022
Candidates put to test SARA HOLLYMAN The Waimea Weekly Richmond Ward candidates meeting last week was a chance to see which candidates would best represent Richmond as Tasman District
councillors. Nine out of 10 hopefuls took to the stage at the Richmond Town Hall, including current councillor Mark Greening, who has been absent from dozens of council meetings over the past two terms.
Glen Daikee was the only face missing, who told host Judene Edgar that he couldn’t make it. The 10 candidates are vying for four positions in the Richmond Ward. New faces had some tough ques-
tions put to them about their understanding of local governance and how they would simply, as some of them spoke to in their opening statements, ‘do what ratepayers want’. Jo Ellis, Tim Tyler, Ray Griffith,
Joni Tomsett, Adele Terrill, Rachel Stevenson, Maxwell Clark, along with current councillors Kit Maling and Mark Greening all began with four minutes to
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Tug-a-truck at Transport Fest Steve Steele and Dot Humphries have been busy organizing Transport Fest at Higgins Heritage Park. Photo: Sara Hollyman. Full story on page 2.
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