Russell Brown has a link to a Radio New Zealand story about test that the mayoral candidates were asked to complete regarding their knowledge about the Pacific community.
These kind of things are always a bit of a gimmick, but they do give some idea about how much the candidate in question actually knows about the city, and how open they are to learning more.
John Banks comes out of the survey rather badly. As well as struggling to identify Doug Howlett as a current All Black (has this guy been living in a box?) he actually refuses to complete the survey. Now it's one thing to not do very well, and then concede that your knowledge is a little lacking (as Alex Swney did), but to start the survey and then throw your toys out of the cot when you start to struggle... not a good look for someone who is arguing that they have the goods to lead a major city.
Dick Hubbard (I understand) topped the survey, and had some useful things to say about the importance of community facilities in developing community cohesion.
Anyway, have a listen here.
City Vision believes that it is extremely important that our Council and Community Boards better reflect the diversity of our city, and has a range of outstanding Pasifika candidates standing for election this year.
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