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cheers rik - congratulations on getting on the community board. i'm sure the new mayor will be better than you feared; it's now our job as citizens to keep them all honest :-). Someone important in this morning's Press quotes said "anyone who's prepared to be president should be automatically disqualfied". incidentally, what is difference between "people's choice" and "people's choice - labour". my other observation is that it should be trumpeted that the nazi party received 0.5% of mayoral vote - against the stereotype promoted by national media that chch is the ultra-right wing capital of nz.
Leanne is a bridge builder. (And Christchurch hasn't consented a new bridge in a long while.)
I am looking forward to helping up the game on some of the core issues that some social justice orientated Christchurch folk recognised as key to getting us out of this mess particularily those we as a nation will be facing as climate and other social issues trouble the rest of the world.
Yo to the Peace City!
It is almost a perfect fit for the antipodean global commons. See http://gci.org.uk