The New Zealand Herald

Campbell fill-in

The safe choice

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Reality television show Road Cops has been confirmed as the interim replacemen­t for Campbell Live. MediaWorks confirmed yesterday that Campbell Live would end tomorrow. A MediaWorks spokeswoma­n would not be drawn on what would play from Tuesday. Before politics: Solicitor at Auckland Community Law Centre. Lives: Northcote, Auckland. Leadership pitch: A return to Greens’ core values: neither left nor right wing, able to work with all parties, and putting the environmen­t back at the top of the agenda. A vote will be held at the AGM on Saturday. Green Party members in each electorate will have given instructio­ns to their representa­tive (an elected delegate) on how to vote, usually after a meeting with the four candidates. Big electorate­s get four votes and small electorate­s get one vote. Most receive two votes. Delegates rank the candidates from most preferred to least preferred in a secret ballot. If the top-ranking candidate receives 50 per cent or more of the first-place votes, they automatica­lly win. If there is no outright winner, the lowest-ranking candidate is eliminated and their second-choice votes are added to the remaining candidates’ tallies. This process continues until an outright winner is found. is capable of growing the Green vote. He does not offer a vastly different approach to Dr Norman, under whom the party reached but stalled at 11 per cent.

The Greens were widely seen to have run a strong election campaign last year, with good policies, highprofil­e endorsemen­ts, a highly organised team and the most advanced Age: 55 Politics: List MP since 2008, ranked 3rd on party list. Spokesman for ACC, health, housing, rainbow issues. Before politics: West Coast District Health Board CEO, Aids Foundation CEO Lives: Greymouth, West Coast. Leadership pitch: The most experience­d candidate with the strongest record in Parliament.

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