Campbell fill-in
The safe choice
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.