This was held last week at the Sunday Cantina near Raumati Beach, a café which for a while was in Waikanae’s Mahara Lane.

About 35 invited locals turned up to hear the (so far) 4 candidates each give a short statement about themselves, and why they were standing. None are backed by any political party and have to raise their own campaign funding or pay for it out of their own pockets, (which is the usual situation in Kapiti). As far as we know there is as yet no ACT candidate announced, nor one from any other party like Labour or Green. These may appear, though — candidate nominations don’t close until 1 August.

The We Love Kapiti ticket is a spin off from Concerned Ratepayers Kapiti, although there is no common membership with the CRK committee.

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