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YOUR GUIDETo the 2013 Election Candidates

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CONTENTS

Instructions........................................................................................................................................................... 2

THE CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL......................................................................................................................... 4

Dave CULL..................................................................................................................................................... 5

Martini SAMSON........................................................................................................................................... 7

John BEZETT.................................................................................................................................................... 9

Hendrik KOCH............................................................................................................................................... 11

Jinty MACTAVISH........................................................................................................................................... 13

Tracey SMITH................................................................................................................................................. 15

Chris MARLOW.............................................................................................................................................. 17

EXPLAINING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED...................................................................................................... 19

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COUNCIL CANDIDATE Like what I see! Not for me!

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POSITION ON PAST ISSUES POSITION ON FUTURE ISSUES

Construction of the Forsyth Barr Stadium

Naming of Toitu- Early Settlers Museum

Introduction of Liquor Ban in North Dunedin

DCC Control of Public Transport

Amalgamation of ORC and DCC

Oil, Gas and Fracking around Dunedin

POLITICAL SHAPE

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Socially/Culturally Liberal

Fiscally Progressive

Fiscally Conservative

Socially/Culturally

Conservative

Environmental/Regulatory

Conservative


Liberal

Greater Council Powers

Family/Marital: Ticket/Party:Lives in:

LIFE TIMELINE

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“Fiscal responsibility and future focus”

Dave CULL

University of OtagoBA, Pols (Hons)1969

TV Co-HostMaggies Garden Show1991-2000

TVNZ Home Front1997-2005

CouncillorDunedin City Council2007-2010

Age54

MayorDunedin City Council2010-2013

Non-Fiction AuthorVarious Publications1997-2011

BuilderVarious Locations1972-1989

Nice Idea but we bit off way more than we could chew. Carisbrook upgrade preferred

As the name was gifted to us it makes sense that we use it. I personally think it is very appro-priate and will simply take some getting used to by the public.

Unfortunately we’ve waited long enough for the student commu-nity to clean up their act a liquor ban is a well researched solu-tion that is bold and a needed culture change.

Currently the ORC funds our PT a lot better than we could. I’d love to see improved services one day but whether the time is now is not clear.

If the city would benefit than this would be an inevitable change, not sure if the appetite is there amongst the public.

Unlike others I think the days of fossil fuel extraction are behind us and that there are smarter more sophisticated things Dun-edin could focus on.

“Dunedin has a fantastic future, but we will only achieve it with a shared community vision, transparent processes and responsible leadership. All parts of our community and city should be valued and engaged. I lead the diverse Greater Dunedin team of talented, energetic candidates determined to put Dunedin back on track economically, socially and environmentally.

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Andersons Bay

@davecullnz

Greater Dunedin

03 866 8855dave.cull.facebook.com [email protected]

Dave 2x ChildrenWife

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POLITICAL SHAPE

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“The time has come”Martini SAMSON

Otago PolytechnicCarpentry1998

Youth WorkerBrighton Primary1991-2010

FounderDunedin City Council Youth Forum2007-2012

Age25

Dunedin SchoolsKapa Haka Instructor2001-2005

I used to be for it but then I think it costs to much now. Carisbrook should just have been cleaned up a bit and got the community involved.

I thought it could have had a way better name- why not run a competition and get a few young people involved?

Won’t sovle drinking problems. I think its is best to leave that to the government. Killing off Gardies and the Bowler were the most stupid decisions in my opinion.

I think the buses could be im-proved for sure, but should that be with the DCC or maybe a separate company like Auck-land Transport.

Not sure if the changes would help or harm Dunedin would have to get more information first.

Yeah I think we probably could do a bit more without harming the environment. Drilling un-der the ocean far off the cost would probably be safe enough and create lots of jobs, so good yeah?

I have always taken a keen interest in local body poli-tics and current events. I have been an active support-er and participant of local community activities. The time has come to take the next step, in advocating for youth, elderly, and other disadvantaged sectors of our community.

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Brighton

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Independent

03 894 6678martini.samson -

Martini Partner 1x Daughter

INDEPENDENT

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“Encouraging Growth and Development”

John BEZETT

University of OtagoBCom BA1969


Age76

ChairmanNZ Masters Games2010-2013

Bezett Jewellers Owner Operator1972-2012

We needed a new stadium and it was better to go all out then do a “patch up job”. Dunedin is now all the better for it.

Pretending to have a “public poll” and then slipping in a PC adjustment is not transparent and not fair. This is the kind of trickery that upsets the public big time.

High time that we introduced a sensible and transposable drinking culture.Getting kids of the streets is the first part of that.

Dunedin is just to small and the council to financially fraught to manage such a change now. I’m not convinced it would improve services.

I’ll have to see what changes are expected in the up coming changes in the LGA review.

If Dunedin has any kind of future of prosperity and high employ-ment I see it in off sure mineral wealth. We’ve sent the wrong signals for long enough.

Totally committed to Dunedin, with strong family values, and a successful jewellery business, he has been chairman of numerous committees plus being a member of many others connected with Dunedin’s development and well being. John’s main interest has always been furthering the economic growth of the city, and in particular creating employment.

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Vauxhall

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None

03 454 3493- [email protected]

John Wife 4x Children

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POLITICAL SHAPE

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“Socially Just, Environmentally Sustainable”

Hendrik KOCH

Massey UniversityEducation, Fine Arts1972-1975

Landscape DraftsmanDCC1985-1987

DisplayArtistOtago Museum1991-1995

Set DesignerFortune Theatre1989-1992

TrusteeDunedin Environment Centre Trust2007-2012

Age56

Co-ordinatorShetland StreetConservation Nursery2010-2012

Farm ManagerManuka Farm Nursery1997-2011

Otago PolytechnicEnvironmental StudiesEconomics1978-1982

Time has shown us just what poor spending the stadi-um was. Have always been against, always will be.

I think it sounds great and re-flects a part of our settler history that wasn’t capture in the previ-ous ESM.

Look what these kids need is re-sponsible drinking environments coming down hard with bans and draconian punishments is not the way.

Absolutely needs to be a priority for our city.. With an aging pop-ulation, peak oil and the climate crisis knocking on our door, council needs to get on board the PT journey.

Not convinced that the commu-nity would continue to have as much say in developments and projects as they do now. I think the split works well.

Not in our backyard. Too much to lose, and people who think we would actually ben-efit -have their heads stuck in come middle eastern tar sands.

I have been an environmental and social justice activist for over 30 years and am still determined to make a dif-ference. Local issues such as global warming, coastal erosion, sewage treatment, habitat protection, water quality, public transport, healthy homes, student cel-ebrations, local employment and community facilities all rely on the Council hearing your voice your vision for the future !

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Portobello

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Community Vision

03 478 0311hendrik.koch.940 [email protected].

Hendrik 4x Children

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LIFE TIMELINE

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“Positive, secure and sustainable future”

Jinty MACTAVISH

University of OtagoBSc Botany Ecology2005

Youth WorkerEnviroschools Program2008-2011


Age25

Convenor350.org Dunedin2010-2011

Film MakerLessons from a Melting Ice cap2008-2009

University of OtagoMasters Science Communications2008

Three problems with the stadi-um. 1. Money could have been better spent. 2. Community total-ly ignored. 3. Now our liability for the next 40 years.

Wasn’t too happy that it came out after the original names sug-gested, but nice for local iwi to have an appropriate input.

I’d like to see how it works and if it doesn’t bring about the culture change I’d consider rethinking it in 4 or 5 years.

Absolute must. Our cities trans-port as an entire network is ex-tremely single occupancy reli-ant. As a city it is one of the key areas we could tackle in really future proofing Dunedin.

Would be a little concerned with the loss of representation but in principle I think its probably and inevitable change.

Potential and irreversible costs to our city and its surrounding environment just don’t come near any benefits that we’re meant to get.

I believe that we need to interpret the challenges posed by rising debt, climate change and resource limits as an opportunity to build stronger and more resilient communities. I’d love to live in a Dunedin with an abundance of fresh food, powered by distributed renewable energy, linked by accessible sustainable transport options and offering its young people excit-ing job opportunities.

For For For

Andersons Bay

@jintymact

Greater Dunedin

03 891 6678crjintymactavish www.jintymactavish.co.nz

Jinty Partner

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“Vote affirmatively, Vote Local, Vote Smith”

Tracey SMITH

Inverlochy Art School General Certificate1982

PresIdentYWCA Dunedin1991-2000

Midwinter CarnivalTrustee2008

Age52

Dunedin Safer Community CouncilChair2010-2013

Queens High SchoolBoard of Trustees1997-2011

Womens RefugeCouncillor1984-1989

This went strictly against the consideration of normal peoples opinions- a project for the old boys club of Dunedin- not on my watch!

I thinks is highly appropriate to acknowledge to contribution iwi made to this community and what a fitting what to express it. Captures what the museum is about too.

No such a hardline approach will not help things. We need to welcome the students and make them feel like this is there home too. This is about respect.

PT in Dunedin is awful. I’m sorry but it really is let us control it and bring back the cable cars that made us famous in NZ.

Yes, most people don’t under-stand the differences anyway. Usually just an excuse for bu-reaucrats to take longer in de-ciding.

No protecting our natural envi-ronment is one of our assets as a city time we realised its under threat and this is how.

The fore-fathers of Dunedin constructed our town and we are proud of what they have built. We now have the opportunity to bring our council into balance and elect also the inclusive and compassionate voice. A voice which takes consideration of people, the envi-ronment, our business and industry, our progress, in a caring and sustainable way thereby returning a sense of prosperity to all in the community.

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Carlton Hill

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Independent

03 891 6678- tsmith.wordpress.com/

Tracey 1x Daughter

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POLITICAL SHAPE

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“Transparent and responsible decisions”

Chris MARLOW

University of OtagoLLB PG Dip Law1969

PresidentNZ/Queensland Business Council1991-2000

International Business ConsultantConsult Marlow2007-2010

Age54

National Councillor Red Cross Society2010-2013

PresidentTe Aroha Chamber of Commerce1997-2011

Commercial LawyerVarious Locations1972-1989

Not the kind of thing the city should ever have been able to afford. If Christchurch is hesitat-ing why did we even play around with stadium pipe dreams.

Absolutely silly waste of time. Give the name the public wants.

Time to get tough and tell the few trouble makers to keep it at home.

An excellent example of what the council should not be get-ting involved with. I we needed it we’d have it by now.

If it creates savings and efficien-cies than that’s what we need.

The only real way of keeping Dunedin growing into the future. You can’t have it both ways, look at Australia- minerals means jobs.

I am a fifth generation Dunedinite, and have held nu-merous positions in commerce, law and social justice. My policy is to create a modern blueprint for the future economic and social direction of the city and incen-tives to attract new business, jobs and industry to the city. My priority is to tackle record debt and costs but at the same time balance that with social responsibil-ities.

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St Clair

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Independent

03 448 3458Vote-Chris-Marlow [email protected]

Chris 3x ChildrenWife

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EXPLAINING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED

How we gathered it...!What it means...!How it might help...!

19WHY THIS INFORMATION? Political scientists tell us that vot-ers usually want to know 4 pieces of information about a candidate when they are deciding who to vote for.

Who are they? How are their political ideas different from other politicians? What is there background?Where do they stand and what are there policies on particular issues?

These candidate profiles were de-

signed to quickly and clearly gath-er and present this information as laid out in the four sections provid-ed with each candidate.

HOW THE INFORMATION IS GATHERED AND WAS IT FAIR?

All candidates were given equal opportunity and questions in com-pleting these profiles.

All candidates running for Mayor or councillor were individual-ly interviewed and questioned during the 4 months leading up to

the campaign period. As is ex-plained on following pages some elements, such as the candidate statements and issue comments, were open text answers while other parts, such as the political shape and for/against issue po-sitions, were in a more restricted form so as to provide clarity.

Once completed, candidates were able to see what their final results and responses looked like and where invited to review any answers they believed misrepre-sented them.

General Profile

Candidates were asked in ad-vance to provide their full name, a recent photo, campaign slogan (0-10 words), a brief introductory statement (50 words), campaign ticket and if desired information relating to their local suburb and Family or Relationship status.

In addition to this candidates were able to provide a number of other methods of contact such as email, phone number, and face-book and twitter contact details.

“Campaign Slogan or Mission State-

Candidate NAMEA brief candidate statement consisting of no more than 80 words and Ideally written in the first person. Can-didates were free to cover whatever topics they liked including biographical information, policy information and even waffley campaign summaries.

Contact:

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Independent

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Political Shape

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Life TimelineUniversity of OtagoBCom BA1969

CouncilorDunedin City Council1998-2010

Age76


Bezett Jewel-lers Owner Operator1972-2012


Position on Past Issues Position on Future Issues



Introduction of Liquor Ban in North Dunedin Area




Nice Idea but we bit off way more than we could chew. Carisbrook upgrade prefered






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Who are they? GENERAL PROFILE

How are their political ideas different from other politicians? POLITICAL SHAPEPage

What is there background?LIFE TIMELINEPage

Where do they stand and what are there policies on particular issues?POSITIONS ON ISSUESPage

20 POLITICAL SHAPEThis section uses a political vis-ualisation tool used in the Europe-an Union elections and developed by the Sotomo Project at the Uni-versity of Zurich in Switzerland. (see www.euprofiler.eu)

Originally known as “the smart spider” it builds a political shape on a spidergraph that sits across 8 different dimensions which distinguish the major ideological differences between politicians.

HOW IS THAT SHAPE MADE?This shape is generated by ask-ing candidates there views on 40

local political questions that are divided into the 8 catagories or political directions- 5 questions on each. Candidates may respond with 1 of 5 answers: completely agree, tend to agree, neutral, tend to disagree, com-pletely agree. (see example above)

These responses are then quan-tified and applied to the spider graph. The stronger the support of a political direction, the further out the shape will extend towards the edge- the stronger the disa-greement the closer to the centre.It is important to note however

that while categories are placed on opposite sides of the graph this does not mean that they are mutually exclusive but rather traditionally seen to be in political conflict. In this way, a candidate is able to both agree and disa-gree with certain aspects of either side and have this view reflected as such.

Finding out what your own polit-ical shape looks like is a useful way of discovering which candi-dates you agree with. Generate your own shape at “elections.org.nz/localelections/mypolitical-shape”

WHY THESE DIMENSIONS?One of the reasons these particu-lar dimensions were chosen is because they map over with the 4 pillars of local government as set out in the Local Governments Act 2001.

• Social Responsibility• Environmental Responsibility• Economic Responsibility• Democratic Responsibility

Thus the political shape broadly shows us how candidates would respond to meeting those 4 re-sponsibilities.

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open to change

closed to change

left leaning right leaning

EXAMPLE QUESTION

Policies to fight global warming should be encouraged even if it hampers economic growth or employment

completely agree

tend toagree neutral

tend to disagree

completely disagree

no opinion

21BUT WHAT DO THE DIFFERENT SYMBOLS AND CATEGORIES MEAN?The different dimensions placed around the graph represent the broad areas of local politics that usually divide most councillors and politicians. In local politics, ideology and party politics are not as common and thus the fundamental differences between politicians is harder distinguish.

What the smart spider shows however is that some of broad directions of popular political de-cision making still apply at a local level but are more mixed- candi-

dates for example night want to keep spending tight while protect-ing the environment but also vote in a “socially liberal” way.

How the categories are placed around the spectrum is not ran-dom. In order to make stronger links with how you might connect with politics in other political arenas, the directions largely map over with traditional political understandings. Where econom-ic/social ideas are placed left to right while liberal/conservative(or open and closed) ideas are placed top and bottom.

HOW ARE THOSE COLOURS CHOSEN? DO THEY MEAN AN-YTHING?Yes. The colours are generat-ed by candidates responses to the Political Shape survey. The stronger a candidate agrees or disagrees with a particular direc-tion the higher or lower numerical value they generate. One step along the levels of agreement is worth 5 places with strongly against counting as 0 and strong-ly for counting as 20. The top 3 highest valued categories (with 5 questions in each category ) are then mixed relative to 8 tradition-al uses of colour in politics (see

below). These are then placed over with the four spectrum’s that make up the CMYK colour space and a unique political colour is generated.Symbol Colour CMYK

0.0.0.100

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50.100.0.20

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MORE COUNCIL POWERS

LESSCOUNCIL POWERS

SOCIALLY/CULTURALLYLIBERAL

SOCIALLY/CULTURALLY CONSERVATIVE

ENVIRONMENTAL/REGULATORYLIBERAL

ENVIRONMENTAL/REGULATORYCONSERVATIVE

FISCALLY PROGRESSIVE

FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE

Refers to policies that increase the autonomy and number of decisions made at council level. Such a view would see power weakened at parliamentary, regional council and community board level.

Refers to policies that decrease the autonomy and number of decisions made at council level. Such a view would see power strengthened instead of parliamentary, regional council and com-munity board level.

Refers to policies that promote indigeounous rights, multiculturalism, personal autonomy and the need to compensate social inequalities in the community.

Refers to policies that re-strict and enforce fairness and order in the commu-nity. Protect society from moral hazard and social ills. Retain traditional cul-tural understandings.

Refers to policies that seek to “cut red tape” and reduce the rules and regu-lations enforced by local government. Freedom to use natural resources and surrounding environment without consultation or penalties.

Refers to policies that pro-tect and restrict use of the natural and built environ-ment. It seeks to minimise the communities impact on natural resources and actively promote ideas of sustainability.

Refers to policies that increase the councils role in the local economy by raising revenue and increasing spending in both capital projects and operational budgets.

Refers to policies that decrease the councils role in the local economy by raising revenue and increasing spending in both capital projects and operational budgets.

eg- Amalgamation of Regional and City council

eg- Give community boards a discretionary budget of their own

eg- Include indigenous language signage in facilities

eg- strictly enforce a city wide liquor ban and increase fines

eg- allow individuals to build what they like, where they like

eg- restrict coal boilers and encourage cleaner wood chips

eg- introduce a regional fuel tax to pay for alter-natives

eg-hold rates below the rate of inflation, cut services

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Life TimelineUniversity of OtagoBCom BA1969


Age76


Bezett Jewellers Owner Operator1972-2012

LIFE TIMELINEThe life time line is filled in ac-cording to the candidate and uses the format of the Linked In professional social network. Stating a Job title, organisations/ name and the approximate years involved. For educational or voca-tional institutions the name of the institution followed by the cours-es completed followed by years attended is included.

It is useful to note that the phys-ical length of a time-line section

is relative only to that candidates other activities and not between candidates as the ages between candidates may vary greatly.

ISSUE POSITIONSCandidates were asked ‘how they would vote in council ?” on a number of locally specific issues. Candidates were able to choose between For and against or not sure( which may included genu-ine uncertainty, an abstention or conflict of interest). Candidates were then able to provide 140 characters qualifying their answer.

It is important to note that whether a candidate was “for or against” an issue does not by any means indicate that either option is by itself “good” or “bad” but rather that if a motion was put in a par-ticular way, then this is how a can-didate would vote in response.

HOW WERE THESE “ISSUES” CHOSEN?A panel of local and politically neutral experts were asked to identify the top 3 most salient issues in the past and the top 3 in the future. They were advised to

use media reports, council agen-das and minutes and candidate consultation in the formation of the issues.You can find out who decided your top local issues as well as a brief description of each issue at www.elections.org.nz/localexperts.

Disclaimer: The issue positions while indicative of how a candi-date might vote or might have vot-ed to not attempt to be an actual voting record and therefore have not been checked.for accuracy.


Position on Past Issues Position on Future Issues



Introduction of Liquor Ban in North Dunedin Area




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