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Scoop
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
The Rules When Running For Local Government
If you're considering having a crack at local government elections, you'll need to put down the shades, cat and baby for your candidate photo. Potential candidates are being reminded of a few pitfalls ahead of nominations opening for local government elections on 4 July. Speaking to a Kaikōura District Council workshop this week, electoral officer Warwick Lampp said candidates needed to submit a passport sized photo with their 150 word profile. The photo needs to be of your head and shoulders, with no sunglasses, no hat and not accompanied by whānau, pets, friends or kissing a baby. Candidates must be a New Zealand citizen. You do not need to reside in the district(s) you choose to stand in - but your two nominees do. If you or your partner hold a contract of more than $25,000 for your local council you cannot stand, unless you have prior approval from the Auditor-General. Nominations close at 12pm on Friday, August 1, and Lampp said no late nominations were accepted. ''Remember, if you are sending it by email, it is not the time you send it, but the time it lands in the council's email system. ''It has to be in the hands of the electoral officer by 12 noon, so if you are emailing at 11.59am, it probably won't arrive in the returning officer's inbox until 12.01pm. ''If you are in the door it can be processed at 12 noon, provided there are no issues, because you won't have time to fix them.'' Once nominations close, you are on the ballot paper, Lampp said. ''It does happen that people have to withdraw because of ill-health or death or another reason.'' In 2019, Seven Sharp journalist Julian Lee got himself nominated for the Mackenzie district mayoralty while working on a story. He failed to withdraw his nomination in time and ended up running ''a don't vote for me'' campaign, Lampp said. ''It actually boosted the voter turnout as it meant there was a mayoral contest.'' Lampp said orange ballot boxes were set to become a common feature in this year's local government elections as councils look to make it easier for people to vote. ''Orange ballot boxes are the way to go these days because of the pressures on the postal service.'' Kaikōura District Council deputy electoral officer Becky Makin said orange bins would be located at strategic locations around the district. Voting papers are posted out from 9 September, with voting closing at midday on Saturday, 11 October. A telephone dictation service is available from the Electoral Commission to assist those who are unable to read the voting papers. Christchurch-based Ltd runs the elections for several councils around the country, including the Kaikōura district. There will be elections for mayor, seven councillors elected at large, and two Environment Canterbury councillors in the North Canterbury constituency.
NZ Herald
23-04-2025
- Automotive
- NZ Herald
Stock car driver Taylor Lampp wakes from coma speedway crash in Palmerston North
'On Friday night Taylor was competing in King of the Arena, which is a stock car championship,' said sister-in-law Ashleigh King. 'He just had a standard kind of racing incident, like a contact sport, so he had a hit from another car, which we think resulted in him becoming unconscious. During that it seems his foot has gone down on the accelerator, which has kind of sent him into the wall, taking quite a big hit, and then continuing around the wall for about another half lap.' The track staff were able to get Lampp out of the car and he was admitted to the ICU in Palmerston North and placed into an induced coma. 'They turned off the medication for the sedation on Saturday morning. Since then we've just kind of been waiting for him himself to wake up.' His loved ones began seeing progress yesterday as Lampp began opening his eyes, trying to speak, and responding to some instructions and communication. 'He's going through waves of conscious levels, we've managed to get a few words out of him. Some of it we can kind of figure out what he's trying to say.' Lampp also had surgery on a broken arm on Monday. 'He's had an incredible amount of support up here. He has had someone from our family at his side basically since it happened, people staying with him and everything.' His two children, aged 1 and 3, have been keeping to their daycare routines and have visited the hospital to give him goodnight kisses and bring him pictures they had drawn. The oldest has been told Lampp needs to sleep after hurting his arm, King said. Members of the racing community have banded together to help out, with the Givealittle page already receiving at least $19,000 in donations since the page was created on April 21. Others have been organising raffles and donating items to raise money for Lampp and his family, and sharing messages of love and support on social media. 'We honestly can't even believe it, like not even just his stock car team has gotten behind him and done a lot of raffles but even other tracks have really kind of stepped up and helped out. The amount of offers and stuff we've had coming in is really good,' King said. She wanted to share a 'massive thank you' to everyone who had helped in some way. 'Even though we might not get back to everyone, we're really appreciative of what everyone is doing... none of it goes unnoticed. She said Lampp was an 'amazing' father and an 'extremely hard worker'. He runs his Lampp Engineering business working on stock cars, and also works for his partner's parents' business. 'He is like the nicest guy, and yeah, he's just very driven and hard-working. He's always helping everyone else. It's nice to see that favour coming back around.' King also described Lampp as a 'very, very talented driver'. She again wanted to thank everyone who donated to the Givealittle, saying it would be some time before Lampp would be able to work again.
