Democracy at work – twelve people have put their name forward for the vacant ward seat.

Twelve, that is a huge number – are people upset at the direction the Hutt Council is taking?

Either way they all thought it was worth the $200 to put their name forward.

Voting will be by postal vote with voting papers starting to arrive in the mail to households in the Central Ward from 19 August 2021. Voting will close at noon on 10 September 2021.

The candidates are:

• Glenda Barratt – Independent
• Phil Caswell
• Henry Clayton – Independent
• Andrew Fox – Independent
• Andrea Hilton
• Michael Lulich – Independent
• Simon Monrad
• Thomas Morgan – Independent
• Evelyn Richter
• Ash Roper
• Faran Shahzad – Independent
• Colin Wilson – Independent