2019 PAPANUI Ward final election results
Some very interesting vote splitting in Papanui Ward, which had the closest result in the city (18 votes) and was one of the more hotly contested wards. Peoples Choice split their vote for community board, wasting 1876 votes. Mr McCluskey missed by 18 votes (100/1). Cr Davidson was re-elected with the lowest council majority (behind newbie Mr McClelland in the outlier Central ward - Deon Swiggs). 1316 more voted against the incumbent Papanui Cr. than for. Once again (as in 2016) the Cr. received less votes than one of the community board members. Innes also polled very low, only 2602 for incumbent Cr Cotter.
Curiously, Papanui remains hotly contested next to the walk-in uncontested or largely uncontested, Wards of Fendalton, Waimairi, Harewood. Why is this so?
Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? π»π¨π
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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38.1% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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61.9% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, weβre a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature β and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
π Riddle me this, legends! π
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