The Manukau City Council is holding Candidate Information Evenings for prospective candidates in the upcoming local government elections.

The evenings are a chance for those wishing to stand for Mayor, Councillor or as a member of a Community Board to hear about the Local Electoral Act and the management of the elections within Manukau.

As the Council is also managing the elections of the Counties-Manukau District Health Board and the Wiri, Papatoetoe and Otara Licensing Authorities in the same election period, prospective candidates for those positions are also welcome to attend.

The evenings will be held on 18,19 and 24 July in the Council Chambers, Civic Buildings, Manukau City Centre beginning at 6.00PM.

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>