25 July 2025 - On Friday evening at
Errick's on Princes Street, Greens held a well
attended public meeting featuring party co-leader
Chlöe Swarbrick and local list MPs Francisco
Hernandez and Scott Willis. Swarbrick, who was
first elected to Parliament at age 23 in the 2017
election representing Auckland Central, was elected
co-leader in March 2024 after the surprise
resignation of James Shaw; she joined co-leader
Marama Davidson. After Swarbrick, Hernandez
and Willis fielded questions, attendees took a
break. Greens then launched their local
elections campaign; they are running four
candidates. Rose Finnie for DCC, Lily Warring
for DCC, Alan Somerville for ORC, and Mickey
Treadwell for DCC and Mayor each made
speeches. Voting for all 14 Dunedin City
Council seats and the mayor and 12 seats on the
Otago Regional Council, including five in Dunedin
constituency, will take place from 9 Sept.-11 Oct
using the single transferable vote (STV) system.
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