Local body election voting opens today, and despite the huge role local councils play in our daily lives a lot of us cannot muster the enthusiasm to vote.
Forty percent of New Zealanders voted in the last local body election in 2022.
Ollie Neas is the co-founder of website Policy.nz, a tool you can use to find out just who is running in your area and what they stand for. He joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: RNZ / Eveline Harvey
