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# The Nelson Mayoralty
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-nelson-mayoralty/
- Published: 2022-09-14T19:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-14T03:24:58.000Z
- Author: Bob Jones
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

**Sir Bob Jones**  
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The latest *Listener* has devoted five pages to the forthcoming Nelson mayoral election.

Four and a half are devoted to former Green Party candidate Matt Lawry, a two-term Councillor. They include a full-page photo, another half page photo of him with his family and a further half-page photo with Green Party MPs.

> His principal opponent, Nick Smith is given a mere half a page.

Lawry it seemed, has had a rather speckled background as a journo for diverse radio and print outlets, none seemingly lasting long. It appears from the article his last employment was a decade back since when he has presumably existed from his Councillor’s fees.

In bold boxed type is his quote:

> “When it comes to the mayoralty I think it’s really important that whoever has that job isn’t a member of a political party.”

I searched in vain for any explanation from him in the article as to why this is really important.

Smith, unsurprisingly given his engineering doctorate, played a key role as a senior Cabinet Minister in the rebuilds following the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes.

In the year since his retirement, he’s been involved in creating a windfarm. It will be interesting to watch the outcome of this election between a talker and a doer.

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