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Winner: the endless cycle of underinvestment in core infrastructure. Big loser: the pipes.
Inside the race to win over the region that boasts the lowest rates increase, but a pretty high rate of local election blunders. Why is Whanganui the best place in the world?
As if this wasn't enough to take in, Michael Organ – the subject of my 2022 documentary Mister Organ – is also running in the local elections in New Zealand. My documentary traced his history of using the legal system to harass his victims, one of whom he mentally tormented until he took his life.
Alex Casey takes a Hollywood tour through the star-studded candidates list.
In Mister Organ, the Tickled director gets snared by an even creepier villain—who still hasn’t let him go.
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