Lachlan Akers
Lachlan Akers’s Elections & Candidacies
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Contested 1 race — 0 elected 1 not elected
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Council - At LargeDunedin City CouncilFinal Not electedVote share • 0.3%234 votes
In the News
The best, worst and weirdest local elections hoardings of 2025, reviewed
The Spinoff — September 26, 2025As local elections fever grips the nation, council candidates are jostling for your vote the best way they know how: by chucking up great big bloody signs on the side of the road. Here are The Spinoff’s top picks from around the motu. Oh oh oh, Ohakune (David “Rabbit” Nottage, Ruapehu District Council) Here’s a man who knows his colour wheel, with the plummy purples of his tie and shiny (!) leopard print (!) shirt popping beautifully against the egg yolk yellow of whatever the hell that is behind him (choco eclair tank?).
The disagreement over Dunedin’s new dump
The Spinoff — September 16, 2025A group of Dunedin local body candidates has forced Smooth Hill, the city’s proposed new landfill, onto the election agenda – but mayor Jules Radich and other candidates say there’s no point in returning to a decision that’s been made. “Are you sure it’s a controversial issue?” says Jules Radich, mayor of Dunedin, on the phone.
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