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They included former NZ First MP Darroch Ball, former National Party candidate William Wood, and return city council candidate and local government commentator Andy Asquith. As a relatively unknown newcomer, Mikalad said he had worked hard and spent a lot on quality brochures and social media to improve his visibility. Mikalad said he had been planning to stand for the council in 2022, and had been saving towards that goal for a while before this year’s opportunity arose when former deputy mayor Tangi Utikere resigned after being elected as the city’s Labour MP. “A lot of feedback I got was that I was visible and putting in the effort. I wanted it more than anyone, to be able to serve the community, while the others relied to an extent on name recognition.”
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The average age of city residents is 33, one of the lowest in New Zealand, yet there were no Palmerston North city councillors aged less than 30. Swarbrick said all the young candidates were invited to the forum, Green or not, because it made it more interesting to hear a diversity of views. William Wood, 19, and Orphee Mikalad, 30, along with Rozenberg and Speller took up the invitation, but Nikita Skipper put in a late apology. Wood said it looked like voter turnout for the by-election might be as low as 28 per cent. That was because so many young people did not know what the council was, and because councillors were not engaging successfully with their community.