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Meanwhile Gore has elected the country's youngest ever mayor. 23-year-old Ben Bell has beaten Tracey Hicks by eight votes after waiting a nail-biting five days for 67 special votes to be counted. Hicks had been mayor since 2004. Ben Bell talks to Lisa Owen.
A survey of all 291 mayoral candidates reveal there's little love for the government's Three Waters reforms.
Labour ministers Andrew Little and Michael Wood will give evidence later this week in a High Court trial over an alleged concealed donation in 2017.
The first week of a major trial concerning political donations has started to unravel the alleged money trail from anonymous donors to Labour and National.
The Invercargill mayoral race has thrown up another curveball, with deputy mayor Nobby Clark now entering the fray.