Stephen Berry
Voting papers have started to be issued in Auckland and across the country for the 2022 local body elections. Former Auckland Mayoral candidate and political commentator Stephen Berry is encouraging people to have as much information available as possible before casting their vote and recommends they use the Absolutely Biased Guide to the Auckland Local Elections.
“Every voting paper will be accompanied by a booklet of statements from each candidate to tell you what they stand for,” Berry says. “Unfortunately many of those candidates are either completely ignorant of what is legally achievable, especially at Local Board level, or use 150 words to tell voters nothing at all.”
Stephen Berry has taken the guesswork out of the process of voting, especially for voters wanting to elect centre-right representatives that support lower rates, private property rights, focusing Council efforts on core services and addressing the $90-150 million per year deficit over the next decade.
“Some candidate statements require voters to try to read between the lines, like the back label of a pretentious bottle of wine. Other candidates want to give their favourite demographic group, which is usually their own age or racial group, representation because apparently all people with a particular skin colour all think the same.
“There are too many candidates promoting nothing more than diversity and equity. Diversity being the idea that people’s unchangeable characteristics, such as gender, sexuality and ethnicity are more important than individuals themselves. Equity on the other hand is the hundreds of millions of corpses and equally shared misery resulting from failed regimes trying to create equal outcomes for identity groups.”
To help voters sift through the nonsense and make informed choices, Stephen Berry has written the Absolutely Biased Guide to the Auckland Local Elections 2022. This is the largest and most comprehensive voting guide of its type in New Zealand political history and reviews 503 candidacies covering the Portage and Waitakere Licensing Trusts, 13 wards, 21 Local Boards and the 23 candidates for Mayor of Auckland.
To access the Absolutely Biased Guide, as well as exclusive Insight: Politics articles, cartoons and more, purchase a Silver Membership or higher from thebfd.co.nz
The entirety of the Absolutely Biased Voting Guide is now available:
The Waitakere and Portage Licensing Trusts
Albany Ward, Upper Harbour Local Board, Hibiscus & Bays Local Board
Albert-Eden-Puketapapa Ward, Albert-Eden Local Board, Puketapapa Local Board
Franklin Ward, Franklin Local Board
Howick Ward, Howick Local Board
Manukau Ward, Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board, Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Manurewa-Papakura Ward, Manurewa Local Board, Papakura Local Board
Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ward, Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board
North Shore Ward, Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, Kaipatiki Local Board
Orakei Ward, Orakei Local Board
Rodney Ward, Rodney Local Board
Waitakere Ward, Waitakere Ranges Local Board, Henderson-Massey Local Board
Waitemata & Gulf Ward, Waitemata Local Board, Aotea-Great Barrier Local Board, Waiheke Local Board
Stephen Berry will be discussing the Absolutely Biased Guide to the Auckland Local Elections 2022 on Trad Tasman Talk with Tim Wilms 8 pm NZT Friday 16 September 2022.