Politics / Auckland Region

Campaign: Auckland (Part 2)

16:00 pm on 16 September 2016

Campaign: Auckland 2016 is a weekly series in which Todd Niall takes you behind the scenes of the Auckland mayoral race.

Voting papers are in the mail capping a week in which candidate Mark Thomas stopped campaigning to win - and started campaigning to stop Phil Goff winning.

Penny Bright launch Photo: RNZ/ Todd Niall

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Todd meets Vic Crone and asks what is she up to when she cancels up to half a dozen public meetings?

He meets two candidates who don’t think they’re getting a fair shake of the mainstream media stick – and have been critical of RNZ in this regard - Chloe Swarbrick and Penny Bright.

And talks to Derek Handley who's funding a poll on the election for The Spinoff website - he says Ms Crone's refusal to be drawn on the cause of climate change is worrying.  

Chloe Swarbrick Photo: RNZ/ Todd Niall