THE Wairoa District councillor who has missed the most meetings in the past term says she has worked hard to make up for this.
Wairoa mayor Craig Little said a lot of people did not realise being a councillor was more than just attending meetings. He felt it was acceptable for councillors to miss some meetings, as long as it was not a common occurrence.
"You might have a local government thing on somewhere else and you just can't get out of meetings," he said. "There'll always be something come up, it might be a tangi or a funeral and that but ... you've got to have a pretty good reason not to go to a meeting.
"But the bigger thing is, if you miss a meeting, as long as it's not a common occurrence, you should then follow up and see what you missed out on."
Of the 60 council, and extraordinary meetings, councillor Hine Flood attended the least - 45. This was one fewer than mayoral candidate Benita Cairns, and 13 fewer than the person with the highest amount of attendance - mayor Craig Little.