Election 2023: Leighton Baker Party candidate for Bay of Plenty, Wendy Gillespie on Local Focus Candidate Camera

Watch the full interview to see Gillespie talk about how she would tackle the local issues.

First-time candidate Wendy Gillespie is running for better infrastructure and local democracy.

In this Local Focus interview, the Ōropi local said: “People have lost trust and confidence in the integrity of the political system of the 120 candidates we’ve got here.

“They feel that the party politics have taken over the people’s needs and the people’s voices.”

Gillespie said the current system is broken and “the government has let us down”.

Watch interviews with candidates for Bay of Plenty electorate:

Local Focus: Labour candidate, Pare Taikato on Candidate Camera

Local Focus: National Party candidate, Tom Rutherford on Candidate Camera

Local Focus: ACT candidate, Cameron Luxton on Candidate Camera

Local Focus: NZ First candidate, Kirsten Murfitt on Candidate Camera

Local Focus: Leighton Baker Party candidate, Wendy Gillespie on Candidate Camera

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