Fourteen years after he first moved to Hawke's Bay, and 10 years after he made a stab at securing a seat in the Hastings District Council chambers, Hastings resident Bruce Bisset is giving it another go.
He's one of six candidates standing as a council candidate for the upcoming Hastings/Havelock North ward byelection and said he brought political experience as well as the ability to think strategically.
A resident of Waiheke Island before his move to the Bay, Mr Bisset spent three terms on the local community board, the last as its chairman, amid a time of political turmoil following the supercity amalgamation.
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"It was a fraught time and there were lots of issues - island, city, rural and sea - and it was highly politicised so I am used to the cut and thrust."