Local Focus: Who is Judy Kendall, Act candidate for Napier?

Judy Kendall is the Act Party's Napier presence in a general election for the first time since 2011.

She doesn't expect to win but Kendall hopes her profile as a candidate will boost the party vote for Act. In the last election Act was sixth-highest in the Napier electorate's party vote rankings, with just 152 votes.

In this Local Focus video profile Kendall says she values her own integrity "and therefore I am willing to fight for the integrity of other people".

"Case in point, I have taken on a big corporate like ACC who had the gall to question my honesty, but moreover my surgeon's honesty," she said.

In the video Kendall answers some less-serious answers, revealing a preference for Kanye over Jay Z.

• John Smith and Ian Gaskin are also standing in the Napier electorate as independents.

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