Voters will get a chance to hear directly from candidates standing in the Tukituki electorate in the upcoming elections at a Meet the Candidates event organised by Hawke's Bay Today.
The meeting, run in conjunction with NewstalkZB, will be held on Monday at 6pm at Karamu High School in Hastings.
National MP for Tukituki and candidate Craig Foss, Labour's Anna Lorck, Chris Perley of the Green Party, Dr Stephen Jenkinson of the Conservative Party, Romana Manning of Legalise Cannabis Aotearoa and Dick Ryan of the Democrats for Social Credit have all confirmed that they will be attending. Each candidate will say why they should be elected as MP and will also answers questions from Hawke's Bay Today readers.
Editor Andrew Austin said it was important that voters get the chance to hear what the candidates had to say.
"We encourage our readers to attend this meeting so that they can make an informed choice."
There will be a gold coin entry with proceeds going to Cranford Hospice. A straw poll will be conducted after the candidates have had their say and the poll's results will be published in the next day's paper. If you have a question you would like put to the candidates, please email it to editor@hbtoday.co.nz.
Meet the Candidates events will also be held in the Napier and Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorates. More details will be given near the time.
