Local Focus: Orphée Mickalad on Candidate Camera

Watch the full Local Focus interview for Mickalad's views on the city's biggest issues, and our less important quickfire questions

Housing and infrastructure are the big election issues for Palmerston North City Council candidate Orphée Mickalad.

Palmerston North City Council needs to free up more land "to enable more developers to build more houses", he said.

On Three Waters, Mickalad said he "loved" the idea of cleaner water for all, but was against it because of the lack of government consultation.

One local issue Mickalad said he hears about regularly is the state of the city's potholes.

And his favourite book is the Bible.

Candidates for Palmerston North's Te Hirawanui General Ward

• Local Focus: Kaydee Zabelin on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Rachel Bowen on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Leonie Hapeta on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Vaughan Dennison on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Pat Handcock on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Brent Barrett on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Orphée Mickalad on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Lew Findlay on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Dion Jensen on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Hussein Pierre Kikhounga-Ngot on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Mike Clement on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Jacinta Fraser on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: William Wood on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Sam Walmsley on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Les Fugle on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Bruno Petrenas on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Mark Arnott on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Meenal Dutt on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Karen Naylor on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Zakk Rokkanno on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Rhia Taonui on Candidate Camera

Some other councillor candidates were not available to be interviewed and others chose to not be interviewed by Local Focus.

Palmerston North Mayoral Candidates

• Local Focus: Ross Barber on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Hussein Pierre Kikhounga-Ngot on Candidate Camera

Some other mayoral candidates were not available to be interviewed and others chose to not be interviewed by Local Focus.