Local Focus: John Chetty on Candidate Camera

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

Tourism is the big issue for local hotel manager John Chetty, running for the first time on Rotorua's general ward council.

"Rotorua city is the only thermal city in New Zealand and it has to be restored as a tourist destination," he said.

Chetty said he was for co-governance because "it benefits the city and makes everything right".

He was also in favour of the Three Waters reform.

In the face of rising costs, Chetty said rates should be frozen and not increase for "at least three years", but would not suggest any specific service areas that could be cut back to cover a rates freeze.

"That's something the team will have to decide once we get to council," he said.

Speaking about motels being used for emergency housing, Chetty said a solution needs to be found before the tourism industry is tarnished "even more than what it is now".

Candidates for Rotorua General Ward

• Local Focus: Kaya Sparke on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Nick Chater on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Rawiri Te Kowhai on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Brendan Davis on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Rob Lee on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Steve Pinder on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Mercia-Dawn Yates on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Kariana Black on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Conan O'Brien on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Ryan Gray on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: John Chetty on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Gregg Brown on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Fisher Wang on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Merepeka Raukawa-Tait on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Don Paterson on Candidate Camera

Other candidates chose to not be interviewed by Local Focus.

Rotorua Mayoral Candidates

• Local Focus: Reynold Macpherson on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Tania Tapsell on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Ben Sandford on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Kalaadevi Ananda on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Fletcher Tabuteau on Candidate Camera
• Local Focus: Raj Kumar on Candidate Camera

Another mayoral candidate chose to not be interviewed by Local Focus.