A chance to meet the people running for council. Photo / File
More than 100 people have taken their seats for Rotorua's meet the candidates event and more are still trickling in.
Timekeepers are at the ready and will present candidates with a yellow card after two minutes and a red card when their two and a half minutes of speaking time
is up.
Rotorua Chambers chief executive Bryce Heard will MC the evening.
Once all candidates have given their statements, a limited number of questions will be invited from the floor.
There will be a quick-fire question round limited to one minute per question and one minute per answer.
Questions can either be directed to one or several candidates, or yes and no questions to allow all candidates to answer.
