Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle

Local Focus: Jenny Duncan on Candidate Camera

Ben Carter
Ben Carter
Video Journalist, Whanganui, NZH Local Focus·NZ Herald·
16 Sep, 2022 04:00 AM2 mins to read
‌

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
Meet Jenny Duncan, running for Whanganui District Council.

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

Jenny Duncan is an anti-mandate candidate running for Whanganui District Council.

Duncan says "people have a right to choose" whether or not they are vaccinated.

Duncan has been Whanganui's Deputy Mayor for the last three years.

She was unsure who would win a fight between Gandalf and Dumbledore.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"Don't know, don't care," she said.

On more important matters, Duncan agrees with the reason for Three Waters reform.

"New Zealand needs water reform, absolutely. But what we don't need is the model that's currently being provided."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

She says there are better alternatives though did not explain what they were.

Other candidates chose to not be interviewed by Local Focus.

Save
    Share this article

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Whanganui Chronicle

‘Couch-surfing’, ‘living in cars’: Korokio project big step in affordable housing

24 Apr 06:00 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

‘A spring of memory’: Māori Battalion history preserved in new Putiki dining hall reconstruction

24 Apr 05:00 PM
Premium
Whanganui Chronicle

Nicky Rennie: I've decided to own my age

24 Apr 04:00 PM

Sponsored

Endangered bird gets another chance

21 Apr 02:30 AM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

‘Couch-surfing’, ‘living in cars’: Korokio project big step in affordable housing
Whanganui Chronicle

‘Couch-surfing’, ‘living in cars’: Korokio project big step in affordable housing

Ngāti Rangi whānau have celebrated the completion of a 10-home Ohakune subdivision.

24 Apr 06:00 PM
‘A spring of memory’: Māori Battalion history preserved in new Putiki dining hall reconstruction
Whanganui Chronicle

‘A spring of memory’: Māori Battalion history preserved in new Putiki dining hall reconstruction

24 Apr 05:00 PM
Premium
Premium
Nicky Rennie: I've decided to own my age
Whanganui Chronicle

Nicky Rennie: I've decided to own my age

24 Apr 04:00 PM


Endangered bird gets another chance
Sponsored

Endangered bird gets another chance

21 Apr 02:30 AM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • NZME Digital Performance Marketing
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2026 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP