North Now announces local board candidates

15 June 2010: North Now, the independent North Shore ticket, has announced its first two candidates for local boards for the new Auckland super city.
 
They are: Toby Hutton (Hibiscus and Bays Local Board) and Chris Waterman (Kaipatiki
Local Board).
 
Toby Hutton, born in 1988 and educated in East Coast Bays, campaigned in 2007 against plans to turn Whenuapai Airbase into a commercial airport.
 
Toby devotes most of his time to the Territorial Force. He is also a volunteer at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Western Springs and plants trees in his local community on council planting days.
 
Chris Waterman, who lives in Albany, is head boy Rosmini College. He was born and raised on the North Shore and spent two years in the United States from 2000–2002.
 
He has been a member of the Shore Youth Council since 2008 and part of the North Shore City Council’s Youth Strategy Management Team since 2009. Chris is also a youth representative on the Glenfield Community Board.
 
Graeme Hunt, a North Now Albany ward candidate for the Auckland Council, said Toby Hutton and Chris Waterman would make an excellent contribution to the governance of the super city.
 
“Local boards will have greater powers than the existing community boards and will provide a vital link between the Auckland Council and the people,” he said.
 
North Now plans to announce other candidates soon.
 
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