Media Release

For immediate release, Tuesday 11 October

Otago Polytechnic to host Dunedin Election Forum series

A series of public election forums for Dunedin parliamentary candidates is to be held at Otago Polytechnic, and broadcast live on Otago Access Radio’s Sustainable Lens programme. All local candidates have been invited to take part in the four-part series, which will focus on the role of sustainability in New Zealand’s future.

Sustainable Lens has organised the forums to provide an opportunity for the public to become better informed about the views and policies of the people vying to become MPs.

A regular panelist on Sustainable Lens, Otago Polytechnic’s Associate Professor of Information Technology, Samuel Mann, says the audience will also be able to question the candidates.

“We want this to be a community conversation,” he says. “We’ll include a section in each show for audience questions, and if members of the public can't make it along they can visit our website to submit a question for the candidates.”

The first of the electorate-focused specials takes place on Thursday 27 October, 7pm-9pm. All of the discussions will be broadcast live on 105.4FM and 1575AM, and live-streamed at www.oar.org.nz

DATE ELECTORATE VENUE
Thurs 27 October, 7-9pm Dunedin South candidates Otago Polytechnic,
G Block, Room 106,
Union Street East,
Dunedin.
Thurs 3 November, 7-9pm Te Tai Tonga candidates
Thurs 10 November, 7-9pm Dunedin list candidates
Thurs 17 November, 7-9pm Dunedin North candidates

'Sustainable Lens' on Otago Access Radio 104.5FM broadcasts each Thursday from 7pm-8pm. Host Anton Angelo is joined by regular panelists Samuel Mann and Shane Gallagher. Each week the team takes a sustainability perspective on current topics in the world around us, drawing out threads of discussion with invited guests.

http://sustainablelens.org/
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