Annette Main for Wanganui Mayor: Join Annette's Campaign

We have been out walking the streets, talking to people in their homes and the feed-back has been heart-warming, people love living here, they are proud of what we have here and they just want things to be more positive.

Here are some of the key things you can do to help right now...

Check out the website to become familiar with my key messages, my views on current issues and latest media material.

Watch for the video on the site (now available) and ask for a copy if you have others you would like to show it to, its four minutes, longer than planned, but I had a lot to say! I hope you like it.

Join my facebook page or Twitter and encourage your friends and their friends to join, the more we have there the more effective this becomes.

Display a banner in the rear window of your car. These are now available from Webquest at 9 Victoria Ave, upstairs by the Thai Restaurant or at our stand at The River Traders this Saturday. Encourage your friends to do the same, we need to get them out there and visible.

Help get our A4 Posters out into the suburbs and work-places. These can also be collected from Webquest or the Market if you have a work-place, shop window or similar location to display them. I will be personally delivering them in the central business district but need help getting them out into the suburbs and workplaces. If you can do this please record the areas you will be going when you collect the posters, keep a record of where they will be displayed and email it to me so that we ensure we get good coverage and avoid double-ups.

Pick up a book of raffle tickets while you are getting your banners or posters and help us raise the necessary funds to win this campaign. It’s easy to sell, everyone wants to win ‘A night for ten at The Flying Fox with dinner and breakfast served by the campaign team’ The winner will be announced on election night!

Put Sunday 12th September 4pm at 151 London St in your diaries for our next supporters function. Thanks so much for your support, knowing you are all out there with the best interests of our city and district at heart is a huge bonus for me. I will be back in touch early next week with more information on our next meeting.



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Top 5 Issues for Annette Main, Wanganui Mayor Candidate 2010

My experience as Deputy Chair and Committee Chair in regional government has shown me that by working in a genuine partnership with our communities, both rural and urban, both young and older, both well off and not so well off, together we can move our district forward.

1.  Proud of our place 
This is a proud district, we should be justifiably proud of our history, proud of our achievements, proud of our community, and proud of the unique place we have in this world.
I want to see Wanganui really on the map in a positive way, that focuses on all that is good about our lives.

2.  Bringing people together using partnerships for progress 

By bringing people together, getting the basics right and focusing on what really needs to get done to move us forward, this district will be unbeatable. Everyone has a contribution to make in achieving the great potential of our city and under my leadership no-one will be left out or left behind, and every idea will be treated with respect because no one person has a monopoly on good ideas.

My top priority will be a new partnership for progress that will balance delivering high quality council services and investing in promoting the district in order to grow local businesses and to attract new business. By cleverly promoting our district as a world class destination both for visitors and for business investment we can grow the local economy to deliver the lifestyle we want and the employment opportunities we need.

3.  Getting the basics right 

We need to make sure we get the basics right, which means making sure we are living within our means as a city and that the basic services we all take for granted, like good quality roads and footpaths, waste collection, sports fields and community facilities are maintained and improved.
Living within our means
As my campaign for Mayor is progressing the constant theme that I hear is the worry about Council debt levels.

4.  Living within our means is an important way of life for most individuals. It should also be an important consideration for our Council. With many of our ratepayers on fixed incomes, it is not easy for them to find the extra dollars to fund the “nice to have, but not absolutely necessary” projects. We need to save borrowing for the essentials, just as many households must do.

What we need is a council that will take an old fashioned, let’s live within our means approach. I am committed to this common sense approach.


5.  Solid track record of getting things done 
I have a solid track record of listening to the community and a commonsense ability to get things done by including people at the outset and taking people along with me, so that people feel they have a genuine stake in the future.
I want to see us really getting the things done that we need to do to ensure Wanganui continues to build on the community assets we have built and maintained over the years.


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Annette Main Wanganui Mayoralty Candidate NZ 2010 Elections

I am proud to be  standing for  mayoralty in the council elections this October.

We are  a proud district, proud of our achievements, proud of our community, and proud of our unique place in the world. Yet people are telling me they are worried we are not living within our means as a city and that we need to spend more time getting the basics right.

I intend to take a fresh approach to civic leadership that focuses on bringing people together and providing leadership you can rely on.

We have strong and resilient groups in our community who are passionate about our city and we need to build on that strength, resilience and passion to bring people together and find the common ground vital to moving the city forward.

Everyone has a contribution to make in achieving the great potential of our city and under my leadership no-one will be left out or left behind, and every idea will be treated with respect because no one person has a monopoly on good ideas.

I have a solid track record of listening to the community and a commonsense ability to get things done by including people at the outset and taking people along with me, so that people feel they have a genuine stake in the future.

Mr top priority will be a new partnership for progress that will balance delivering high quality council services and investing in promoting the city in order to grow local businesses and attract new business.

First, we need to make sure we get the basics right, which means making sure we are living within our means as a district and that the basic services we all take for granted, like good quality roads and footpaths, waste collection, sports fields and community facilities are maintained and improved.

And we need to cleverly promote our city as a world class destination both for visitors and for business investment so we can grow the local economy to deliver the lifestyle we want and the employment opportunities we need.

 By bringing people together, getting the basics right and focusing on what really needs to get done to move us forward, our place will be unbeatable.

I am standing as an independent candidate for the mayoralty and will be running a grass roots ‘people power’ campaign that will involve friends and supporters investment.

The sheer number of people who have encouraged me to stand and have offered their help and support should I decide to run has been overwhelming and humbling.  Their kindness and generosity, and belief in our district and its future, is precisely what makes this such a wonderful place.



Annette Main is a successful local business person and local government leader, serving the community on the Horizons Regional Council for 12 years. Along with her husband John, she owns and operates The Flying Fox, an award winning tourism business based alongside the Whanganui River. She also co-ordinates Journeys on the Whanganui, a successful cluster of tourism businesses working collaboratively with the community in which they work.

Annette Main also is the key driver behind the weekly River Traders Market on the downtown riverbank, which has developed a national reputation as one of the best in the country. As well as providing an additional draw card for visitors the market provides an opportunity for local producers and entrepreneurs to showcase their products.

Authorised by Annette Main of 3081 Whanganui River Road

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