Politically and pictorially, they are left and right. Sitting city councillors Sarah Thomson and Tim Macindoe are the heavy hitters among a modest field of four candidates as June ends in the race to lift the Hamilton mayoral chains.
Local Choice – Election 2025
At the October local body elections Paula Southgate will retire undefeated after two terms as mayor and 15 years on the Waikato Regional Council – which she ultimately chaired.
Hamilton voters will also have the option of perennial candidate Jack Gielen and Roger Stratford – but as it stands, the two sitting councillors will attract the great majority of the votes. In the July edition of Waikato Business News, we meet the pair whose message to voters is “make me mayor”.
See: Thomson: Strategic growth key to city’s success
See: Macindoe’s plan: reduce the debt burden
PICTURED: Sarah Thomson, left, and Tim Macindoe, right
