Last night, our fear­less editor­ess Joanna appeared on Media7. The epis­ode was ded­ic­ated to region­al media cov­er­age of may­or­al cam­paigns, from North­land to South­land. Joanna talked about the Wel­ling­tonista’s may­or­al can­did­ate ques­tion­naire, includ­ing that one can­did­ate who could­n’t fol­low dir­ec­tions.

Jo did us proud, and skil­fully man­aged to glam­or­ously coordin­ate with the Media 7 set. You can watch the epis­ode in full here.

After see­ing the clips of region­al telly in oth­er parts of New Zea­l­and, it makes me wish for Wel­ling­ton to have its own low-budget, slightly crappy region­al tele­vi­sion chan­nel.

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And speak­ing of Wel­ling­ton loc­al body polit­ics and TVNZ 7, on Wed­nes­day night, Back Benches held a debate with the Wel­ling­ton may­or­al can­did­ates, focus­ing on trans­port and tour­ism. Watch the epis­ode here.