We've got 16 candidates to elect to 10 positions and 'meet the candidates' at 2.30pm on Sunday 14 September. So we need to decide which 10 we want, or which 6 we don't want. Also a bit of an environment centre update and an introduction to the balances shown in https://waikato.civicclerk.com.au/web/UserControls/pdf/web/DocPDFWrapper.aspx?p=1&aoid=585&token=b6ac83ea-1acf-4922-93a6-4a36cefb49ac, such as the $112,697 in the Wainui Farm Reserve account. Good to see a Regional Council survey showing that 87% think “A healthy environment is necessary for a healthy economy”, but only 29% think "The benefits of maximising agricultural productivity outweigh the costs of harming waterways” - https://core.opentext.eu/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?shortLink=b8938ecafd0508ffa2069c4267d31e2ab8e7dee81c2da810.