{"id":641203,"date":"2026-10-25T21:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641203\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T21:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:10:07","slug":"i-didnt-know-i-wanted-this-job-why-a-councillor-is-running-for-mp-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641203\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;I didn\u2019t know I wanted this job&#039;: Why a councillor is running for MP &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxNQVdrTUdZWjJ3RklRbmkxZ01ScDVjWkUyWWV4cGZRSV9XT3pPSUhxdXp6Vlh1M1ZhMUw3WHF1Q2VkUjBpanVxbC1PRlEwZklsdHp3Zm5RU1owS3Q3MFIzeTllWV9TMFpkWGYzdzdHQkZHaHRBeUg5NzNueEQtUmNENjU5OFY0b2tIVUltTk1Ddl9PS19zSThiZGNXdXNXN3RlWkJGS1VaNFh6WXdocFBZYWpiZjdDOXNMQkJHM3NJLURidkJ1aGdBTHdwZ3ZHdVRRMXoxTDdiZFdOWkZkQm0zVmlWWUdHRzBQck9fS19LT1RPb1daNl9SdURwQ2R4Wms?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I didn\u2019t know I wanted this job&#8217;: Why a councillor is running for MP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxOYWphRlVlTkFuNWJzeFcwamRWTHBiSk85TmFKUFc0VlVCOUl0M2NNeE02LVVsc3VwODR1NDB0enNoQTByNXAzTVlBZ1c5N0RQd3prZGtxLWplb2otQmlfMVRfOUlKQnVRQ2tvNzdlWTQwSl9ER1ZHa0ttM05RQ29fYnRHN1RBOERuWkZYTFlINlk0d2dMdllrYmlUdFotTWoyVjROZHJWd2VyRHEtTFlNWmdMZzI0dTVpZWFiUUktdncxODhkZTc0VzZoMjVucGUwVkthM015MU9jQkFDUFJ1azVKVnQ4U0hIV1lYVWF3MU56MTFLTEZYMURnWjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free public transport &#8216;will make the city liveable&#8217;, says Tauranga candidate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8gFBVV95cUxPVmtkSEpPWGFEVllJVkdKUjRUNEw3blNmX3dNaWVRRGVwZmhJZ0NTZ2U0YUpNVlE2STdXUDBaZUNuaUdkYzBlY1ZETkpvUzBwdS11emMxMGRBX3J3Q3FfVzNPcURtekdRRmxuejlrR05yRFlMTE92Y3RIOVJRbGlYT2wybVd5TzJzazNldlQ2dTJ4LXh4ZU1tWGJUSS1BWS1VVkI1Qy1uSTNibXRjVm5qY0FTSU1FVVJ3ZzY5ZVlkZU44b042MlB1TU53MDdIenlSQW9yU0VuYkFMNFA2WTF3TGhwSi1EQUJRLWlQXzcyeUtNQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Learning support co-ordinators for every school by 2028, Rutherford vows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxNbTh3RjZsYXBZcHhQSFBNMVN0MVJoWjJ0WHQ2MHo4OWtxdG5DVzBxUDBJallpMV9WNFVYZXgwZ1owNmt6M1RmcmRZRGp1V2oybGt2eTdVRGxPRDNaUEhKR2d5aGpvTURnR0RQcG14RGxJbjVJMVZCbjhLU1RRbjFSS2k0U3hUbUxRZURQUWRhNlBac3VwVEtlZG1YeFBLWGpJXzVjb1RuaS02TlpzYmFIbzg1QkRKZHlVODZiSmFBaXpad2plZ2Y0RGNUQ3pna0Y5U1hONWJFbEt4TDlrZFJaNmVXanc1Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tauranga is beautiful but &#8216;not an equal city for everyone&#8217; &#8211; Tinetti<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxPMHg1Nkl5Q0tnWG1hUFBsdmprYm1zMDFpUVlLa0I1dzF0UEZrUC1NTzBDT28zOXNRb0VGN0YtM0U3bVZhaDNvN04wSnBvSmxPTHV5QV9hMmowdXZURjBBUlYzNFFYeTZzTzlxLWVhRFJnWFJNd1NoLVlkN0kydFY5SUFyQnJEdjVmN0dPUjR4VktIZ1F5Mjk2dGRlLXd6dnhtUkJQVnlqcWxWS2hpYV9mOG5DZURRV0tMLXpUeHgyMmlkRlVFS3MyNWFvcUM1U1FkNzNSaVViYkN6RVRMM0lwOW03Nlc5QUlHc0dF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I\u2019ve stood up for them&#8217;: Why MP says Tauranga should re-elect him<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;I didn\u2019t know I wanted this job&#8217;: Why a councillor is running for MP&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldFree public transport &#8216;will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-641203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}