About this episode

The episode features an interview with South Wairarapa District Mayor Fran Wilde discussing local challenges and community highlights.

It's time for Mayoral minutes, where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing, how they're working to solve them and what makes their community special. This week we're heading to the South Wairarapa District, from where Mayor Fran Wilde joins Jesse.

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Guest: Fran Wilde

Topics covered

• local government
• community challenges
• mayoral insights
• South Wairarapa
• leadership

Keywords

• mayor
• South Wairarapa
• community
• challenges
• leadership
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: South Wairarapa District

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