About this episode

The episode features an interview with Upper Hutt Mayor Peri Zee 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. Today we're heading to Upper Hutt - North of Wellington - from where Mayor Peri Zee joins Jesse.

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Guest: Peri Zee

Topics covered

• local government
• community challenges
• mayoral insights
• Upper Hutt
• leadership

Keywords

• mayor
• Upper Hutt
• community
• challenges
• leadership
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Upper Hutt, Wellington

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