Candidate karaoke was not enough for Lee Vandervis - the Dunedin mayoral hopeful has released a rap.
It is about the Otago Regional Council and it is not complimentary.
"We need to be free from the useless ORC," the city councillor proclaims with conviction.
"Get back our harbourside, get back our port; develop them both without the duplication rort."
This effort from Cr Vandervis on his Facebook page was set to a little background music and a beat and it came within a week of a solid rendition of Dancing Queen on The Hits’ candidate karaoke series.
"By now, you’ve seen the signs around, Future Dunedin’s here for you," he sang.
"I don’t believe that anybody feels the rates going up like we do now."
Sophie Barker attempted Shake It Off and it was not quite the same as Taylor Swift’s version.
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich produced a little rhyme in a Facebook post in recent days: "You vote, you choose. You don’t, you lose."
Mr Radich participated in the karaoke series "against [his] better judgement", going for perhaps a bass harmony line in Sweet Caroline.
"I was in kapa haka rōpū throughout high school, which is where I learned to sing, and learned to enjoy singing," the Green Party candidate said.
He had played in bands since about the age of 14, primarily as a saxophonist.
"I love karaoke, but I haven’t patronised Vivace much since becoming a dad - I’ve spent a lot of time singing my boy to sleep instead," Mr Treadwell said.
The ODT knows Marie Laufiso is a capable singer.
As well as battling the giggles, she was made to work by the high pitch of Stumblin’ In.
In her rendition of the song, Mandy Mayhem sensibly went down an octave.
Ruthven Allimrac, the vampire candidate, found his groove from "Friday night and the lights are low" in Dancing Queen.
Carmen Houlahan had her own attempt at Wonderwall, Lync Aronson tried I Will Survive and Pamela Taylor opted for Katy Perry’s Roar.
Benedict Ong turned down the radio station’s karaoke challenge but pledged to return if elected mayor and after some singing lessons.
Cr Vandervis described his singing skills as dubious but said his ORC ditty had received "very wide social media appreciation".
Regional council chairwoman Gretchen Robertson was less enthusiastic.
Cr Robertson said she would "leave the rapping to others", but when it came to Otago’s future, they should be singing from the same songbook.
"Progress comes from working together, not pulling each other down."
Regional councillor Michael Laws said unitary authorities were a great idea.
