Deputy chairman voted off, three new faces on board

Wanaka voters have produced a new look community board for the town.

Deputy chairman Bryan Lloyd and board member Michael O’Connor were both voted off.

Incumbent board  chairwoman Rachel Brown was returned for a second term and  has been joined by new board members Ed Taylor, Quentin Smith and Ruth Harrison.

Mr Taylor, former owner of Radio Wanaka and current Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow general manager, was the highest polling candidate.

Mr Smith is a businessman and commodore of the Wanaka Yacht Club and Ruth Harrison works for the Department of Conservation and is a director of Dunstan Hospital.

The three councillors representing the Wanaka ward on the Queenstown Lakes District Council, Calum MacLeod, Ella Lawton and Ross McRobie, become members of the board automatically.

mark.price@odt.co.nz

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