Team Dunedin

Team Dunedin is a local body ticket which contests local elections in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Leadership and policies
It is led by Jules Radich, the mayor of Dunedin. Radich describes the ticket as centrist, encompassing ideas from both the left and right of politics.

Team Dunedin campaign material promoted policies that were "welcoming, vibrant, and sustainable." These included:


 * using participatory democracy to make decisions, rather than representative democracy;
 * ensuring older citizens' voices are heard in decision-making;
 * expanding the network of tracks and trails in the city;
 * upgrading existing playgrounds to have "destination" status;
 * retaining the existing one-way system along State Highway 1;
 * keeping Dunedin "open for business";


 * protecting the Esplanade in St Clair; and
 * conducting a safety audit of the city.

History
Team Dunedin was formed by Dunedin City councillor Jules Radich in October 2021 to contest the 2022 Dunedin mayoral and Dunedin City Council elections. Radich described the council's leadership by the progressive, Green Party mayor Aaron Hawkins as "autocratic" and overly influenced by party politics to the point of ignoring residents' interests. With Radich, incumbent councillors Andrew Whiley and Carmen Houlahan were founding members of the ticket.

Other members of Team Dunedin included business owner Brent Weatherall, 2020 ACT Party candidate Callum Steele-MacIntosh, Otago Peninsula Community Board member and school teacher Cheryl Neill, baker Kevin Gilbert, real estate investor and former council staffer Lynette Scott, and restaurant proprietor Riah McLean. Houlahan, who had been a founding member of Team Dunedin, withdrew in May 2022 to run against Radich for the mayoralty as an independent. McLean withdrew her candidacy on 5 July 2022, leaving Team Dunedin with seven candidates.

On 8 October, Radich was elected as Mayor of Dunedin, defeating Hawkins. Whiley, Weatherall and Gilbert were elected to the Council.