Local Bodies Election

Press, 26 June 1989, Page 18

Local Bodies Election

Find out who are the candidates for the mayoralty in your town. Have a mock election, voting for the candidates of your choice. Below are the main contenders for the Christchurch mayoralty. Our September "current events exPress" will concentrate on local body elections. .

Sir Hamish Hay

Vicki Buck

Send results to "The Press,” NIE Department, Private Bag, Christchurch. Activity Map Puzzle The world leaders on this page (except one) come from a country with a capital city that can be found at the map reference given below. Using your atlas, give the reference, the name of the city, the country and the leader’s name (e.g. 51.30 N — O.IOW — London — United Kingdom — Mrs Thatcher.) (a) 38.55 N — 77.00W (e) 11.35 N —104.55 E (b) 55.45 N —37.42 E (f) 35.40 —139.45 E (C) 39.55 N — U6.26E (g) 30.10 N — 85.41 W (d) 34.50 S — 58.30W Which leader is missing? Why? World Leaders Cut out the faces of each leader. Paste them on your scrapbook world map (or a copy). Arrow them to the correct country, write the person’s name, country, and position (e.g., president) alongside each one. (As a class you could make a world map for the wall and stick the faces on to it.) «New Zealand Leaders ; COMPLETE THIS SECTION (clip it out and paste in J your scrapbook) New Zealand is a constitutional

i monarchy. This means I I ; (explain in your own words) I t (Name)

I is Queen of New Zealand. Her permanent representa-

> tive in New Zealand is called the [ (give title) ■ i i At the moment | [ (Name) * J holds this position. His job is to: i ■ [ (explain in your own words)

J The Goverenment is elected every three years. The

i Government is headed by: i j (give title) ! His name is i i The Opposition is led by: I I

Lazer’s 20 Current Events Questions 1. Name two contestants for the Christchurch mayoralty. 2. What was the main demand made by the demonstrating Chinese students? 3. Name a woman leader shown on this page. 4. Who is General Noriega? 5. . What is the old name of Kampuchea? 6. Which continent is Argentina in? 7. Name of Britain’s two main political parties. 8. What is the name of the Polish organisation that Lech Walesa leads? 9. Name the political party led by Jim Anderton. 10. What organisation does Yasser Arafat lead? 11. What happened near the Trans-Siberian Railway line early in June? 12. Which world leader died during the month? 13. Who was the Wellington girl who recently disappeared? 14. Which New Zealand bank has recently shown a large trading loss? 15. Name a Canterbury player in the New Zealand netball team. 16. Who is the manager of the French rugby team? 17. Who is the chairman of the Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board? 18. Name the new Japanese Prime Minister. 19. In what year is Hong Kong going to be returned to China? 20. Which investment group made a billion-dollar share swap with Goodman Fielder Wattie, Ltd?