In the small South Taranaki community of Eltham, Lindsay Maindonald won a seat on the Eltham Kaponga Community Board at last month's local body elections.
But there's a catch. His bid for a seat on the Taranaki District Council was not successful, so when another community board councillor was elected to the Taranaki District Council, Mr Maindonald was successfully appointed to the Community Board - but no one knows.
Lindsay Maindonald unravels the convoluted story from Eltham.