Best of First Up for Thursday 15 October

On the pod today: encouraging those with dementia to vote without judgement; Invercargill's Deputy Mayor resigns amidst council infighting and dysfunction, saying she found herself doing the mayor's job for him; we join activists embarking on a hikoi to save a number of rare native trees; a godwit records the longest ever flight by a land bird, flying non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand and we meet the Mayor of Waitaki District.