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      <title>16 year olds should be able to vote and stand for office, says McNulty</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/16-year-olds-should-be-able-to-vote-and-stand-for-office-says-mcnulty/</link>
      <description>16 year olds should be able to vote and stand for office, says McNulty A Labour Party candidate for the Wellington City Council, Ben McNulty, running in the Northern ward...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-07-05T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Strongest team in over 20 years contests Wellington City Council elections</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/strongest-team-in-over-20-years-contests-wellington-city-council-elections/</link>
      <description>Better Wellington endorses the strong “Independent Together” candidates who are standing alongside Wellington City Councillor and leading mayoral candidate Ray Chung to contest this year’s local government election. This team...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-04-13T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Council’s own survey mirrors findings of Better Wellington’s political poll</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/councils-own-survey-mirrors-findings-of-better-wellingtons-political-poll/</link>
      <description>The Wellington City Council does an annual survey of residents. In past years, the council has put the full results on its website, but according to Kiwiblog, this year only...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-02-17T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>VOTE ’25: Tawa resident a good choice for Northern Ward</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/vote-25-tawa-woman-a-good-choice-for-northern-ward/</link>
      <description>Tawa resident Andrea Compton will run as an independent candidate for Wellington City Council in this year’s local government election. A chartered accountant with two decades of experience in high-profile...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://betterwellington.org.nz/vote-25-tawa-woman-a-good-choice-for-northern-ward/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-01-21T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Wellington city councillor says he’s “never experienced racism until elected to council”</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-city-councillor-says-hes-never-experienced-racism-until-elected-to-council/</link>
      <description>In response to an article published on Scoop about the Wellington City Council lodging its submission on the Treaty Principles Bill, councillor Ray Chung has sent in a comment. We...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-city-councillor-says-hes-never-experienced-racism-until-elected-to-council/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-01-08T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Green Party orchestrates Wellington coup d’état</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/green-party-orchestrates-wellington-coup-detat/</link>
      <description>How the Green Party took control of the Wellington City Council Soon after the 2022 local government elections, Wellington city councillors met and the Mayor, newly elected Tory Whanau,...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:55:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-10-17T06:55:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Have they or haven’t they?</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/have-they-or-havent-they/</link>
      <description>(This opinion piece was originally published on Scoop.) by Helene Ritchie There’s something weird going on at the Wellington City Council. It involves consultation on the future of the City...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-09-16T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Wadestown Residents Oppose Council parking, cycle changes</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/wadestown-residents-oppose-council-parking-cycle-changes/</link>
      <description>Wadestown residents have rejected revised proposals from the Wellington City Council that they say would fundamentally change the character of the suburb by installing a restrictive parking management plan and...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://betterwellington.org.nz/wadestown-residents-oppose-council-parking-cycle-changes/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-09-10T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>NZTA funding cut forces rethink on political ‘hot potato’</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/nzta-funding-cut-forces-rethink-on-political-hot-potato/</link>
      <description>Wellington’s The Post newspaper reports (2 August): Thorndon Quay’s vexed raised pedestrian crossings have raised more bumps for Wellington City Council, which has been told NZTA would no longer...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-08-03T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Wellington City Council chief executive won’t seek new job contract</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-city-council-chief-executive-wont-seek-new-job-contract/</link>
      <description>Writing was on the wall for McKerrow Wellington City Council chief executive Barbara McKerrow should be congratulated for admitting to herself the council needs new leadership and she needs to...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-07-30T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Winter of Discontent</title>
      <link>https://betterwellington.org.nz/winter-of-discontent/</link>
      <description>Dissatisfaction with the Wellington City Council has hit new highs. The Council has just released the results of its annual survey of residents, which shows just how much discontent there...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Better Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-07-04T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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