Tory Whanau is Wellington’s new mayor and the city’s first Māori mayor. Tory won by a landslide 34,510 votes – over double the votes received by the second-place candidate. It was the largest victory seen in 18 years.
We chatted to Tory at the very start of her campaign, when this was all ahead of her.
We asked two previous Mayors, Dame Kerry Prendergast and Celia Wade-Brown, to reflect on their time in office and asked what Wellington needs next.
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Not sure who to vote for? We quizzed nine of Wellington city's mayoral candidates on the top issues affecting the capital and put them into a handy table.
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Tim Brown mulls over solutions to city-wide problems ahead of October's local body elections.
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We asked ten influential people what they think Wellington needs to get its mojo back.
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This year’s AGM features a keynote from Michael Upchurch, Publisher at Te Papa Press, the award winning publishing arm of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Tiana Jaber and the Wellington Phoenix have mutually agreed to terminate the remainder of her contract with the club. The Lebanese international defender featured 39 times for the Phoenix over the past two and a half seasons, having arrived in... The post Jaber farewells the Nix appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
