Election 2013 candidates and Elections 2010
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Blast from the past – Morrison’s pledge not to vote for a Basin flyover
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- The good thing about the internet is that comments are hard to hide or make disappear. Just like this clanger from the 2010 debate around the Basin Reserve flyover: Not […]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Salient interviews the mayoral candidates
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- Salient have interviewed the mayoral contenders ahead of the VUWSA, Generation Zero and Living Wage co-hosted candidates forum tomorrow. It’s always interesting to see candidates answer questions from different demographics […]
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Women – know your limits!
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- The latest from the John Morrison campaign – that his direct mail messages vary widely by gender – will surprise no one… Unbelievable. Wgtn mayoral candidate sent 2 letters to […]
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An alternative take on the race for the Mayoralty…
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- It might not be quite as random as Councillor Pepperell’s YouTube videos, but the Wellington based left-wing podcast The Egonomist totally gives Pepp a run for his money in the banter (and swearing) stakes. […]
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Stv, mmp, fpp, wtf?
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- With voting papers being sent out from today, Victoria University’s Nigel Roberts has a great piece in today’s Dominion Post explain and (defending) the STV voting system. You’ll remember that Kerry Prendergast […]
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Candidates on the Basin Reserve Flyover
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- The Save the Basin campaign have asked Wellington’s candidates for local body election (even District Health Board candidates) where they stand on the controvesial issue. Very poor response rate overall, […]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Eagle on the case
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- Southern Ward councillor Paul Eagle has pounced on the news in today’s Dom Post that the fly over may mean that KFC on Kent Terrace will have to move. He […]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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John Morrison suppressing the vote
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- Not content with just making gross jokes, mayoral candidate John Morrison’s attempt to suppress the student vote has been upheld by the City Council Electoral office. Salient report: Voting for […]
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Fisking the #Wgtn2013 Candidates – Lambton Ward
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- The third in our ‘Fisking the Candidates’ series where we take a look at each Ward and its candidates. Feel free to post your own picks and observations in the […]
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Battle of the Billboards
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- With ballots posted out in a few weeks the battle of the billboards in the city has started with candidates splashing out in order to boost their chances.
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Hayley Robinson and Sridhar Ekambaram in Conversation: Cycling
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- Onslow-Western Ward candidates Hayley Robinson and Sridhar Ekambaram released a joint video last week discussing cycling around the city. You can watch it below. One thing with Hayley is she’s […]
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Wade-Brown does a Boris and renames Mayoral twitter
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- On the back of a story on this blog, Nicola Young complained to the Auditor General over Celia Wade-Brown’s use of the @WellingtonMayor twitter account during the campaign period.
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Serial complainer standing for Southern Ward
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- Not to be outdone by the Eastern Ward, the good people of the Southern Ward will have their fair share of oddball candidates with the news Donald McDonald is standing for council.
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Slow trickle of Greater Wellington Regional Council nominees
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- Just like Wellington City Council’s list of nominations to date, the Great Wellington Regional Council list is pretty sparse less than a week before nominations close.
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Things Wellingtonians Never Say
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- Not quite a Hitler parody, but no offense to Celia Wade-Brown or any other mayoral candidates .
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Another Lambton contender
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- As reported earlier, businessman John Dow has entered the Lambton Ward race.
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Does Rod Drury know his company is behind Celia?
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- The first campaign ads are starting to appear around town, and while Celia Wade-Brown’s are at least more modern than John Morrison’s, the choice of photo location is interesting.
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