Election Candiates 2010 / August 2010
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Celia Wade-Brown answers the questions
- The Wellingtonista
- Yay, we have our first response! Thanks to Celia Wade-Brown for her answers to our questions.
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We will ask the questions!
- The Wellingtonista
- Now that we have a definitive list of mayoral candidates, we thought it was time we send them some of the questions we'd crowdsourced over Twitter ages ago.
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Patrol
- Hutt Chick
- wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I arrived at the police station. The others were waiting. I got into the waiting patrol car, and buckled up. I was going out on community patrol in Naenae. Community patrols work alongside police to build safer communities, providing an extra set of eyes and ears. We drove a random route but to some set areas, through schools, up alleyways behind businesses, making sure the streets were safe and providing a visual deterrent for tagging and other crime.
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Final candidate list
- WCC Watch
- Well nominations for the WCC 2010 election have closed and the list of candidates has been announced. Take a read here. We’ll be doing much more analysis over the weekend.
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Fields of dreams
- Mark Greening
- But as a coach of a Division 7 football team in Brooklyn, its been a frustrating year with the weather. All to often grounds are closed or games are called off. This is understandable, as its better not to cut the grounds up, and miss out on training or playing on those very same grounds for another 2 weeks or more.
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Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Environmental assistance for buildings
- Hutt Chick
- Eco Design advice is now available for those building residential housing in Lower Hutt.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Beating Rate Rises - If you cab afford it.
- Sharon Blaikie
- The WCC has sent out a notice reminding ratepayers of the GST increase in October and suggesting a way of avoiding that increase at least for this year by paying installments 2, 3 and 4 right away. A good idea - if you have the ready.
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Encroachments Episode Four (Final)
- Sharon Blaikie
- Councillors hearing submissions on the encroachment policy said that they hadn't realised the proposed changes would have on individual ratepayers.
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Tin-foil hat candidate for the Southern Ward
- WCC Watch
- Seann Paurini has announced he is running for the Southern Ward. He is against “the proliferation of surveillance technologies” and the parking enforcement camera car. Oh well, at least he’s got a niche.
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Its about being smarter
- Mark Greening
- Smart cities attract smart people. And information technology (IT) is the power engine of smarter cities. From an economic point of view, cities have to rely on a smarter, more skilled workforce for competitive differentiation. Wellington cannot afford to have all its eggs in the “home of government” basket.
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bryan pepperell interviewed on Scoop
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- See the interview with text on www.scoop.co.nz
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A Do Nothing for Cyclists Mayor?
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- With the new trains coming the Greater Wellington Regional Council is reviewing its policies for bikes on trains.
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Encroachments Three
- Sharon Blaikie
- Well for many years the Wellington City Council has charged ratepayers who beautify or build garages over Council embankments or roadside verges anything from about thirty to a few hundred dollars a year.
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Encroachments - Episode Two
- Sharon Blaikie
- Sidewalk cafes have graced the pavements of Europe for centuries.
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Its our heritage
- Mark Greening
- Some time ago I spoke about protecting our heritage.
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Rare duck seen in Waiwhetu Stream
- Hutt Chick
- A rare Brown teal (Anas chlorotis), or pateke, was recently spotted on Waiwhetu stream which had flown in from Zealandia in Karori.
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Encroachments - Episode One
- Sharon Blaikie
- Wellington is a hilly place - it's part of its charm - but it doesn't lend itself to nice neat sections.
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Art, energy and bicycles
- Mark Greening
- Sometime ago I suggested that it would be a wonderful idea if Wellington looked at the Parisian bike solution.
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