Election candidates and Media
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Campaign Kuini: Meet Tory Whanau, Wellington’s new mayor
- Capital Magazine
- 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.
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Tory Whanau is Wellington’s next mayor, with 16,000 margin over Andy Foster
- Wellington Scoop
- Former Green Party chief of staff Tory Whanau has been elected as Wellington’s next mayor, according to a progress result released this afternoon. Incumbent Mayor Andy Foster finished second with Ray Chung third and Paul Eagle, surprisingly, fourth. The WCC announced that Tory Whanau received 29,458 votes compared to Mr Foster’s 13,032 votes – a margin of 16,426 votes.
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Face to face in the suburbs
- Wellington Scoop
- Don’t bother with the negative Twitter narrative about election meetings hosted by Residents’ Associations. This week’s meetings have all been well organised, disciplined and most had hot drinks and a chance to meet the candidates. The RAs have supported local democracy by hosting good face-to-face events in suburban halls and churches.
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An election that isn’t solving anything
- Wellington Scoop
- The Wellington local election campaign is coming to an end and it would be overstating things to say it has been dull. The only pinch of excitement came with the emergence of a young Māori wahine, carrying progressive values. When the debates started, it all went downhill. There have been dozens of them, and the only takeaway is that all candidates want a vibrant, inclusive, green city. This set of commonplaces is not helping to differentiate one candidate from another, for example during the conclusion of the Spinoff debate. On the policy front, they all say they’ll achieve their “vision” with better bus services (over which they have zero control) and more housing. And since I want to vote on a vision and its supporting policies, and not for a person, it’s been very hard, listening to the debates and reading candidates’ websites, to feel we have a choice.
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The highs and lows of being Mayor
- Capital Magazine
- 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. The post The highs and lows of being Mayor appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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Wellington city’s mayoral candidates: 20 questions
- Capital Magazine
- 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. The post Wellington city’s mayoral candidates: 20 questions appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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Council puckerooed?
- Capital Magazine
- Tim Brown mulls over solutions to city-wide problems ahead of October's local body elections. The post Council puckerooed? appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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What do we want, Wellington?
- Capital Magazine
- We asked ten influential people what they think Wellington needs to get its mojo back. The post What do we want, Wellington? appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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