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    <title>Elections 2010 and Places</title>
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      <title>In the wake of terrorism in your own country</title>
      <link>http://jackyan.com/blog/2019/03/in-the-wake-of-terrorism-in-your-own-country/</link>
      <description>Above: Flowers at the Islamic Centre in Kilbirnie, Wellington on Monday.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:47:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jackyan.com/blog/2019/03/in-the-wake-of-terrorism-in-your-own-country/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-03-20T11:47:52Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Hutt City Councillor calls out budget ‘trickery’</title>
      <link>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/hutt-city-councillor-calls-out-budget-trickery/</link>
      <description>It wouldn’t hurt a few of Wellington’s supposedly opposition Councillors to take a leaf out of Wainuiomata Ward, Hutt City Councillor, Campbell Barry’s book and actually put a spotlight on Council finances.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/hutt-city-councillor-calls-out-budget-trickery/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-16T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Sarah Free opens a can of worms</title>
      <link>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/sarah-free-opens-a-can-of-worms/</link>
      <description>Island Bay’s Green Eastern Ward battler, Sarah Free, may not have attracted a whole heap of attention in the last term – but she knows how to build a mean worm farm.

Green credentials: TICK!

Bottled worm piss: TICK!</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/sarah-free-opens-a-can-of-worms/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-13T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>New ways to waste money – it’s the #wadebrownwccway</title>
      <link>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/new-ways-to-waste-money-its-the-wadebrownwccway/</link>
      <description>We got a little bored with the Island Bay cycleway debacle – and judging by the Mayor’s lack of support in the media Celia Wade-Bicycle is also giving her troubled Island Bay project a wide berth.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/new-ways-to-waste-money-its-the-wadebrownwccway/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-12T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Council prioritises Chinese Garden and Cycleway over Hospital Water Supply</title>
      <link>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/council-prioritises-chinese-garden-and-cycleway-over-hospital-water-supply/</link>
      <description>Capital and Coast DHB Board Member and Porirua Mayor, Nick Leggett and Southern Ward Councillor, Paul Eagle, have highlighted a bizarre decision by Council to refuse to fund the emergency water reservoir that serves the Hospital.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/council-prioritises-chinese-garden-and-cycleway-over-hospital-water-supply/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-12T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Mayor (inadvertently) highlights land for social housing</title>
      <link>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/mayor-inadvertently-highlights-land-for-social-housing/</link>
      <description>In one of those quirks of history many New Zealand councils established golf courses to keep the people active and despite Government efforts being a little more sophisticated these days, Wellington ratepayers still own a course at Berhampore.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/mayor-inadvertently-highlights-land-for-social-housing/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-11-08T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Eagle disgraces himself – saves wall, saves Pannett</title>
      <link>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/eagle-disgraces-himself-saves-wall-saves-pannett/</link>
      <description>Great news for Island Bay with confirmation that the sea wall will be rebuilt.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/eagle-disgraces-himself-saves-wall-saves-pannett/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-09-17T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Pannett puts career on line over sea wall</title>
      <link>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/pannett-puts-career-on-line-over-sea-wall/</link>
      <description>In the Wellingtonian last week, Lambton ward councillor, Iona Pannett, said she would resign if the Island Bay sea wall was not rebuilt.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/pannett-puts-career-on-line-over-sea-wall/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-09-15T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>When the media advocate racism to hide the real culprits behind bad driving</title>
      <link>http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/when-the-media-advocate-racism-to-hide-the-real-culprits-behind-bad-driving/</link>
      <description>This op–ed in the Fairfax Press smacks of typical yellow peril journalism that has come to typify what passes for some media coverage of late.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/when-the-media-advocate-racism-to-hide-the-real-culprits-behind-bad-driving/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-07T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Found a Facebook bot? Facebook wants you to leave it as reporting option vanishes</title>
      <link>http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/found-a-facebook-bot-facebook-wants-you-to-leave-it-as-reporting-option-vanishes/</link>
      <description>Facebook appears to be giving up on the bot fight.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/found-a-facebook-bot-facebook-wants-you-to-leave-it-as-reporting-option-vanishes/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-06T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>The ﬂyover: every option now heard</title>
      <link>http://jackyan.com/blog/2014/07/the-flyover-every-option-now-heard/</link>
      <description>Embarcadero Waterfront, photographed by Ricardo Martins/CC BY 2.</description>
      <category>waterfront</category>
      <category>places</category>
      <category>election-candiates-2010</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jackyan.com/blog/2014/07/the-flyover-every-option-now-heard/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-07-23T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>A new candidate in Porirua?</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-porirua/</link>
      <description>Spotted near the Police College in Porirua. Probably better than most of the existing candidates combined.</description>
      <category>porirua</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-porirua/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-30T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>A new candidate in the Hutt?</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-the-hutt/</link>
      <description>Spotted near the Police College in Porirua. Probably better than most of the existing candidates combined.</description>
      <category>porirua</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-the-hutt/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-30T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>David Farrar on Regional Council candidates</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/david-farrar-on-regional-council-candidates/</link>
      <description>David Farrar has blogged some thoughts on the candidates for the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Porirua-Tawa Jenny Brash and Barbara Donaldson are the only nominees for two positions so are […]</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/david-farrar-on-regional-council-candidates/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-27T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.1681676 174.8247761</georss:point>
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      <title>STV voting on the Death Star in 1 minute</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/stv-voting-on-the-death-star-in-1-minute/</link>
      <description>Check out this awesome video from Porirua City Councillor, ‘Ana Coffey, voiced by Mayor Nick Leggett. We’ve heard lots of people asking if they need to rank all the candidates in […]</description>
      <category>porirua</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/stv-voting-on-the-death-star-in-1-minute/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-23T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.1354918 174.8396887</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Spam for Morrison</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/spam-for-morrison/</link>
      <description>A reader has just sent in this email he’s received from the pub the Khandallah Trading Company, who are venturing into local government politics. While the email never mentions John […]</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/spam-for-morrison/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-23T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.246742 174.7905885</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>It isn’t easy being Green</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/it-isnt-easy-being-green/</link>
      <description>The campaign is well and truly underway with the Aro Valley meeting tonight – but the question is, where is Celia Wade-Brown? Where is her campaign? I spent the weekend […]</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/it-isnt-easy-being-green/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-08T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.2953285 174.7665802</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Meanwhile in Hutt Valley – Wallace rolls on</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/meanwhile-in-hutt-valley-wallace-rolls-on/</link>
      <description>After covering Porirua I got asked if we were going to do anything on the Hutt… naturally my immediate response was, uh why? But then I found Mayor Ray Wallace’s Facebook page – and boy has he been busy.</description>
      <category>huttvalley</category>
      <category>porirua</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/meanwhile-in-hutt-valley-wallace-rolls-on/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-08-22T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.1354918 174.8396887</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Our friends in the north: a look at Porirua</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/our-friends-in-the-north-a-look-at-porirua/</link>
      <description>The announcement that Porirua Mayor, Nick Leggett, is standing for the DHB in an area that creeps into Wellington, provides the opportunity to take a closer look at what’s happening over the border.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/our-friends-in-the-north-a-look-at-porirua/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-08-21T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.1354918 174.8396887</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Get hitched</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/get-hitched/</link>
      <description>Freshly minted Northern Ward candidate Jacob Toner wants to foster resilient communities to make sure Wellington is ready for many risks it faces by introducing Hutt Valley inspired ‘Hitching Posts’ around the city.</description>
      <category>huttvalley</category>
      <category>transport</category>
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      <category>elections2010</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/get-hitched/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-08-20T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.2125751 174.9057626</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Will Lyn of Tawa end Pepperell’s political career?</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/will-lyn-of-tawa-end-pepperells-political-career/</link>
      <description>Ginette McDonald’s surprise entrance into the Southern Ward race is a real game changer and finally breathes some life into an otherwise boring sausage fest .</description>
      <category>tawa</category>
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      <category>elections2010</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/will-lyn-of-tawa-end-pepperells-political-career/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-08-15T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.1681676 174.8247761</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Council buys $200,000 rubbish truck, then privitises rubbish collection</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/council-buys-200000-rubbish-truck-then-privitises-rubbish-collection/</link>
      <description>The Dominion Post report:
Kapiti residents will have to pay for their rubbish to be collected privately as the council dumps its kerbside trash collection.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/council-buys-200000-rubbish-truck-then-privitises-rubbish-collection/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-18T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Hitler loses the plot with the three Wairarapa Mayors re: Wgtn Super City</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/hitler-loses-the-plot-with-the-three-wairarapa-mayors-re-wgtn-super-city/</link>
      <description>It was only a matter of time until this happened – a reader sent this version associated with the Better Wairapapa lobby group in to us this afternoon.

 </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/hitler-loses-the-plot-with-the-three-wairarapa-mayors-re-wgtn-super-city/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-06-19T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Hutt Valley Mayor wants a bigger office</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/hutt-valley-mayor-wants-a-bigger-office/</link>
      <description>You will remember WCC Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, came under fire from the Dom Post for the $350k upgrade of her office to ‘luxury nest’ status.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/hutt-valley-mayor-wants-a-bigger-office/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-06-18T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.2125751 174.9057626</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Staying a step ahead: the economic benefit of gimmicks</title>
      <link>http://jackyan.com/blog/2013/06/staying-a-step-ahead-the-economic-benefit-of-gimmicks/</link>
      <description>Wifi on the waterfront is now a normal part of Wellington life—but in 2009 some felt it was a gimmick.</description>
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      <category>election-candiates-2010</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jackyan.com/blog/2013/06/staying-a-step-ahead-the-economic-benefit-of-gimmicks/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-06-05T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Park: wise</title>
      <link>http://jackyan.com/blog/2013/05/park-wise/</link>
      <description>Earlier today, the following press release was issued by my campaign team.</description>
      <category>parking</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jackyan.com/blog/2013/05/park-wise/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-05-27T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.2937427 174.7758025</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Wilson, Swan Lane, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Karori needs your help</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/karori-needs-your-help/</link>
      <description>Recently, we saw the transformation of the Newlands town centre which goes a long way to bringing a rather dull suburb up to speed.</description>
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      <category>karori</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/karori-needs-your-help/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-05-17T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:point>-41.2844173 174.7444792</georss:point>
      <georss:featurename>Karori, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>The rising debt $$$ on your rates bill</title>
      <link>http://pepptalknz.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-rising-debt-on-your-rates-bill.html</link>
      <description>SOCIALIZING THE LOSSES  THE RISING DEBT $$$$ ON YOUR RATES BILL Voting against the temporary venue on the waterfront were: Councillors Cook, Lester, Pannett, Pepperell, Ritchie. HOW YOUR RATES AND RENT GO UPPrivatizing  the profits Voting for the Temporary Venue were: Councillors Ahipene-Mercer,  Coughlan, Eagle, Foster, Gill, Mckinnon, Marsh, Morrison and Mayor  Wade-Brown.</description>
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      <category>waterfront</category>
      <category>government</category>
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      <category>people</category>
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      <category>election-candiates-2010</category>
      <category>elections2010</category>
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      <category>councillors</category>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://pepptalknz.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-rising-debt-on-your-rates-bill.html</guid>
      <dc:creator>Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-24T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Flower Beds</title>
      <link>http://huttchick.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/flower-beds/</link>
      <description>Recently I was criticised for supporting replacing all but eleven of the cities bedding gardens containing flowering annuals.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://huttchick.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/flower-beds/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Hutt Chick</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-05-04T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Vandals attack fake rugby turf…</title>
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      <description>A pretty sad story in this morning’s Dom Post…&#xD;
Vandals have tried to set fire to an artificial rugby field set up in Civic Square for kids to play the game during the Rugby World Cup.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2011-09-08T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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