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- Simon Marsh answers our questions
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - We offered to publish the answers from any candidates in the local body elections and Simon Marsh who is standing in the Eastern Ward has stepped up.
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  - election-candiates-2010
- Can the Candidates do the Business
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The new Wellington Employers Chamber of Commerce has taken a low key approach to the local elections this year.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Is it Kerry or Celia for mayor?
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Wellingtonian has done a reasonably comprehensive analysis of the race for the mayoral chains.
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  - elections-2010
- Voter turnout steady
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Democratic Services have been steadily updating their voting returns page (note: unlike last year, there is no count on the weekends, making the Tuesday returns abnornamlly high).
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  - elections-2010
- Housing affordability survey
  - 30 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - One of the many interest groups who have sent mass surveys to council candidates is the Wellington Housing Trust.
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  - elections-2010
  - housing
- Pay for play is here
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - t’s pay for play time. Parents, bring your cheque books. John Morrison and colleagues delay a positive vote on artificial pitches by three months and end up with one pitch, part funded by the private sector, meaning low income families may not be able to afford for their kids to play with the rich kids. At least it’s a result:
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  - artificial-turf
- Back Benches show online…
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - TVNZ have uploaded last night’s episode of Back Benches. You can watch it here. Also, don’t forget to vote in our poll… View This PollMarket Research
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- Here’s Johnny!
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - I’d like to welcome Johnny, a regular commenter, to graduating as a contributor for this blog.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Who won the Back Benches mayoral “debate”?
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - I’m sure many readers were at the Backbencher pub this evening for the Back Benches mayoral “debate”.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Artificial pitches or sons of bitches
  - 29 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Tonight, 29 September our councillors vote on whether there are to be more artifical pitches sooner.
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  - artificial-turf
- Wow 2010
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - It's World of WearableArt season again, where scores of ladies (and some gents) converge upon the capital it witness the extravaganza that is the World of WearableArt show.
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- Voting returns
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - As you may know, when the council receives your postal ballot, they then scan it into their computer system straight away, however the votes are not counted until noon on October 9th.
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- Mike Mellor answers our questions
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - We offered to publish the answers from any candidates in the local body elections and Mike Mellor who is standing in the Eastern Ward has stepped up. 1. You have 30 seconds to convince someone to come to Wellington. What's your pitch? read more
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  - election-candiates-2010
- Click Local
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - North of Wellington is a sunny paradise, known as Petone.
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- John Bishop answers our questions
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - We offered to publish the answers from any candidates in the local body elections and John Bishop who is standing in Lambton Ward has stepped up.
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- Need something indoors to do with the kids?
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - During the school holidays the good folk at the Film Archive run a kids movie programmed called Mini Sized Square Eyes (not to be confused with the Square Eyes Foundation).
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  - events
- Debunking the Target urban myth
  - 28 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - For the past couple of years, we keep hearing people tell us not to go to a certain ethnic restaurant because “they were filmed by Target scraping leftover food back into the food to sell” and various other stories along the same lines.
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  - restaurants
- “Like some tawdry third-rate real estate agent”
  - 27 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A reader writes… Thought you might be interested in this – Amanda Nicolle has been hammering her signs into verges all over the Eastern suburbs like some tawdry third-rate real estate agent (or maybe one of those dodgy weight-loss programs).
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- The anti-wank candidate
  - 27 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Justin Lester has published a rather amusing last minute campaign pledge of things he will not do if elected.
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- Mark Greening answers our questions
  - 27 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - We offered to publish the answers from any candidates in the local body elections and Mark Greening who is standing in the Lambton Ward has stepped up. 1. You have 30 seconds to convince someone to come to Wellington. What's your pitch? Wow, a capital city with the heart of a village. Waterfront vistas, green hills, amazing: coffee, food, art and culture!read more
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  - waterfront
  - election-candiates-2010
- Marcus Ganley answers our questions
  - 27 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - We offered to publish the answers from any candidates in the local body elections and Marcus Gangley who is standing in the Lambton Ward has stepped up.read more
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- Botanic infamy
  - 27 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - OMG.
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- Grouper (US) with Pumice and Glass Vaults tomorrow night.
  - 26 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - For those who caught Grouper during her last trip to NZ, she will need no introduction.
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- Wellington Mayoral Debate
  - 26 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - This week the TVNZ7 show Back Benches, which is filmed live every Wednesday at the Backbencher pub on Molesworth Street, is taking a very different format.
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  - events
- Rex Nairn answers our questions
  - 26 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - We offered to publish the answers from any candidates in the local body elections and Rex Nairn who is standing in Southern Ward has stepped up.
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  - election-candiates-2010
- WOW winners
  - 24 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - I've just got back from the WOW Awards Show, so here's a quickie post with the winner and runner up.
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- Viva Mexico, viva Zapata, in fact viva my lunch
  - 24 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - I was out with my Dad and my daughter today and needed to find lunch for three generations of Judds in the Cuba St area.
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  - restaurants
  - cuba-street
  - reviews
- Christian radio praying for a money miracle
  - 24 Sep 2010
  - Newswire.co.nz
  - Christians around New Zealand are being asked to rally around Rhema Broadcasting Group, which faces losing radio frequencies across the country by October 1.
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- A whole lot of WOW
  - 23 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - WOW season kicks off today, as the city turns into the World of WearableArt.
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- Southern and Eastern ward meetings
  - 23 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Capital Times, bless them, have sent reporters to the meet the candidates forums.
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  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Voting advice for the Northern Ward
  - 23 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A reader has emailed in the attached flier, which has been distributed to voters in the Northern Ward. I have no idea how many have been sent out, or exactly where. Basically, a Mr Graeme Sawyer is unhappy with his three sitting concillors and wishes to see them replaced. He is making recommendations on how that could happen. Enjoy.
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- Phanie Cock for War
  - 22 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - NewsWire have published an entertaining little article about the perennial topic of billboard vandalism.
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  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Negative campaigning
  - 22 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Not in a month of Saturdays
  - 22 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - You know how we had a blue moon this New Year's Eve right? And how that is kind of a freak occurrence when you think about it right? Well this Saturday is the blue moon of markets, there are two only once-a-monthers and one super-special- souped-up weekly market being held in our fair city.
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- Frock on
  - 22 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - The newly launched New Zealand Fashion Museum aims to preserve and celebrate New Zealand' fashion history.
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  - featured
- You thought Waterfront Watch were bad?
  - 21 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Well just wait until people like them hear about Thomas Morgan’s plan for a gondola and luge…
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  - waterfront
- Social Barfly
  - 21 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - The Masked Barfly has been busy in the last little while soaking up the scene and hanging around the hors d'oeuvres in our buzzy little town. As could be expected the Masked Barfly favours fecund environs where one can imbibe a good compost of booze, blood and guts, gossip and culture. Some bullets of buzz: read more
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  - bars
- Bits and pieces
  - 21 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - In no particular order… Kris Price has done a great blog post talking about why he is standing.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Super Wellington?
  - 20 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - One of the very few dividing lines between the two Mayoral frontrunners, Kerry Prendergast and Celia Wade-Brown, is the issue of local government amalgamation.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- 123 for North
  - 20 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Some readers may recall a campaign run in the Northern Ward in 2004 – “123 For North”.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Nerd Alert - Week of Geek
  - 19 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - It is reassuring to know that the salon did not die in 18th century France, gathering together in RL to converse, spar, eat, connect and display our intellectual charms has not gone out of style.
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- Draft Water Conservation & Efficiency Plan
  - 19 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Council is in the middle of consultation on it’s Draft Water Conservation & Efficiency Plan.
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  - consultation
- Department of Linky Love: WCC Watch
  - 19 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - WCC Watch is a local website that does what it says on the tin.
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- REMINDER: Meet the candidate forums this week
  - 19 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Below is a list, curtosy of the WCC Democratic Services department, of the meet the candidate forums on this week.
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  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Dom Post on the Mayoralty
  - 18 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Dom Post have done a very comprehensive article on Wellington’s mayoral race.
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  - elections-2010
  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Kris Price answers our questions
  - 18 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - We offered to publish the answers from any candidates in the local body elections and Kris Price who is standing in the Lambton Ward stepped up for his "15 page views of fame".
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  - election-candiates-2010
- The Good Word on The Good Words
  - 17 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - Tonight at the Burgendy Room at Bodega you can witness the third live outing of a new band fresh from recording their demo.
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- What about ward offices?
  - 17 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Wellingtonian has run an editorial concerning issues of how accountable our councillors are.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- And the rest of the election
  - 16 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - Some people have asked why we only sent out questions to the mayoral candidates, not councillor-wannabes or people running for community and health boards.
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- Civil defense shortfalls
  - 16 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - We’re not sure of the details, but a reader has written in saying that all the candidates (including the three sitting councillors) at the Mt Victoria forum were stunned by what an active civil defense volunteer had to say about the capital’s state of readyness for “the big one”. If anyone has any further details on what was said, or implied, please email us or leave a comment…
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- It's Spring!
  - 16 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - That's what the calendar is telling us.
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- Electoral pedantry
  - 15 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - This morning the Dom Post is reporting that Helene Ritchie has been locked in an email battle with council staff over the height of her hoardings.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- Porirua is where it’s happening…
  - 14 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Perhaps in future we’ll expand this blog to cover the local governments in the wider Wellington region.
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  - porirua
- Reporting from candidates forums
  - 14 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Dim Post have done a highly entertaining write up of last night’s Onslow-Western and Mayoral forum in Wadestown. Enjoy.
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  - wadestown
- Where do you stand?
  - 14 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The PSA have launched a website “asking for candidates across the country to sighn up to an anti-privatisation pledge” (their description not mine). Where Do You Stand? Given almost no one in Wellington is making noises about it, it does seem somewhat redundant (and I’m sure anyone who is in favour of privitisation will simply ignore the PSA), but good on them for doing something.
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- (B)eating the trend
  - 13 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - The recession may be grinding on, but it seems there are plenty of hospitality operators willing to take a bet on a new venture.
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- Reminder – Mt Victoria/Mt Cook candidates meetings
  - 12 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The Mt Victoria Residents Association and Mt Cook Mobilised are convening joint community events for local residents to meet and question the candidates for the upcoming local body elections.
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  - featured
  - wellington-city-council
- The people that stand for public office…
  - 12 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - I think we are in a pretty good place with the number of candidates standing for council this year.
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  - wellington-city-council
- Xiu Xiu
  - 10 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - So many good things on this weekend. Maybe Wellington's about to put its head up out of the winter slump....? One highlight is art-poppers Xiu Xiu who are playing SFBH with Siamese (Grayson Gilmour) and talented duo Glass Vaults. Phew. And here's a girl in an apple. Tickets$26
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- A wall of one's own
  - 9 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - Creating content on the interwebs is all very well, but sometimes one has the need to express oneself in IRL.
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- The curious case of Michael Fowler
  - 9 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A reader living in the Lambton Ward has sent in a scanned copy of the leaflet that Michael Fowler is distributing around the ward.
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- First candidates meeting tonight!
  - 8 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The good people at the Ngaio Progressive Association are hosting the very first meet the candidates evening for the 2010 elections. Tonight they are hosting both the Mayoral and Onslow-Western candidates. Date & Time: Thursday 9 September 2010, 7.45pm Location: Ngaio School Hall, 45 Abbott Street, Ngaio For a full list of meetings, please see the council website.
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- Two more Wellingtonista interviews
  - 8 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The final Wellingtonista interviews are dribbling in.
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- Herald on the Wellington Mayoralty
  - 8 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The NZ Herald has done an summary article on the Wellington Mayoral race.
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- Bryan Pepperell answers our questions
  - 7 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - Thanks to Bryan Pepperell for answering our questions.
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- In case of emergency
  - 6 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - So, the Canterbury earthquake.
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- Jack Yan answers our questions
  - 5 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - Thanks to Jack Yan for taking the time to answer our questions.
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- Spicing up the mayoral race
  - 3 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A PR firm is offering to spice up the mayoral race in Wellington by running an ‘Amazing Race’ type competition on September the 18th to try and drum up some interest in the election (and presumably business for their firm).
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- The Wellingtonista ‘interviews’ Mayoral candidates
  - 3 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - The excellent website The Wellingtonista (if you’re reading this site, The Wellingtonista really should be in your bookmarks) has sent 15 questions (crowdsourced via Twitter – that’s how hip they are) to all of the Mayoral candidates.
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- Kerry Prendergast answers our questions
  - 2 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - Thanks to Kerry for sending in her answers to our questions.
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- Pecha Kucha 8: The Latino Connection
  - 2 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - It's time for another Pecha Kucha Night, but this one is a little different from previous ones - this time it's the Latino Connection! People who have come from or gone to the spicy side of the South Pacific will share their stories.
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- Wellington.Scoop on billboards
  - 2 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - Well as you’ve no doubt seen, the candidates have started putting up their billboards.
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- Turf4Wellington
  - 1 Sep 2010
  - WCC Watch
  - A website has been launched to compare the artificial turf policies of the various candidates. It looks like this issue is getting some traction. Take a look at Turf4Wellington.
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  - elections-2010
  - artificial-turf
- Al Mansell answers our questions
  - 1 Sep 2010
  - The Wellingtonista
  - Thanks to mayoral candidate Al Mansell for taking the time to answer our questions too.
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