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Council candidates – we have some questions for you!
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- Running for mayor or council in Wellington? We wanna know about it. If you’re a candidate in the Wellington region, we would like you to answer some questions for us. Questions were compiled by the Wellingtonista, in consultation with our readers. You get 25 words per answer, and you better believe we’ll be publishing only […] The post Council candidates – we have some questions for you! appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Points to Morrison as he announces Rings museum
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- Reports in the Dominion suggest mayoral candidate, John Morrison, has had a points win over Celia Wade-Brown. Earlier this week we highlighted that an internal tussle was unfolding around the Lord […]
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Young and Pannett leading Lambton?
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- We have had word that there have been at least two polls in the hotly contested Lambton ward, and while the results haven’t been made public, we have been told […]
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Mayor scrambles to patch relations with government
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- We are hearing that Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, has realised that her poor relationship with central government will likely be her downfall when the votes are counted this year. We’ve been […]
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Tug o’war over Rings museum causes angst
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- We understand that Wellington is set to get a permanent Lord of the Rings/Hobbit museum which has the potential to boost tourism numbers and further build on the reputation of […]
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LCB, TK and Sunday Stroopwafels
- The Wellingtonista
- LCB. Le Cordon Bleu. Learned culinary bestowers. Legends of creativity and bonhomie (yeah yeah enough already…). The LCB WOAP Haute Cuisine du Terroir on Friday night was pretty impressive (not least for being nearly five hours of imbibing instead of the planned three!). Seven courses of French food matched with each an old world Burgundy […] The post LCB, TK and Sunday Stroopwafels appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Council slashes jobs, pumps up managment salaries
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- Katie Chapman at The Dominion Post reports: The Wellington City Council has cut 110 fulltime jobs since last year – while the number of managers in the top pay bands […]
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Game of Thrones – Wellington’s Golden Crown
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- One of our readers, Notorious DLB, sent this amusing post in yesterday. For all the Game of Thrones fans out there, this is for you. As anyone who has read […]
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Meanwhile in Hutt Valley – Wallace rolls on
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- 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.
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Sarah Free: Graffiti takes a financial and emotional toll
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- Green Party candidate for the Eastern Ward Sarah Free has proposed 3 solutions to curb tagging in Wellington.
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Our friends in the north: a look at Porirua
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- 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.
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City Watch #12
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- The twelfth round up of recent news and events around Wellington.
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Drumming up support
- The Wellingtonista
- In Wellington, which continues to be the cultural capital, no matter what Auckland might try to pretend, there are probably a lot of conversations to be had about Boosted, which was set up by the Arts Foundation as a rewards-free Pledgeme, or another tax-deductable Givealittle, except that they take a cut.
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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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Get hitched
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- 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.
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Galaktoboureko, kakapo and orange ginger jam
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- Oops, its already Tuesday.
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WOAP: what I’ve dined on so far
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- It’s been a week of eating, and I tell you, I’ve definitely got the meat sweats.
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Poll has Celia 6 points ahead
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- Newstalk ZB have done a poll on the Wellington mayoralty, which shows things are quite competitive.
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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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One Sleep till Bookfair
- The Wellingtonista
- Saturday is Wellington’s most amazing, most awesome, most excellent, book related event of the year - The DCM Annual Bookfair Take 90000+ books, add LPs, CDs, DVDs, Cassettes, Magazines, Jigsaw Puzzles & Games galore.
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Wade-Brown officially nominates
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- Celia Wade-Brown today finally joined Jack Yan, Nicola Young and John Morrison as official mayoral candidates.
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Will Lyn of Tawa end Pepperell’s political career?
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- 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 .
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Naughty Morrison
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- Here’s reason #32 branded candidate cars are not always the best idea. Mayoral opponent and Lambton Ward candidate Nicola Young snapped this “irresistible‘ photo of John Morrison’s monster truck flouting the Council’s own parking rules on Thursday evening. According to Young he was parked up for more than 45 minutes on her first sighting in the 10 minutes zone.
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Morrison’s tache borrows Blumsky’s brow
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- Here’s an idea for the next ‘Things Wellingtonians Never Say‘ YouTube clip – “John Morrison has really original ideas” lol.
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City Watch #11
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- The eleventh round up of recent news and events around Wellington.
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Farcical Alternative Giving Fund costs revealed
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- Thanks to an official information request by rumoured-almost-Lambton-Ward-candidate Jackson Wood we now know that Wellington City Council invested wasted almost $40,000 in to its “Alternative Giving Fund” campaign that raised $452 in its first two weeks.
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Peck launches first video
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- Labour’s Lambton Ward candidate Mark Peck has released his first (very well made) campaign video focusing on park, rates and the Living Wage. Check it out.
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WOAP: Bitchinheat
- The Wellingtonista
- When the amazing people behind Wellington on a Plate offer you tickets at the last minute to the very popular and sold out collaboration between La Boca Loca and Parrot Dog Brewery, you might be surprised at how hard it is to find someone to go along with you, because apparently there is a plague in town, but then you might remember that your poor public servant father is having a shit of a time lately and deserves a special treat, so all is well. Wellington’s ParrotDog Brewery plays host to a delicious evening in partnership with Miramar’s La Boca Loca Restaurant. They are serving up several hot and fresh Mexican dishes, prepared on-site at the brewery amongst the shiny stainless steel tanks. Each dish will be matched with its own flavoursome craft beer. There will even be some Mexican music courtesy of DJ Chefito and local beer with locally made Mexican cuisine: Vamos! This would have been a gorgeous event to be at in summer, with little stalls set up for each food & beer pairing, and keg tables set up to rest your glasses on. The bunting and the lighting was lovely (though not suitable for taking photos with your phone), but with concrete floors and big stainless steel tanks, even with the number of people around, we were all wearing our coats. Me being me, when Will took the microphone and told us there were five things to taste and we could have two each (at least), I wondered if that would be enough to eat, but I had forgotten the filling power of beer! So, on entry we were each given a taster of a specially brewed beer made with a Mexican herb that is as yet unnamed (the beer, that is, the herb has a name which I have very usefully forgotten EDIT: but now they’ve told me on Twitter, I can tell you it’s Epaozte), then each of the five dishes were matched with another beer. Steak & mushrooms served on thick polenta-ish pancakes was served with a Bitter Bitch IPA, wild boar was shredded and matched to a Dead Canary Pale Ale, dessert which was like a deep-fried crunchy whoopie pie came with a Dogg dark Ale, and the Bloodhound red IPA came with a slightly odd but still delicious Kina soup, done in a chili sauce with a special kind of corn. That one definitely left a spicy tingle. My favourite beer and food though was the butterfish ceviche topped with crunchy grasshopper salt (actually made from grasshoppers), served with the Flaxen Feather blonde ale. The grasshoppers were really tasty. My dad got tipsy and requested Mexican songs from the guitar player/singer, who obliged, the brewers and the chefs floated around answering questions, and all together it was a super pleasant evening. I’m pleased the ladies got to use the inside toilet while men were relegated to the portaloos outside in the wind. What surprised me though was that there was also a beer & food event at Garage Project tonight as part of Wellington on a Plate (where they were keeping all the beards normally associated with craft beer) which surely would have made it a bit of a Sophie’s Choice for hop heads – except that the Garage Project do was with Monsoon Poon, and you know how we feel about that. But while we’re on that subject, last week, we were at the Localist Jam at the City Gallery, and in between bacon donuts, we were astonished to hear Mike Egan from Monsoon Poon and also head of the hospitality association (EDIT) Restaurant Association say there is no Mexican restaurant scene in Wellington. That would probably come as a bit of a shock to La Boca Loca. And Viva Mexico. And Caliente. And Tequila Joe’s (even if that’s Tex-Mex). And Sweet Mother’s Kitchen. And Hot Like a Mexican. Perhaps what he meant was he has yet to open an expensively designed venue to serve a bastardised version of the cuisine at inflated prices to cater to the Churton Park crowd? But there’s already a Flying Burrito Brothers, so we’re mystified… The post WOAP: Bitchinheat appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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They Who Drink Beer Will Think Beer
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- So Beervana is done for another year.
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Just call me Witi – Morrison borrows again?
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- John Morrison’s bold new policy looks to be another borrowed piece of work from Kevin Lavery.
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And so it begins…
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- Like Joanna, I have a list of foodie delights to drool my way through over for the next couple of weeks courtesy of WOAP (although not as organised as that spreadsheet of hers!).
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Cooperative Council Candidates Collide
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- From open invite candidate campaign bus rides, candidates signing each others nomination forms, liking their opponents Facebook pages, earnestly dispensing policy and campaign tips, to cross party billboard trailers, 2013 is shaping up as (for the time being) a cooperative love-fest rarely seen in political campaigns.
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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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Morrison’s earthquake strengthening bond proposal
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- John Morrison is starting to drop big policy ideas, with his latest garnering the support of key National ministers: A bond system to help Wellington building owners strengthen their properties is being touted by mayoral candidate John Morrison.
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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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Beer what you want to beer 2013 Edition
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- As almost everyone is aware Beervana kicks off tomorrow.
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What to eat during Wellington on a Plate
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- We didn’t present you with suggestions for events to book, I know.
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Park(ing) for People
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- Park(ing) Day is coming around again and this time there’s some official support.
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First council candidates revealed, convicted blackmailer standing
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- With just over a week until nominations close, Wellington’s Electoral Officer Charlie Inggs has helpfully released a statement with the 11 people who have officially been nominated and reminding other candidates to get their nominations in on time.
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Yan pushes innovation to protect economy
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- Mayoral candidate Jack Yan believes his policies on creativity and innovation are needed more than ever in light of the recent Fonterra disaster and has released a statement and a new video (speaking in English, te Reo, French and Cantonese, no sign language sadly) highlighting the need for the next mayor to be able to bridge cultures at a global level: Wellington’s innovation can be a safety net when Fonterra-level scares hit If mayors aren’t part of this dialogue, talking to the top 40 cities in the world and opening doors for our exporters, then we’re going to be affected terribly when our nation brand is damaged,’ he says. ‘We have seen real evidence of this week.’ ‘In the meantime, Wellington is the home of companies like Weta and Xero, along with numerous independents¬ has a reputation that can stand head and shoulders above this scandal.’ Mr Yan, who issued his manifesto for the Wellington mayoral election in April, months before his opponents, has remained on message throughout about the need for Wellington to become a global hub for innovation and identifying export champions. Given Wellington’s urban base, those champions were likely to be outside the primary industries. ‘New Zealand is a primary products’ nation and I recognize the sector’s importance. However, this scare shows just why it’s important for cities to back up national economic activity and to have strong brands themselves.’ ‘Wellington is in an enviable place to deliver greater innovation, with high-growth firms and strong creativity, which will be more rigorously grown if I am elected,’ he says. Mr Yan has authored books on branding and has practised in the area since the 1980s. His work at the Swedish branding think-tank, the Medinge Group, has seen him lead the way on international brand thinking, making him better equipped to develop a proper city brand, get Wellington businesses exporting, and being an advocate for them globally. He agrees with earlier commentators, including Prime Minister John Key, that the scare has harmed New Zealand’s national brand. As he predicted in his 2010 and 2013 campaigns, strong city brands will have to come to the fore to promote economic activity in export markets. Mr Yan says, ‘There is a certain level of pride in saying something comes from Wellington, but we haven’t recognized this properly. We have export earners here and by promoting a diverse economy, we can ensure that we have more of a safety net when scandals in our primary sector occur. ‘I have long been concerned since the days of the “New Zealand Way” brand in the 1990s that we were missing the mark on promoting our nation. Even then, I was outspoken on saying that the likes of Karen Walker and Tait were being excluded. Yet Kiwi innovation is unique: it comes from a sense of isolation and independence,’ he recalls. ‘We have export markets criticizing our “100 Per Cent Pure” campaign again. I have to say we deserve every criticism and it is time for cities to step up.’ As they say, never let a serious crisis go to waste. You can watch here.
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City Watch #10
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- The tenth, and very delayed round up of recent news and events around Wellington.
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10 days till DCM Bookfair
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- I’m officially on DCM bookfair countdown, it’s only 10 days to go until the biggest, most amazing book event of the year in Wellington.
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Somewhere on Planet Earth
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- In April 2012, Monica Yeoman and Dave Henley set out on a bicycle journey through Asia.
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Pre-election council report sparks fly
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- Wellington City Council CEO Kevin Lavery’s pre-election council report is causing a bit of fuss, with everyone finding something in it to make a scene over.
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A boat, a beer and a duck
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- This week’s foodie musings take me back to Wednesday’s 2-4-1 dinner at the Boat Café, nibbles and drinks at The Hop Garden, and a Le Canard roast duck from the Harbourside Market.
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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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