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Council Rates Push Inflation Higher
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- Why are your rates so high? By Peter Williams, broadcaster, writer & Central Otago resident Stats NZ have laid it out in the clearest and simplest way possible. Payments required...
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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
- Better Wellington
- Photo: Robert Capa’s iconic photo of US forces landing on Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944 Better Wellington’s view, which has remained consistent, is that voters have the right to...
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16 year olds should be able to vote and stand for office, says McNulty
- Better Wellington
- 16 year olds should be able to vote and stand for office, says McNulty A Labour Party candidate for the Wellington City Council, Ben McNulty, running in the Northern ward...
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Wellington Philanthropist Endorses Ray Chung for Mayor
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- Sir Mark Dunajtschik, the philanthropist who donated $53 million to build the Wellington children’s hospital, has publicly endorsed Ray Chung for the Wellington mayoralty and thrown his public support behind...
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Strongest team in over 20 years contests Wellington City Council elections
- Better Wellington
- Better Wellington endorses the strong “Independent Together” candidates who are standing alongside Wellington City Councillor and leading mayoral candidate Ray Chung to contest this year’s local government election. This team...
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$660M and Counting – What Has Wellington Got to Show for It?
- Better Wellington
- While the council was recently celebrating the “on schedule” opening of the Town Hall next year, thirteen years after it was closed, ratepayers might be asking: What exactly have we paid...
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Wellington Council funds online sex course for transgender people
- Better Wellington
- How much are ratepayers being stung for an online course that has been running for over two years and provides advice to transgender people on sex? Sponsored by the Wellington...
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Flouting Moore Wilson car park rules emblematic of council attitude
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- By Julie Moore Director of Moore Wilson A week or so ago, a couple of Wellington City Council-branded cars drove into the Moore Wilson car park. After finding empty spots,...
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Council’s own survey mirrors findings of Better Wellington’s political poll
- Better Wellington
- The Wellington City Council does an annual survey of residents. In past years, the council has put the full results on its website, but according to Kiwiblog, this year only...
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Political poll “damning” for City Council, says The Post
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- Wellington’s daily newspaper The Post reports on our poll, conducted by Curia Market Research in the last month of January. The poll quizzed 1,000 Wellington voters and has a margin...
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VOTE ’25: Tawa resident a good choice for Northern Ward
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- Tawa resident Andrea Compton will run as an independent candidate for Wellington City Council in this year’s local government election. A chartered accountant with two decades of experience in high-profile...
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Wellington city councillor says he’s “never experienced racism until elected to council”
- Better Wellington
- In response to an article published on Scoop about the Wellington City Council lodging its submission on the Treaty Principles Bill, councillor Ray Chung has sent in a comment. We...
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Platitudes, demolitions, and mis-information
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- by Karl Tiefenbacher Having watched last week’s Long Term Plan meeting, I was left with hope. Hope that the crown Observer managed to stay awake through all the platitudes being...
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Stop the council’s $55 million Frank Kitts Park spend up!
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- The Frank Kitts Park redevelopment has gone from a reported $5.5 million to $7 million to $42 million, but will in fact be closer to $55 million to complete. Having...
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Green Party orchestrates Wellington coup d’état
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- How the Green Party took control of the Wellington City Council Soon after the 2022 local government elections, Wellington city councillors met and the Mayor, newly elected Tory Whanau,...
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The next chapter of the city soap opera – The Post commentary
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- Dave Armstrong, a playwright and satirist based in Wellington, and who’s a regular opinion contributor to The Post, has written this insightful piece that was published in the The Post...
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Documents confirm Green Party role in Council investigation
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- David Farrar at Kiwiblog has published an interesting addendum to our Better Wellington article about the role of Tory Whanau’s Chief of Staff, Nadine Walker, in the council-paid investigation into...
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Iwi reps accuse council of breaching agreement
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- The two iwi appointed representatives are accusing Wellington City Councillors of breaching the agreement that allows for iwi to have representation at committee level. In an email to Councillors, the...
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Democracy crashes into Wellington City Councillor
- Better Wellington
- The following opinion article was offered first to The Post. They declined to publish, for reasons not given. It’s their call on what they put in their newspaper. We consider...
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Wellington Hospo Sector speaks out …
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- Better Wellington has been speaking with members of the Wellington hospitality sector and we will bring you more of their views in the coming weeks. But as you can expect,...
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“I’m feeling the crunch!” Wellington’s Mayor … In Her Own Words
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- Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau acknowledges the economic challenges facing Wellington residents, saying she’s “feeling the crunch” too and recently sold her car to help pay the bills. The mayor’s annual...
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Have they or haven’t they?
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- (This opinion piece was originally published on Scoop.) by Helene Ritchie There’s something weird going on at the Wellington City Council. It involves consultation on the future of the City...
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Did you hear the one about Calls to Prayer and other tales …
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- The New Zealand Herald recently published this article: In the article, the Kilbirnie Mosque confirms it plans to broadcast the call to prayer three times a year – on the...
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Wadestown Residents Oppose Council parking, cycle changes
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- Wadestown residents have rejected revised proposals from the Wellington City Council that they say would fundamentally change the character of the suburb by installing a restrictive parking management plan and...
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Green Party behind move to silence, discredit councillors
- Better Wellington
- Wellington City Council is a hive of political intrigue and back-stabbing. Let’s take the recent revelation that Council chief of staff Nadine Walker, who’s married to Green Party co-leader Chloe...
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City Councillors make fuddled attempt to usurp Free Speech … again!
- Better Wellington
- Yesterday, the union representing NZ Post workers refused to deliver our flyer to Wellington residents. They failed. NZ Post management has told its employees it’s “not appropriate for them to...
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Government’s harsh warning to councils
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- “Pick up the rubbish. Fix the pipes. Fill in potholes … and maintain local assets quickly, carefully, and cost effectively.” That’s the clear message delivered by the Prime Minister Christopher...
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NZTA funding cut forces rethink on political ‘hot potato’
- Better Wellington
- Wellington’s The Post newspaper reports (2 August): Thorndon Quay’s vexed raised pedestrian crossings have raised more bumps for Wellington City Council, which has been told NZTA would no longer...
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Wellington City Council chief executive won’t seek new job contract
- Better Wellington
- Writing was on the wall for McKerrow Wellington City Council chief executive Barbara McKerrow should be congratulated for admitting to herself the council needs new leadership and she needs to...
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Aotearoadcone! Have traffic management companies been rorting the system?
- Better Wellington
- Wellington City Council is looking into whether it, too, is getting stiffed on exorbitant road cone charges, like Auckland City Council. The Auckland City report on road cone / road...
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