Government / April 2011
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Community Garden Opens at 181 Daniel Street Newtown 2pm today
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Mayor Celia Wade-Brown with Southern Ward Councillors Bryan Pepperell and Paul Eagle at the opening of Daniel Street Community Garden toda.181 Daniel Street Newtown 2pm today
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Why are Labour's councillors doing Steven Joyce's dirty work?
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The two Labour councillors on the Wellington City Council, Paul Eagle (Southern Ward) and Leonie Gill (Eastern Ward) enthusiastically got in behind to kowtow to the NZ Transport Agency's demands, and were firm backers of last week's extraordinary Council meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to do one thing, and one thing only - to make sure the Wellington City Council was lined up solidly behind Joyce's roading vision, whilst embarrassing a Mayor who had campaigned on better public transport. Joyce must have had a huge laugh watching these Labour patsies doing his dirty work.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wgtn Mayor Explains Motorway Support
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s Mayor today defended her support for the NZTA motorway proposals – the Ngauranga to Wellington Airport Corridor Plan – and says she remains committed to advancing a light-rail route between the Wellington Railway Station and the Airport.
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NZTA vs Wellington Council
- Auckland Trains
- Wednesday sees a fascinating showdown between the NZTA and a more pro-PT Wellington Mayor over the Ngauranga to Wellington Airport Corridor Plan and the city’s proposed State Highway Projects tomorrow night.
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Wednesday’s council meeting
- WCC Watch
- As most of Wellington knows, the majority of the council have forced it to sit for an “extraordinary” meeting, at 5:31pm Wednesday, to deal with the situation of the council’s position to the NZTA proposals, despite Celia’s best efforts to delay the situation.
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“But hey, I have red hair”
- WCC Watch
- The saga over Celia’s public bullying of her deputy, Ian McKinnon, is only getting stranger. She’s now shrugging off her offensive actions due to the colour of her hair… Yesterday Ms Wade-Brown played down the incident, saying it would have been “more appropriate” to have the discussion in private, “but hey, I have red hair”.
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Wellington Motorway Decision Uproar
- Auckland Trains
- The issue of Wellington’s future motorway development is getting hotter. The new Mayor is not a big fan of a flyover near the Basin reserve but a group of her councillors are. Following reports some in the NZTA were getting unsettled about the Mayor’s failure to commit to their plans, the councillors have forced through a special meeting on Wednesday for the council to make a call.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Keeping the rates increase to a reasonable level?
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- Given the tight fiscal realities, the Council has been scrutinising it's front-line and back office functions. "Keeping the rates increase to a reasonable level" is the title of the invitation to submit on the Annual Plan. Have your say; tell the Council what you want ... WCC's online questionnaire is convenient. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=4396
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Celia loses control (and the plot)
- WCC Watch
- There is an incredible story in today’s Dom Post from Dave Burgess… Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown has accused Deputy Mayor Ian McKinnon of betrayal in a furious rant in the public reception area of the city council’s offices.
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Drunk Councillor: Keeping local body politics classy
- WCC Watch
- You never know what you’re going to read when you open the Hutt News, but a story about a drunk local body politician should surprise no one… Roger Styles is not backing down after a series of heated exchanges with Greater Wellington Regional Council chair-woman Fran Wilde last week.
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Snapper for trains?
- WCC Watch
- Very interesting revelation in today’s Dom Post that the GWRC is missing out on about $9,000 in train fares every weekday because the trains are too crowded for ticket collectors to get to the patrons… It was revealed today that Greater Wellington regional council has lost about $260,000 as overcrowding on trains prevents staff from collecting fares.
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Wellington: screwed
- WCC Watch
- So not only are many of our buildings going to collapse – but it seems that the very building that houses our city council is an earthquake risk. Given how vital the WCC will be to any disaster efforts, this is very scary. The article is very light on details – particularly how much it would cost to fix the problem. If anyone has any more information – please send it through.
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Submit on the Wellington City Council Community Draft Annual Plan now. Don’t dither!
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Submit on the Wellington City Council Community Draft Annual Plan now. Don’t dither! Democracy only works when we all participate. With low turnouts at election time and poor participation rates in the Council Community Annual and Long Term Council Community Plans, outcomes can get distorted. If you don’t vote and participate in the process then you shouldn’t complain about the outcome.
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