https://wellington.gen.nz/local-body-elections/geotagged Geotagged Local body elections newsitems http://jackyan.com/blog/2019/03/in-the-wake-of-terrorism-in-your-own-country/ Above: Flowers at the Islamic Centre in Kilbirnie, Wellington on Monday. kilbirnie places election-candiates-2010 elections2010 local-body-elections blogs Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:47:52 GMT http://jackyan.com/blog/2019/03/in-the-wake-of-terrorism-in-your-own-country/ Jack Yan 2019-03-20T11:47:52Z -41.3166456 174.7980932 Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/hutt-city-councillor-calls-out-budget-trickery/ 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. wainuiomata places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/hutt-city-councillor-calls-out-budget-trickery/ WCC Watch 2016-02-16T00:00:00Z -41.2618075 174.9480696 Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/sarah-free-opens-a-can-of-worms/ 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! islandbay places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/sarah-free-opens-a-can-of-worms/ WCC Watch 2016-02-13T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/new-ways-to-waste-money-its-the-wadebrownwccway/ 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. islandbay cycleway places cycle-lanes transport elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/new-ways-to-waste-money-its-the-wadebrownwccway/ WCC Watch 2016-02-12T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/council-prioritises-chinese-garden-and-cycleway-over-hospital-water-supply/ 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. cycleway porirua cycle-lanes transport places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/council-prioritises-chinese-garden-and-cycleway-over-hospital-water-supply/ WCC Watch 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/mayor-inadvertently-highlights-land-for-social-housing/ 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. berhampore places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/mayor-inadvertently-highlights-land-for-social-housing/ WCC Watch 2015-11-08T00:00:00Z -41.3232643 174.7740897 Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/eagle-disgraces-himself-saves-wall-saves-pannett/ Great news for Island Bay with confirmation that the sea wall will be rebuilt. islandbay places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/eagle-disgraces-himself-saves-wall-saves-pannett/ WCC Watch 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/pannett-puts-career-on-line-over-sea-wall/ In the Wellingtonian last week, Lambton ward councillor, Iona Pannett, said she would resign if the Island Bay sea wall was not rebuilt. islandbay places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/pannett-puts-career-on-line-over-sea-wall/ WCC Watch 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/when-the-media-advocate-racism-to-hide-the-real-culprits-behind-bad-driving/ 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. roseneath titahi-bay berhampore cubastreet wainuiomata civic-square wairarapa karori kelburn khandallah tawa stokes-valley paraparaumu makara brooklyn huttvalley worserbay kapiti hataitai ngaio lyallbay wadestown waterfront mountcook paremata wilton begonia-house mountvictoria newtown arovalley newlands kilbirnie seatoun northland thorndon islandbay miramar orientalbay johnsonville porirua eastbourne places election-candiates-2010 elections2010 local-body-elections blogs Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/when-the-media-advocate-racism-to-hide-the-real-culprits-behind-bad-driving/ Jack Yan 2015-03-07T00:00:00Z -41.1040802 174.8377591 Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/found-a-facebook-bot-facebook-wants-you-to-leave-it-as-reporting-option-vanishes/ Facebook appears to be giving up on the bot fight. kapiti wilton seatoun waterfront newtown huttvalley northland kelburn begonia-house islandbay berhampore hataitai makara paraparaumu mountvictoria orientalbay newlands johnsonville mountcook wairarapa arovalley tawa roseneath lyallbay porirua cubastreet worserbay thorndon khandallah eastbourne ngaio titahi-bay paremata civic-square wainuiomata wadestown brooklyn stokes-valley kilbirnie karori miramar places election-candiates-2010 elections2010 local-body-elections blogs Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/found-a-facebook-bot-facebook-wants-you-to-leave-it-as-reporting-option-vanishes/ Jack Yan 2015-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.2903782 174.8976432 Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2015/01/newtown.html newtown places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Tue, 13 Jan 2015 03:08:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2015/01/newtown.html Iona Pannett 2015-01-13T03:08:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/12/public-land-for-private-gain-in-civic.html Photo courtesy of Athfield Architects via The Dominion Post civic-square places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/12/public-land-for-private-gain-in-civic.html Iona Pannett 2014-12-08T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-vision-for-newtown.html newtown places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-vision-for-newtown.html Iona Pannett 2014-11-25T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/11/urban-activation.html Some much needed activation in the under utilised Civic Square. Impressed, obviously a hit. civic-square places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/11/urban-activation.html Iona Pannett 2014-11-08T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-post.html Great news today that the Environment Court has for the second time said no to demolishing the Harcourts building on Lambton Quay. The decision just made public essentially has vindicated the Council position: that our District Plan sets a high bar for demolishing heritage buildings and that in this case, the bar was not reached. Interestingly, the Court also found no fundamental conflict between the operation of the Building and Resource Management Acts and found that leaving the building standing would not fundamentally compromise public safety. harcourts-building earthquake-strengthening election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-post.html Iona Pannett 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z -41.2845319 174.7756861 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-post_84.html Great news that NZ owned TSB Bank has signed for another 10 year sponsorship deal for the Arena on the waterfront but I do think this is the worst building in the city - monolithic, no architectural merit, still do not know how it got oonsent. Needs a wrecking ball through it and a redesign. architecture waterfront places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-post_84.html Iona Pannett 2014-10-31T00:00:00Z -41.28550355 174.77876137712798 TSB Arena, Frank Kits Park Path, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-tide-is-turning-and-green-is.html Today, I felt optimistic as I sat in a room of property developers and other related professionals to talk about the future of the Northern end of the CBD including a small part of Thorndon, there was no talk of flyovers, denial of climate change and the inequality that exists througout the world. thorndon places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-tide-is-turning-and-green-is.html Iona Pannett 2014-10-29T00:00:00Z -41.2745396 174.7756309 Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/one-of-my-favourite-wellington-houses.html election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/one-of-my-favourite-wellington-houses.html Iona Pannett 2014-10-20T00:00:00Z -41.290256 174.772078 -41.290256, 174.772078 http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/another-good-example-of-heritage.html Good news that the conversion of the old St James church in Newtown is going ahead and is expected to be completed in 18 months as reported in The Dominion Post today. newtown heritagebuildings earthquake-strengthening places localhistory election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/another-good-example-of-heritage.html Iona Pannett 2014-10-13T00:00:00Z -41.3098153 174.7772631 St James' Presbyterian Church, Adelaide Road, Kowhai Park, Newtown, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-should-we-do-with-island-bay.html Photo courtesy of stuff.co.nz islandbay places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-should-we-do-with-island-bay.html Iona Pannett 2014-10-12T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-really-positive-earthquake.html This made me smile today, a great story in The Dom talking about the restoration of the substation on Kate Sheppard Place which is earthquake prone. A great example of how our precious heritage can be strengthened for its next life. Photo courtesy of The Dominion Post earthquake-strengthening heritagebuildings localhistory election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-really-positive-earthquake.html Iona Pannett 2014-08-16T00:00:00Z -41.2777419 174.777772 Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/03/does-tawa-need-20m-retail-development.html I'm a little ambivalent on this one after hearing that Rock Solid Holdings are planning a big box development at Takapu Island. tawa places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/03/does-tawa-need-20m-retail-development.html Iona Pannett 2014-03-22T00:00:00Z -41.1681676 174.8247761 Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/03/some-great-kelburn-architecture.html Always enjoy a walk around Kelburn and nice to be there as part of the St Michael's Village fair. Took photos of these two buildings on the way home. One a good example of some fine public architecture, the other a good example of how to do a house extension well. kelburn places election-2013-candidates local-body-elections Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://ionapannett.blogspot.com/2014/03/some-great-kelburn-architecture.html Iona Pannett 2014-03-15T00:00:00Z -41.289205 174.7623927 Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/shock-as-more-people-visit-zealandia-when-admission-prices-cut/ The Wellingtonian report: Zealandia enjoyed a bumper weekend after drastically reducing its admission prices. Zealandia marketing and sales manager Peter Laurenson announced last Thursday that the cost of an adult […] sanctuary conservation elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/shock-as-more-people-visit-zealandia-when-admission-prices-cut/ WCC Watch 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z -41.2917079 174.7521904 Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/blast-from-the-past-morrisons-pledge-not-to-vote-for-a-basin-flyover/ The good thing about the internet is that comments are hard to hide or make disappear. Just like this clanger from the 2010 debate around the Basin Reserve flyover: Not […] basinreserve election-2013-candidates transport local-body-elections elections2010 featured wcc government Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/blast-from-the-past-morrisons-pledge-not-to-vote-for-a-basin-flyover/ WCC Watch 2013-10-02T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-porirua/ Spotted near the Police College in Porirua. Probably better than most of the existing candidates combined. porirua places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-porirua/ WCC Watch 2013-09-30T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-the-hutt/ Spotted near the Police College in Porirua. Probably better than most of the existing candidates combined. porirua places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/a-new-candidate-in-the-hutt/ WCC Watch 2013-09-30T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/david-farrar-on-regional-council-candidates/ 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 […] porirua tawa places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/david-farrar-on-regional-council-candidates/ WCC Watch 2013-09-27T00:00:00Z -41.1681676 174.8247761 Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand http://jackyan.com/blog/2013/09/mind-the-gap/ People have rightly asked me my positions on transport, the environment, the Basin Reserve flyover, and libraries.    These weren’t put in my manifesto in April 2013 because I assumed that they would not be hot election issues, and that candidates (whomever they might be—since only Dr Keith Johnson had declared then) would have largely [...] transport libraries basinreserve election-candiates-2010 elections2010 local-body-elections blogs Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://jackyan.com/blog/2013/09/mind-the-gap/ Jack Yan 2013-09-25T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/stv-voting-on-the-death-star-in-1-minute/ 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 […] porirua places elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/stv-voting-on-the-death-star-in-1-minute/ WCC Watch 2013-09-23T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand