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Fixing Wellington’s Water Woes
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- There is no doubt we have been through a difficult time with our water infrastructure. My view is that generally aging infrastructure combined with damage from the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake accelerated breakages, and repairing this is not helped by a diminished workforce at Wellington Water (they are currently down one third of their staff). In […]
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Missing the Cook Strait News
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- I placed an ad with Regional News this week, but to be honest, I’ve had no feedback at all that people have seen it. ( Let me know if you have!) Anyway here is my pitch: Vote #1 Sarah Free for Motukairangi/Eastern Ward As Deputy Mayor, I’ve worked constructively with others to get things done. […]
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2022 Election Flyers
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- This election, more than ever needs to be about spending priorities- how to provide the infrastructure renewals and upgrades we need to build an inclusive and liveable city fit for the future- while managing the pressures on rates and general affordability. The flyer with my priorities is below. As always, super keen to have feedback, […]
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Celebrating local businesses
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- We are so fortunate to have some excellent eateries and cafes in the eastern suburbs and on Sunday I popped into Nicoletta’s Bakery- a small cafe and bakery on Park Road I’d never tried before. Have to say the atmosphere was lovely, and their apple and cinnamon cake was to die for. Light and yet […]
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Elections again!
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- It’s been a difficult three years for Council, Wellington- and indeed the entire country and beyond. Following the 2016 earthquake, it became increasingly obvious that Wellington’s pipes-already decades old- were starting to leak and break with increasing frequency. To add to that, the Kaikoura earthquake had thrown up new engineering issues with relatively new buildings […]
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Free Walking Solution- Hataitai to CBD
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- Would more people walk to work or school from the Eastern suburbs if they didn’t have to use the dark, crowded, loud and smelly Mt Victoria tunnel?Here’s the idea: can WCC and GWRC work together to give walkers a free trip from one side of the Hataitai bus tunnel to the other?Once the bus system is up and running with a bit of spare capacity, think what a boon that could be for walkers.
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Hataitai Bus Tunnel, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Election Flyer 2019
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- Other Policies: Shelly Bay- Shelly Bay needs a rethink. I believe the scale and intensity of the proposed development is too great for the site, especially given the revised (upwards) estimates of traffic movements.
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What about walking?
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- Walking is the most fundamental and universal means of transport, but can get the least attention.
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Q and A for the Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay Residents Association
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- SARAH FREE STANDING FOR WCC EASTERN WARD POLICIES: Rates: Ideally we would keep rates at not much more than the rate of inflation, but this is often not possible, partly because the costs of things Council provides (roads, water infrastructure etc) have risen faster than the average rate of inflation, and partly because residents and businesses often want more for their city.
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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A predator-free Miramar peninsula;- and surrounds!
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Caring for our beaches
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- Today I joined some of local community in their regular monthly beach cleanup of Lyall Bay beach (it’s always the first Sunday of the month, meet at the Lyall Bay Beach playground play ground at 10.
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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My Answers to Lets Get Welly Moving
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- Will we ever get Wellington moving? And what does that mean? The Kilbirnie Lyall Bay Residents association recently asked Eastern Ward councilors to give their views on the following questions (These are also published on their Facebook page).
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Where did the last three years go?
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- Hello to you all, Tena kotou katoa! Its been a huge privilege to have been your Eastern Ward Councillor for the last three years.
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Where did the last three years go?
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- Hello to you all, Tena kotou katoa! Its been a huge privilege to have been your Eastern Ward Councillor for the last three years and I’ve very much enjoyed working with local communities, staff and colleagues to get many good things done.
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Campaign Speech- Hataitai Candidates Meeting
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- The candidates meetings have all been interesting, with good questions asked from the floor.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Campaign Speech- Hataitai Candidates Meeting
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- The candidates meetings have all been interesting, with good questions asked from the floor.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A bit more about me
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- An interested resident recently asked about my engineering background.
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A bit more about me
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- An interested resident recently asked about my engineering background.
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The runway extension- at what cost?
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- Submissions are now open until 12 August 2016, for you to have your say on the runway extension resource consent, which is to go to the Environment Court.
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The runway extension- at what cost?
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- Submissions are now open until 12 August 2016, for you to have your say on the runway extension resource consent, which is to go to the Environment Court.
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We will need to protect our coasts from sea level rise, but how?
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- A recent Wellington City Council news release highlights that in the last three years around $4 million has been spent on sea walls at Shelly, Princess, Karaka, Island and Breaker Bays, plus there have been numerous smaller sea wall and road repairs around the southern and eastern coasts.
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We will need to protect our coasts from sea level rise, but how?
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- A recent Wellington city Council news release highlights the amount of money spent on sea walls around our coasts.
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New Johnsonville Library- Preliminary Designs Open for Comment
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- Planning for the Johnsonville Library and Community Hub has reached the next stage, with preliminary designs now up on the website.
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New Johnsonville Library- Preliminary Designs Open for Comment
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- Planning for the Johnsonville Library and Community Hub has reached the next stage, with preliminary designs now up on the website.
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Artist brightens Lyall Bay
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- Going to an appointment today in Lyall Bay I went past local artist Gene Van der Zanden, working away on his mural on the retaining wall at Lyall Bay school.
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Artist brightens Lyall Bay
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- Going to an appointment today in Lyall Bay I went past local artist Gene Van der Zanden, working away on his mural on the retaining wall at Lyall Bay school.
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Getting Together
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- It’s not often I write specifically about my portfolio area of Community Facilities, but I am starting to feel a sense of pride in all that has been achieved this triennium.
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Getting Together
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- It’s not often I write specifically about my portfolio area of Community Facilities, but I am starting to feel a sense of pride in all that has been achieved this triennium.
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