WCC Watch / September 2011
Welcome to WCC Watch. The idea is pretty simple. Basically, the coverage of the upcoming (Sept-Oct) Wellington City Council elections are going to be sporadic at best. There are a multitude of personalities at play, some smart, bold, dynamic candidates, and some total fruit bars. I’ll be trying to cover everything I can to follow the election.
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“No bottles dick”
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- Love it.
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Live broadcasting (Hamilton) council meetings
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- From September 29th, Hamilton City Council will be live streaming their council meetings.
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Vandals attack fake rugby turf…
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- A pretty sad story in this morning’s Dom Post… Vandals have tried to set fire to an artificial rugby field set up in Civic Square for kids to play the game during the Rugby World Cup.
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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More on shared spaces…
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- In contrast to the shared space on Lower Cuba St, an interesting project in Auckland has just finished – the New Lynn Shared Space. Auckland Trains has done a great post, filled with photos. Enjoy.
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Shared spaces – a call to arms
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- Greg Bondar has written an excellent critique on The Wellingtonista, discussing the new “shared space” on Lower Cuba Street.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Shared Library resources
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- The Kapi-Mana reports that members of the Porirua, Lower Hutt, Kapiti Coast and Masterton libraries, as well as the Whitireia and WelTec polytechnic libraries, will soon all be able to reserve books from each other.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Should Terry sell the Phoenix?
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- Interesting piece in this morning’s Dom Post with an opinion from Councillor John Morrison that Terry Serepisos should start his climb back from financial woes by selling the Wellington Phoenix… Mr Serepisos has made it clear the Phoenix is not for sale, even though he has proposed in the High Court an “orderly” sale of assets he says are worth $232m to repay debts of $203m.
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Guest Post: Stephanie Cook and the case for term limits in NZ Local Government
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- This is a guest post from ‘Wellington Citizen’ – who wishes to remain anonymous due to their employment.
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Wellington Free Wi-Fi Launched
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- Great news! As of today, there is now free wifi from the stadium to the Embassy theatre, all along the waterfront, golden mile and up Cuba St. Official press releases are here from WCC and CitiLink. You can also follow the service on Twitter – currently it looks like there are quite a few happy users out there!
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Residents Happy with Council’s Performance (Those that are still alive)
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- In an astonishing move, the day after news breaks that a council tenant has been dead in his council flat for up to a year, the council has put out a press release entitled… ‘Residents Happy with Council’s Performance‘.
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Cable car terminal upgrade – submission time!
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- Council owned Wellington Cable Car Ltd is currently doing consultation on their plans to upgrade their Kelburn terminal at the top of the cable car.
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Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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