WCC Watch / October 2013
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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Inaugural meeting and swearing in ceremony livestream
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- Wellington City Council’s swearing in ceremony and inaugural meeting will be held tonight, starting at 5.30pm. The meeting is also being livestreamed (see below). Details and reports are here. Hopefully […]
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Wellington welcomes healthy homes Bill
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- Via the Wellington City Council: Labour MP Phil Twyford’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill was drawn from the Parliamentary ballot yesterday. The Bill aims to legislate that every rental home in […]
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Council committee appointments unveiled
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- Below are the proposed council committee chairs, portfolio leaders and committee memberships due to be confirmed at the next Council meeting. The Dominion Post reported last week that Celia Wade […]
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Shock as more people visit Zealandia when admission prices cut
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- 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 […]
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Future of local government public meetings
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- From the Local Government Commission: Residents and ratepayers are being invited to public meetings in the Wellington region to share their views on the future shape of local government. The […]
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Campaign 2013 recap – the fashion faux pas
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- Over the next few weeks we will look back on the campaign and focus on some of the highlights and lowlights. First up I thought I would take an entirely […]
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Wade-Brown taps Lester for Deputy Mayoralty
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- Congratulations to Northern Ward councillor Justin Lester on being appointed the new Deputy Mayor. Wellington Scoop have a good look at the appointment. A notable point is this: After her […]
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Young makes the big time with parody twitter
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- You know you’ve made it when someone sets up a parody Facebook or Twitter account about you – and barely seven days after polls closed, newbie Lambton Ward councillor, Nicola […]
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Mayors generally shouldn’t be a punchline
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- Sometimes it is really good to be a Wellingtonian, huh? While Len Brown’s mess is for Auckland to worry about, and nothing to do with our patch, it would seem […]
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Some thoughts on voter turnout
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- Thanks to Harry Chapman for letting us share some of his thoughts on voter turnout in local government elections on WCC Watch. There’s been heaps of discussion recently about the […]
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Council recommends using Bebo, Myspace
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- Had to chuckle when we read this Wellington City Council event promotion guide someone sent in: No mention of Twitter, but pushes Bebo and Myspace, both of which pretty much […]
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Ritchie clings to Northern Ward seat
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- Stuff report: Wellington’s longest-standing councillor can add another three years to her tenure. The final election results for Wellington City Council have been released this afternoon, ending a nervous wait […]
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Deputy Mayor Paul Eagle
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- When we first reported that Ian McKinnon wasn’t seeking reelection we profiled some potential future Deputy Mayors. Of those Paul Eagle was the favourite: Paul Eagle – relatively young, first-term […]
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Leonie Gill – a bloody good sort
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- One of the most noteworthy results from the weekend was the defeat of Labour candidate and incumbent Eastern Ward councillor, Leonie Gill by Sarah Free of the Green Party. Gill […]
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Not much Local Govt Progress from Cunliffe
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- After running a re-cap of how Labour did over the weekend, The Progress Report blog questioned on twitter why the newly elected Labour Leader, David Cunliffe, had been quiet over […]
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#Wgtn2013 Preliminary Results
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- Congratulations to Celia and to all the successful candidates and commiserations to those who missed out. A lot of you slugged in out over the last few months and acquitted […]
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Eagle vs Jesus
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- Heh, given how many hoardings the man has across the ward he’d give Jesus a run for his money. Some would argue his attempts at saving KFC is the work […]
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Closing mayoral candidate statements – Get out the Vote!
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- The Dominion Post have finally put online their story (below) from its Saturday print edition. It’s effectively the closing statements of all the mayoral candidates. No doubt many of you […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Ginette McDonald – The WCC Experience
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- Thank you to Ginette McDonald, the first candidate for the Southern Ward to provide a piece for the WCC Watch Soapbox. Comments and questions for Ginette can be left below. […]
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City Watch #15
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- Here’s our fifteenth and last round up of recent news and events around Wellington before polling day. Remember to vote and check to see if friends and family have too! […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Sridhar Ekambaram – Green technology innovations
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- We have another candidate, Sridhar Ekambaram, standing for the Onslow-Western Ward up next on the WCC Soapbox. Questions or comments for Sridhar can be left below Green technology innovations Wellington has […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Chris Lipscombe – Holding the line on the Health Board
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- We have another candidate, Chris Lipscombe, standing for the Capital and Coast District Health Board up next on the WCC Soapbox. Questions or comments for Chris can be left below. […]
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Alpaca Morrsion
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- Brilliant little election webcomic from @megapope. The world needs more John Morrison alpacas.
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Big poll bounce for Wade-Brown
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- The Dominion Post have released another pointless, but interesting “reader survey” (239 respondents) on the mayoralty. We covered the earlier one here. The latest results are: John Morrison: 34% (+7) […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: John Dow – Making things happen
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- Independent candidate for the Lambton Ward John Dow is up next on the WCC Soapbox. Questions or comments for John can be left below. Making things happen This morning we […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Celia Wade-Brown – Warm, dry, affordable housing is a fundamental right
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- Seeking reelection to a second term as Mayor of Wellingotn, Celia Wade-Brown is next up on the WCC Soapbox, outlining her housing policy. Questions or comments for her can be […]
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Why sarcasm doesn’t work online
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- A reader sent this (now deleted) post from Onslow-Western candidate Malcolm Aitken’s Facebook: I don’t know what possessed him to post this, but I get what Aitken’s trying to say. […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Rob Goulden – VOTE FOR THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE
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- Eastern Ward and Mayoral candidate Rob Goulden is next up on the WCC Soapbox. Questions or comments for him can be left below. VOTE FOR THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO […]
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Your City Council Loves You!
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- Here’s the latest from the people that brought you this. Get those ballots in!
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Martin Wilson – We need climate action
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- Independent candidate for the Onslow-Western Ward Martin Wilson is next on the WCC Watch Soapbox. You can leave comments or questions below. If you want to contribute your own post […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Grant Brookes – Putting Health First at Capital & Coast DHB
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- It is great to have another district health board candidate, Grant Brookes, up on the WCC Soapbox. Questions or comments for Grant can be left below. If your a reader, candidate […]
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Voters put in the naughty corner
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- Today’s media release from the Electoral Officer tells voters off for voting at a .4% and .6% slower rate than in 2010 and 2007: Better than Auckland, shamed by Christchurch […]
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Celia Wade-Brown on jobs
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- Celia Wade-Brown has released a campaign video on jobs. You can watch one about transport and a general campaign video over on YouTube.
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Mark Peck – The time has come… to talk of many things
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- Labour candidate for the Lambton Ward Mark Peck is next on the WCC Watch Soapbox. Leave him your comments or questions below. If you want to contribute your own post […]
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John Key: Relationship between Govt – Wellington Council fine
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- Newstalk ZB report: The Prime Minister is rejecting claims the relationship between Wellington City Council and the Government isn’t a good one. Mayoral hopefuls have accused the current council of […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: David Choat – Care Not Cuts on the DHB
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- We don’t cover the Capital and Coast District Health Board as much as we should. So it’s great have Labour’s first term DHB member David Choat join the WCC Soapbox […]
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Blast from the past – Morrison’s pledge not to vote for a Basin flyover
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- 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 […]
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City Watch #14
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- The fourteenth round up of recent news and events around Wellington. If you think we’ve missed anything or have any information please contact us. Thanks to those who have been […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Justin Lester – What Wellington needs: Less talk, more action
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- Northern Ward incumbent Justin Lester is seeking reelection to a second term and is next up on the WCC Watch Soapbox. If organisations, readers or candidates want to contribute their […]
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Coughlan remembers there’s an election
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- It seems that Onslow-Western councillor Jo Coughlan has remembered there’s an election less than two weeks away. She’s just relaunched her website that had been sitting “under construction” for a […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Peter Gilberd – Science for the City
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- Looking to pick up one of three Northern Ward seats, independent candidate Peter Gilberd is next up on the WCC Watch Soapbox. Questions and comments for Peter can be left […]
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