WCC Watch / September 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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WCC Watch Soapbox: Rex Nicholls – Why am I standing for Council again?
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- Next on the WCC Soapbox is Lambton Ward candidate Rex Nicholls explaining why he wants to return to the council table. You can leave questions for him in the comments […]
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A new candidate in Porirua?
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- Spotted near the Police College in Porirua. Probably better than most of the existing candidates combined.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A new candidate in the Hutt?
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- Spotted near the Police College in Porirua. Probably better than most of the existing candidates combined.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fisking the #Wgtn2013 Candidates – The Mayoralty
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- Our final ‘Fisking the Candidates’ looks at the contenders vying to be what could be the last Mayor of Wellington as we know it. Feel free to post your own […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Simon Woolf – Great Advocacy is Essential in a Cohesive and Collaborative Council
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- Next we on the WCC Soapbox is local business owner and independent Onslow-Western Ward candidate Simon Woolf. Leave your questions and comments for Simon below. If you want to contribute […]
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Wellington Library Coalition’s candidates survey results
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- The Wellington Library Coalition have released the results of survey of Wellington City Council election candidates aimed at assessing awareness of library issues. It got a great response and is […]
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Aitken wants Council to establish a Small and Medium Sized Enterprises portfolio
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- Labour’s Onslow-Western Ward candidate Malcolm Aitken most recent press release is calling amongst other things, a dedicated council Small and Medium Sized Enterprises portfolio: “A number of simple changes to […]
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Vodafone head lobbyist backs Wade-Brown over Morrison
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- In an extraordinary post on his blog, Vodafone’s Head of Public Affairs, Roger Ellis, has gushed over Celia Wade-Brown fully detailing every single thing she claims to have done and […]
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An update on voting numbers…
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- A big thanks to Richard MacLean at the Council who has just sent this through… Greetings all – in case you all want to keep a weather eye on polling in […]
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David Farrar on Regional Council candidates
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- 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 […]
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Who will it be? NorthernWCCWatch’s picks – to inform and wind you up
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- Naturally, I have voted already but I thought it was worth setting out my thinking for each ward and the Mayoralty. I should firstly note again that I am not […]
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WCC letter to Southern Ward voters on behalf of candidate
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- If you live in the Southern Ward, chances are you would have received this letter from the Council’s Electoral Officer after they spelled Don MacDonald’s name wrong on ballots and […]
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All of the cycling!
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- Not to be outdone by John Morrison’s recent announcement promising safer cycling routes and an already confirmed BMX track, Celia Wade-Brown has confirmed (as if it was ever in doubt) […]
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Debating Lambton
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- Thursday night was the Lambton council candidates’ meeting and it featured a variety of amusing and some rather horrifying snippets… Labour candidate, Mark Peck, said he’s good at sniffing out […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Who to vote for – One pro-fluoridation lefty’s view
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- Are you of the left wing persuasion who likes their water with a bit of fluoride, but finding it hard to work out who to vote for? Never fear – […]
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Rex Nicholl’s Twitter Stinker
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- Rex Nicholls dropped a sexist stinker this morning when he tweeted: Why is Celia wearing the same dress for the entire mayoral campaign? And it isn't flattering at all…. Shouldn't […]
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Salient interviews the mayoral candidates
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- Salient have interviewed the mayoral contenders ahead of the VUWSA, Generation Zero and Living Wage co-hosted candidates forum tomorrow. It’s always interesting to see candidates answer questions from different demographics […]
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Press Release: Brent Pierson – Get Wellington moving
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- Press Release: Get Wellington moving – Brent Pierson Wellington needs to get moving. We need to extend the airport runway, so we can connect better to the world and position […]
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Women – know your limits!
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- The latest from the John Morrison campaign – that his direct mail messages vary widely by gender – will surprise no one… Unbelievable. Wgtn mayoral candidate sent 2 letters to […]
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Probably the best tweet of the campaign so far
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- Mayoral and Eastern Ward candidate Karunanidhi Muthu this morning sent what is probably the best tweet of the campaign so far and will be one of the few things his […]
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City Watch #13
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- Our belated thirteenth 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 […]
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STV voting on the Death Star in 1 minute
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- 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 […]
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Opps
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- The Dominion Post report: Just under 18,000 correction letters will be sent out to people in Wellington’s southern ward after a candidate’s name was misspelt on local election voting papers. […]
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Spam for Morrison
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- A reader has just sent in this email he’s received from the pub the Khandallah Trading Company, who are venturing into local government politics. While the email never mentions John […]
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Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fisking the #Wgtn2013 Candidates – Onslow-Western Ward
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- With John Morrison going all in for the mayoralty there will be at least one new councillor from Onslow-Western. The Greens will be bitterly disappointed they didn’t take this opportunity […]
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Nicola Young – Strong, inspired mayors drive change
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- Next up on the WCC Watch Soapbox is the independent Mayoral and Lambton Ward candidate Nicola Young. Feel free to leave questions for her in the comments. As always candidates […]
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The Living Wage Wellington candidates forums
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- Here’s a quick message from the folks at the Living Wage campaign. Living Wage Wellington is joining with community partners to host some candidate forums (mayoral and wards) to keep […]
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Generation Zero Launches ‘Fast Forward Wellington’ Vision
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- Hot on the heals of their work on Auckland transport issues, there’s more exciting work coming out of Generation Zero: Youth organisation Generation Zero has launched a “fresh, forward-looking” vision […]
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An alternative take on the race for the Mayoralty…
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- It might not be quite as random as Councillor Pepperell’s YouTube videos, but the Wellington based left-wing podcast The Egonomist totally gives Pepp a run for his money in the banter (and swearing) stakes. […]
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Stv, mmp, fpp, wtf?
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- With voting papers being sent out from today, Victoria University’s Nigel Roberts has a great piece in today’s Dominion Post explain and (defending) the STV voting system. You’ll remember that Kerry Prendergast […]
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Candidates on the Basin Reserve Flyover
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- The Save the Basin campaign have asked Wellington’s candidates for local body election (even District Health Board candidates) where they stand on the controvesial issue. Very poor response rate overall, […]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Eagle on the case
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- Southern Ward councillor Paul Eagle has pounced on the news in today’s Dom Post that the fly over may mean that KFC on Kent Terrace will have to move. He […]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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WCC Watch Soapbox: Sarah Free – Handle with Care: the Case for the Runway Extension
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- Next up on the WCC Watch Soapbox is the Green Party’s Eastern Ward candidate Sarah Free. Feel free to leave questions for her in the comments. As always candidates (or […]
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Council denies OIA to protect property owners’ interests
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- Wellington City Council have denied an Official Information Act request from Thomas Beagle, who wanted to see the list of buildings in Wellington that were constructed in a similar way […]
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Fisking the #Wgtn2013 Candidates – Lambton Ward
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- The third in our ‘Fisking the Candidates’ series where we take a look at each Ward and its candidates. Feel free to post your own picks and observations in the […]
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John Morrison suppressing the vote
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- Not content with just making gross jokes, mayoral candidate John Morrison’s attempt to suppress the student vote has been upheld by the City Council Electoral office. Salient report: Voting for […]
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Battle of the Billboards
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- With ballots posted out in a few weeks the battle of the billboards in the city has started with candidates splashing out in order to boost their chances.
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It isn’t easy being Green
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- The campaign is well and truly underway with the Aro Valley meeting tonight – but the question is, where is Celia Wade-Brown? Where is her campaign? I spent the weekend […]
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fisking the #Wgtn2013 Candidates – Southern Ward
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- The second in our ‘Fisking the Candidates’ series where we take a look at each Ward and its candidates. As always you’ll have your own picks and observations, so please […]
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Fisking the #Wgtn2013 Candidates – Northern Ward
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- After weeks of speculation we finally know who is running for election and there’s a mixture of incumbents, unknowns, convicted criminals, failed past candidates, wannabe comeback kids, and big names. […]
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Parliamentary Precinct to get a boost?
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- Alex Fensome at the Dominion Post reports: Wellington’s parliamentary precinct is set to get a makeover fit for a centenary commemoration. A new $1.16 million proposal will turn the Cenotaph into […]
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Hayley Robinson and Sridhar Ekambaram in Conversation: Cycling
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- Onslow-Western Ward candidates Hayley Robinson and Sridhar Ekambaram released a joint video last week discussing cycling around the city. You can watch it below. One thing with Hayley is she’s […]
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