WCC Watch / September 2015
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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Wade-Lester’s Panda Fantasy starts giant meme
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- You know election year is approaching when memes start filling the inbox… this one popped up earlier. Not sure who is behind this little gem with the YouTube account looking to have been set up this week – but pretty entertaining nonetheless!
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Key says Capital is dying, Bronagh says let them pat Pandas!
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- On One News tonight, Prime Minister Key showed off Bronagh’s Panda seflie and it seems this is where the fantasy started.
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Eagle vs Panda
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- Councillor Paul Eagle has called out Justin Wade-Lester’s business plan for pandas as a “fantasy”.
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A look behind the scenes of Capital 150
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- The marketing and communications department of WCC have provided a look behind the work they did on the Capital 150 campaign.
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Eagle disgraces himself – saves wall, saves Pannett
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- Great news for Island Bay with confirmation that the sea wall will be rebuilt.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Pannett puts career on line over sea wall
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- In the Wellingtonian last week, Lambton ward councillor, Iona Pannett, said she would resign if the Island Bay sea wall was not rebuilt.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Keep Kate
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- There is a petition underway to lobby NZTA to keep the ‘Kate Shepherd’ green pedestrian lights at the crossings near Parliament – you can sign it here.
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Mind the gap: WCC PR team bigger than Boris’s
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- WCC’s press and media operation operation is something of a relentless beast these days, with #TheWellingtonWay being shovelled down our throats at great expense across a variety of media.
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Celia giving Lester a leg up?
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- WCC Watch has woken from its slumber with the stirrings of the 2016 Mayoral campaign evident.
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Onesie-Wearer in Chief
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- Not content with championing helmet hair to greet the US Secretary of State, the Mayor has once again dumped the Chains in favour of her own tastes… Shortly after we woke from our slumber over the weekend – this photo, tweeted by the Mayor (no, not her opponents!), was brought to our attention – Celia doing her best for Wellington Free Ambulance’s ‘Onesie Day’.
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