https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+election-candidates Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Election candidates. https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147960 Former Green Party chief of staff Tory Whanau has been elected as Wellington’s next mayor, according to a progress result released this afternoon. Incumbent Mayor Andy Foster finished second with Ray Chung third and Paul Eagle, surprisingly, fourth. The WCC announced that Tory Whanau received 29,458 votes compared to Mr Foster’s 13,032 votes – a margin of 16,426 votes. election-candidates media Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147960 Wellington Scoop 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147809 Don’t bother with the negative Twitter narrative about election meetings hosted by Residents’ Associations. This week’s meetings have all been well organised, disciplined and most had hot drinks and a chance to meet the candidates. The RAs have supported local democracy by hosting good face-to-face events in suburban halls and churches. election-candidates media Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147809 Wellington Scoop 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147723 The Wellington local election campaign is coming to an end and it would be overstating things to say it has been dull. The only pinch of excitement came with the emergence of a young Māori wahine, carrying progressive values. When the debates started, it all went downhill. There have been dozens of them, and the only takeaway is that all candidates want a vibrant, inclusive, green city. This set of commonplaces is not helping to differentiate one candidate from another, for example during the conclusion of the Spinoff debate. On the policy front, they all say they’ll achieve their “vision” with better bus services (over which they have zero control) and more housing. And since I want to vote on a vision and its supporting policies, and not for a person, it’s been very hard, listening to the debates and reading candidates’ websites, to feel we have a choice. election-candidates media Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147723 Wellington Scoop 2022-09-28T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=146043 election-candidates media Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=146043 Wellington Scoop 2022-07-19T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142355 election-candidates media Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142355 Wellington Scoop 2022-02-06T00:00:00Z