Why run for Council? Often seen as a boring occupation with a high degree of personal risk, the advantages of being on the Council are many. From free food and money to […]
Top ten reasons to run for the City Council
The WCC week that was; New slots open at WCC & GWRC, the worst name ever for a sport’s field, Greens trade transparency for secrecy, and Council nominations open
A lot of news to catch up on this week. Big news, small news, rumours, and plenty of links to help you keep up to date on all the shenanigans. First up, […]
Shelly Bay III; The WCC Hivemind speaks, Lawyers begin a skirmish, the HASHAA shuts down any public engagement, and Peter Jackson carries out another drive by
After a few weeks of steadfastly refusing to talk about Shelly Bay, the WCC coughed in the last few days and spat out that they were likely to hold another vote on […]
Press Release (Councillors Calvert and Woolf): Independent public survey on Wellington city’s Bus Service
Wellington city councillors Diane Calvert and Simon Woolf recently ran their own online survey of bus patrons focusing on the Karori service (commuter peak period). The survey was conducted in May over […]
The Wellington Party tagged right-wing straight out of the gate and the guilty pleasure that is John Morrison, like a service station pie 11pm at night after a few beers
It was a completely muddled launch of a new local political party in the past few days. The Wellington Party popped onto the scene and was immediately tagged as “right-wing”, by the […]
@GeorgeKCampbell eats the Dominion Post’s lunch over local reporting, tram junket canned, transport musings, Shelly Bay bites again, and elections issues continue to be shoved out to next year
Georgina Campbell at The NZ Herald continues to get the scoop on the Dominion Post that is doing a pretty poor job of covering WCC news and events this week. She reports […]
Signs of life from the Wellington Party
With a new website up, more activity on their Facebook page, and the early formation of top level policies The Wellington Party is showing signs of life and are gearing up to […]
