Are you bored yet? This election campaign, that should now be in full swing, is one of the most boring that I have witnessed so far in the many years that I […]
You can’t escape Shelly Bay and once again the issue has burst into life across a range of fronts. It’s starting to take the shine off Justin Lester while it is giving […]
Mostly missed in recent days by the media and commentators was the release of a fifty page document as a result of a major survey organised by Enterprise Miramar. It’s interesting from […]
“With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.” Hunter S Thompson – Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72” Out on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Winter has arrived. The harbour is blanketed by the exhaust of tens of thousands of cars travelling to and fro on the motorway, electric scooters zip through the pre-dawn light, travel times […]
Tamatha Paul answers our ten questions. You can read more on Tamatha’s blog here. We score her response at the bottom of the post. You own a third of the airport, which […]
After writing a piece yesterday bemoaning the fact that their is no apparent plan behind the Climate Emergency declared by the WCC and asking Councillors and candidates to answer ten questions I […]
Republished with permission from Conor Hill I recently wrote about Nelson council passing a climate change emergency and today Wellington follows suit. I don’t feel particularly hopeful about this, as action rather than proclamations […]
