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
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 […]
The week so far; Getting context around opinion, trouble brewing out East, more criticism on our Climate Emergency.
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; a Lambton Ward candidate, answers our ten questions following the Climate Emergency Declaration
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 […]
Carbon Zero Blueprints vs Plans, what is an emergency exactly, and answer the questions Councillors
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 […]
Conor Hill; Wellington’s climate change emergency
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 […]
Conor Hill, a potential Mayoral candidate for Wellington, answers our ten questions following the Climate Emergency Declaration
Yesterday we challenged current Councillors and new candidates to answer ten questions following the declaration of a Climate Emergency that was heavy on politics and light on detail. Conor Hill is a […]
