Sense prevails in Wellington
Dom Post reports: Twin backing from Wellington’s mayor and police was not enough to see a city-wide liquor ban in the city, with strong public opposition prevailing. Instead, the city council’s...
View ArticleWhy Kerry lost
The impending loss of Kerry Prendergast has some saying that it was due to a bad campaign. But in fact my analysis suggests it was more tactical voting on the left. Kerry in fact got a significantly...
View ArticleIs it game over?
The Dom Post report: Terry Serepisos is facing fresh legal action, with the Inland Revenue Department seeking to liquidate five of his companies – including the one which owns the Wellington Phoenix –...
View ArticleWellingtonian on Wellington City Councillors
The Wellingtonian has also rated the Wellington City Councillors, through use of a panel. I don’t agree with all of their ratings, but that is probably because of the different perspectives of those on...
View ArticleDom Post says Councillors fly in the face of reality
The Dom Post editorial: Months of procrastinating, three and a-half hours of shambolic hand-wringing, $40,000 down the drain. All for nothing. The stubborn, illogical and wasteful refusal of seven...
View ArticleAsleep at the wheel of Wellington
The Dom Post editorial: Confusion has seized Wellington City councillors, and the spectacle is not pretty. While many of them were asleep, it seems,150 council jobs have been axed. “How did that...
View ArticleVote for the teddy bears
Karl du Fresnse writes in the Dom Post: Wellington could save itself a truckload of money by getting rid of its mayor and 14 councillors and replacing them with teddy bears. Would the quality of...
View ArticleIs WCC value for money?
The Dom Post editorial: By any stretch of the imagination, the nearly $66,000 base salary paid to Wellington City councillors is not a pittance, especially when most have top-ups of $14,000 or more....
View ArticleFlip then flop
Michael Forbes at Stuff reports: Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown hailed it as a vote on which the city council would “show leadership”. Councillors had spent more than two years arguing over the...
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Worst logo ever
This is almost as bad as the Wellywood madness. There was nothing wrong with the old logo. The colour is awful, and the cross is meaningless. At least they left the slogan untouched. Tags: Wellingtn...
View ArticleWellington ratepayers face another $300,000
The Dom Post reports: Wellington City Council is facing a budget blowout on its living wage policy, just two months after becoming the first council to adopt it. Councillors voted 9-5 in December to...
View ArticleRatepayers hit up for $1.25 million for carnival
Katie Chapman at Dom Post reports: The Cuba St Carnival is back – but not as you know it. Five years after funding woes ended the carnival, a new festival will be launched as one of two new events...
View ArticleThe two top rated Councillors standing as a ticket
The Dom Post reports: One may be blue and the other red, but that’s not stopping two of Wellington’s most popular councillors from joining forces to run for mayor and deputy mayor in next year’s...
View ArticleWCC votes yes to online voting trial
WCC have announced: This morning Wellington City Council voted yes (7-6) to join an online voting trial for next year’s local body elections. The Mayor of Wellington, Celia Wade-Brown, says Wellington...
View ArticleSense from a Green Councillor
Green City Councillor David Lee writes: As Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL) prepares to lodge its application for resource consent for a runway extension, it’s important Wellingtonians...
View ArticleLester announces for Mayoralty
The Dom Post reports: Wellington’s mayoral team may be side-by-side for now, but they’ll come head to-head in next year’s local body elections. Deputy mayor Justin Lester has broken his poker face and...
View ArticleA secret subsidy for Singapore Air
Stuff reports: The leaking of details of a multi-million dollar subsidy for Singapore Airlines flights into Wellington has “undermined” Wellington City Council’s relationship with the airline, leaked...
View ArticleLooks like Eagle will be Deputy Mayor regardless of Mayor
The Dom Post reports: Even Paul Eagle can see the humour in his support of mayoral candidate Justin Lester after he had supported another candidate, Nicola Young, last year. Lester and Eagle, both...
View ArticleMore corporate welfare wasted
Stuff reports: Wellington City Council is chasing $50,000 it gave to organisers of Wellington Fashion Week, as the man in charge appears to elude efforts to track him down. Last year the event was...
View ArticleCorporate welfare should not be secret
Stuff reports: More city councillors will be allowed to decide how Wellington’s $9.4 million economic fund is spent, but they won’t be able to tell ratepayers. Councillors voted on Wednesday to...
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