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Could Young be caught offside in sports funding debate?

February 19, 2016by northernwccwatch Leave a comment

Sports funding for teams such as the Hurricanes, Lions, Phoenix, Pulse and Saints could shape as a key battleground this campaign. It has become a hot topic and one that […]

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Elections, Mayor

Helene – even the parking wardens say time’s up

February 18, 2016by northernwccwatch Leave a comment

After being first elected before the Beehive was finished, before God Defend New Zealand was even officially our second anthem, before the Erebus disaster and even before carless days, Helene […]

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Northern Ward, WCC Watch

Hutt City Councillor calls out budget ‘trickery’

February 16, 2016by northernwccwatch Leave a comment

It wouldn’t hurt a few of Wellington’s supposedly opposition Councillors to take a leaf out of Wainuiomata Ward, Hutt City Councillor, Campbell Barry’s book and actually put a spotlight on […]

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Hutt City Council

Coughlan to make a run from Right-Field?

February 16, 2016by northernwccwatch 2 Comments

While Onslow-Western Councillor, Jo Coughlan, has taken a somewhat lower profile this term, we have heard that she is taking soundings on whether or not to make a run for […]

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Onslow-Western, Wellington City Council

Sarah Free opens a can of worms

February 13, 2016by northernwccwatch 2 Comments

Island Bay’s Green Eastern Ward battler, Sarah Free, may not have attracted a whole heap of attention in the last term – but she knows how to build a mean […]

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Eastern Ward

New ways to waste money – it’s the #wadebrownwccway

February 12, 2016by northernwccwatch 2 Comments

We got a little bored with the Island Bay cycleway debacle – and judging by the Mayor’s lack of support in the media Celia Wade-Bicycle is also giving her troubled […]

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Policy, Uncategorized, Wellington City Council

Council prioritises Chinese Garden and Cycleway over Hospital Water Supply

January 12, 2016by northernwccwatch 1 Comment

Capital and Coast DHB Board Member and Porirua Mayor, Nick Leggett and Southern Ward Councillor, Paul Eagle, have highlighted a bizarre decision by Council to refuse to fund the emergency […]

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Policy, Wellington City Council

Cycleway Shambles the hot summer BBQ topic

January 11, 2016by northernwccwatch 2 Comments

We are back for 2016 and if there was one issue that kept getting brought up around BBQs across the Capital this summer, it was the Mayoral Cycleway Omni-shambles. The […]

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Mayor, News, Uncategorized

Golf Club Hits Back

November 20, 2015by WCC Watch Leave a comment

A recent post by northernwccwatch provoked quick responses pooh-pooh’ing everything about it. The mayor moved shut debate down on Twitter, deploying her caps button, stating that there are better options elsewhere: @WCCWatch this is Town Belt land […]

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Southern Ward, Wellington City Council

Is it time to draft Leggett?

November 19, 2015by northernwccwatch 1 Comment

TV3’s Duncan Garner has come out and slammed Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, saying Wellington needs new leadership. Garner highlights the lack of achievements under Wade-Brown: “Simply put, the capital lacks leadership […]

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Elections, Uncategorized

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