How Celia almost knocked off Helene Ritchie
The 2013 donation and expense returns are filled with all manner of nuggets of information. For example, who knew that northern ward candidate, Peter Gilberd, who came very very close […]
Did the Greens break the law?
There sure is a wealth of nuggets of information in the campaign donations and expense returns. Check out our previous post for a good overview. There are plenty of rules […]
Campaign 2013: Who spent what
2013 Wellington City Council campaign expense returns are now online and they make for very interesting (and at times despairing) reading. Mayoral and city council candidates spent $468,991.05 trying to […]
Mayor details where board fees to go
Celia Wade-Brown has detailed how and where money councillors used to gain from external appointments is going to be redirected following changes made last term. Via the Council: Wellington’s smart […]
Former Eastern Ward candidate fined for drug possession
Former Eastern Ward candidate John Coleman has been fined for minor drug possession. Wellington hospitality personality John Coleman has been fined for having a small amount of cannabis and cannabis resin […]
Morrison: Campaigning was tiring, council not very constructive, STV killed turnout, happy to be gone
Failed Wellington mayoral candidate and ex-Onslow-Western ward councillor John Morrison talked to The Wellingtonian editor and old cricket bro Joseph Romanos in what seems to be his first post-election loss […]
City Watch #16
Here’s our sixteenth round up of recent news and events around Wellington. Remember to let us know if we’ve missed anything! Wellington’s new deputy mayor is talking big and promising […]
Morrison lands new call centre job
Failed Wellington mayoral candidate and ex-Onslow-Western ward councillor John Morrison has landed a new job with the Australian call centre he helped lure to Wellington. Morrison is looking forward to leveraging […]
Mayor pips Coughlan to Airport board
Council have confirmed the Mayor will be its representative on Wellington International Airport’s board. Katie Chapman reports: The mayor won’t be able to help decide how much ratepayers’ money is […]
Committee to salvage botched logo
Some sense reported by Kerry McBride: The new logo chosen for Wellington will be kept to tourism branding, while a committee searches for a better alternative. The logo, which features […]
