Could Young be caught offside in sports funding debate?
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 […]
Helene – even the parking wardens say time’s up
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 […]
Hutt City Councillor calls out budget ‘trickery’
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 […]
Coughlan to make a run from Right-Field?
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 […]
Sarah Free opens a can of worms
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 […]
New ways to waste money – it’s the #wadebrownwccway
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 […]
Council prioritises Chinese Garden and Cycleway over Hospital Water Supply
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 […]
Cycleway Shambles the hot summer BBQ topic
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 […]
Golf Club Hits Back
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 […]
Is it time to draft Leggett?
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 […]
