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Mayoral candidates use Town Belt time to hold up other policies

LINING UP: Mayoral candidates from left, John Morrison, Nicola Young, Karunanidhi Muthu, Jack Yan and Rob Goulden. By CALLY MARTIN WELLINGTON’S six mayoral candidates were brought together for the...

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Mixed reviews from Lambton voters after inner city meeting

CANDIDATES from last nights meeting: from the left, John Woolf, Mark Peck, Rex Nicholls, Nicola Young, John Dow, Stephen Preston and Iona Pannett. By Anneka Paul AN UNIMPRESSED retiree crowd at the...

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Homeless and poverty issues separate mayoral candidates

WELLINGTON mayoral candidates’ opinions are varied and divided when it comes to addressing homelessness and poverty issues in the capital. Wellington services that deal with people who are finding it...

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Cyclists push for cycle lanes through elections

LOVING CYCLING: A cyclist makes sure he is seen. “LOVE Cycling” bike plates are being used to make protected cycle lanes in Wellington a local body election issue. The Cycle Advocates Network campaign...

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Mayoral hopefuls angry at being dismissed by academic

DEFINITE ARTICLE: The Dominion Post story that upset mayoral candidates. MAYORAL candidates have labelled a newspaper readers’ poll as a joke, a disservice to democracy and biased. The Dominion Post...

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Young answers the call because politics runs in her blood

BUSINESS woman and mayoral candidate, Nicola Young, has been campaigning since age seven. Ms Young (right) got her first taste of politics door-knocking with her father, Bill Young, who won the Miramar...

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Gill loses eastern ward seat to Greens’ Sarah Free

THERE will be six new councillors sitting around re-elected Wellington city Mayor Celia Wade-Brown’s council table. Sarah Free displaced Leonie Gill in the Eastern ward. Ms Free joins Simon Marsh and...

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Brooklyn’s issues aired with newly elected councillors

GET MORE colourful and listen more, Brooklyn people told new councillors at their latest meeting. Brooklyn’s elected councillors have begun to build relationships by listening to residents  airing...

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Celia Wade-Brown’s new council goes live on YouTube

POLITICAL SMILES: From left, Deputy Mayor Justin Lester with councillors Iona Pannet, David Lee, Sarah Free, Nicola Young and Simon Woolf. TV RATINGS need have no fear of the live-streamed Wellington...

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Climate change job also has economic demands, says new councillor

CLIMATE change is an economic issue, not an environmental issue, and that is how new Wellington City Councillor David Lee will be tackling his role in 2014. “It is a problem because of social and...

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Politics, bureaucracy stop Island Bay cyclists in their new bike track

TOWN PATH: The Island Bay cycleway upgrade would ultimately create a complete route to the city. A NEW year was supposed to bring an upgraded cycleway to Island Bay, but politics and red tape have cast...

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Young and restless for mayoral future

THE LAMBTON WARD councillor’s reinvigoration of inner city Wellington was what we were here to talk about, but it became clear Nicola Young’s plans didn’t stop at shining a light on the capital’s...

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Mayoral candidates get and give Living Wage messages

The crowd at the Living Wage Meet the Candidates meeting at Wesley Church in Taranaki St. Ope Siale came to New Zealand from Samoa for a better life for his kid – but he painted a bleak picture of...

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Lester throws council CEO “under bus” says mayoral rival

Mayoral hopefuls at Whitireia Journalism and Broadcasting, from left, Jo Coughlan, Justin Lester, Nick Leggett and Nicola Young. Nick Leggett accused Justin Lester of throwing Wellington City Council’s...

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Homelessness and housing an increasing issue for Wellington

Wellington’s mayoral candidates front Whitireia Journalism and Broadcasting students. The government needs to do more to solve Wellington’s homelessness crisis, not the council, say mayoral candidates....

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LISTEN: Mayoral candidates split on fixing homeless issue

Candidates vying for the Wellington mayoralty can’t agree on who is responsible for fixing the capital’s homeless problem. Current figures show about 50 people a day are sleeping rough on Wellington’s...

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Political tourism an untapped market say local politicians

Wellington mayoral candidates (from left to right) Jo Coughlan, Justin Lester, Nick Leggett and Nicola Young. Wellington could attract more tourists by marketing itself as the capital city, say mayoral...

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Deputy Mayor on defensive over airline subsidy

Wellington’s Deputy Mayor is defending attacks from fellow mayoral candidates over a deal between the city and Singapore Airlines. Justin Lester supports the deal but some of his opponents used a press...

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Do young people know what to do with an envelope?

  Image: Huffington Post   Young people have been wooed as much as is physically and technologically possible in these local body elections – now it is over to them. Good meeting turn-outs and busy...

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Secret Singapore deal latest in mixed history for growth fund

Singapore Airlines ‘Capital Express’ passengers enjoyed champagne, flowers and positive press in at Canberra  – but the welcome has been cooler in Wellington since last week. After traditional Māori...

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