Category: Mayor
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The great Mayoral candidate social media face-off
We are now into the final two weeks of what been a very interesting local government campaign. The voting papers have been delivered and are being returned at a reasonable rate. Currently the rate of return is well ahead of where it was at the same time during the last election campaign. If this continues…
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The Mayoral candidates and the living wage proposal
Photo (c) Jason Fell I attended the Living Wage People’s assembly this week in St Matthews in the City. The idea behind the meeting was to get Mayoral and Waitemata ward candidates to express their views on the living wage proposal as well as improved public transport services and rental accommodation standards. The organiser was Living Wage…
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The Great Radio New Zealand Mayoral Debate
by Greg Presland I attended the Mayoral Debate this morning hosted by Radio New Zealand. Present were the three leading candididates, Len Brown, John Banks and Andrew Williams. Before the debate started the body language was fascinating. Len and Banksie shook hands warmly. The chill between Banks and Williams was evident. Len spoke about his…
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Save Waitakere One
By Greg Presland The formation of the super city is supposedly motivated by achieving efficiencies and saving money. For westies this does not appear likely. C&R appear to be determined to push through bulk wastewater charges, despite the opposition of some of its more outlying candidates. This will mean a significant increase for most Westie…
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Len Brown embraces Eco City
It is good to see that Len Brown has decided to embrace the concept of “Eco City”. Future West supports his election and hopes that Waitakere City’s “eco city” concept can be applied to the Auckland super city if and when he becomes Super Mayor. The Eco City concept is based on the Agenda 21…