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Wellington City Election - 2010 Provisional Result

Saturday, 9 October 2010, 7:34 pm | Wellington City Council

Issue: Mayor (1),Date: 09/10/2010, Wellington City Council,Time: 17:32:00, Quota at 1st iteration,26322, No of voting paper,52643, No of informal voting paper,99, No of blank voting paper,757, More >>

Wellington City results to be announced at 6pm

Saturday, 9 October 2010, 3:48 pm | Wellington City Council

Note to journalists: the Wellington City elections results announcement has been brought forward to 6pm sharp. More >>

Maori Wardens would replace yellow coats

Friday, 8 October 2010, 5:05 pm | Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council should question whether Armourguard’s Walkwise (yellow coats) are an appropriate use of ratepayer’s money and an effective response for social and cultural development in our community, says Seann Paurini, a Southern ... More >>

Dip in votes keeps percentage in the thirties

Friday, 8 October 2010, 3:39 pm | Wellington City Council

There was quite a dip in postal votes today for the local body elections, bringing the total percentage to 35.58 percent. Only 3764 votes were delivered to the Council offices this morning. The total is now at 48,229. More >>

Head for the ballot boxes – there’s just two days

Thursday, 7 October 2010, 2:55 pm | Wellington City Council

Calling all Wellingtonians! At least 90,000 of you have yet to vote. More >>

Three… two… one… vote!

Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 2:16 pm | Wellington City Council

Wellingtonians have just three days left to vote in the local body elections. More >>

Mayoral concert: Police find no offence

Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 11:34 am | Wellington City Council

Wellington Electoral Officer Ross Bly has been told today by the Police that they have investigated a complaint under the Local Electoral Act 2001 about yesterday’s mayoral concert for the elderly. More >>

Leap in voting brings percentage to 24 percent

Tuesday, 5 October 2010, 1:00 pm | Wellington City Council

Today, 5868 votes were delivered to the Wellington City Council offices, bringing the total to 32,745, or 24.16 percent of registered voters. More >>

Voting returns yet to hit 20 percent

Monday, 4 October 2010, 3:00 pm | Wellington City Council

Wellingtonians now only have a matter of days to post their voting documents to the Wellington City Council electoral office. More >>

Get your Labour Weekend reading sorted early

Monday, 4 October 2010, 2:41 pm | Wellington City Council

  NEWS RELEASE 4 October 2010   Get your Labour Weekend reading sorted early   Wellington City Libraries are to close over Labour Weekend as the entire libraries’ system is due to be upgraded.   Libraries Manager Jane Hill says the closure is ... More >>

Get a move on – there’s just one week to go

Friday, 1 October 2010, 2:17 pm | Wellington City Council

Not even a fifth of registered voters have returned their voting papers yet, with just one week to go before election day – Saturday 9 October. More >>

Tunnel and bus-lane enforcement starts next month

Friday, 1 October 2010, 10:37 am | Wellington City Council

A group of Wellington City Council officers and contractors have been warranted to monitor the city’s bus lanes by the Commissioner of Police. Increased monitoring of bus lanes is likely to start in late October. More >>

Capital opts in to speed leaky-home repairs

Thursday, 30 September 2010, 3:11 pm | Wellington City Council

Members of the Wellington City Council voted unanimously last night (Wednesday 29 September) to confirm the council’s commitment to the Government’s financial assistance package that aims to hasten the repair of leaky homes around the country. More >>

New artificial turf sportsfield gets go-ahead

Thursday, 30 September 2010, 2:40 pm | Wellington City Council

A third - and possibly fourth – artificial-turf sportsfield for Wellington City could be ready for use by next winter following decisions at last night’s City Council meeting. More >>

Vote – or forever hold your peace!

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 3:29 pm | Wellington City Council

The voting period for Wellington City’s local body and health board elections is almost half-way through – but so far barely more than 10 percent of eligible voters have done their democratic duty and returned their voting papers. More >>

Mark Jacobs pulls out of health board election

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 10:48 am | Wellington City Council

Candidate Mark Jacobs has today withdrawn from the race for a place on the Capital and Coast District Health Board. More >>

Want to run in a Japanese marathon - for free?

Monday, 27 September 2010, 2:40 pm | Wellington City Council

Wellington Sakai Association and Wellington City Council want a marathon runner to represent Wellington in the Senshu International City Marathon in Japan next February. More >>

Summer sport season to be delayed

Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:43 pm | Wellington City Council

The start of the summer sport season is likely to be delayed by up to three weeks due to wet weather holding up crucial renovation work on sportsfields. More >>

Caffeine addicts get the message to vote

Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:24 pm | Wellington City Council

Voting papers for the local body elections have been sent out – and Wellington City Council is doing everything it can to get people to vote. It is even getting the ‘vote!’ message right under the noses of thousands of coffee drinkers in ... More >>

And there was light - under the runway

Monday, 20 September 2010, 12:44 pm | Wellington City Council

Things are looking much brighter for the hundreds of people who use the subway every day under Wellington Airport. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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