New-ish at the Movies: Pain & Gain, Only God Forgives, The Wolverine, The Way Way Back, The Conjuring & Byzantium
Still hovering around some local cinemas – and the longest-delayed of all my outstanding reviews – Still Mine is a surprisingly effective Canadian drama about an elderly man (James Cromwell, 73 but playing a fit 89) determined to build a new house for his wife (Geneviéve Bujold) before her memory deserts her completely. Cromwell gives […]
Candidates: Karunanidhi Muthu for Mayor and Eastern Ward
We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get posted. Check our 2013 Election coverage for all responses as they come in. Here’s the response from Karunanidhi Muthu for Mayor and Eastern Ward.
Candidates: Jacob Toner, Independent for Northern Ward
We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get posted. Check our 2013 Election coverage for all responses as they come in. Here’s Jacob Toner, running independently for Northern Ward.
Candidates: Judith Aiken Wellington Regional Council and the Capital and Coast District Health Board
We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get posted. Check our 2013 Election coverage for all responses as they come in. Judith Aiken is a candidate for the Wellington Regional Council and the Capital and Coast District Health Board
That library debate
This is a thing I wrote for a library focused blog about the library debate that happened in Wellington earlier this week. It’s aimed at librarians but it’s relevant to Wellington and Wellington City Libraries. I’ve tweaked it slightly. I received an email from the Library Association (LIANZA) last week suggesting that I might be […]
Everything you need to know about our local body elections coverage
It’s fantastic that we’re getting so many answers to the questions we sent out to candidates, but we were flooding our homepage with them, so we’re now tidying responses away underneath the Elections 2013 category. You can also check out responses by area, assuming the candidates actually mentioned where they were running, AND there’s a […]
Candidate: Sarah Free, Eastern Ward
We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get posted. Check our 2013 Election coverage for all responses as they come in. Here’s Sarah Free for the Eastern Ward. Keep reading →
Candidate: Arie Ketel, Onslow-Western Ward
We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get posted. Check our 2013 Election coverage for all responses as they come in. Here’s Arie Ketel for the Onslow-Western Ward.
Candidates: Peter Gilberd, Independent candidate for the Northern Ward
We’ve provided a set of questions for the mayoral and councillor candidates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get posted. Check our 2013 Election coverage for all responses as they come in. Here’s Peter Gilberd for the Northern Ward
Candidates: Sridhar Ekambaram for Onslow Western Ward
Sridhar Ekambaram is an Onslow Western candidate and gives us his answers, each of which came in under the 25 word limit. Check our Elections 2013 section for all the responses as they come in.