Candidates: Kelly Buchanan for the Alliance in Wellington Central
We invited all candidates in Wellington electorates to contact us with their answers to fifteen crowdsourced questions. Answers are restricted to 30 words each, and we publish them exactly as we receive them. Who are you and what do you want? Never ask that question! Er, I’m a geek and socialist, and want to drastically […]
Candidates: Paul Foster-Bell for National in Wellington Central
We invited all candidates in Wellington electorates to contact us with their answers to fifteen crowdsourced questions. Answers are restricted to 30 words each, and we publish them exactly as we receive them. Who are you and what do you want? I am National’s Candidate for Wellington Central – I want your party vote for National […]
Candidates: Tane Woodley for the Greens in Rimutaka
We invited all candidates in Wellington electorates to contact us with their answers to fifteen crowdsourced questions. Answers are restricted to 30 words each, and we publish them exactly as we receive them. Who are you and what do you want? My name is Tane, and I was born and bred in the Hutt. I […]
Candidates: Alex Speirs for ACT in Hutt South
We invited all candidates in Wellington electorates to contact us with their answers to fifteen crowdsourced questions. Answers are restricted to 30 words each, and we publish them exactly as we receive them. NB: Alex went over the 30-word limit a few times. We’re pretty strict about the limit, so those answers have been truncated […]
Candidates: Grant Robertson for Labour in Wellington Central
We invited all candidates in Wellington electorates to contact us with their answers to fifteen crowdsourced questions. Answers are restricted to 30 words each, and we publish them exactly as we receive them. Who are you and what do you want? I am Grant Robertson, and I want your vote to continue to be MP […]
Date an MP
Political Speed Dating comes to Wellington next Wednesday. Promoted by the PSA, a group of unions and community organisations* have joined together to bring you a “fun, fast and furious” evening of political debate. Members of unions and community organisations will be speaking about their experiences and asking party spokespeople to respond to their questions […]
Festival 2012
I’m old enough to remember when the Arts Festival was known archly as The New Zealand International Festival of the Arts. In recent years the name has been tidied up but the goal has remained the same – bring really cool, really great, international artists to Wellington and showcase their work alongside the best of […]
Candidates: Holly Walker for the Greens in Hutt South
We invited all candidates in Wellington electorates to contact us with their answers to fifteen crowdsourced questions. Answers are restricted to 30 words each, and we publish them exactly as we receive them. Who are you and what do you want? I’m Holly, I’m from the Hutt, and I want a clean green economy that […]
Candidates: Sea Rotmann for the Greens in Wairarapa
We invited all candidates in Wellington electorates to contact us with their answers to fifteen crowdsourced questions. Answers are restricted to 30 words each, and we publish them exactly as we receive them. Who are you and what do you want? My name is Dr Sea Rotmann and I want NZ to be green and […]
forget fireworks this is an explosion of fabric
Kind of inspired about getting into making post-Craft2.0? Well if fabric is your thing, then Fabric-a-brac is the place you want to be this Saturday From WoW winners and fashion designers to Christchurch earthquake evacuees and button obsessives, the stallholders at this weekend’s fabric- a-brac event will be part of the biggest fabric-a-brac event ever. […]