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Monday, 19 April 2021, 1:28 pm “The Independent Wellington City Council Governance Review has produced 13 recommendations with an emphasis on supporting effective governance,” says Mayor Andy Foster. “The package of change includes reconfirming a shared vision and a high-level work programme aligned to our Long-Term Plan to address Wellington’s most pressing needs. “To do business more effectively the review has recommended the Council change our meeting practices. This will have major benefits especially at this critical time when the Council is being called upon to make significa...

Ross Giblin/Stuff Wellington Mayor Andy Foster was accused of seeking “political cover” after suggesting a proposal to give iwi voting rights on council committees should be taken to the public. (File photo) Wellington Mayor Andy Foster has been accused of “delay tactics” and seeking “political cover” after he suggested a proposal to give iwi voting rights on council committees should be taken to the public. A representative from each of Wellington's two iwi will be given voting rights on all but one city council committee from July, after councillors voted 8-6 in favour of the p...

2000 properties on Wellington's recycling blacklist to get clean slate 8 Apr, 2021 01:42 AM 3 minutes to read In 2016 there were 800 properties on the blacklist, which has now grown to 2000. Photo / Supplied In 2016 there were 800 properties on the blacklist, which has now grown to 2000. Photo / Supplied Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz The 2000 properties on Wellington City Council's bad recycling blacklist will get a clean slate while a report is undertaken to address the issue of non-compliance Wellington City Council has several hotspot areas it doesn't...

Kelly was born in Wellington before moving to England in the 1970s. He is a trustee of the UK climate sceptics group Global Warming Policy Foundation, a group founded by climate change denier Nigel Lawson that lobbies against policies promoting alternatives to fossil fuels. SUPPLIED/Stuff He returned to Wellington temporarily in October to avoid Covid-19 and the Northern Hemisphere winter. Kelly said he did not deny climate change was occurring, but believed it was futile to invest money in emissions reductions schemes because they would make almost no difference to emissions. “I don�...

by Ralph Nader / March 13th, 2021 Do you remember the promises made by the Democratic Party’s presidential and Congressional candidates on universal health insurance? You can forget their pledges and somber convictions now that your votes put the Democrats in charge of the House and the Senate. The Democrats’ leaders are abandoning their promises and retreating into a cowardly corporatist future. Here is the present scene. Leading Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, have decided to spend tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize the gian...