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mayor of tr*nny town @missfluss.bsky.social · 2d

and stop referring to the government as "Wellington". if Wellingtonians actually got to run the show we'd be a very different country.

Kieran @nug.monster · 2d

why are you talking about it as if it's up to you, you worthless cunt. You're never getting another term and I 100% guarantee you're out of the country the day after you're out.

Christopher Luxon 'very open' to Electoral Commission running local elections

Currently, local elections are run by the councils themselves.

www.rnz.co.nz

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 2d

Yay for Joel if this is what he wants but booooo for us as a city, what a loss!

Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 2d

Some personal news from today's Windbag newsletter.

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 3d

Why are there fireworks?

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 3d

"He was so confident, he’d even told me at an event he had a $90,000 Rolex pre-ordered from Partridges as a gift to himself for when he won."

Ahahahahahhahahahahahhahaha

Ethan Manera @ethanmanera.bsky.social · 3d

“Chung's bid for mayor was taken advantage of by those with an axe to grind about issues he likely didn't even understand.”

OPINION: How Ray Chung’s once-promising mayoral bid collapsed in a landslide defeat

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...

He was so confident in mayoral bid he reserved a $90k Rolex. Here's how it went so wrong

OPINION: Once a front-runner, Ray Chung's campaign style and scandal sank his mayoral bid.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 3d

Narrator: Ray Chung has in fact learnt nothing

mayor of tr*nny town @missfluss.bsky.social · 3d

interested to see if tiefenbacher's promise to resign if things don't go his way also applies to him being a city councillor

in either case I look forward to his newfound humility when he realises you can't just tantrum your way into getting what you want—something i'm sure chung has learned by now

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Kaitāia Friar @basicbishop.bsky.social · 4d

Nobody ray chung tonight

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Brannavan Gnanalingam @brannavan.bsky.social · 4d

Better Wellington everyone

Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 4d

The new Wellington City Council will include 5 Labour councillors and 4 Green councillors, plus Andrew Little, giving the two party "coalition" an increased governing majority - 10 out of 16 votes, compared to 8 under the previous council.

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 4d

Dompost got it's arse kicked in the election. Big loser.

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 4d

Well Pōneke, you’ve made some good choices and some bad choices wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

Results

Results for the 2025 Wellington City Council elections.

wellington.govt.nz

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Cinderella Mechanicus @hroethgar.bsky.social · 6d

The fact that Kerry Prendegast has her mayoral portrait in front of a motorway sums up everything she did for Wellington: pave over the best bits so some cunts up the coast could spend 5 seconds less in traffic:

A portrait with a faintly impressionist style of a woman with short hair sat in front of a motorway, wearing the gold chains and robe of the mayoral regalia.

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Wellington Pride Festival I Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara @wellingtonpride.bsky.social · 16d

Our last fundraising film for the year (probably?) is happening next Friday 10 October. We've got classic comedy with The Birdcage (1996). Hosted by drag legend Ellie Kat, old school gay camp needs a deserving location, so where better than Scotty & Mal's?
www.trybooking.com/nz/events/la...

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 6d

as of yesterday (Wednesday) 27.52% of eligible voters have sent in voting papers for the Wellington City Council elections. we’re ahead of 2022 and 2019, but have fallen behind 2016, the year bookended by the deaths of David Bowie & Carrie Fisher - a.k.a. where everything started going wrong

A snip from electionz.com showing that 44,397 people out of a possible 161,318 have voted in the Wellington City Council elections - or 27.52%

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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 6d

Now this is going to come as a shock but it seems that the Cones Hotline is a complete waste of time and money.

A graph from Newsroom showing Van Veldens Cones Hotline is a waste of money.

Data shows Wellington City Council's cone report outcomes -
Sites found to be in order 54
Closed with no action 35
Out of scope 22
Contractor advised to move cones 5
Council moved cones

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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 7d

Wellingtonians - Are you interested?

An hour of unlimited play on the machines at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe before regular opening hours on a Sunday from 10-11 am. N95 or better masks to be worn at all times and there is an air purifier. $20/person and we need 25 people to make the event happen.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 10d

Kerry Prendergast and Rex Nicholls own this billboard

Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah so this is some dodgy shit

An electronic billboard on the Embassy Theatre in Wellington reading "Have you voted yet? Why not? Because it's STV don't vote more than 3"

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 11d

Peter Jackson is a dickhead landlord not some benevolent city saver? WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING?

An image from Facebook:

!!!. Don't let this be the last summer at Chocolate Fish
Cafe.
This week we were given the devastating blow, without warning, by The Head of Business Affairs for Sir Peter® Jackson and Dame Fran Walsh, that they have decided to close our beloved café for good.
Despite our requests, we haven't yet been given the opportunity to speak with Peter and Fran directly, and we are asking for that chance.
After 15 years of building this community together, we don't want the laughter of kids on bikes, the joy of giving well-behaved dogs their TUX biscuit, the clink of coffee cups, or the sight of big bikes leaning outside to simply disappear forever.
We don't want to be forced to close. We don't want to be shut down.
We want the chance to keep going-or at least to say goodbye properly with one more long, beautiful summer.
Please share this far and wide. Help us show how much the Choc Fish means to Wellington, to NZ, and to everyone who has made memories here.
#SaveChocolateFish #OneMoreSummer #ChocFishForever
.. We will add a longer post shortly to explain in full detail but we wanted to get your attention and ask for your help asap

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mayor of tr*nny town @missfluss.bsky.social · 14d

only once wayne guppy is defeated will Wellington elect a mayor for a second term

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mayor of tr*nny town @missfluss.bsky.social · 14d

the reason Wellington has had so many one-term mayors is bc wayne guppy, mayor of upper hutt for 24 years, has absorbed their tenure

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Undupably @undupable.bsky.social · 17d

The old band is back under Better Wellington for the 2025 election, with the ticket Independent Together, including friend Guy Nunns. Guy is well known in these circles. He can be found in footage ranting towards parliament at the failed Unite 14 Days of Protest.

Back to the bigger picture

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Daniel Tither and Guy Nunns put up a New Zealand First hoarding in Wellington. Posted to NZ First Wellington Hub in August 2023.

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Undupably @undupable.bsky.social · 17d

Daniel Tither (back of the photo) campaigned for Ray. He secured an interview for Chung on The Platform. He works with Inwood often. He was part of The S.B. Group, third-party promoters for New Zealand First in 2023, along with Paul Heffernan, the Better Wellington authoriser.

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A cropped picture of the VFF coordinators at the VFF Connects event in 2022 with Daniel Tither circled in red at the back row.

Daniel Tither comment on a Facebook page supporting Ray Chung: "There's no doubt a lot of people in Wellington are as predictable as
you describe. One thing I will say about Ray Chung though is that he has exceeded people's expectations before.
In 2022, when he got into council for the first time after previous attempts, some initially thought he couldn't do it.
I tried to get him an interview with Sean Plunket and Sean seemingly wasn't interested in talking to Ray (he can't get enough of him now), but Michael Laws agreed to do it."

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 17d

as of Friday just 12.38% of eligible Wellington City Council voters have returned their voting papers! there’s only 2 weeks left mates, what are you waiting for

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Empress of the Internet @johubris.bsky.social · 21d

OMG I can still get married at the Paramount Theatre after all! www.thegods.nz/about

About — The Gods | Paramount Event Space

www.thegods.nz

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Wellington Pride Festival I Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara @wellingtonpride.bsky.social · 23d

More details about the roles we need to fill are available here: www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/news-1/hello...

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 25d

Better Wellington/independent Together not even managing to switch to the right Facebook account to claim they’re not the same organisation is some kind of performance art, right?

A Facebook comment where Independent Together writes as if they were Better Wellington

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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social · 29d

So it’s not just public servants and women in general that Nicola Willis is afraid of then?

Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 29d

Protip for Members of Parliament, if a bunch of priests want to meet with you to discuss a serious issue, you DO have the option of just... meeting with them

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