Tory Whanau
Wellington mayor on Wellington hostel fire
There are warnings of multiple fatalities after a fire overnight in a 92 room hostel in the Wellington suburb of Newtown. Fire and Emergency district manager Nick Pyatt says this is a worst nightmare… Audio
Wellington's water woes: where to from here?
Frustration is mounting among Wellington's mayors and residents at the region's decaying water infrastructure. Wellington Water is struggling to keep up with repairs to about 3,035 leaks in the water… Audio
Mixed reaction to police patrols in Courtenay Place
Wellington police are being accused of intimidating bar patrons and staff in Courtenay Place and escalating tensions in the Capital's party central.
Police and paramedics are targeting the area on… Audio
Wellington rates to rise nearly 13 percent
Māori leaders say they've lost an ally in the ousting of Rob Campbell as chair of Health NZ / Te Whatu Ora.
He was sacked over comments he made on LinkedIn, where he criticised National's Three… Audio
Wellington mayor set to drop Green Party membership
It is understood Wellington mayor Tory Whanau, whose independent campaign was endorsed by the Greens, has decided she will not renew her party membership.
Whanau has now spent almost six weeks in the… Audio
The Week in Detail: Wayne Brown, banks, and nuclear power
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Should mayors have to indulge the media?
Why isn't Auckland's new mayor Wayne Brown saying yes to more media interviews? Audio
Wellington mayor tells protesters to take it to Parliament
New Wellington mayor Tory Whanau is no stranger to protests.
The former activist told me the protesters should be taking their fight to Parliament.
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Tory Whanau on Wellington Mayoral win
Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Wellington.
Her success is a rare highlight for progressives in the local body elections this year with a shift to the centre-right evident… Audio
New Mayors: Tory Whanau in Wellington
Centre-right candidates won big in the local elections over the weekend, which some commentators saw as a rebuke of the current government. One of the few candidates to buck that trend was former… Audio
Sketchy survey ruffles feathers in the capital
A headline in the Dominion Post this week claimed there was “a clear favourite” among the candidates for Wellington’s Mayor in a “straw poll” capital’s daily itself had run online. But it acknowledged… Audio
Wellington mayoralty race heating up
With less than a month until voting closes for local body elections, we take a look at who is in the running for the mayoralty in Wellington. With nine candidates vying to become mayor, three main… Audio
