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2022 Wellington City Mayoral Election
The 2022 Wellington City mayoral election, part of the 2022 Wellington City Council election, Wellington local elections in October 2022, determined who would serve as Mayor of Wellington, Mayor of the City of Wellington for the next three-year term. It was won by Tory Whanau, a former Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Green Party parliamentary chief of staff. The election used the single transferable vote (STV) system. Whanau's win in the seventh iteration over eight opponents, who included incumbent mayor Andy Foster (politician), Andy Foster and Rongotai MP Paul Eagle, was described as a landslide victory. The turnout of 45% was an increase from previous elections. Background and electoral method Andy Foster was first elected to Wellington City Council in the 1992 Wellington City local elections, 1992 elections, and served continuously until he was elected mayor in the 2019 Wellington City mayoral election, 2019 election. Despite Foster's centre-right position, a majori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tory Whanau
Tory Awatere Whanau (born 1983) is a New Zealand politician. She was elected mayor of Wellington at the 2022 Wellington City mayoral election, 2022 election. Previously she served as the parliamentary chief of staff for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Green Party. Whanau is the first person of Māori people, Māori descent to be mayor of Wellington. Early life and education Whanau has ancestors from Pakakohi and Ngāruahine. She was born in Porirua in 1983 and grew up in Cannons Creek, New Zealand, Cannons Creek, Porirua. Whanau moved with her family to Patea at the age of 8, later attending New Plymouth Girls' High School. Whanau moved to Wellington as an adult to study, and in 2003 won $1.39 million in a Lotto New Zealand, Lotto draw, which she used to pay off her parents' mortgage, support her family, and travel. Whanau graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in media studies from Victoria University of Wellington in 2006 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Act 2002
The Local Government Act 2002 (sometimes known by its acronym, LGA) is an act of New Zealand's New Zealand Parliament, Parliament that defines local government in New Zealand. There are 73 territorial authorities (districts and cities), each with an elected Mayors in New Zealand, mayor and elected councillors. The districts are grouped under 12 Regions of New Zealand, regional authorities. History Local government in New Zealand derives its powers from statute rather than from any constitutional authority, there being no formal written constitution. Its origins can be found in the Municipal Corporations Act (1876), and it was built on the principle of ''ultra vires'' and that local government (the same as companies) can only do those things it is specifically authorised to do, and can not do anything it is not authorised to do. This requirement to have specific legislative authorisation resulted in a hodge podge of amendments to the local government legislation. For example, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Change
Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current rise in global temperatures is Scientific consensus on climate change, driven by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel use, Deforestation and climate change, deforestation, and some Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, agricultural and Environmental impact of concrete, industrial practices release greenhouse gases. These gases greenhouse effect, absorb some of the heat that the Earth Thermal radiation, radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary gas driving global warming, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, has increased in concentratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Infrastructure
A water supply network or water supply system is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components that provide water supply. A water supply system typically includes the following: # A drainage basin (see water purification – sources of drinking water) # A raw water collection point (above or below ground) where the water accumulates, such as a lake, a river, or groundwater from an underground aquifer. Raw water may be transferred using uncovered ground-level aqueducts, covered tunnels, or underground water pipes to water purification facilities. # Water purification facilities. Treated water is transferred using water pipes (usually underground). # Water storage facilities such as reservoirs, water tanks, or water towers. Smaller water systems may store the water in cisterns or pressure vessels. Tall buildings may also need to store water locally in pressure vessels in order for the water to reach the upper floors. # Additional water pressurizing components such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rates (tax)
Rates are a type of property tax system in the United Kingdom, and in places with systems deriving from the British one, the proceeds of which are used to fund local government. Some other countries have taxes with a more or less comparable role, like France's . Rates by country Australia Local government authorities levy annual taxes, which are called council rates or shire rates. The basis on which these charges can be calculated varies from state to state, but is usually based in some way on the value of property. Even within states, individual local government authorities can often choose the specific basis of rates – for example, it may be on the rental value of houses (as in Western Australia) or on the unimproved land value (as in New South Wales). These rateable valuations are usually determined by a statutory authority, and are subject to periodic revision. Canada Rates are referred to as property taxes in Canada. These taxes are collected primarily by municipal gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dominion Post (New Zealand)
''The Post'' (formerly ''The Dominion Post'', lit. 'Head of the Fish') is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand. It is owned by media business Stuff Ltd, and formerly by the New Zealand branch of Australian media company Fairfax Media. Weekday issues are now in tabloid format, and its Saturday edition is in broadsheet format. ''The Dominion Post'' was created in July 2002 with the merger of two metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, '' The Evening Post'' and '' The Dominion''. It was announced in April 2023 that the paper would be renamed ''The Post''. The change of name has garnered a generally unenthusiastic to negative response. Since July 2023, the editor has been Tracy Watkins. History ''The Dominion Post'', 2002–2023 ''The Dominion Post'' (commonly referred to as ''The DomPost'') was created in July 2002 when Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) amalgamated two Wellington printed and published metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamatha Paul
Tamatha-Kaye Erin Paul (born 1997) is a New Zealand activist and politician who is a Member of Parliament for Wellington Central. In 2018 she was the first Māori woman to be elected President of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association. Running as an independent Paul was elected to the Wellington City Council in 2019. She joined the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand ahead of the 2022 local elections. Early life and education Paul was born in South Auckland in 1997 and lived in Christchurch until moving at age eight with her family to Tokoroa. She is of Māori and European descent, with her father of Waikato Tainui and Ngāti Awa origin, while her mother is of English, Scottish and Spanish genealogy. Paul attended school in Tokoroa and was dux of Tokoroa High School in 2015. At age 12, Paul was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease lupus, the youngest person in the Waikato region to be diagnosed with it. Paul received a $30,000 First in Family scholars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Lester (politician)
Justin Mark Lester (born 23 December 1978) is a New Zealand businessman and politician. He was Mayor of Wellington between 2016 and 2019, following six years on the Wellington City Council. Early life and career Lester is from Invercargill, where he lived with his mother and two brothers in a state house. His parents were divorced and when he was 11 years old his father committed suicide. His family were on welfare and had to apply to get the money to travel to Nelson to attend the funeral. When he was 19 he won a scholarship to live in Germany as part of a high school exchange programme. Lester has an LLB and BA (German) from the University of Otago and a Masters of Laws (LLM) from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Before entering local politics, Lester worked in property and asset management, and in commercial real estate. He co-founded the salad bar chain Kapai in 2005. Political career Lester stood as a Labour Party candidate for the Wellington City Council in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Leggett
Nicholas Oliver Leggett (born 1979) is a former New Zealand politician and, as of 2016, a member of the New Zealand National Party. He was Mayor of Porirua from 2010 until 2016, and at the time of his election in October 2010, he was the youngest mayor in New Zealand. Early life Leggett was born in Porirua City in 1979 and grew up in Whitby, Plimmerton, Papakowhai, and Paremata. He was educated at Paremata School and Tawa College, and then studied at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA in political science. Local-body politics Leggett was first elected to Porirua City Council as a councillor in 1998, when he was 19. He wanted to achieve better representation of younger people on council, as 75 per cent of the population were under 45 but nobody on council was. He was re-elected in 2001, but did not stand for election in 2004. In 2007, he was elected in the Porirua Northern Ward, coming second. At the local-body elections in October 2010, Leggett contes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Day (politician)
Jillian Marie Day (born 1978 or 1979) is a New Zealand politician. She is the president of the New Zealand Labour Party, and was Mayor of Wellington#List of Deputy-Mayors of Wellington, deputy mayor of Wellington from 2017 to 2019. Early life and family Of Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent, Day was born in Palmerston North and also lived in Christchurch before moving to Wellington when she was 14 years old. She holds a science degree in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology from Victoria University of Wellington and a post graduate diploma in primary teaching, and went on to become a primary school teacher in Wellington. She lives in Tawa, New Zealand, Tawa with her husband and three children. She was a Housewife, stay-at-home mum for 10 years until her youngest child started school, when she re-entered the workforce with a part-time job helping children who were falling behind with literacy skills. Political career Wellington City Council Day was the president of the loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perennial Candidate
A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins. Perennial candidates are most common where there is no limit on the number of times that a person can run for office and little cost to register as a candidate. Definition A number of modern articles related to electoral politics or elections have identified those who have run for elected office and lost two to three times, and then decide to mount a campaign again as perennial candidates. However, some articles have listed a number of notable exceptions. Some who have had their campaign applications rejected by their country's electoral authority multiple times have also been labelled as perennial candidates. Reason for running It has been noted that some perennial candidates take part in an election with the aim of winning, and some do have ideas to convey on the campaign trail, regardless of their chance for winning. Others have names similar to known candidate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
