WCC election 2022 resources

Here's some resources to help with deciding who to vote for

​WCC voting recommendations
**Here's the Island Bay Healthy Streets voting recommendations for the 2022 Wellington City Council elections**

Spreadsheets:

WCC candidate social media
A list of all the candidates websites, Facebook pages & Twitter accounts.

WCC candidate submissions
A list of submissions made by the new candidates on 3 big WCC consultations:

• Spatial Plan Oct 2020
• Long Term Plan May 2021
• Bike Network Plan Dec 2021

WCC candidate media
A list of media stories featuring candidates (contains many red flags)

WCC candidate community
A list of candidate involvement in community organisations

WCC votes
How the current council voted at 2 key meetings in the last triennium plus how the new candidates say they would have voted:

• Pūroro Maherehere Annual Plan/Long-term Plan Committee on 27 May 2021
• Pūroro Āmua Planning & Environment Committee on 23 June 2022

Blogs:

The Fab 5
WCC isn't dysfunctional, it's just diverse & these are the 5 current councillors we must vote back in.

Report card Part I: how the councillors voted
Here's how the current Wellington City Council voted on some key issues (based on the WCC votes spreadsheet above).

Report card Part II: how the candidates voted
Here's how the new Wellington City Council candidates say they would have voted on some key issues (based on the WCC votes spreadsheet above).

Meet the candidates
Summary of the Island Bay & Owhiro Bay Residents Association's meet the candidates evening for Mayoral, Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Paekawakawa/Southern candidates.

We need to talk about Paul
Here's why I don't think Paul Eagle is a good candidate for Mayor and Tory Whanau should be the progressive choice to rank #1

WCC voting recommendations
Here's the Island Bay Healthy Streets voting recommendations for the 2022 Wellington City Council elections

Paekawakawa - have you voted yet?
Recommendations and scorecards to help Paekawakawa/Southern ward voters

Links:

​Policy.nz
The complete guide to the NZ local elections 2022. Find out who’s running in your area and what they stand for.

Vote Climate
Scorecards and candidates' statements on what they think about climate action .

Vote Local by Generation Zero
Where do your local candidates stand on climate justice?

Renters United
Scorecard on whether candidates will make things better or worse for renters
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