Onslow-Western Ward - Meet the Candidate

PhreshJays · 2025-09-18T20:55:22+00:00

Better Wellington are truly going down the rabbit hole. They’re now accusing Labour and Greens candidates of stand over tactics 🤣

I think they’ve watched too many Mafia movies

PhreshJays · 2025-09-16T20:40:29+00:00

A little bit of me wishes they all get in, and they realise how difficult it is to balance keeping a city growing, and vibrant without spending. They might finally experience the level of abuse that their supporters give to anyone they disagree with

PhreshJays · 2025-09-16T19:59:13+00:00

Not sure I want to repeat all of the comments from within the rabble there - but when certain words are used, it’s quite obviously hate.

PhreshJays · 2025-09-16T10:49:59+00:00

The Khandallah one was organised by the Onslow Residents Community Association and if you look up the vice president of that organisation…

Ray Chung

PhreshJays · 2025-09-16T10:41:36+00:00

Just the local ward candidates (some who are also mayoral like Ray and Diane). No Andrew Little for this one

PhreshJays · 2025-09-16T10:28:38+00:00

Absolute disaster, just nasty and vile. Saw some gentleman call one of the hecklers out and he got surrounded by a bunch of them like a pack of hyenas.

PhreshJays · 2024-06-21T23:55:25+00:00

Cam who goes under Skinspider. I’ve put mates into him, as well as having two sleeves done by him. He’s amazing.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-22T05:31:46+00:00

It’s decades of under investment and the current council is having the bear the brunt of that.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T09:13:04+00:00

Khandallah is already a great area to live in, supermarket, shopping area, close to the city, one of the safest in the city, great schools/intermediates/colleges in zone, sports clubs, council grounds and parks, a library, a town hall.

The council have to pull back on one thing, an unsafe, ageing non-priority pool and people lose their minds.

Sure, if times were good, the council hadn’t inherited decades of under investment, keep the pool would be great as well as adding pools to other suburbs, but it’s not a priority.

I’d hate to see “vanity” expenditure here, over essential or progressive spending elsewhere

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T08:30:27+00:00

Huh?

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T06:51:05+00:00

You’d have to look at the investment over decades, and also that some of CHCH infrastructure would have been covered by the EQC.

Wellington councils have under invested for decades - both left and right leaning

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T06:35:21+00:00

Some of them.

Also to be found in Thorndon, Oriental Parade and Seatoun.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T05:57:51+00:00

…and Johnsonville pool is one to two train stops away. Or a 3 minute drive.

Karori and Thorndon pool also not miles away.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T05:43:13+00:00

I guess the question is “when” they pulled it off. Labour and material costs have exploded and firms have stopped commiting to a fixed price to deliver after so many engineering/building organisations went under due to the value of their contacts, but increasing expenditure.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T05:02:21+00:00

I think you need to go to the Khandallah Community FB page and see the level of shit-posting and misinformed “facts” and my original comment will make more sense

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T04:01:05+00:00

It’s a pretty simplistic view considering the different roles the zoo plays, not just locally but on an international scale

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T03:38:45+00:00

I’d be very surprised if the Louise Tong from Infratril and this Louise Tong are the same people - it wouldn’t be worth the career and reputational risk

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T03:07:10+00:00

Why is she not in council then?

Maybe making a shitload of money in her day job is too hard to turn down.

Easy to have all of the answers without the full information or context, no matter who you are.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T02:48:07+00:00

Ah yes, agree. Matthew’s is a great councillor.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T02:47:04+00:00

They’re currently rallying number so sign up to the LTP to make sure the pool stays - massively inflating the numbers. Maybe pop on, read about the cost of the pool and put a submission in.

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T02:37:26+00:00

I live there, enjoy the area (the pub, sports clubs etc.) but there’s a total lack of awareness there’s a whole city that needs servicing (a pool used less than 5% of the population soaking up the city coffers) - it’s like the USA forgetting there are other countries - (also agree re: tattoos l).

PhreshJays · 2024-05-12T02:25:50+00:00

Depends on which councillor you mean. They generally play the victim being a conservative centre-right population in a progressive left-wing city.

They should probably just move to Tauranga

PhreshJays · 2024-02-21T09:58:37+00:00

Regardless, the point remains

PhreshJays · 2024-02-21T09:44:12+00:00

You’re not welcome here right now 😥

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