Happy new year lovely people! 2025 wasn’t the easiest year for many of us but I am so grateful to everyone who helped make the world better in all the big and the small ways ❤️

Auckland Housing Happy Hour - Jan Edition Special guests from Wellington @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social & @geordierogers.co.nz! ⏰ Jan 5th 2026, from 5pm 📍Slattery & Sons (formerly known as Brew On Quay) All welcome!

Book 6 of my @wcl_library #SummerReadingAdventure Rumours of my Demise by Evan Dando. His show at Meow this year was so good too (my Gen X is showing)

As an Aucklander who's visited Wellington a bunch, traveling from airport to city every time, obviously... The traffic just isn't that bad! Like it's a little annoying sometimes, but honestly it's a short drive that doesn't take that long even when it's congested.

Meri Kirihimete! Finished my fifth book in my @wcl_library #SummerReadingAdventure Deep Cuts by Holly Brinkley. Also, we need storage solutions for all the records Ewan keeps buying.

Finished my fourth book for December in my Wellington City Libraries #SummerReadingAdventure Gnarly, as Spicoli would say in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Last Council meeting for the year done, and came home to finish Butter by Asako Yuzuki. My #SummerReadingAdventure with Wellington City Libraries properly underway. Join me and sign up your whānau to log your summer reads, Pōneke!

I really hope that we can now move on from revoking or reviewing decisions from the last council, and start to look forward for Wellington in 2026 with future focused decisions.

Just signed up for my Wellington City Libraries #SummerReadingAdventure and logged the two books I finished in December at wcl.beanstack.org From the end of the week this will become a reading log 📚☀️😎

This squad though 💚💚 💚Great night at the Avatar premiere.

Getting ready for my first and likely only red carpet. I am sure there’s a lot of excitement out there for people to see city councillors

There’s a lot more we need to understand before we rush to amalgamate. I don’t buy the argument that pre-empting an onslaught of government reform creates certainty - it could just add the chaos. Let’s take a breath www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

I had such a nice farewell from Te Toi Mahana today. What a privilege to help set up this community housing provider to house tenants of our city housing. I will miss them!

New haircut who dis

In a way it's kind of funny that the govt thinks it's ok to just, immediately after local body elections, announce that the regional govts we voted for are for the chop, and the people we elected as city and district mayors are going to have different jobs to the one we just voted them into.

Really excited to see a new local community group forming in Karori to support the transition to a climate-friendly future. They will be looking at energy, transport, waste etc. I have an email contact if you are keen to connect or check the post on I Love Karori (!!) Facebook 💚

I did NOT vote to review the Golden Mile today. Cities across Aotearoa & the world are revitalising their centres, attracting people back into them. We'll now put NZTA funding at risk, & costs only ever increase. We need to ask how we do it? Not say let's review it! www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

I did not vote for a pause or review to the Golden Mile. Progress has already been too slow and I do not wish to contribute to that. I sincerely hope that the project will survive this review.

Councillor Jonny Osborne spoke on behalf of Green Councillors (myself, Foon and Rogers) to say that we do not support the appointment of Cr Chung to a Chair role this triennium, due to our concerns about his spreading gendered disinformation. We did however vote for the paper.

Photos from inauguration came through! With my beautiful whānau, my great friend Angela and the best ever campaign manager Lachlan and signing my pledge with the mayor

Full glam to swear an oath to the city today! Here’s to not falling over or stuffing up my words

A four lane road cutting through the most densely populated part of Wellington and NZTA still can't tell the Council where it's going - but apparently they can get in touch with over 200 property owners whose land they need for the new tunnels. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

It won’t be the big story today and I am not the big winner, but so proud of my team. Even with a shift to a different party, we won 1386 more first preferences than last election. All without saying a bad word against anyone. Thank you 💚

I have a theory that Wellington city has hit 48% voter turnout (with specials still to come) because our people wanted to vote against nastiness and division and for nice and normal candidates. And for the Māori ward!

Looks like I am back team. Thank you all for your support 💚

last day to vote tomorrow at noon beautiful people 🙂

We love to see it, we love to do it. Can’t think of a better way to finish this term of council.

okay we’re now up to 28,194 votes (or 17.48%)… which still kinda sucks tbh. just know that if you don’t vote then I will hold you personally responsible for every terrible dipshit who gets elected

📣 VFF and Local Election Wellington VFF's Regional CO is Dean Harris. Dean lives in the WCC area but is running for Mayor in Kapiti. Why? His answer in Upskilling for Local Democracy (U4LG) was "politics." Better Wellington was already in full swing, starting their campaign in 2024. /1

If you’re in Wellington / Poneke there is a protest against the genocide in Gaza and our government’s shameful complicity at 1 pm in Cuba Street, by the bucket fountain. #nzpol

A wonderful, well attended and well run Ngaio and Crofton Downs meeting was a great end to my election meeting season. I ❤️my local community

"I believe in the power of our community. We can make Pōneke a creative, sustainable, innovative, world-leading city. We've popped up a bike network because you championed it." - @lauriefoon.bsky.social youtu.be/vlf1XdYlvwc @cyclewgtn.bsky.social

Three stars (top marks) for all @cityvision.bsky.social 's candidates for ward councillors w00t! That's me and @jonturnernz.bsky.social for Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa, and @patrickreynolds.bsky.social for Waitematā & Gulf. Vote for the folks who love homes!

Live updates: Auckland’s big housing showdown

youtu.be/XBoWeDE4FfQ?... WCC candidate @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social is committed to better cycling in Wellington. She is the only Councillor in the Wharangi / Onslow-Western ward who has supported this work. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social

I want to emphasise the importance of anyone with a progressive or even a fair-minded bone in their body in the Wharangi Onslow-Western ward giving me their first preference. Please hit up friends in Karori, Ngaio, Wilton, Northland, Wadestown, Khandallah etc to check they voted

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?

I just got the most beautiful Suffrage Day flowers from some of my dearest friends. What a special end to a very difficult week ❤️

Someone just hearted this skeet from March and it is ridiculously timely at this point in the local govt election campaign - let your local lady and nonbinary candidates know you love them cos its pretty brutal atm. Shoutout to @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social one of my all time faves 🫶

It is time the most urban place in our whole country is represented by someone who understands what cities are and how great they can be. Someone facing forward into this century and seeing the possibility, not just trying (and largely failing) to hold it back! thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17-...

While we need long term solutions, for now, we need YOUR help getting elected and ensuring these harassers don't get into council. Please encourage your friends and whanau to vote #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...

Better Wellington turned out in force for the Khandallah Meet the Candidates . Results as you would expect.

Windbag: A tour inside Te Matapihi, Wellington’s $217m new/old central library

It's not a coincidence that our bus patronage numbers are hitting all time highs. This term we've delivered more bus lanes than the seven previous councils combined

Thank you for all your support today. Also great support and conversations doorknocking in Wilton this afternoon, with this fantastic crew. Talking with people and listening to each other will help us protect us from division and hate ❤️

The times we are living in eh? Determined to do what I can to make things, including the divisiveness of politics, better not worse. Actually better, not “Better Wellington”.

This week was actually pretty huge for Wellington’s landscape: ✅ Announced the establishment of Mātai Moana with Taranaki Whānui & Central Government ✅ Officially blessed the completed Central Library ✅ Approved the lease for the waterfront Fale Malae Proud of our progress 💚 #nzpol

In other news, up at dawn for the tōhi tāngaengae for our beautiful brought back to life central library Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui. You are going to love it! In front of the amazing Darcy Nicholas rawa, with some of my fave colleagues Laurie Foon, John Apanowicz and @geordierogers.co.nz

A couple of people have shared a disgusting post Better Wellington have made about me today. Three things: I will never attack my colleagues or anyone like they do, I am sad that others think it’s ok, and I have no intention of backing down on my work for the city and our people