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jonnybosborne.bsky.social
Candidate for Motukairangi/East in Wellington City Council elections. Loves to talk trees, water, buses and bikes. Standing for a better, fairer, greener Motukairangi and Wellington jonnyosborne.com
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Glad to see more support for public transport fare caps today. It’s good policy that will save bus users money. As well as cheaper travel, we need faster and more frequent buses. I support upgrades to the #2 route to get the bus moving faster and new CBD routes to prevent gridlock through town.

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

Voters deserve to know if Ray Chung is standing on behalf of Inflection Point and Resistance Kiwi - so far he’s refused to rule it out or disclose who his major donor is. I support a city that unites us, and I’m not afraid to be transparent about it www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Wellington has doubled the length of bus lanes and bus priority over this council term. One result is afternoon peak travel times from Newtown to Courtenay Pl are a third faster. But the full benefits of these bus lane time savings rely on doing the Golden Mile and Harbour Quays projects ASAP. 1/

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

In great news, last week council approved funding to establish a public park at Mātai Moana/Mt Crawford on the Miramar Peninsula. A couple of bureaucratic hurdles still to be jumped, but we’re on our way to building on the community’s work to rid the area of pests and creating a second Zealandia!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

There’s more to a water network than pipes. WCC is making a significant investment in our lowest quality asset (our wastewater treatment plants) which other cities are not. Also each meter of pipe replaced provides more capacity than those in other cities www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Weekly calling is on, for housing, infrastructure, people and planet this local government elections. See you this Thursday! Really good for people who don’t like door knocking 💚 www.greens.org.nz/lbe2025_wlg_...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Funny how National and Act have decried the Greens’ plan to reduce the tax burden on everyone earning less than 115k as raising taxes on “hardworking kiwis”. Tells you where their priorities lie eh?

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Wellington Electricity, who runs our power lines, made $15 million in profit last year. Which means that, on top of paying for the lines in our power bills, we all gave $35 to a multinational from the Bahamas. It beggers belief that people in the 90s thought this nonsense was the smart thing to do.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Me and Grace, the best mum our kids could ever have. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Proud dad watching his eldest play his first game of "proper" football for the mighty Miramar Thunder. Beaut day for it too!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Idk if we do Friday follows anymore. That was the thing to do back at the bird place so gonna try it here… Follow @jonnybosborne.bsky.social @foxylustygrover.bsky.social @natedg.bsky.social @stephen-murray.com @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

The silver lining of a sluggish economy and public service cuts is falling rents in Wellington. This will be welcomed by those struggling to pay their bills, and should make Welly a more attractive option for young people thinking about their next move. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Just doing a spot of phone calling with supporters this evening and two told me their landlord wouldn’t let them put up a billboard. Surely landlords can’t do that, can they?

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

If it wasn’t so serious it’d be funny how Seymour’s been going on and on about proper process etc with his regulatory standards bill, and then his deputy goes and blows up pay equity with literally no due process. I guess what’s good for the gander, isn’t necessary good for the goose?

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

TIL since the Wellington City Council reduced library fines three years ago, 30% more people have borrowed books. Turns out it wasn't the books that weren't coming back, it was the borrowers. H/T @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments