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		<title>The 2010 mayoral election is about job creation and transparency</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Cross-posted] The Fairfax Press has been talking about how Wellingtonians are expected to bail out some loss-makers, such as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. And that the decision to do this has been made behind closed doors. The city’s debt is over $200 million—we were looking at very similar numbers at the time of the 2007 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Peter Jackson deserves a knighthood</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Lucire &#64257;rst broke news yesterday about Peter Jackson’s knighthood in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours’ List—before any New Zealand media did—I was particularly delighted.
&#160; &#160;Peter Jackson deserves a knighthood not just because he makes marvellous &#64257;lms. Peter Jackson deserves a knighthood because he continues to believe in New Zealand even after certain bodies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellington and San Francisco need to be sister cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has totally surprised me, when chatting to former mayor James Belich, that Wellington is not sister cities with San Francisco. In fact, we lost this connection in the 1980s. The benefits are obvious: not only are the two cities similar in terms of culture, politics and topography (let’s count the fault lines going through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellington needs free wi&#64257;, and a tech strategy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1989, I signed up to Kosmos, the Wellington City Council’s email service. WCC, as far as I can remember, wanted to lead the way in becoming a wired capital, and offered free email to those who signed up. It was my &#64257;rst email account.
&#160; &#160;It strikes me that we have lagged behind somewhat, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A mid-sized music venue</title>
		<link>http://yourwellington.org/2009/07/a-mid-sized-music-venue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We understand that the Overseas’ Terminal building will become apartments on the upper level, which is fabulous to those who want a waterfront property in a building that was nearly obsolete by the time construction finished in 1964. But Wellington seems to be missing a mid-sized music venue, one around the size of the Terminal. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I set up this site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have lived in Wellington for more of my years than any other place. I first arrived in 1976, and have been proud to call it my home. I did virtually all my schooling here, from primary to uni.
&#160; &#160;When I started my business in 1987, I have watched companies here go through good and [...]]]></description>
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