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  Mayor of Wellington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of Wellington, New Zealand, and presides over the Wellington City Council.
In 1842 Wellington was officially proclaimed a borough, the first municipality in the country to be given this status, and the office of mayor established.
The longest-serving Mayor was Sir Frank Kitts, from 1956 to 1974.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mayor_of_Wellington   (317 words)

  
 City Mayors: Mayor of San Francisco
Feinstein’s predecessor as Mayor was Democrat George Moscone, who was assassinated in office in 1978 by Dan White, a conservative member of the city’s Board of Supervisors.
Mayor Newsom would probably rather be remembered for his other policies, a major plank of which formed his programme for office when standing for mayor was the ‘Care Not Cash’ programme which sought to emulate Mayor Guiliani’s measures to tackle homelessness in New York.
You decide who are the mayors who have the vision, passion and skills to make their cities amazing places to live in, work in and visit.
www.citymayors.com /mayors/sanfrancisco_mayor.html   (1412 words)

  
 Mayor & Councillors - Mayor Kerry Prendergast - Wellington - New Zealand
Wellington is a city rich in culture and talent.
Wellington is a city that has something for everyone, from the golden sands of Oriental Bay, through to the quality shopping experience of the ‘Golden Mile’ and the quirkiness and intrigue of the city’s entertainment and restaurant precinct Courtenay Place.
Wellington City Council, in partnership with the community, is working on some exciting developments to deliver this Creative Wellington – Innovation Capital vision.
wellington.govt.nz /about/mayor/profiles/prendergast.php   (381 words)

  
 Mayor of Wellington Details, Meaning Mayor of Wellington Article and Explanation Guide
The first attempt to establish governmental institutions, the so-called "Wellington Republic", was short-lived - when the self-proclaimed government arrested a ship's captain for a violation of Wellingtonian law, Governor William Hobson quickly asserted British sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand, sending a contingent of soldiers to disband the Council in Wellington.
Later, in 1842, Wellington was officially proclaimed a borough, the first municipality in the country to be given this status.
The longest-serving Mayor was Sir Frank Kitts, who held the office from 1956 to 1974.
www.e-paranoids.com /m/ma/mayor_of_wellington.html   (325 words)

  
 Kerry Prendergast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She gained election to the Tawa Borough Council (now integrated into Wellington city) in 1986, and joined the Wellington City Council in 1989.
In 1995, she became Deputy Mayor under Mark Blumsky.
She became Mayor in the 2001 local-body election, and in October 2004 gained re-election for a second term.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerry_Prendergast   (114 words)

  
 Discover Wellington
Wellington is a market town with a long and illustrious past dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, when a pre-Christian religious temple stood on the site of what is now All Saints Church.
Wellington is located on Route 81 of the National Cycle Network, a long distance track linking the Mid-Wales coast with the West Midlands, and the project aims to encourage greater numbers of visitors to stay and enjoy the many diverse attractions of the area.
Wellington has a long and fascinating history and a wealth of heritage attractions that have perhaps been overlooked, when compared with other places in the region.
www.wellingtonla21.org.uk /cycleroutes.shtml   (509 words)

  
 Wellington, New Zealand Mayor Supports Building a Casino
The mayor of Wellington, New Zealand recently told press sources that she believes that the addition of a casino would add to the capital city's attractions.
Wellington is the only major city in New Zealand that does not have a casino; Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton and Queenstown all feature gaming venues.
Mayor Kerry Prendergast said that the addition of a casino to Wellington's thriving art and cultural tourist offerings could only boost the city's attractiveness to travelers.
www.bestonline-casinos.be /build-casino.html   (476 words)

  
 Friend Of The River - The Greenway Foundation..Honorable Mayor Wellington Webb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Wellington Webb served three terms as Mayor of the City and County of Denver from 1991-2003.
Mayor Webb’s distinguished public service career began in 1972 when he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives.
Mayor Webb was awarded a BA in Sociology from Colorado State College at Greeley in 1964 and an MA in Sociology from the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley in 1971.
www.greenwayfoundation.org /gw_friend_webb.html   (285 words)

  
 Infratil Assets Wellington Airport FAQs
The Council appointees are Kerry Prendergast, who is the Mayor of Wellington and Denis Thom, who was the Chairman of Wellington Airport prior to Infratil making its investment, when the majority owner was the Crown.
Wellington is recognized as the most efficient airport in Australasia by S&P and is actually lower cost on a per-pax basis than many larger airports, for instance Auckland and Sydney.
Analysis undertaken by Wellington Airport has identified that there is very likely to be demand for a daily return service Wellington-Singapore for a 200 -250 seat aircraft.
www.infratil.com /wellington_international_airport_faqs.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Village of Wellington :: Florida :: Palm Beach ::
Mayor Thomas Wenham and Village Manager, Charles Lynn recently traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with legislative representatives and legislators such as Representative Mark Foley, Senator Bill Nelson and Senator Martinez and/or their Legislative Assistants.
Mayor Wenham and Manager Lynn met with federal legislatures to gain support for funding assistance in the requested amount of $2.7 million for the Water Cleanup and Phosphorus Removal Project (mandates of the Everglades Forever Program) and $150,000 for the initial plan and design of the Village’s Emergency Operations Center.
Mayor Tom Wenham, Vice-Mayor Bob Margolis along with Council Members Lizbeth Benacquisto, Laurie Cohen, and Dr Carmine Priore, are pleased to bring exciting and innovative programs to the Village, always looking for ways to improve services for all its residents.
www.ci.wellington.fl.us /news/news_travel_to_DC.htm   (297 words)

  
 Transit New Zealand - Wellington Inner City Bypass
The competition attracted 37 entries and was judged by Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast, former All Black, Dancing with the Stars champ and now youth mentor Norm Hewitt, Transit New Zealand regional manager Graham Taylor and Liz Mellish, Executive Officer, Wellington Tenths Trust.
Mayor Kerry Prendergast will now make a recommendation to Council on November 29 that Karo Drive be accepted as the new name.
Wellington City Council news releases are also available daily as Web Alerts through the Council's website, www.Wellington.govt.nz.
www.transit.govt.nz /projects/wicb/news/021.jsp   (377 words)

  
 World Mayor: The year's most outstanding mayors
The annual World Mayor project aims to raise the profile of mayors worldwide as well as to honour those who have served their communities well and who have made contributions to the well-being of cities nationally and internationally.
The mayor of the Dutch capital can point to an enviable record in national and city politics, academia and broadcasting, with plaudits from a range of opinion makers for his inclusive approach to politics and city life.
Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay has shot to prominence as one of the most divisive yet popular figures in Philippine politics, possibly the embodiment of a city leader who can inspire the masses and irk the national political establishment.
www.worldmayor.com   (546 words)

  
 World Mayor: The 2006 finalists
Calgary Mayor David Bronconnier is credited with making the city one of the safest in North America and by ensuring that its infrastructure keeps abreast with the rapid growth that the city is currently experiencing.
Mayor Richa is commended for continuing the policies of his predecessors, which made Curitiba the most liveable big city in Brazil.
Melbourne Mayor John So has become one of Australia’s most popular politicians while Kerry Prendergast, Mayor of Wellington, has, according to her supporters, totally transformed the New Zealand capital city.
worldmayor.com /results06/finalists_06.html   (2272 words)

  
 International Relations - Sister Cities - Overview - Wellington - New Zealand
Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast and the Deputy Mayor of Beijing, Mr Sun Anmin, signed an official Wellington-Beijing agreement.
The mission of the association is to support Wellington City Council in the development of the sister city relationship with Sakai.
Wellington and Sakai now have a wide variety of exchanges between them, including home stay and educational exchanges, youth sports tournaments, kindergarten picture exchanges, and exhibitions of art, pottery and ikebana.
www.wellingtoncity.govt.nz /about/international/sistercities/sistercities.html   (488 words)

  
 LEP - January 2006 - Groundbreaking Held for Wellington Library Expansion - Palm Beach County Library System
County Commissioner Tony Masilotti, Wellington Mayor Tom Wenham, and Library Director Jerry Brownlee, along with Wellington village officials and members of the Library Advisory Board broke ground on January 25 for expansion of the Wellington Branch Library.
Wellington residents will have access to a brand new bookmobile, parked by the tennis courts at the Wellington Community center and restocked daily with the latest fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and A/V materials.
Wellington Mayor Tom Wenham discusses the cooperation between the Village and the County Library System.
www.pbclibrary.org /lep-jan2006.htm   (357 words)

  
 Mayor Webb needs help funding his "study abroad" - Editorials
Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and 12 city employees recently returned from a 13-day humanitarian mission to southern Africa.
Perhaps Mayor Webb and his associates should have consulted a few of the many returned study abroad students on how to travel internationally, for about $30 a day.
Granted these are generalizations being made about the exact cost of travel and the mayor is not a college student, but the point is that $107,698 is a lot of money, and building "bridges of understanding with another part of the world.
www.duclarion.com /news/2002/04/12/Editorials/Mayor.Webb.Needs.Help.Funding.His.study.Abroad-236518.shtml   (273 words)

  
 City Mayors: Antonio Villaraigosa - Mayor of Los Angeles
Though seen as a competent mayor with 24 years of elected office behind him, the city’s Afro-American voters were seen to punish Hahn over his dismissal of LA police chief Bernard C. Parks in a low turnout poll, electing fellow Democrat Villaraigosa.
Although defeated in the 2001 mayoral race by James Kahn, who hailed from a family of public officials, he gained election to the Los Angeles City Council in 2003.
Though Villaraigosa is Los Angeles’ first Latino mayor (except for in the 1870s when the city’s population hovered around the 6,000 mark), he claims he will not be the last.
www.citymayors.com /mayors/los_angeles_mayor.html   (1103 words)

  
 News - Mayor to Launch Wellington’s Biography Tonight
Mayor Kerry Prendergast will tonight launch Wellington: Biography of a city, a celebration of the capital’s civic history.
Mayor Kerry Prendergast describes the history as fascinating and says anyone with an interest in Wellington will enjoy reading it.
Following speeches by the Mayor and Arts and Culture Portfolio Leader, Councillor Ray Ahipene-Mercer, Mr Yska will give an account of the last few years of his work documenting the Council's expansive role in the city since 1870 and its relationship with central government, and most importantly, the people of Wellington.
www.wellington.govt.nz /news/display-item.php?id=2798   (265 words)

  
 Village of Wellington :: Florida :: Palm Beach :: History
Acme Improvement District incorporated as the Village of Wellington on December 31, 1995, and held its first elections for council members in March 1996.
The 5th anniversary festivities held in 2001 began with a dazzling fireworks show at the Wellington Community Center.
"Today the Village of Wellington is both a thriving family-oriented community of 50,000 full-time residents and the winter equestrian capital of the world," said Wellington Mayor Thomas M. Wenham.
www.ci.wellington.fl.us /com_history.htm   (129 words)

  
 Denver Mayor Election
Wellington Webb, running for his third term, might receive more than 70 percent of the vote in the May 4 election.
As of mid-April, Wellington Webb was receiving 56 percent of the vote against all opponents.
Wellington Webb, who has strongly opposed the concealed weapons bill, was in alignment with Denver voters.
www.ciruli.com /webbvote.html   (1333 words)

  
 DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
He played a leading role in the establishment of the Wellington Boys' Institute, and he took an active interest in the YMCA and YWCA, nurturing the former from a precarious financial state to a soundly based and active body.
He was a member of the Wellington Education Board from 1907 to 1918 and helped to found Scots and Queen Margaret colleges, becoming a member of their first boards of governors.
He was a trustee for the Wellington Society for the Relief of the Aged Needy and the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children, and a chairman of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.
www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=3A8   (660 words)

  
 The Wellington Speaking Union   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Trophy was presented by the Mayor of Wellington, the late Sir Francis Kitts, in 1967 for a contest to encourage excellence in Impromptu Speaking.
In 1999 the then mayor of Wellington (Mark Blumsky) re-established the mayoral connection with the contest by hosting the Kitts Final at the Council Chambers.
The trophy shall be awarded to the contestant who, in the opinion of the adjudicators, best develops and presents his or her alloted subject.
wsu.wellington.net.nz /kitts.htm   (300 words)

  
 Wellington Shire Council - Mayor`s Report
Although all care has been taken in the preparation and updating of the information no claim is made as to the accuracy or authenticity of the content.
The Wellington Shire Council its employees, agents, consultants and representatives do not accept any liability to any person for the information or advice (or the use of such information or advice) which is provided or incorporated into it by reference.
The information is provided on the basis that all persons undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance accuracy and currently of the information.
www.wellington.vic.gov.au /page/PagePrint.asp?Page_Id=476   (869 words)

  
 Wellington, Florida  Equestrian Homes
Encompassing some 18,000 acres, Wellington is already a village of 30,000 people, making it the largest community in the area and the seventh largest in Palm Beach County.
The village has a council-manager form of government and is governed by a five-member council which elects one of its own as mayor.
Wellington has its own Parks and Recreation Department, anchored by the newly opened 93-acre, $8 million Wellington Community Park on Pierson Road.
www.amysoffice.com /wellington.htm   (583 words)

  
 transpress NZ: Wellington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The modern era saw Wellington the proving ground for the mixed blessings of public housing, a motorway through the heritage heart of the city prompting the country's preservation movement to fight rampant progress.
Many of the pristine pictures of developing Wellington have not been seen before, including fold-out panoramas as only the old plate photographers could make them, of beach and city vistas, culled from Wellington City archives, the Museum of Wellington City and Sea and the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Appeals to the public have also yielded personal images of the way we were in war and peace, offering one of the most comprehensive records of any 20th century city.
www.transpressnz.com /Wellington.html   (783 words)

  
 Denver Mayor Wellington Webb Hosts Black Mayors' 25th Annual Meeting - National Conference of Black Mayors - Brief ...
The conference was hosted by Denver Mayor Wellington E. Webb and was attended by more than 2,500 conventioneers, including 200 of the nation's nearly 450 Black mayors.
Mayor Webb said, "Mayors are typically the elected officials that serve closest to the people.
Officers elected during the convention included Prichard, AL, Mayor Jesse M. Norwood as president of the National Conference of Black Mayors; Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, 1st vice president; Mayor Marilyn Murrell, Arcadia, OK, 2nd vice president; and Mayor Marcia Glenn, Lithonia, GA, 3rd, vice president.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_24_95/ai_54796464   (685 words)

  
 International Relations - Partnership Cities - Wellington - New Zealand
In 2000 Wellington entered into a partnership with Tianjin to protect the two cities against earthquake disaster.
The Chinese Seismological Bureau nominated Tianjin to be Wellington’s twin partner in the programme.
In 2000 Qingdao and Wellington city signed an agreement to formalise the existing education links between the cities and encourage more students to study in Wellington.
www.wellingtoncity.govt.nz /about/international/partnership.html   (213 words)

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