While Wellington\u2019s mayoral candidates have been enduring\u00a0a rugged schedule of meetings\u00a0to convince locals they are the right person for the job, the schedule for candidates for the GWRC (Greater Wellington Regional Council) hasn\u2019t been quite as arduous. While I\u2019m familiar with most of our mayoral and council candidates, there were GWRC candidates I hadn\u2019t heard of.<\/p>\n
This greatly contrasts with the 2019 election. At the height of the Bustastrophe, all sorts of people put their name forward for the high-profile election. The manifesto of almost every candidate was that they were going to fix the buses. Even some Wellington City Council candidates were going to fix the buses, even though the council is not responsible for their running.<\/p>\n
Three years on and\u00a0our bus system is still munted. The greater part of an evening has been cancelled on some routes, with some commuters facing waits of over 90 minutes. Photos of a whole board of cancelled services have frequently appeared on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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