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Reports

• 8 July: Insights on Wellington City Council Financial position

Blog releases

• 27 June: The opportunity cost of keeping the Gordon Wilson flats is just too high

• 15 June: Wellington has better options than a public transport trip cap

Media releases

• 9 June: Candidacy announcement press release

Articles

• 29 July: The Spinoff: Why the Taxpayers’ Union endorsed this Green Party policy

• 28 July: Salient: Wellington’s Only Progressive Mayoral Candidate? An Interview with Alex Baker

• 22 July: Taxpayers’ Union Endorses Green Party's Local Government Rates Policy

• 21 July: The Post: Rates overhaul proposed to target Wellington landbanking

• 7th July: The Post: Gordon Wilson Flats: Demo funding secured, wrecking ball within year

• 29 June: Scoop Wellington: Too costly to keep?

• 19 June: Scoop Wellington: Better options than a trip cap

• 9 June: The Post: Former chartered accountant, progressive takes Wellington mayoral race to seven

• 9 June: RNZ Alex Baker throws hat into ring for Wellington mayoralty

Political commentary

• 11 June: Completeness of rates costs (paywalled) - Covers the likely separation of water infrastructure costs from rates bills and whether this is considered in any announcement to cut or stop increases of rates. My position is that - given the financial position of the city - it would be disingenuous to campaign on stopping rates increases. I commit to “deliver services and amenity to the city at a level of cost that is acceptable to the ratepayer” and “Any pledges I make will consider the full city management costs to the ratepayer”.