Celia Wade-BrownCelia Wade-Brown

Celia Wade-Brown was the Mayor of Wellington, 2010-2016

The invisible walking women

by

Women walk more, drive less, cycle less and use public transport more than men, on average – so why aren’t we designing urban spaces with that in mind, asks former Wellington mayor Celia Wade-Brown. We love to skite about New Zealand women getting the vote first without looking closely at the numbers that followed. We’ve … Read more

‘I’m very fond of lizards’: Wellington ex-mayor Celia Wade-Brown on the gecko-tattoo scandal of 2017

by

As the scandal around the request for a gecko-tattoo leaving-gift threatens to engulf Wellington, Wade-Brown speaks. The intrepid Taxpayers’ Union this morning revealed that former Wellington mayor Celia Wade Brown had last year requested a gecko tattoo as a leaving present. The council’s response: how about a park bench? (A park bench in a reserve, … Read more