William Pennywize
Official Candidate Biography
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Pennywize the Rewilding Clown needs your support to help bring back the wild to Windy Wellington.
If you want a Pōneke where kiwi, pūkeko and kereru have become a backyard nuisance then Pennywize is your clown.
If you want a Pōneke where we've Made the Basin Swamp Again, where moa and tuna transport us in a new PT system and where hokioi menace us from the skies then Pennywize is the clown for you.
Support Pennywize and support Pōneke.
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Kei te hia awhina a Pennywize te hangareka whakatipu ngahere ki te whakahoki i te taiao ki Pōneke.
Mēnā kei te hia koe i te kiwi, te pūkeko te kereru hoki ki te nui haere hei nanakia ki a koe me tō whānau, ko Pennywize te hangareka mōu.
Mēnā kei te hia koe i te Pōneke kua hangaia te repo anō ki Hauwai, kua tū te moa me te tuna hei waka mōu, kua rere mōrearea anō te hokioi, ko Pennywize te hangareka mōu.
Tautoko i a Pennywize, tautoko i a Pōneke.
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William Pennywize’s Elections & Candidacies
Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.
Contested 1 race — 0 elected 1 not elected
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MayorWellington City CouncilAffiliation: Pennywize the Rewilding ClownFinal Not electedVote share • 0.5%364 votes
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