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Jack Yan

Type: Person

Name: Jack Yan

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Fourth candidate for Welly mayoralty

There is a fourth candidate in the Wellington mayoralty race.Long-serving city councillor John Morrison has put up his hand.Others already standing are the incumbent Celia Wade-Brown, businessman Jack Yan and economist Keith Johnson. ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Jack Yan, John Morrison, Keith Johnson

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Morrison throws hat in ring for mayor

Wellington's mayoral race has just moved up a notch, with veteran councillor and former New Zealand cricketer John Morrison declaring his candidacy."Mystery" Morrison, who has been a Western ward councillor since 1998, plans to put the heat on Mayor Celia ... [Published Dominion Post - 5 hours ago]

Entities: John Morrison, Wellington (New Zealand), Jack Yan, Keith Johnson, Amalgamation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Lucire’s modelling competition gets social media boost

(New Zealand) With two weeks left to go, Promokis Made to Model contest for international fashion magazine Lucire is the Wellington start-ups most engaged competition.Announced in late April, Promoki launched a modelling photo contest with the magazine, ... [Published Fibre 2 Fashion - May 16 2013]

Entities: Jack Yan, Social Media, Smashbox, New Zealand

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Capital needs to 'lift game to stay competitive'

Wellington needs to lift its game for conferences and big events, with Auckland's new $402 million convention centre Positively Wellington Venues manages six venues in the capital, including the TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Town Hall - which will close ... [Published Dominion Post - May 13 2013]

Entities: Wellington (New Zealand), Auckland, Jack Yan, Michael Fowler

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Car encyclopædia Autocade hits 3,000,000 page views

since launch The website, which had started as a hobby, was inspired by the work of the late Michael Sedgwick, who had compiled an A–Z of cars sold in Great Britain between 1945 and 1970 for Classic and Sportscar in 1982–3. Originally devised as a wiki ... [Published Scoop - May 08 2013]

Entities: Jack Yan, Wikipedia, Chevrolet Cruze, New Zealand

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Time to prove Wellington's mettle in light of PM's comments

- Wellington mayoral candidate Jack Yan has responded to Prime Minister John Key’s earlier comments about the city ‘dying’.While he acknowledges that the Prime Minister has since quickly backtracked on his comments, he believes that Wellington has the ... [Published Scoop - May 07 2013]

Entities: Jack Yan, Wellington (New Zealand), Peter Jackson, John Key (NZ Politician), Invention

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Promoter rules himself out of mayoral race

Concert promoter Phil Sprey has ruled himself out of the Wellington mayoral race.His decision comes after he indicated he was likely to run, and he spent weeks canvassing councillors.But this morning he announced he had decided against it. After spending ... [Published Dominion Post - May 01 2013]

Entities: Wellington (New Zealand), Jack Yan, Keith Johnson, Elections

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Wade-Brown looks secure

OPINION:The council has had an appalling run lately, with bad news coming at it in every direction.Yet it seems increasingly likely that the mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, will coast to victory in October.Since last December, the council has received criticism ... [Published Dominion Post - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Jack Yan, Kerry Prendergast, Roger Moses, Wellington (New Zealand), John Morrison

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

Jack Yan announces 2013 mayoral bid

, touting Wellington as a ‘world-class city’ Mr Yan says he is declaring his candidacy now to put a fresh option for change to Wellingtonians well before the final polling day on 12 October (just 25 weeks away).“I believe Wellingtonians are creative, ... [Published Scoop - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Jack Yan, Wellington (New Zealand), Leadership, Christchurch (New Zealand)

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Yan throws hat into ring

Wellington finally has a mayoral race.Businessman Jack Yan has announced he will stand for this year's local body election, challenging incumbent Celia Wade-Brown.He is the first to throw his hat into the ring in what has been a slow buildup to October's ... [Published Dominion Post - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Jack Yan, Michelle Pyke, Wellington (New Zealand), Ron Mark

Quotes

"We need to sort that out," Yan said. "once we do, we can talk about attracting visitors here. we like to think of ourselves as the cultural capital of the country ... maybe gambling doesn't fit in with us."

Capital needs to 'lift game to stay competitive' [Published Dominion Post - May 13 2013]