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Light box exhibition sheds light on fallow rugby fields

Thursday, 4 August 2011, 12:48 pm | Wellington City Council

A new collaborative photographic exhibition by Andy Palmer and David Boyce will be unveiled in a couple of weeks’ time at the light boxes in Courtenay Place Park. ‘Pilgrimage’ was selected by Wellington City Council’s Public Art Panel following ... More >>

Save energy with some free coaching

Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 4:50 pm | Wellington City Council

Wellington City householders can now get some expert advice free of charge to help them make energy-saving changes to their homes. As part of its award-winning Climate Change Action Plan, Wellington City Council plans to spend $100,000 this financial ... More >>

Khandallah set to party like it’s 1912

Friday, 29 July 2011, 12:53 pm | Wellington City Council

Khandallah Town Hall has undergone a major restoration and adaptation to meet changing community needs – just in time for its 100th birthday next year. Wellington City Council contributed $1.07 million to this project and the rest of the funds were ... More >>

Assistance on way for owners of Capital’s leaky homes

Thursday, 28 July 2011, 4:51 pm | Wellington City Council

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown has welcomed today’s announcement that the leaky homes Financial Assistance Package will be available for the City’s home-owners from tomorrow, Friday 29 July. “If affected home-owners opt in to the scheme, this ... More >>

Wellington - Tianjin Business Seminar

Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 11:27 am | Wellington City Council

The Wellington - Tianjin Business Seminar attracted large support across diverse industries such as education, television, commerce and development. More >>

A peek into domestic chaos

Monday, 25 July 2011, 5:33 pm | Wellington City Council

Books and toys strewn around the room, washing overflowing from laundry baskets, renovations yet to be completed, Vanessa Crowe’s exhibition Makeshift Living at Toi Pōneke Gallery presents an unedited peek into someone else’s domestic chaos. ... More >>

Wellingtonians can take a seat in the ‘burbs

Monday, 25 July 2011, 4:53 pm | Wellington City Council

Over the last few months Wellington City Council has installed a number of seats and benches along popular walking routes and bus stops mainly in the southern and eastern suburbs and the Aro Valley. More >>

Six shopping centres get heritage status

Monday, 25 July 2011, 3:45 pm | Wellington City Council

Six of Wellington's older suburban shopping areas have been added to the District Plan heritage list. Wellington City Council last month voted to formally ratify District Plan Change 75 – which adds the following shopping areas to the heritage list: ... More >>

Street art set to erupt across Wellington

Friday, 22 July 2011, 2:20 pm | Wellington City Council

From Monday, parts of the city are set to be transformed by a series of street artworks. Two youth projects, funded by the Ministry of Justice, will take place in Island Bay and Aro Valley. More >>

Mayoral Delegation to China - National Museum of China

Friday, 22 July 2011, 11:09 am | Wellington City Council

Some notes from the Wellington Business Delegation to China and Japan, led by Mayor Celia Wade-Brown. More >>

Mayor's energetic times in 'Cool City' Sakai

Thursday, 21 July 2011, 12:10 pm | Wellington City Council

Stronger business ties, a sharper focus on solar energy and a 2012 Japan Festival in Wellington are on the horizon, reports Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown from the Japanese city of Sakai. More >>

New names join key Wellington organisations

Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 1:44 pm | Wellington City Council

Following a region-wide search for new candidates, Wellington City Council has made a number of appointments, and reappointments, to several key Council-controlled organisations (CCOs) in the city. More >>

Mark McGuinness joins Westpac Stadium board

Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 1:43 pm | Wellington City Council

Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council have made a new joint appointment, and a number of reappointments, to the board of Wellington Regional Stadium Trust. This Trust is responsible for the operation of Westpac Stadium, the ... More >>

Have your say on the Town Belt

Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 11:35 am | Wellington City Council

Wellington City Council is asking Wellingtonians what they think about a set of draft principles which have been developed to help determine the best way to manage the Town Belt in the future. More >>

Business delegation heads to Japan and China

Monday, 18 July 2011, 11:55 am | Wellington City Council

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown flew out of Wellington today at the head of a 32-member delegation that aims to consolidate business and cultural ties between Wellington and a number of cities in China and Japan . More >>

Recycled polystyrene underpins new housing

Friday, 15 July 2011, 9:48 am | Wellington City Council

Wellington City Council’s new housing development 'Regent Park' in Owen Street Newtown, mirrors WCC's 2040 future vision in providing a safe, green environment for the council tenants and their families. Right from the start of the project an ... More >>

Civic Square’s Ferns sculpture to come down for repair

Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 3:31 pm | Wellington City Council

Weather depending, Civic Square will be closed to the public from 6pm tonight (Tuesday 12 July) as the Ferns sculpture is taken down by crane for repair work. Wear and tear on the landmark hanging sculpture and its fixings were detected in the latest ... More >>

RWC 2011 Roadshow hits Wellington tomorrow

Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 1:40 pm | Wellington City Council

The RWC 2011 Roadshow will be at Odlins Plaza, outside the Wharewaka on the waterfront, from 6.30–9.30am tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. The two best-dressed fans to attend in RWC 2011 countries’ colours or costumes, will win a pair of RWC 2011 match tickets ... More >>

Text alerts help warn of tsunami danger

Friday, 8 July 2011, 1:54 pm | Wellington City Council

Thousands of Wellingtonians received rapid notice of today's tsunami alert via a text message to their mobile phones and computers. More >>

Wellington artist’s destiny is to visit China

Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 4:33 pm | Wellington City Council

Wellington artist Erica van Zon’s trip to China may have been written ‘in the stars’. Erica, who is fascinated by Chinese astrology and popular culture, has been selected to go to Red Gate Gallery in Beijing for a two-month residency starting ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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