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$4.75 million for cycleways and walkways
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 12:51 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s new 10-year budget includes $4,750,000 to invest in a strategic cycling and walking network – including the proposed ‘Great Harbour Way’ and a cycle-walkway alongside the Porirua Stream through Tawa and along Middleton ... More >>
Help roll New Zealand’s longest sushi
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 10:38 am | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE 1 July 2009 Help roll New Zealand’s longest sushi Chill out to the sound of Japanese classical music, take the children to see Japan’s famous Clown Loto or take part in a sushi rolling competition at next month’s inaugural ... More >>
Council finalises plan, 3.27 % average rates rise
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 3:52 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council finalised its Long-Term Council Community Plan last night – agreeing on a plan that will mean an average real rates increase for 2009/10 of 3.27 percent. The average real rates increase takes into account the increased ... More >>
Council finalises plan, 3.27 % average rates rise
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 3:51 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council finalised its Long-Term Council Community Plan last night – agreeing on a plan that will mean an average real rates increase for 2009/10 of 3.27 percent. The average real rates increase takes into account the increased ... More >>
Waterfront Sunday market gets bigger and better
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 2:41 pm | Wellington City Council
Waterfront Sunday market gets bigger and better – now it’s coffee, cheeses and delicacies along with the fruit and vegetables More >>
Committee agrees to draft long-term plan changes
Monday, 22 June 2009, 1:17 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee last week considered its draft Long-Term Council Community Plan in light of community feedback and recent funding requests – agreeing on a plan that is likely to mean an average real rates ... More >>
Civil-defence volunteers: give us a call
Monday, 15 June 2009, 4:42 pm | Wellington City Council
This is Volunteer Awareness Week (until 20 June) – and it’s an opportunity for Wellingtonians to think about taking a role as a civil-defence volunteer – or at least think about whether they, their friends, family and neighbours, are prepared ... More >>
Swine flu – time to prepare, just in case
Monday, 15 June 2009, 4:15 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellingtonians should be thinking about family, friends and neighbours – and making a few commonsense preparations – as the prospect of swine flu spreading through the population increases. More >>
Agreement on Sports Centre Environment appeal
Monday, 15 June 2009, 9:54 am | Wellington City Council
The remaining appellant to the Environment Court concerning the granting of resource consent to construct and operate the Indoor Community Sports Centre on Cobham Park, Kilbirnie, Mike Mellor, has reached agreement with the Council and the New Zealand ... More >>
Cheaper pool visits for Wellington City over 65s
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 4:47 pm | Wellington City Council
Visits to swimming pools and recreation centres just got cheaper for Wellington City’s superannuitants. Wellington City Councillors at today’s Strategy and Policy Committee agreed to extend the Council’s Leisure Card scheme to all of the city’s ... More >>
Mayor welcomes Overseas Terminal decision
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:32 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast has welcomed the Environment Court’s decision, released today, that gives the go-ahead for the redevelopment of the Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT) on Wellington’s waterfront. More >>
Free kits help residents clean up graffiti
Monday, 8 June 2009, 11:33 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City residents driven to distraction by unwanted drawings on their fences, or tormented by tags on their walls can now do something about it, thanks to the Council’s new free graffiti removal kits. The kits, which contain graffiti removal ... More >>
Football match to kick off Refugee Week on Sunday
Monday, 8 June 2009, 10:20 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Councillors will lace up their football boots and join an invitational team for a football match to mark the start of Refugee Awareness Week next Sunday 14 June. Councillors Rob Goulden (captain), Andy Foster and Celia Wade-Brown will ... More >>
Council supports bus plan and Cuba Mall extension
Friday, 5 June 2009, 10:06 am | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE 4 June 2009 Council supports bus plan and Cuba Mall extension Wellington City Councillors today voted to open Manners Mall to buses and extend Cuba Mall down to Wakefield Street – a proposal that will improve bus services, ... More >>
Earth Hour: 58% of Wellingtonians switched off
Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 4:07 pm | Wellington City Council
More than half of Wellingtonians showed their concern for the planet and switched off their lights for Earth Hour, according to survey results made public today. According to the Colmar Brunton research done pro bono for WWF (the World Wide Fund for Nature), ... More >>
See graphic art in motion at Toi Pōneke Gallery
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 10:42 am | Wellington City Council
What do David Bowie, e.e. cummings and tea towels have in common? They all have a part to play at an exhibition of graphic artworks, Fermi Paradox, by Wellington artist Tania Willis showing at Toi Pōneke Gallery soon. More >>
Churton Park land sold for new primary school
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:52 pm | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE 29 May 2009 Churton Park land sold for new primary school Wellington City Council has sold a piece of reserve land at Churton Park to the Ministry of Education. The Ministry plans to build a new primary school for the area. The ... More >>
Park name changed to honour local football legend
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:31 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has agreed to rename the Miramar Rangers’ football ground, at Centennial Park, David Farrington Park – as a mark of respect to the local football stalwart who passed away last year. The Council has also decided to amalgamate pieces ... More >>
Plan change mooted for telecomms gear
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:11 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is reviewing the rules in the District Plan (the city’s rule book for planning) that manage telecommunication structures – the cell towers, antennae and cabinets that keep mobile phone and broadband connections working. The ... More >>
Council to consider bus plan & Cuba Mall extension
Friday, 29 May 2009, 12:17 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Councillors will next week consider opening Manners Mall to buses and extending Cuba Mall down to Wakefield Street – a proposal that would improve bus services, create new public spaces and better pedestrian links with Civic Square. ... More >>
