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Island Bay seaweed not related to marine reserve
Friday, 17 October 2008, 4:04 pm | Wellington City Council
Seaweed on Island Bay beach at the moment is a perfectly normal occurrence and not a consequence of the new marine reserve or changes in maintenance levels. More >>
Wellington kapa haka group off to China
Friday, 17 October 2008, 2:28 pm | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE 17 October 2008 Wellington kapa haka group off to China A group of Wellington kapa haka performers led by renowned violinist Elena are taking their distinctive mix of music and dance to the Nanning International Folk Song Arts ... More >>
Deaf Short Film Festival gets $6000 grant
Friday, 17 October 2008, 1:57 pm | Wellington City Council
In May next year, Wellingtonians will have a chance to experience the world from a hearing-impaired perspective when the New Zealand Deaf Short Film Festival takes place. More >>
Open day a chance to check out Truby King house
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 1:16 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellingtonians will be able to enjoy jazz favourites this Sunday 19 October while they explore the historic Melrose house and garden where the Plunket Society had its birth. More >>
One lucky local artist to go to Shanghai next year
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 11:36 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington artists need to get their thinking caps on if they want to be in with a chance to work in Shanghai next September. More >>
Council corrects pigeon cull claims
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 10:35 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is still assessing the city’s pigeon situation and researching options for managing its population says Deputy Mayor Ian McKinnon. More >>
Wellington Bar Designs Tops
Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 3:27 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington bars have come out tops at the New Zealand BeST Design Awards. Three major awards were won in the hospitality design section by some of Wellington’s finest and funkiest nightspots at the Awards Ceremony held in Auckland on Saturday. More >>
Te Aro Pā – Māori pā site opens in Wellington
Saturday, 11 October 2008, 1:11 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellingtonians can now get a rare glimpse into the city’s past right in the middle of town following the opening of the Te Aro Pā visitors’ centre in lower Taranaki Street this morning. The centre contains the preserved foundations of two ponga buildings ... More >>
Cooperation not conflict needed over Interchange
Saturday, 11 October 2008, 1:05 pm | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE 10 October 2008 Transmission Gully/SH58 interchange: cooperation not conflict The Draft Porirua Development Framework sets out long-term land use management on a key highway for the region. The Framework is currently open for public ... More >>
Eerie coincidence to occur in Disaster Week
Friday, 10 October 2008, 10:42 am | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST TILL 1pm, THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER 7 October 2008 Eerie coincidence to occur in Disaster Awareness Week Inner-city residents and workers will likely think Wellington City Council’s testing of its new tsunami ... More >>
Disaster Awareness Week in Wellington
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 5:26 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellingtonians will be left in no doubt about the need to be prepared for a major earthquake or other emergency after two dramatic Disaster Awareness Week events tomorrow (Wednesday 8 October). More >>
Bogus storm-damage report - please ignore
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 3:57 pm | Wellington City Council
A bogus storm-damage report is circulating today on email groups around Wellington - containing information from a storm in August 2004. More >>
Public to have say on improvements to recycling
Monday, 6 October 2008, 3:28 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is to conduct a wide-ranging review of its recycling strategy. A draft paper of suggested improvements will go before the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee in December, before going out to the public for consultation early ... More >>
Creative capital embraces four more years of WOW®
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:17 am | Wellington City Council
This year’s series of Montana World of WearableArt™ Awards Shows have just come to an end, but Wellington City Council is delighted to announce that WOW® will be back – and for another four years. More >>
Clarification re use of Endosulfan
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 1:43 pm | Wellington City Council
Contrary to a Green Party news release issued today, Wellington City Council no longer uses Endosulfan. It has been used historically from time to time on golf course greens and crouquet lawns on a strictly-limited basis to control worms - but it was ... More >>
ZM Run Swim series returns to get you fit
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 10:01 am | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE 2 October 2008 ZM Run Swim series returns to get you fit for summer Women from all over the Wellington region are invited to run and swim together over the coming months, and the series kicks off in Karori this Sunday. The series ... More >>
A tree-top battle at the Botanic Gardens
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 5:06 pm | Wellington City Council
The team at the Botanic Gardens usually tend to discourage people from climbing their trees. However they will be cheering people on as they scale trees up to 30-meters high at the annual New Zealand Arboricultural Association Regional Tree Climbing ... More >>
Disaster Awareness Week: warnings from on high
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 4:18 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington’s new tsunami and civil defence warning system will get a noisy and dramatic unveiling next Wednesday 8 October as part of Disaster Awareness Week - which starts this Sunday 5 October. More >>
Motorists urged to get going at intersections
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 1:26 pm | Wellington City Council
NEWS RELEASE 1 October 2008 Motorists urged to get going at intersections Wellington City Council and the Police will patrol some of Wellington’s most confusing intersections next week – so don’t be surprised if you get pulled over ... More >>
Clarification re nudity on Wellington beaches
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 4:27 pm | Wellington City Council
Today's Dominion Post story, headed 'Capital's beaches open to nudists', is somewhat misleading. Wellington's beaches aren't 'open to nudists' despite the fact the City Council has removed and replaced an old bylaw relating to the requirement to wear ... More >>
