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Mana Whenua And Council To Discuss The Future Of Fireworks At Matariki Ki Pōneke
Friday, 3 June 2022, 2:27 pm | Wellington City Council
A fireworks display for Matariki ki Pōneke will go ahead this year, with Mana Whenua and Wellington City Council meeting to discuss the format of future celebrations to mark the Māori New Year. In 2017, we collectively agreed to move the Guy Fawkes ... More >>
Live-streamed Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon Event To Light Up Wellington
Monday, 30 May 2022, 3:41 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington will be the second of 50 Commonwealth Capital Cities in the world to take part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon event this Thursday 2 June. The event celebrates 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. It also marks the Queen’s ... More >>
Busker’s Legacy Acknowledged With Plaque And Exhibition
Monday, 30 May 2022, 12:00 pm | Wellington City Council
Kenny the Busker will be immortalised with a plaque installed in Courtenay Place and his controversial amplifier going on display in an exhibition at Wellington Museum’s The Attic this week. During last year’s 10-year anniversary of the death of the ... More >>
Stars Align For Matariki Ki Pōneke In Capital This Year
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 4:31 pm | Wellington City Council
The capital will celebrate the Māori New Year with Matariki ki Pōneke – a series of events, projections and experiences for the whole whānau to enjoy. This year's Matariki festival, and its underlying message of renewal, is more important than ... More >>
New Exhibition Connects Courtenay Place With Te Aro Pā Past
Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 5:01 pm | Wellington City Council
The latest exhibition in Wellington’s Courtenay Place light boxes connects the current urban Courtenay Place environment with its Te Aro Pā past. “How do we protect and enhance the mauri within an urban environment?” asks Te Whanganui-a-Tara ... More >>
Council Grants Million Dollar Boost To The Capital
Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 1:34 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has approved a massive $1.2 million for 82 grant recipients plus 60 multi-year contracts across nine different funds in this week’s Kāwai Whakatipu – Grants Subcommittee. Council will fund 60 organisations through multi-year ... More >>
Wellington Mayor Tests Positive For Covid-19
Monday, 23 May 2022, 9:56 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington Mayor Andy Foster has tested positive for Covid-19 and will self-isolate at home for the next seven days. The Mayor returned a positive RA test early evening on Sunday 23 May, after developing light symptoms earlier in the day. He is now experiencing ... More >>
Wellington City Welcomes Budget Housing Announcement
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:25 pm | Wellington City Council
Today’s Budget announcement regarding interim Government Income-Related Rent Subsidy (IRRS) funding for new, eligible tenants of a Community Housing Provider is great news for the Capital City, says Mayor Andy Foster. Mayor Foster says Wellington City ... More >>
Pasifika Festivities To Make A Splash In The Capital
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 10:08 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council postponed its summer Pasifika event for the safety and well-being of our community – but now a series of smaller events will celebrate our Pacific communities. To mark the Pasifika language weeks coming up, and to bring our Pacific ... More >>
Updated Plan For Greening Wellington City To Be Voted On
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 4:30 pm | Wellington City Council
This Thursday Wellington City Council will consider a 30-year plan for improving or creating new green spaces across the central city as more people want to call central Wellington home. Greening the inner city is one way of supporting peoples’ ... More >>
Innovative Bus Boarding Platforms Taking Shape
Friday, 6 May 2022, 3:53 pm | Wellington City Council
Shared bus platform. The first of several new bus boarding platforms made from recycled plastic will be put together on Riddiford Street over coming days, like a giant 1000-piece jigsaw in its nationwide debut. The modular platforms are part of the bus and bike ... More >>
Council Adopts 10-year Tūpiki Ora Māori Strategy
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 2:25 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council's Pūroro Rangaranga | Social, Cultural and Economic Committee has adopted Tūpiki Ora Māori Strategy today. Tūpiki Ora, a metaphor for the pursuit of well-being, establishes a new way of working together with our community to strengthen ... More >>
Council Laying The Groundwork For Circular Economy Roading Trial
Friday, 29 April 2022, 12:46 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council started a trial this week using textiles as a performance additive in asphalt on our roads – a first for New Zealand. The Council-led trial, in partnership with Usedfully ®, Scion and Fulton Hogan , is designed to create ... More >>
Calling All Wonderful Wellingtonians
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 4:33 pm | Wellington City Council
Nominations are now open for this year’s Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Awards. The awards are one way for the Wellington City Council to honour members of the community who have made outstanding or lengthy contributions, usually in a voluntary capacity, ... More >>
Mana Whenua, City Council To Sign New Partnership Agreement
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 2:14 pm | Wellington City Council
A new partnership agreement between mana whenua groups and Wellington City Council, to be formally signed tomorrow (Friday 29 April), aims to promote collaboration, communication and unity in the city, says Mayor Andy Foster. Leaders from Te Rūnanga ... More >>
Para Kai Trial Results Provide Food For Thought
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 5:40 pm | Wellington City Council
Para Kai Ashleigh garden and worm farm. Results from Wellington City Council’s Para Kai trial show kerbside collections reduced food waste going to Southern Landfill by almost 40 percent – now Council is investigating what this means for the wider ... More >>
Wellington Takes A Walk On The Wild Side With Global Challenge
Friday, 22 April 2022, 3:19 pm | Wellington City Council
The global City Nature Challenge is coming, and Wellington City Council is encouraging Pōneke residents to become citizen scientists as we embark on the four-day bioblitz. Over 400 cities worldwide will take part in City Nature Challenge 2022 – reporting ... More >>
Finishing Touches To Farmers Lane Upgrade
Friday, 22 April 2022, 10:37 am | Wellington City Council
Farmers Lane is to undergo its final stage of upgrade work next week, with the renovations celebrating the area’s history and making the city centre safer and more walkable. A collaboration between Wellington City Council and Cornerstone Property Group, this ... More >>
Wellington’s St James Theatre To Reopen By Late June 2022
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 3:56 pm | Wellington City Council
After three years of significant strengthening and refurbishment works the St James Theatre is planned to reopen by the end of June. Previous lockdowns and ongoing staff shortages due to COVID-19 has delayed the planned date from May to June 2022. ... More >>
Newtown-to-city Bus And Bike Improvements To Start Next Week
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 6:25 pm | Wellington City Council
Better bus lanes and a safer bike route between Newtown and the central city will start taking shape next week, so more people can move around the capital more easily in zero- and low-carbon ways. Wellington City Council’s Pūroro Āmua Planning ... More >>
