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Arapaki Library And Service Centre To Close On 27 September
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 2:34 pm | Wellington City Council
Arapaki has been open since the nearby Te Matapihi Central Library was closed in 2019 due to quake-resilience concerns. The restrengthened and revamped Te Matapihi is due to reopen in 2026. More >>
Tip Shop Opens In Central Wellington
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 12:33 pm | Wellington City Council
Te Aro Zero Waste is a partnership between Wellington City Council and the Sustainability Trust. It’s based in the Sustainability Trust’s Forresters Lane home, off Tory Street and a stone’s throw from Courtenay Place. More >>
Road Closures Approved To Allow For Street Activations And Events
Friday, 9 August 2024, 1:39 pm | Wellington City Council
Regulatory Processes Committee Chair Councillor Sarah Free says “this is a chance to explore city activation opportunities and it was great to hear from so many businesses who support this.” More >>
New Research Finds Council’s Te Kainga Programme Has Huge Community Benefits
Friday, 2 August 2024, 12:33 pm | Wellington City Council
Research showed that savings made on things like transport by residents in the Te Kainga programme can be redistributed back into retail spending in the city. Sense Partners estimate that when the programme achieves 1,000 units this would equate ... More >>
Mary Potter Hospice Wins Supreme At 20th Anniversary Of Community Awards
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:33 pm | Wellington City Council
Mary Potter Hospice has been recognised for its decades of dedicated mahi and specialist care with the Supreme Award at the 2024 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards for Wellington City last night. More >>
WCC Chief Executive Barbara McKerrow To Conclude Full Term In March 2025
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 10:48 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s Chief Executive Barbara McKerrow has informed Mayor Tory Whanau and Councillors that she will not seek an extension to her five-year term, which will conclude on 1 March 2025. “As advised to Mayor Whanau and the ... More >>
Council Projects Recognised With Awards And Acknowledgement
Friday, 26 July 2024, 2:56 pm | Wellington City Council
The trial was recently extended as feedback and data shows it has successfully increased safety for children travelling to Lyall Bay School, and created a more pleasant environment for the local community. More >>
The Winter Of Our Content
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 12:46 pm | Wellington City Council
Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival comes to a screen near you from 31 July – 11 August. The annual event includes 86 feature films and 19 shorts in the 2024 line-up, including 12 New Zealand films, and a special 30th anniversary ... More >>
Youth Hub Wants You To Picture It
Monday, 22 July 2024, 12:15 pm | Wellington City Council
Five pieces of original artwork, created by rangatahi aged 13-18, will be selected by a panel of young people to be printed and displayed in Te Tai Ohinga – with each artist selected receiving a $200 Prezzy card. More >>
Students’ Vision For Heart Of The City On Display
Monday, 15 July 2024, 4:48 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s Programme Manager Te Ngākau Farzad Zamani says having input from the students is invaluable as we rebuild the city for them and their mokopuna. More >>
Wellington City Council Nearly Doubles Affordable Te Kāinga Rental Properties
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 9:25 am | Wellington City Council
Te Kāinga is an affordable rental programme charged with increasing the supply of rental housing in Pōneke. It is a partnership between the Council and private building owners that re-purposes underutilised commercial buildings and provides quality, ... More >>
Little Blue Penguins Live – And Die – On Our Coastline
Monday, 8 July 2024, 1:05 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s Urban Ecology Manager Daniela Biaggio says there have been too many avoidable kororā deaths over the last few years, and we need to reinvigorate our collective effort to protect them. More >>
Wellingtonians Find The City Easier To Cycle And Bus Around Than In Previous Years - Annual Residents Monitoring Survey
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 1:17 pm | Wellington City Council
This survey will continue to help Wellington City Council make informed decisions about what residents want and need. More >>
Wellington City Council’s Long-Term Plan Adopted
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 2:22 pm | Wellington City Council
The Council today officially approved and accepted the plan, which was put out for public consultation in April and May. More than 4000 people made a submission during consultation on the plan. More >>
Sludge Facility Named Te Whare Wai Para Nuku
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 2:53 pm | Wellington City Council
A te reo Māori name for the sludge minimisation facility being built at Moa Point has been formalised during the site blessing today. More >>
Have Your Say On Grenada North Park Upgrades
Friday, 21 June 2024, 3:26 pm | Wellington City Council
Concept designs to upgrade Grenada North Park are being developed and the community is invited to have their say on this multi-functional sports and recreation site. More >>
Everybody Eats Serves Food For Thought This Refugee Week
Friday, 14 June 2024, 12:44 pm | Wellington City Council
This year’s theme is 'Our Home' – from the places we gather to share meals to our collective home, planet earth. During this week, everyone is invited to celebrate what ‘Our Home’ means to them. More >>
Celebrate The Māori New Year With A Stellar Matariki Festival
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 10:38 am | Wellington City Council
This year the event is split into three zones ‘Look to the Future’, ‘Celebrate the Present’ and ‘Remember the Past’ with a Tomokanga at each point of entrance reflecting the space. More >>
New High-tech Cars To Enable Wellington Parking Officers To Be In More Places More Often
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 3:15 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is introducing four new cars with the latest licence plate recognition technology (LPR) to its parking services fleet, to improve fair access to parking in the city. More >>
Celebrate Matariki With Mahi Toi In Pōneke
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 2:36 pm | Wellington City Council
The 2024 Matariki Courtenay Place light boxes outdoor exhibition, Tēnei te otinga tū, celebrates the centenary of local poi manu group Ngā uki o te mounga, in their second collaboration with local artist Shannon Te Ao. More >>
