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Courtenay Place Interested Parties Agree On A Way Forward
Friday, 14 August 2020, 11:47 am | Wellington City Council
A response to recent violent behaviour in Courtenay Place was discussed yesterday at a solutions seeking meeting hosted by Wellington Mayor Andy Foster. Representatives of Police, First Retail, Wellington hospitality and city councillors and staff met ... More >>
Courtenay Place: Interested Parties Agree On A Way Forward
Friday, 14 August 2020, 5:44 am | Wellington City Council
13 August A response to recent violent behaviour in Courtenay Place was discussed today at a solutions seeking meeting hosted by Wellington Mayor Andy Foster. Representatives of Police, First Retail, Wellington Hospitality and Wellington City Council councillors ... More >>
Council Adopts Paekākā As The Name For Wellington Botanic Garden Precinct
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 12:06 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Councillors have formally endorsed Paekākā as the te reo Māori name for the landscape area including the top of the Cable Car, Wellington Botanic Garden, Anderson Park and Bolton Street Cemetery. “The adoption of this name does ... More >>
Services And Facilities In Capital At COVID-19 Alert Level 2
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 12:43 pm | Wellington City Council
Following the Government announcement yesterday, Wellington City Council can confirm the status of its services and facilities as the country moves into Alert Level 2 today at midday. Under Alert Level 2, most of Council’s services and facilities ... More >>
Tākina Is Proposed New Name For Convention And Exhibition Centre
Friday, 7 August 2020, 3:34 pm | Wellington City Council
Next week Wellington City Councillors will be asked to approve ‘Tākina’ as the name for the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre currently under construction. Mayor Andy Foster says Tākina will be great for Wellington culturally and economically. ... More >>
New Fund Aims To Get More Of Us Moving
Friday, 7 August 2020, 11:44 am | Wellington City Council
With spring less than a month away, Wellington City Council is challenging workplaces to get more staff walking, jogging and biking – and reaping the rewards active commuting offers. To help, it has a new active transport workplace fund that businesses ... More >>
Cable Car Back With Longer Hours, Half-price Opening Weekend
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 11:27 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington’s Cable Car will be back in service from this Saturday 8 August after its annual maintenance shutdown. To celebrate, the Cable Car is offering half-price Adult and Children return tickets this weekend (8-9 August) when purchased online ... More >>
Council Talks Trash In The Capital
Tuesday, 4 August 2020, 12:29 pm | Wellington City Council
People living in Wellington city now have the opportunity to give their feedback on new controls intended to help promote waste minimisation and better manage waste. Over the past two years, Wellington City Council has been reviewing the issues related ... More >>
Survey Shows Challenges Faced By Community Services During Lockdown
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 10:48 am | Wellington City Council
The COVID-19 lockdown forced most people indoors, but those on the frontline saw a number of challenges supporting the more vulnerable communities according to a recent survey. Community Networks Wellington (CNW) recently commissioned the survey ... More >>
Share Your Views On The Future Of The Central Library
Monday, 27 July 2020, 11:05 am | Wellington City Council
Today marks the start of a six-week public consultation to gather Wellingtonians’ views on restoring the Central Library service in the heart of the city. “We know how frustrating the closure of the Central Library building is, which is why we sped ... More >>
Amendments To Statement Of Proposal On The Future Central Library
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 6:44 pm | Wellington City Council
Today Wellington Mayor Andy Foster and Councillors voted on a number of amendments on the proposed Statement of Proposal on the future of the Central Library. “Wellington is facing a number of significant challenges but also exciting opportunities to invest More >>
Wellington City Council Approves Annual Plan And 5.1% Rates Increase
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 2:19 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Councillors have today formally adopted the 2020/2021 Annual Plan - confirming the 30 June 2020 decision unchanged. The plan includes a 5.1% rates increase, reduced from the 7.1% forecast for this year in the 2018/2028 long term ... More >>
Strathmore Park Community Centre Gets Facelift
Friday, 17 July 2020, 11:38 am | Wellington City Council
The Strathmore Park Community Centre is being strengthened and refreshed to continue its 50 year tradition of being the beating heart of the neighbourhood. A community meeting will be held at the Centre, 108 Strathmore Avenue, on Saturday 25 July at ... More >>
Council Statement On The Future Of The Central Library
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 6:29 pm | Wellington City Council
Today Wellington City Council released a Statement of Proposal to gather the public views to inform decisions on the future of the Central Library in October. Mayor Andy Foster and Councillors will be asked to approve the Statement of Proposal at ... More >>
Statement Of Proposal For The Future Of Central Library
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 5:17 pm | Wellington City Council
On Thursday 16 July 2020, Wellington City Council will publish a proposed Statement of Proposal on the future of the Central Library. The Mayor Andy Foster and Councillors Fleur Fitzsimons and Iona Pannett invite media to a briefing on the Statement of ... More >>
More EV Chargers Driving The Switch To Electric
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 1:52 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is heading in the right direction in reducing transport emissions, with 28 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations now installed across the capital’s suburbs. The installations around the city is part of a two-year pilot ... More >>
The Stars Come Out To Shine For Matariki
Friday, 10 July 2020, 9:58 am | Wellington City Council
Experience Matariki like never before as we celebrate the Māori New Year with both live and digital events, art, exhibitions, workshops and online activities. This year, two WAITUHI projects have been commissioned to mark Matariki, with the WAITUHI ... More >>
Te Awe Library To Open In The CBD
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 11:55 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is pleased to announce the third and largest interim library in the CBD, Te Awe Library (meaning White Feathers), will open to the public from 9.30am, Tuesday 14 July. “We are delighted to announce we are opening Te Awe Library ... More >>
Wellington Sportsfield Upgrades To International Standard
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 10:50 am | Wellington City Council
The Te Whaea sportsfield in Newtown has recently had shock pads installed to meet IRB and FIFA requirements, to provide a better surface and playing experience for users – from both the community and professional arenas. Te Whaea was the first ... More >>
Smarter Buildings Reducing Council’s Carbon Footprint
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 1:32 pm | Wellington City Council
Energy savings made in two central city buildings brings Wellington City Council a step closer to achieving its goal of becoming a Zero Carbon Capital by 2050. Technology that controls the atmospheric conditions inside Wellington Museum and the City Gallery ... More >>
