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Wellington Mayoral Water Taskforce Calls For Transparency
Saturday, 30 May 2020, 4:34 pm | Wellington City Council
The Mayoral Taskforce met this week and continues to gather information on the condition of the city’s three-waters network (potable water, wastewater and stormwater). It is also focusing on critical future priorities; providing for a growing population, ... More >>
Changes Proposed To Give People More Space
Saturday, 30 May 2020, 4:31 pm | Wellington City Council
Concept plans for the temporary street changes proposed for Featherston and Victoria Streets are now online – and there’s an opportunity to provide initial feedback until Thursday 11 June. Deputy Mayor Sarah Free says the changes are designed to ... More >>
Sara Hay Appointed Wellington City Council’s New Chief Financial Officer
Saturday, 30 May 2020, 7:51 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has appointed Sara Hay as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms Hay joins Wellington City Council after several years of accomplished work at senior levels of, most recently, Auckland Council and, prior to that, at the Ministry ... More >>
Council Approves City Recovery Fund
Friday, 29 May 2020, 3:15 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has adopted a framework to manage the new Tipu Toa: Build back better, City Recovery Fund. The Fund was established at the Council Meeting of 9 April 2020 as part of the Pandemic Response Plan. Its purpose is to support ... More >>
$120,000 Grant To Help Sacred Heart Cathedral Restrengthening Work
Friday, 29 May 2020, 1:15 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington’s Mayor and Councillors have voted unanimously this week to contribute an urgent $120,000 grant towards the strengthening of the Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral in Hill Street, Thorndon. The one-off ‘out of round’ contribution from the Council’s ... More >>
Council Funding Boost For Covid Affected Capital
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 12:29 pm | Wellington City Council
Community and creative groups have had to adapt and diversify during Covid-19, which was reflected in the applications for funding approved by Wellington City Council this week. The C.H Izard Bequest supports projects that target disadvantaged groups ... More >>
Free Ground And Venue Hire For Sport And Recreation Groups
Monday, 25 May 2020, 9:45 am | Wellington City Council
Use of Wellington City Council facilities will be free for sports clubs until the end of June 2020, and there will be an extended winter season for sportsfields. The move will see no charges for sportsfields, courts or lane bookings at Council swimming ... More >>
More Wellington City Library Branches To Reopen
Saturday, 23 May 2020, 10:47 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Libraries will reopen three more branches this Monday as the city gets back to the new normal under Alert Level 2. Seven branches have reopened since moving to Alert Level 2, and now Brooklyn, Khandallah and Mervyn Kemp Library in ... More >>
Council To Set Direction For Future Central Library Services
Friday, 22 May 2020, 5:02 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council will consider information on the range of scenarios available to strengthen and refurbish the Central Library next week, alongside other options to accommodate Central Library services. Mayor Andy Foster and Councillors will be ... More >>
Mittens unlocks more hearts with Key to the City
Friday, 22 May 2020, 2:29 pm | Wellington City Council
Local celebrity cat Mittens has been awarded the highest honour of the capital with Mayor Andy Foster giving him the Key to the City at a small (Covid-safe) ceremony today. More >>
Courtenay Place To Close To Traffic This Friday And Saturday Night For Safety Reasons
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 3:28 pm | Wellington City Council
With bars and nightclubs reopening this weekend concerns that Courtenay Place may experience an influx of people this Friday and Saturday (22 and 23 May) has resulted in a decision to temporarily close the road to traffic for safety reasons. The move ... More >>
Food Chain Links Unbreakable Through Lockdown
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 1:19 pm | Wellington City Council
Food provision became critical during Covid-19 lockdown, so charities around the city worked together to deliver record numbers of meals while also observing the strict safety guidelines in place – and continue to do so now. Wellington City ... More >>
Feedback Sought On Street Changes To Keep Wellingtonians Spaced Out
Saturday, 16 May 2020, 4:37 pm | Wellington City Council
Street Changes Mooted To Keep People Spaced Out A 3km shared path between Shelly Bay and Scorching Bay, more space on Stout Street for people walking from the Railway Station, and a bike lane up the Brooklyn hill are among temporary Wellington street ... More >>
Wellington Water Taskforce Back In Full Swing
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 3:39 pm | Wellington City Council
Mayor Andy Foster chaired the second meeting of his Taskforce into water, sewage and stormwater (three waters) yesterday. “We pressed pause to focus on Covid-19 for seven weeks, but throughout that period there was never any suggestion that we ... More >>
Keeping Physical Distancing At Alert Level 2
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 12:18 pm | Wellington City Council
Many Wellingtonians will be returning to work in the Wellington CBD now that New Zealand has moved to Covid-19 Alert Level 2 this week – and Wellington City Council wants to remind the public to maintain physical distancing by keeping left. Manager ... More >>
Cobham Drive Protection Work Underway
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 10:06 am | Wellington City Council
Coastal protection work getting under way this week will help strengthen the most vulnerable section of Cobham Drive from erosion and storm damage – and provide more places for penguins to nest. Over the next five months, a new rock bank – ... More >>
Parks, Sports And Recreation Activities Open Again In The Capital Under Level 2
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 1:20 pm | Wellington City Council
Under Alert Level 2, Wellington City Council will reopen most of its facilities and resume many of its services and programmes – but there will be restrictions in place to keep staff and the community safe. Swimming pools, gyms, recreation centres, ... More >>
Southern Landfill Opens To Public At Level 2 – With Precautions In Place
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 11:17 am | Wellington City Council
As the Southern Landfill gears up to open to the public at COVID-19 Alert Level 2, precautions are being put in place as safety and separation will remain critical for customers and staff. The Southern Landfill site was open to only essential commercial ... More >>
Wellington City Council Partners With Rippl For City-wide Contact Tracing
Monday, 11 May 2020, 4:56 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is making it easier for people and businesses to get back to work and play under Alert Levels 1 and 2 by using a secure, easy-to-use contact tracing app, called Rippl. “With many Council services reopening under Alert Level ... More >>
Local History Celebrated With New Mural In Mt Cook
Saturday, 9 May 2020, 4:52 pm | Wellington City Council
Work will start on a new Sheyne Tuffery mural on the retaining wall of Wallace Street this Monday – supporting local art and a range of small businesses, celebrating the area’s natural heritage and adding more vibrancy to the community. Mount Cook ... More >>
