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Council Approves Underwrite To Support Airport Company
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 8:07 pm | Wellington City Council
Today Wellington City Council considered a proposal from Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL) to, alongside the other shareholder Infratil, provide shareholder support to the airport as it deals with the impacts of Covid-19. The support would ... More >>
$1.2 Million Karori Event Centre Fit-out Gets Council Approval
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 4:11 pm | Wellington City Council
Mayor Andy Foster and Wellington City councillors voted unanimously at today’s Council meeting to approve $1.22 million of expenditure to complete the fit-out of the Karori Event Centre. The building, on Council land in the middle of the Karori ... More >>
No Change To Recycling Collections At Level 3 For Wellington City Council
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 8:15 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s kerbside recycling collection will remain on hold when the country moves into the new Level 3 phase proposed for next week by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. With strict guidelines still in place, the safety of staff and the ... More >>
Work Restarts On Wellington Convention And Exhibition Centre, Town Hall, St James Theatre
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 6:43 am | Wellington City Council
Picking up the shovels and getting stuck back into exciting infrastructure builds is top of the list for Wellington City Council now the Government has eased the lockdown restrictions. Work on several Council construction projects was put on hold in March ... More >>
Mayor Calls For Debrief On Owhiro Bay Wave-damage Emergency
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 1:17 pm | Wellington City Council
Mayor Andy Foster says he will ask for a formal debrief on the issues relating to last week’s emergency when huge waves from Cook Strait caused havoc in Owhiro Bay. Mayor Foster last night took part in a short but “tremendously valuable” videoconference ... More >>
Covid-19 - Wellingrton Mayor's Update Including Council Response To Return To Alert Level 3
Monday, 20 April 2020, 8:35 pm | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington. Fantastic news this afternoon everyone. In fact, it’s the news we’ve all been waiting for. Every one of you should be immensely proud of your efforts in bringing it about. Our region has done particularly well, with no ... More >>
Stand Apart Together This Anzac Day
Saturday, 18 April 2020, 11:52 am | Wellington City Council
Media release Saturday 18 April Stand apart together this Anzac Day In response to Covid-19, there will be no public events to commemorate Anzac Day this Saturday 25 April – instead the nation will mark the anniversary by standing together apart ... More >>
Covid-19 - Wellington Mayor's Update For 17 April
Saturday, 18 April 2020, 7:18 am | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington. I want to share some fabulous upcoming events I’m sure you’ll want to be part of – from home. First up this weekend some of our wonderful arts and cultural events are going online, and we are all invited to join in. The Royal ... More >>
Wave Damage Repairs On Wellington’s South Coast – Please Don’t Go Sightseeing
Friday, 17 April 2020, 3:32 pm | Wellington City Council
Repairs in Owhiro Bay on Wellington’s south coast are continuing following damage caused by big waves on Wednesday. · Motorists and pedestrians are asked to stay away from the area to allow City Council contractors and residents to continue ... More >>
Covid-19 - Wellington Mayor's Update For 16 April
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 8:47 pm | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington. More hints from Government today about what Level 3 might look like, and when that might happen. We will see what comes out of Cabinet on Monday. It’s great that we’re starting to have these discussions - but we need to make ... More >>
Deadline Extended For Building Resilience Fund
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 2:28 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is calling on owners of earthquake-prone non-heritage buildings to apply for the Building Resilience Fund (BRF) – made easier with an extended deadline, newly approved eligibility criteria, and help connecting with engineers ... More >>
Storm Damage On Wellington's South Coast - And Road Closure Update
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 11:07 am | Wellington City Council
· The road between Moa Point and Breaker Bay is closed to through traffic and will probably remain closed for the rest of the day while debris is cleared and repairs are made to the roadway. Tar seal has lifted in some areas due to the impact of waves ... More >>
Big Swells Close Roads On Wellington’s South Coast – Please Avoid The Area
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 11:09 am | Wellington City Council
A big southerly swell on Wellington’s south coast is causing large waves to crash onto the road between Breaker Bay and Owhiro Bay. Most of the road between Breaker Bay and Owhiro Bay is now temporarily closed to traffic due to debris being thrown ... More >>
$650 Million ‘shovel Ready’ Project List Submitted To Government
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 10:29 am | Wellington City Council
A list of 10 ‘shovel ready’ construction projects, totalling almost $650 million and potentially generating more than 2200 jobs, has been compiled by Wellington City Council in response to a Government call for initiatives that can be funded to help ... More >>
Covid-19 - Wellington Mayor's Update - Including 'shovel-ready' Projects
Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 9:44 pm | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington. Today I want to tell you about Council’s comprehensive response to Government’s request for ‘shovel ready’, job-creating infrastructure projects. But first I want to start today’s update by offering my condolences – and those ... More >>
Covid-19 - Wellington Mayoral Update For 13 April
Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 7:19 am | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington. I hope you’ve enjoyed the Easter weekend – though it has certainly been a very different one. Today I want to talk about supporting our hospitality sector, about sewage, our wonderful student volunteer army, and school - but more ... More >>
Wellington City Council Working To Help Hospitality Sector Recover From COVID-19
Monday, 13 April 2020, 3:23 pm | Wellington City Council
Mayor Andy Foster says Wellington City Council is working hard to soften the blow of the pandemic for all Wellington businesses with an immediate focus on the city’s hospitality and retail sectors. “A fortnight before we went into lockdown, our ... More >>
Harry Potter Casts A Spell Over The Capital’s E-readers
Saturday, 11 April 2020, 1:05 pm | Wellington City Council
The magic of words continue to delight the capital even while Wellington City Libraries (WCL) branches are closed – with Harry Potter still proving popular with kids of all ages! The use of the Libraries' online resources is still increasing every day, ... More >>
Covid-19: Wellington Mayor's Update For 9 April
Friday, 10 April 2020, 6:46 am | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington. It’s been a big day for the Council, and a very heartening one too for our country – I’ll come back to that a bit later. We had a historic first ever Council meeting by Zoom, myself, councillors, staff, public participants ... More >>
Results From Wellington City Council Covid-19 Response Meeting
Friday, 10 April 2020, 6:43 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has today voted to recommend consultation on a 4.95% rates increase for the 2020/21 financial year. The vote was at a City Council meeting held via video-conference to agree the next steps in the development of the 2020/21 draft ... More >>
