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Wellington City Council’s Leaders Contribute $340,000 To Community Groups
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 3:20 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s Mayor, Councillors, Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) will be taking a voluntary 10% pay reduction for the rest of 2020, and will redirect that money to those most in need. The changes to the remuneration of ... More >>
New Council meetings schedule to respond to lockdown
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 10:40 am | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has introduced a new meetings schedule for April and May in response to the pandemic lockdown. Deputy Mayor Sarah Free, who holds the Council’s Governance portfolio, says the City Council has to continue to provide services to ... More >>
Help Is At Hand With New Online Support Services Map
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 8:28 am | Wellington City Council
Finding the right support and essential services during the Covid-19 response lockdown has just become a lot easier in Wellington with the launch of an online interactive map and directory . The Support Services Map, developed by Wellington City Council, ... More >>
Covid-19 - Wellington Mayor's Update For 7 April
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 6:38 am | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington, First up, I want to tell you about an excellent new initiative we’ve started to help Wellingtonians find support and essential services during the lockdown. Today we launched a new Support Services Map – you’ll find it on ... More >>
Easter Holiday Hours For Wellington City Council Services
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 3:11 pm | Wellington City Council
Despite many Council facilities temporarily closed and services on hold during the Covid-19 lockdown, there are still a few operating that will be affected by Easter weekend holiday hours. Rubbish is NOT collected on Good Friday. Instead, the collection ... More >>
Downtown Community Ministry Helping To Shelter Homeless
Monday, 6 April 2020, 10:51 am | Wellington City Council
At a time when Wellingtonians are told to stay home during the Covid-19 lockdown, for some of the city’s homeless home can mean a tent in the bush, a park bench or a sheltered spot at the entrance of a high-rise – and that’s where the DCM ... More >>
Food For Thought In The Capital
Saturday, 4 April 2020, 3:11 pm | Wellington City Council
Organisations across the capital are working tirelessly to ensure the basic necessities are provided to those who need them – and food is one of the most critical of those. Wellington City Council supported Kaibosh Food Rescue has had to shut the doors at ... More >>
Covid-19: Update From Wellington Mayor Andy Foster
Saturday, 4 April 2020, 8:08 am | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington, From what I’m seeing and hearing, you are doing a great job of staying safe, staying home, exercising locally, keeping physical separation, and following the Ministry of Health hygiene procedures. We have to beat this virus, ... More >>
Rates Payment Deferral Leads City Council’s Covid-19 Fightback Plan
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 8:13 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington Mayor Andy Foster says he is looking to fast-track a suite of City Council initiatives that aim to soften the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and get Wellington back on its feet. The initiatives – led by a proposal that the payment of the next ... More >>
You and your furry bubble mates
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 12:04 pm | Wellington City Council
The Alert Level 4 lockdown has meant we’ve had to make some major changes in our day to day life, and that goes for our furry friends too – even Mittens! More >>
Covid-19 - Wellington Mayoral Update – 31 March 2020
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 7:27 pm | Wellington City Council
Kia ora Wellington – I’m Mayor Andy Foster, with another daily update. Well done Wellington on staying safe, staying home, staying local, and following the physical distancing and Ministry of Health hygiene protocols. In between Zoom meetings today, ... More >>
Collaboration Providing Shelter For City’s Homeless
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 1:45 pm | Wellington City Council
Thirty-eight self-contained units have been made available in a private property for the city’s vulnerable community – providing food, shelter, security, and most importantly a safe place to self-isolate during the Alert Level 4 lockdown. ... More >>
In Times Of Need The Compassion Soup Kitchen Rises To The Challenge
Monday, 30 March 2020, 4:26 pm | Wellington City Council
It’s been 118 years since the Compassion Soup Kitchen began providing daily meals for Wellington’s disadvantaged – and as they did during the 1918 flu pandemic, they’re doing it again. During alert level 4 Covid-19 lockdown, the charity’s ... More >>
Covid-19: Wellington City Council Update – 28 March
Saturday, 28 March 2020, 4:56 pm | Wellington City Council
We’re putting the ‘We’ in Wellington Wellington.NZ, in collaboration with Wellington City Council, has launched We in Wellington today – celebrating community spirit and aimed at bringing Wellingtonians together. There’s a new twist on Absolutely ... More >>
Wellington City Libraries - The Online Hub For Every Bubble
Friday, 27 March 2020, 7:04 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Libraries (WCL) is helping people staying at home by adding more online services, which are available to everyone in the capital. “I am proud of how the Wellington City Libraries and the wider Council continue to respond quickly ... More >>
Coordinated Support For Vulnerable And Isolated In The Capital
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 10:43 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s Community Services is working alongside outreach teams and other core support groups in a coordinated approach to look after the more vulnerable members of the city. A small army of people have been working tirelessly to ensure ... More >>
Covid-19: Wellington City Council Update – 26 March
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 5:22 pm | Wellington City Council
Recycling reiteration: There’ll be no pick-up of kerbside recycling tomorrow (Friday 27 March) – residents of the eastern suburbs – ie Houghton Valley, Lyall Bay, Kilbirnie and the Miramar Peninsula - are asked not to put their recycling out. A ... More >>
Covid-19: Wellington City Council Update – 25 March
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 5:44 pm | Wellington City Council
Alert level 4 lockdown starts tonight – and a national state of emergency has been declared. This is an obvious indication of how serious this Covid-19 situation is. Wellington’s Emergency Operations Centre in Thorndon is now up and running ... More >>
Join Wellington City Libraries Online
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 1:50 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Libraries has now ensured non-members can temporarily sign-up to access thousands of online resources from the comfort of their own home. “We are excited to announce anyone currently in Wellington can join Wellington City Libraries ... More >>
Clarification On Recycling Services In Wellington City
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 12:58 pm | Wellington City Council
Kerbside recycling collections will be halted in Wellington City from midnight tonight (Wednesday 25 March) until further notice. Mayor Andy Foster says there are two reasons for the halt to collections – both based on health and safety. “First, Wellington ... More >>
