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Civic Trust Awards – winners announced
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 2:29 pm | Wellington City Council
Civic Trust Awards – winners announced The biennial Civic Trust Awards were announced at a function in Wellington last night. Speaking at the event, Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said the Civic Trust Awards are a valuable marker for the design direction being ... More >>
Discover four months of Summer City events in Our Wellington
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 12:26 pm | Wellington City Council
Discover four months of Summer City events in Our Wellington The much awaited summer edition of Wellington City Council’s seasonal magazine will be arriving in mailboxes, libraries, recreation and community centres and the i-SITE on Wakefield Street this ... More >>
Illegal CBD rubbish dumping: Council sifts for clues
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 10:45 am | Wellington City Council
Illegal dumping of rubbish by some inner-city residents and businesses is worsening – making it difficult and expensive to keep parts of the city looking good. More >>
Commemorative Plaque to mark 175 years of public libraries
Monday, 30 November 2015, 2:44 pm | Wellington City Council
Commemorative Plaque to mark 175 years of public libraries in Wellington to be unveiled Tomorrow (1 December 2015) marks the 175th anniversary of a meeting at Barrett’s Hotel on Lambton Quay in 1840 where Port Nicholson Exchange and Public Library was ... More >>
Wellington wants a piece of the campervan market
Friday, 27 November 2015, 3:15 pm | Wellington City Council
At yesterday’s WCC Environment committee it was agreed that the Council develop a regional camping strategy to provide much needed camping options for visitors to Wellington given the popularity of Wellington as a camping destination. More >>
Boost for waste minimisation efforts
Friday, 27 November 2015, 2:07 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington has increased its commitment to reducing rubbish and waste thanks to almost $50,000 in support from the Waste Minimisation Seed Fund. Wellington events such as the Newtown Festival, CubaDupa and the Island Bay Festival have received ... More >>
Eco projects get boost through Council funding
Friday, 27 November 2015, 10:55 am | Wellington City Council
Council’s Environment Committee have funded seven projects with a total of $20,522 through the Our Living City Fund. More >>
Kilbirnie business booster scheme a step closer
Friday, 27 November 2015, 10:30 am | Wellington City Council
27 November 2015 Kilbirnie business booster scheme a step closer Kilbirnie’s proposed business improvement district (BID) is a step closer following this week’s meeting of Wellington City Council’s Economic Growth and Arts Committee. The committee ... More >>
Cheaper bus fares start this weekend
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 3:31 pm | Wellington City Council
Cheaper bus fares start this weekend – GO Wellington and Newlands Coach Services Bus fares are cheaper every weekend from this Saturday 28 November to Sunday 20 December on GO Wellington or Newlands Coach Services buses with $1 fares for one zone of travel, ... More >>
E tu! Strathmore Park stands tall
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 9:55 am | Wellington City Council
E tu! Strathmore Park stands tall Wellington City Council, along with Housing New Zealand, New Zealand Police and other agencies are behind a community-led development approach to transform the eastern Wellington suburb of Strathmore Park. Councillor ... More >>
Rejuvenation of Strathmore Park
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 5:20 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council, along with Housing New Zealand and the New Zealand Police, is supporting a community-led rejuvenation of Strathmore Park. More >>
Strong public support for increasingly smoke-free Wellington
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 5:17 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Councillors will hear the results of a survey on extending Wellington’s outdoor smoke-free areas at this week’s Community Sport and Recreation committee meeting. More >>
Council grants boost state of the arts in the Capital
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 4:30 pm | Wellington City Council
The Council has approved funding of 30 creative projects through the Arts and Culture Fund today – giving over $96,000 to assist a wide range of artistic groups around the capital. More >>
Wellington’s plan for growth a winner
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 3:18 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council’s proactive approach to planning for growth has been recognised with a New Zealand Planning Institute award. The city’s new Urban Growth Plan has won the NZPI Wellington branch’s Geok Ling Phang Memorial Award for 2015. The town ... More >>
Raining cones – sculpture repairs in motion
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 12:29 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington’s iconic sculpture Akau Tangi, located on Cobham Drive, is to be dismantled for repairs due to failures in the section of pipe that supports the cones on the top of the poles. Designed by Phil Dadson and installed in 2010, the sculpture features ... More >>
Vandalised art work to be removed
Monday, 23 November 2015, 12:40 pm | Wellington City Council
An installation in Karori designed to commemorate fallen soldiers has been vandalised beyond repair. Remembrance, in Appleton Park is a work by artist Chris Bennewith made up of 860 white poles which bobbed in the breeze during the day and illuminated ... More >>
WCC’s credit profile higher than Crown’s
Monday, 23 November 2015, 12:10 pm | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has maintained its Standard and Poor’s (S&P) AA credit rating and, for a second year in a row, the rating service considers the Council’s credit rating to be higher than that of the Crown’s. More >>
The Toi Two Hundy
Friday, 20 November 2015, 3:57 pm | Wellington City Council
Ever wanted to own an original artwork? Start your art collection now! Toi Pōneke Art Centre’s annual resident exhibition offers you the opportunity to purchase work by emerging and established artists for $200 and under. This year, 30 local ... More >>
Council talking cats, dogs, birds and the bees
Friday, 20 November 2015, 11:56 am | Wellington City Council
Wellingtonians should get the opportunity to talk about the birds and the bees, cats, dogs, pigeons, poultry, livestock and other animals in the city next year. The 26 November meeting of Wellington City Council’s Environment Committee will ... More >>
Council funds for heritage buildings' seismic strengthening
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 4:51 pm | Wellington City Council
Ten heritage building owners will benefit from the latest round of Wellington City Council’s Built Heritage Incentive fund after their applications were approved today. More >>
