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    • 5.8 percent Rate increase to Wellington's homeowners and zero to commercial buildings
      • 13 Mar 2010
      • Back To The Future
      • Actually the rate increase is closer to 6.5 percent to the residents if you take into account the swimming pool improvements proposed as an option in the DAP (Draft Annual Plan.) The total rate increase including the commercial and residential sector is quoted as 2.8 percent but when the sectors are broken down the commercial is zero and the residential is 6 percent or 6.5 percent depending on the final fix in the DAP.
      • Tagged as:
      • rates
      • wellington city council

    • Dog exclusion ends
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Greater Wellington Regional Council
      • Dogs are now allowed back into Greater Wellington Regional Council (GW) managed land at the Hutt Water Collection Area, the western part of Kaitoke Regional Park and the Akatarawa Saddle area after last August’s aerial 1080 drop to control possums.
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      • Accepted from feed: GW Feed

    • Community Consultation meeting
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Amesbury Drive School Establishment Board of Trustees
      • Are you interested in education in Churton Park?Amesbury Drive Primary School will open in Term 1 2012 and the Establishment Board of Trustees is currently seeking community input on the new school’s Vision and Values.
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    • Hutt City rates increase 2%
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Hutt City Council
      • Hutt City Council is proposing the average ratepayer will see their rates increase by just two percent in the coming financial year. This follows a meeting today of Mayor David Ogden and councillors to approve the draft Annual Plan for 2010/11.
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      • rates
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    • Startling staff turnover
      • 9 Mar 2010
      • Capital Times
      • WHY do so many staff leave Wellington City Council? The turnover figures outlined in the council’s 2009 Annual Report show that on average, over the past three years, 23.3% of staff– almost a quarter of the organisation – have resigned every year.<br
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      • wellington city council

    • Council Artworks on Display
      • 8 Mar 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • Did you know we've been collecting Wellington art since 1882? This continued on and off during the 1900s, mostly through gifts or bequests to the city. But in the last decade, we've had a dedicated advisory group buying Wellington art for the city's collection.
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      • exhibitions
      • Accepted from feed: Wellington City Council Latest News

    • Race Relations Week Starts Soon
      • 8 Mar 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • Each year 21 March is observed around the globe as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Wellington City Libraries is a proud participant of the Diversity in Action Programme - we've been making clay Earth People every year for the last five years as part of Race Relations Week.
      • Accepted from feed: Wellington City Council Latest News

    • Public walkover - Waiwhetu Stream Project
      • 4 Mar 2010
      • Greater Wellington Regional Council
      • Come and have a look at the progress on the Waiwhetu Stream Clean-up Project with chair of the Waiwhetu Stream Advisory Sub-Committee Prue Lamason on Tuesday, March 16 from 6 - 7pm.
      • Accepted from feed: GW Feed

    • Wellington heading for its lowest rates rise in years
      • 4 Mar 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee this week agreed to a range of proposed new initiatives and changes that, if approved, will result in an overall average real rates increase of 2.85 percent for the coming financial year – the lowest commercial and residential rise for seven years.
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    • Warm Greater Wellington scheme ready to go
      • 4 Mar 2010
      • Greater Wellington Regional Council
      • From early April 2010, ratepayers in the Greater Wellington region can apply to the Regional Council for up to $2,600 as a top up for support offered by EECA for home insulation and clean heating for their homes.
      • Accepted from feed: GW Feed

    • Why the secrecy for this council meeting?
      • 3 Mar 2010
      • Wellington Scoop
      • The Wellington City Council is having a secret meeting this morning. Here’s the agenda for the meeting, which was announced only three days ago: Apologies, Public Participation, Announcements by the Mayor, Petitions, Conflict of Interest Declarations, Questions.
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      • This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 10 comments.

        • ‘All very well Trish but in this case, the Council were reportedly discussing 8 Lambton Quay, which according to their on-line information no longer existed. The DP number on the historic record for that address is the same as for 19 A Kate Sheppard Plac’
        • ‘So it would be OK for councillors to have a public meeting where they decide to instruct the staff to try offering, say, $1m for a piece of land and authorise them to go up to $1.2m without coming back for further authority? And then the seller is suppo’
        • ‘A quick check of the information (above) provided by the Council communications man and a cross check of the rates information and site photograph on the Council website gives a little fuel for the conspiracy theorists. Notably, Andy Foster wrote in gene’

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    • Mayor Prendergast to stand for 4th term; poll shows only minority support
      • 3 Mar 2010
      • Wellington Scoop
      • Reporting that Kerry Prendergast has decided to stand again for the mayoralty in the October elections, the DomPost today decided to poll its online readers about her popularity.
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      • elections 2010

      • This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 10 comments.

        • ‘@Celia Ward RE: Where is the Ice Rink, Kerry? Get with it people, we don’t want this kind of rubbish. Vote http://jackyanformayor.org/ and get some meaningful action.’
        • ‘Hard working maybe, but how much has it cost the average ratepayer for so many of her failed grandiose schemes. To name a few: V8 street car race, Te Raekaihau Point, Ambulance Building resiting, and so it goes on. Would be an interesting exercise t’
        • ‘Had the council educated the public on how to correctly use the STV voting system in 2007, Ms Prendergast would never have been re-elected. Wellington needs a Mayor who represents the people, not the corporations.’

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    • Why the secrecy when city council staff approved a 27-acre car yard?
      • 2 Mar 2010
      • Wellington Scoop
      • Although the proposal for a 27 acre (11.2 hectare) car storage and distribution facility for 2,500 vehicles in Grenada Village has been rejected by the Greater Wellington Regional Council on environmental grounds, the granting of a Land Use Consent by Wellington City Council needs to come under public scrutiny.
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      • wellington city council

      • This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 5 comments.

        • ‘Excellent article, Bruce. We’ll keep the blighters honest! I’ve got nothing against residential development. I’ve got nothing against a supermarket in the place where the old tip used to be (my personal wish-list, not that I’ve heard anybody specific’
        • ‘Thanks Richard for your response to my email but you have not provided me with any real answers. Plan Change 45 did indeed show residential subdivisions in the Lincolnshire Farm Structure Plan. These were all subject to various staging plans outlined in ’
        • ‘Greetings In response to Wendy Slieker’s email, it appears what she’s referring to are the ongoing earthworks for more residential subdivisions approved for Lincolnshire Farm. This is being done under the Structure Plan which is part of Plan Change 45 wh’

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    • Big Screen to Broadcast Phoenix Game
      • 2 Mar 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • Phoenix fans who missed out on getting a ticket to this Sunday's sold-out Phoenix vs Newcastle game can watch it for free on a big screen at Queens Wharf.
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        • Wellington_NZ awesome RT @wellynews: Wellington City Council - Big Screen to Broadcast Phoenix Game http://tinyurl.com/yd5e3vq
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    • Countdown to Rugby World Cup 2011
      • 1 Mar 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • It may be 556 days until Rugby World Cup 2011 kicks off but planning for Wellington's role in the festivities is well under way. One of the region's first high-profile projects was launched yesterday. A new website - WellingtonNZ2011.com - provides a one-stop-shop for local information and resources.
      • Accepted from feed: Wellington City Council Latest News

    • Earth Hour Action
      • 1 Mar 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • Wellington households, cafes, hotels, businesses and schools got into the spirit of Earth Hour last year and we're hoping even more will support this year's World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF's) global climate change initiative.
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  • Signs and smiles and a quick consent
    • 10 Mar 2010
    • Wellington Scoop
    • This is Wellington City Council election year and it will not be long before our urban landscape is littered with hoardings with extravagant smiles backed by even more extravagant promises.
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    • wellywood sign

    • This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 7 comments.

      • ‘ChangeAndHope – yes there are two Council appointees of the six directors on the Airport Board, the Mayor and a non councillor director. Council directors are therefore obviously the minority. In the normal way in which a company operates we are also no’
      • ‘A dull head among windy spaces. Signs are taken for wonders. ‘We would see a sign’ - Gerontian.’
      • ‘The WCC owns 34% shares of the airport and members of the WCC sit on the Board of Directors of the airport. To say that this was not done in consultation with the WCC does not sound convincing. If you look at the debate that is going on in Facebook: http’

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  • We’re starting to plan our super city, as Aucklanders are dismayed by their’s
    • 9 Mar 2010
    • Wellington Scoop
    • At the same time as Wellington’s mayors and their advisors are meeting to discuss the need for a super-city in this region, the concerns from Aucklanders about Auckland’s super-city arrangements are getting louder and louder.
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    • This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 5 comments.

      • ‘They only have power because ordinary citizens allow it to happen through their apathy.’
      • ‘The only reason for a supercity is for more power – Prendergast and Wilde need to look after their own city and leave the running of the other cities to their elected mayors who actually care for their cities.’
      • ‘Supercity is an option that politicians seem hell bent to foist on us, regardless of ratepayer opinion or concern. The reports coming out of Auckland via the Herald indicate that the bureaucrats have got hold of the process and community consultation and’

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    • Big Screen to Broadcast Phoenix Game
      • 2 Mar 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • Phoenix fans who missed out on getting a ticket to this Sunday's sold-out Phoenix vs Newcastle game can watch it for free on a big screen at Queens Wharf.
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        • Wellington_NZ awesome RT @wellynews: Wellington City Council - Big Screen to Broadcast Phoenix Game http://tinyurl.com/yd5e3vq
        • shift_stream RT @Wellington_NZ: awesome RT @wellynews: Wellington City Council - Big Screen to Broadcast Phoenix Game http://tinyurl.com/yd5e3vq

    • Tsunami warning for Wellington
      • 27 Feb 2010
      • Wellington City Council
      • Issued at 1:30am on Sunday 28 February 2010. Issued by the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (MCDEM) and the Wellington Emergency Management Office
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    • A hard-and-fast storm hits Wellington
      • 13 Mar 2010
      • Hutt Valley Fire Police Unit
      • A substantial storm hit Wellington late yesterday and at one stage almost every NZFS Appliance from Upper Hutt South, was on the road, responding to calls of lines and trees down, roofs lifting and awnings flying.
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    • 5.8 percent Rate increase to Wellington's homeowners and zero to commercial buildings
      • 13 Mar 2010
      • Back To The Future
      • Actually the rate increase is closer to 6.5 percent to the residents if you take into account the swimming pool improvements proposed as an option in the DAP (Draft Annual Plan.) The total rate increase including the commercial and residential sector is quoted as 2.8 percent but when the sectors are broken down the commercial is zero and the residential is 6 percent or 6.5 percent depending on the final fix in the DAP.
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      • rates
      • wellington city council