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• • AA+ Standard & Poor's Rating for Wellington City Council

    • 2 Sep 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council Chief Executive Garry Poole has welcomed today's announcement by Standard and Poor's that the City Council had received an AA+ credit rating with a stable outlook.
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• • Help for community groups keen to ‘go green’

    • 2 Sep 2010
    • Hutt City Council
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• • Turf4Wellington

    • 1 Sep 2010
    • WCC Watch
    • A website has been launched to compare the artificial turf policies of the various candidates. It looks like this issue is getting some traction. Take a look at Turf4Wellington.
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• • GW investigating new water storage options at Kaitoke

    • 1 Sep 2010
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington has secured an option to buy land owned by AgResearch at Kaitoke, adjacent to State Highway 2, with the intention of investigating the land to find out if it’s suitable for a water storage lake.
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• • Mayor Ogden welcomes Auditor-General’s findings

    • 1 Sep 2010
    • Hutt City Council
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• • Hutt Valley to be recognised as a ‘safe community’

    • 1 Sep 2010
    • Hutt City Council
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• • Not in Wellington

    • 31 Aug 2010
    • Capital Times
    • THERE won’t be an Auckland-style supercity here, avers Deputy Mayor Ian McKinnon. “One of the things that differentiates Auckland from Wellington is that our mayors talk.” McKinnon says that one of the reasons a supercity was imposed in Aucklan
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• • Ideas Splash in Water-savings Discussion Pool

    • 31 Aug 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • A free, Council-backed plumbing service, installation of grey water and rainwater collection systems, grants or subsidies to help pay for low-flow toilets or shower heads - and encouraging drought-resistant plants.
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• • Don’t miss out: register online now for the Hutt City Tri

    • 31 Aug 2010
    • Hutt City Council
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• • 4000 young people answer the call to tell us “how it is”

    • 31 Aug 2010
    • Hutt City Council
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    • newswirenz RT @wellynews: Hutt City Council - 4000 young people answer the call to tell us “how it is” http://tinyurl.com/2uzwb7z
  
  

• • Trolley Bus Work

    • 30 Aug 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Work on the overhead trolley network will start in the central city next week so trolley buses can use the more direct Golden Mile bus route under construction in Willis and Manners streets.
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• • Draft Water Policy

    • 30 Aug 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • The end of a long, wet, winter may not sound like the most auspicious time to discuss drought and water conservation - however Wellingtonians face a number of big issues about water usage.
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• • Newtown Roadworks Begin

    • 30 Aug 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Council contractors are about to carry out footpath repairs and road resurfacing along the entire length of Constable Street. They will start work on the section between the intersections of Riddiford Street and Alexandra Road.
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    • newswirenz RT @wellynews: Wellington City Council - Newtown Roadworks Begin http://tinyurl.com/2v7xqh3
  
  

• • Celia - One of the strongest contenders for the mayoralty

    • 30 Aug 2010
    • Celia Wade-Brown
    • Read the full article here.
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• • Art and arbor collide

    • 30 Aug 2010
    • Hutt City Council
    • The Taita community is to take part in the planting of a communal fruit orchard, Freedom Fruit Garden, the result of an artist project by AD Schierning’s at TheNewDowse. Hutt City Council is donating 30 fruit trees to the planting which takes place next Tuesday 7 September, 1pm at Walter Nash Park (off Molesworth St).
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• • ePetition: The International Peace symbol either side of POSITIVELY in the City Council's logo.

    • 29 Aug 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • The petition asks the Wellington City Council to add the unicode U+262E Peace Symbol closely to the left and right of the word POSITIVELY in their Absolutely Positively Wellington logo.
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• • September Meetings Updated

    • 27 Aug 2010
    • Hutt City Council
    • September Meetings Updated
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• • Constable Street to Get End-to-end Reseal

    • 27 Aug 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • The entire length of Constable Street in Newtown is due to be resurfaced, and work is expected to start in the second week of September. Contractors will also work on the footpaths, where needed.
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• • Putting up campaign signs

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
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• • Fisking the Candidates: Eastern Ward

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • WCC Watch
    • The Eastern Ward of the WCC will be another interesting ward to watch come October 9th.
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• • Helene Ritchie writes

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Johnsonville Neglected by Council.
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    • This Eye of the Fish newsitem has 9 comments.

      • ‘“The reality is that Johnsonville is the centre of the fastest growing area of Wellington. The area is already the size of a New Zealand City. Quality urban design is needed now and in the future. With the medium density housing proposed (in the “area of’
      • ‘In the end it all boils down to money, whether it is publicly or privately funded. Evidently, for whatever reason, the Council has been dragging it’s feet over implementation of policies and action in the Northern suburbs. So too has the private sector –’
      • ‘I guess this could be kind of a ‘watershed’ moment in the life of eotf – will Crs remain committed to engaging in such debate outside of election years. I think all of us would wholly welcome that – if it is in the nature of true discussion and debate… I’

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• • Repeated pollution incidents in Takapu Stream cause for concern

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Milky white discharges, iron oxide-coloured liquid and foam have been entering the Takapu Stream recently and Greater Wellington is keen to hear from anyone who may know more.
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    • greaterwgtn RT @wellynews: Repeated pollution incidents in Takapu Stream cause for concern http://tinyurl.com/39sm7hg
  
  

• • Nemo Honoured by City and Man She Saved

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • The doctor who saved the life of a Rugby Sevens fan while dressed as the movie fish Nemo has been honoured with an award by Mayor Kerry Prendergast.
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• • Hutt City landmark turns blue

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City’s clock tower is set to turn blue as part of the nationwide Blue September campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
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    • GigivsCamille RT @wellynews: Hutt City Council - Hutt City landmark turns blue http://tinyurl.com/39bm7lt
  
  

• • One last post on Goulter…

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • WCC Watch
    • Okay, when Jevan Goulter decided to not stand for the Lambton Ward, and instead focus on Whanganui, we were a little disappointed, from the point of view that he certainly would have spiced up the competition.
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    • This WCC Watch newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘What a pillock. Good on Laws for giving it to him and filing his own complaint. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4061971/Laws-retaliates-with-complaint-against-candidate. It makes me wonder how Jevan knew Adam Cunningham so well as to go out a’

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• • Fisking the Candidates: Southern Ward

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • WCC Watch
    • As mentioned on Tuesday, there is going to be tough competition in the Southern Ward with 10 candidates vying for the two council seats, and with the retirement of Celia Wade-Brown (from at least her council seat).
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• • Cyclists encouraged to ‘stand out’

    • 26 Aug 2010
    • Hutt City Council
    • Police and Hutt City Council are running a week long campaign to ensure cyclists stand out and stay safe at night. The campaign is supported by Lower Hutt retailer Avanti Plus Cycles and cycle-friendly Celsius Café on Hutt Road, Petone.
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    • HuttChick10 RT @wellynews: Hutt City Council - Cyclists encouraged to ‘stand out’ http://tinyurl.com/374e82w
  
  

• • Council Borrowing a Concern?

    • 25 Aug 2010
    • Capital Times
    • AFTER borrowing more than $20 million this year, the Wellington City Council now owes more than $283.2 million. This figure comes from a report on council spending, which was conducted by the Audit and Risk Management Subcommittee.
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