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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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• • Mayor set to declare commercial interests

    • 12 Mar 2010
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • THE commercial interests of Wellington city councillors will soon be made available on the council’s website.
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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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• • Draft Otari-Wilton's Bush Landscape Development Plan

    • 8 Mar 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Submissions close at 5.00pm on 9 April 2010.
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• • 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
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• • 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.
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• • Councillors vote in error to ramp up building fees

    • 7 Mar 2010
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • WELLINGTON city councillors unwittingly rubber-stamped a massive increase to most building consent fees after staff gave them the wrong document at a meeting last month.
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• • 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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• • Owhiro Bay Beach Still Officially Closed

    • 4 Mar 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Owhiro Bay beach remains closed while investigations continue to determine the cause of contamination in the water.
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• • 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’

      You can view the remaining comments and submit your own here.

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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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    • 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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• • Councillors Agree to Negotiate Purchase of Bus Turning Area

    • 2 Mar 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Councillors today approved the possible purchase of a small piece of land that will secure access to the bus turnaround area at the Lambton Quay Interchange.
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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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• • 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.
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• • 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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• • Gambling Policy Changes

    • 1 Mar 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Have your say on changes to the Wellington City Council Gambling Venues Policy.
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• • Newtown Festival Fair Day

    • 1 Mar 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Newtown's fourteenth annual street fair takes place this Sunday (7 March) when Riddiford and its side streets will transform into a barrage of colour, food, craft and song.
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    • newtown
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• • Festival of Circus Begins

    • 1 Mar 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • For one week Waitangi Park will be transformed with circus tents, flying trapeze rigs, carousels and candy floss for Wellington's inaugural Festival of Circus.
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    • waterfront
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• • Wellington Region Unveils Cup Website

    • 28 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • The focus on the Wellington region's readiness for Rugby World Cup 2011 was given a high-profile boost today, with the launch of WellingtonNZ2011.com, a new online portal or one-stop-shop for anyone wanting to know anything about RWC 2011 in the region.
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• • Tsunami Update - Dragonboat Event Cancelled

    • 27 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Today's dragonboat racing event (28.02.10) on Wellington Harbour has been cancelled as a safety precaution in light of the nationwide tsunami alert.
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• • 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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• • Tsunami warning: nude photoshoot cancelled

    • 27 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • A mass nude photoshoot planned for WellingtonÂ’s Breaker Bay beach has been cancelled as a result of the tsunami warning in effect.
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• • Gambling Venues Policy

    • 25 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Submissions close at 5.00pm on Friday 9 April 2010.
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• • Draft Annual Plan Deliberations Begin Next Week

    • 25 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Councillors will next week debate the new initiatives and other changes that it is proposed be included and consulted on as part of the 2010/11 draft annual plan (DAP).
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• • International Year of Biodiversity

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • The United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity with the aim of raising awareness of the value of biodiversity and what we can do to safeguard it.
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• • The Miramar Track Project

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Centennial Reserve on Miramar Peninsula now has two new dual-use tracks for walking and mountain biking thanks to the efforts of a hard-working group of volunteers.
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• • Island Bay Coast Care

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • For the past seven years, the Island Bay Coast Care group, a collection of enthusiastic local residents, has been involved in restoring the sand dunes at the western end of Island Bay.
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• • Demolition the theme for Toi Poneke exhibition

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • It's a tale of a healthy obsession with buildings and their make up, documentary photography, 'green' buildings, birth and renewal and Japanese Shinto temples.
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    • architecture
    • exhibitions
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• • ePetition: The International Peace Symbol in Wellington City Council's Absolutely Positively Wellington logo.

    • 23 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • The International Peace Symbol is globally recognised, fifty years old, still the British based Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament organisation's logo and on a woman's lips on a 1995 one dollar New Zealand stamp, shown in link 1. below. This petition proposes to include this logo in the Wellington City Council's Absolutely Positively Wellington logo.
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• • ePetition: Make the Register of Interests for councillors and the Mayor publicly available on the WCC website.

    • 22 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • A Register of Interests is a tool that provides transparency to elected members including the Mayor and their spouses to declare publicly any interest they may have, such as shares in private companies, land and/or property ownership. This gives them and citizens peace of mind and eliminates any urban myths.
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