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Stop the council’s $55 million Frank Kitts Park spend up!
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- The Frank Kitts Park redevelopment has gone from a reported $5.5 million to $7 million to $42 million, but will in fact be closer to $55 million to complete. Having...
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Frank Kitts Park, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Green Party orchestrates Wellington coup d’état
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- How the Green Party took control of the Wellington City Council Soon after the 2022 local government elections, Wellington city councillors met and the Mayor, newly elected Tory Whanau,...
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The next chapter of the city soap opera – The Post commentary
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- Dave Armstrong, a playwright and satirist based in Wellington, and who’s a regular opinion contributor to The Post, has written this insightful piece that was published in the The Post...
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Documents confirm Green Party role in Council investigation
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- David Farrar at Kiwiblog has published an interesting addendum to our Better Wellington article about the role of Tory Whanau’s Chief of Staff, Nadine Walker, in the council-paid investigation into...
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Iwi reps accuse council of breaching agreement
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- The two iwi appointed representatives are accusing Wellington City Councillors of breaching the agreement that allows for iwi to have representation at committee level. In an email to Councillors, the...
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Democracy crashes into Wellington City Councillor
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- The following opinion article was offered first to The Post. They declined to publish, for reasons not given. It’s their call on what they put in their newspaper. We consider...
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Wellington Hospo Sector speaks out …
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- Better Wellington has been speaking with members of the Wellington hospitality sector and we will bring you more of their views in the coming weeks. But as you can expect,...
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“I’m feeling the crunch!” Wellington’s Mayor … In Her Own Words
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- Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau acknowledges the economic challenges facing Wellington residents, saying she’s “feeling the crunch” too and recently sold her car to help pay the bills. The mayor’s annual...
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Have they or haven’t they?
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- (This opinion piece was originally published on Scoop.) by Helene Ritchie There’s something weird going on at the Wellington City Council. It involves consultation on the future of the City...
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Did you hear the one about Calls to Prayer and other tales …
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- The New Zealand Herald recently published this article: In the article, the Kilbirnie Mosque confirms it plans to broadcast the call to prayer three times a year – on the...
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Wadestown Residents Oppose Council parking, cycle changes
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- Wadestown residents have rejected revised proposals from the Wellington City Council that they say would fundamentally change the character of the suburb by installing a restrictive parking management plan and...
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Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Green Party behind move to silence, discredit councillors
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- Wellington City Council is a hive of political intrigue and back-stabbing. Let’s take the recent revelation that Council chief of staff Nadine Walker, who’s married to Green Party co-leader Chloe...
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City Councillors make fuddled attempt to usurp Free Speech … again!
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- Yesterday, the union representing NZ Post workers refused to deliver our flyer to Wellington residents. They failed. NZ Post management has told its employees it’s “not appropriate for them to...
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Government’s harsh warning to councils
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- “Pick up the rubbish. Fix the pipes. Fill in potholes … and maintain local assets quickly, carefully, and cost effectively.” That’s the clear message delivered by the Prime Minister Christopher...
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NZTA funding cut forces rethink on political ‘hot potato’
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- Wellington’s The Post newspaper reports (2 August): Thorndon Quay’s vexed raised pedestrian crossings have raised more bumps for Wellington City Council, which has been told NZTA would no longer...
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington City Council chief executive won’t seek new job contract
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- Writing was on the wall for McKerrow Wellington City Council chief executive Barbara McKerrow should be congratulated for admitting to herself the council needs new leadership and she needs to...
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Aotearoadcone! Have traffic management companies been rorting the system?
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- Wellington City Council is looking into whether it, too, is getting stiffed on exorbitant road cone charges, like Auckland City Council. The Auckland City report on road cone / road...
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Satirical publication set to lampoon Wellington City Council
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- Will comical commentary give the Wellington City Council a run for its (your) money? A new publication has hit the streets of Wellington and looks set to send up...
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Gary Moller, cyclist: “Time to scrap many of Wellington’s cycleways”
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- Having ridden Wellington’s streets almost daily for 50 years, I feel qualified to share my thoughts on the state of our city’s infrastructure. It’s clear, electric bikes or not,...
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Winter of Discontent
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- Dissatisfaction with the Wellington City Council has hit new highs. The Council has just released the results of its annual survey of residents, which shows just how much discontent there...
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Traffic light crossing bonanza raises hackles
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- A traffic light bonanza which will see raised pedestrian crossings and signals installed every few hundred metres along one of the capital’s busiest commuter routes is slammed as “overkill” and...
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Announcement from Councillor Ray Chung
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- “Wellington City is in the worst shape it’s ever been – economically, socially, and culturally. “The concerns of ratepayers are not unique to our city. Wellington ratepayers are struggling with...
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Cancelled deal good for Wellington ratepayers
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- Councillor Ray Chung said the Reading Cinema deal was bad for the city and cancelling it potentially saved Wellington Ratepayers many millions of dollars more than the proposed $32 million....
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Nanny Council’s 30km/h Speed Limit Proposal put on hold
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- Wellington residents can breathe a sigh of relief and give thanks to the eagle-eyed oversight of city councillor Tony Randle, who found the “small but significant” error in the council’s...
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Wellingtonians turn out to oppose LGWM
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- Around 150 concerned Wellington business owners and residents turned out to Prefab Hall in Jessie Street, Te Aro, tonight to voice their concerns and anger at the continued lunacy of Let’s Get Wellington Moving, the extreme costs to ratepayers, and the hidden agenda behind the anti-car ideology that appears to have gripped the city council’s over-paid bureaucrats.
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