https://wellington.gen.nz/better-wellington Better Wellington newsitems https://betterwellington.org.nz/council-rates-push-inflation-higher/ Why are your rates so high? By Peter Williams, broadcaster, writer & Central Otago resident Stats NZ have laid it out in the clearest and simplest way possible. Payments required... supercity government Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/council-rates-push-inflation-higher/ Better Wellington 2025-07-22T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/why-we-do-what-we-do/ Photo: Robert Capa’s iconic photo of US forces landing on Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944 Better Wellington’s view, which has remained consistent, is that voters have the right to... supercity government Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/why-we-do-what-we-do/ Better Wellington 2025-07-20T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/16-year-olds-should-be-able-to-vote-and-stand-for-office-says-mcnulty/ 16 year olds should be able to vote and stand for office, says McNulty A Labour Party candidate for the Wellington City Council, Ben McNulty, running in the Northern ward... wcc government supercity Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/16-year-olds-should-be-able-to-vote-and-stand-for-office-says-mcnulty/ Better Wellington 2025-07-05T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/strongest-team-in-over-20-years-contests-wellington-city-council-elections/ Better Wellington endorses the strong “Independent Together” candidates who are standing alongside Wellington City Councillor and leading mayoral candidate Ray Chung to contest this year’s local government election. This team... wcc government supercity Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/strongest-team-in-over-20-years-contests-wellington-city-council-elections/ Better Wellington 2025-04-13T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/660m-and-counting-what-has-wellington-got-to-show-for-it/ While the council was recently celebrating the “on schedule” opening of the Town Hall next year, thirteen years after it was closed, ratepayers might be asking: What exactly have we paid... supercity government Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/660m-and-counting-what-has-wellington-got-to-show-for-it/ Better Wellington 2025-03-17T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-council-funds-online-sex-course-for-transgender-people/ How much are ratepayers being stung for an online course that has been running for over two years and provides advice to transgender people on sex? Sponsored by the Wellington... supercity government Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-council-funds-online-sex-course-for-transgender-people/ Better Wellington 2025-03-11T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/flouting-moore-wilson-car-park-rules-emblematic-of-council-attitude/ By Julie Moore Director of Moore Wilson A week or so ago, a couple of Wellington City Council-branded cars drove into the Moore Wilson car park. After finding empty spots,... supercity government Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/flouting-moore-wilson-car-park-rules-emblematic-of-council-attitude/ Better Wellington 2025-02-18T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/councils-own-survey-mirrors-findings-of-better-wellingtons-political-poll/ The Wellington City Council does an annual survey of residents. In past years, the council has put the full results on its website, but according to Kiwiblog, this year only... wcc government supercity Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/councils-own-survey-mirrors-findings-of-better-wellingtons-political-poll/ Better Wellington 2025-02-17T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/political-poll-damning-for-city-council-says-the-post/ Wellington’s daily newspaper The Post reports on our poll, conducted by Curia Market Research in the last month of January. The poll quizzed 1,000 Wellington voters and has a margin... supercity government Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/political-poll-damning-for-city-council-says-the-post/ Better Wellington 2025-02-09T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/vote-25-tawa-woman-a-good-choice-for-northern-ward/ Tawa resident Andrea Compton will run as an independent candidate for Wellington City Council in this year’s local government election. A chartered accountant with two decades of experience in high-profile... tawa wcc places government supercity Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/vote-25-tawa-woman-a-good-choice-for-northern-ward/ Better Wellington 2025-01-21T00:00:00Z -41.1681676 174.8247761 Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-city-councillor-says-hes-never-experienced-racism-until-elected-to-council/ In response to an article published on Scoop about the Wellington City Council lodging its submission on the Treaty Principles Bill, councillor Ray Chung has sent in a comment. We... wcc government supercity Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-city-councillor-says-hes-never-experienced-racism-until-elected-to-council/ Better Wellington 2025-01-08T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/platitudes-demolitions-and-mis-information/ by Karl Tiefenbacher Having watched last week’s Long Term Plan meeting, I was left with hope. Hope that the crown Observer managed to stay awake through all the platitudes being... supercity government Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:27:57 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/platitudes-demolitions-and-mis-information/ Better Wellington 2024-12-04T01:27:57Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/stop-the-councils-55-million-frank-kitts-park-spend-up/ 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... frank-kitts-park waterfront places supercity government Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:32:27 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/stop-the-councils-55-million-frank-kitts-park-spend-up/ Better Wellington 2024-10-31T22:32:27Z -41.287041349999996 174.77875599386792 Frank Kitts Park, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://betterwellington.org.nz/green-party-orchestrates-wellington-coup-detat/ 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,... wcc government supercity Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:55:42 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/green-party-orchestrates-wellington-coup-detat/ Better Wellington 2024-10-17T06:55:42Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/the-next-chapter-of-the-city-soap-opera-the-post-commentary/ 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... supercity government Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:41:43 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/the-next-chapter-of-the-city-soap-opera-the-post-commentary/ Better Wellington 2024-10-15T01:41:43Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/documents-confirm-green-party-role-in-council-investigation/ 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... supercity government Tue, 08 Oct 2024 04:22:50 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/documents-confirm-green-party-role-in-council-investigation/ Better Wellington 2024-10-08T04:22:50Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/iwi-reps-accuse-council-of-breaching-agreement/ 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... supercity government Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:46:30 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/iwi-reps-accuse-council-of-breaching-agreement/ Better Wellington 2024-10-08T03:46:30Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/democracy-crashes-into-wellington-city-councillor/ 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... supercity government Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/democracy-crashes-into-wellington-city-councillor/ Better Wellington 2024-09-25T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-hospo-sector-speaks-out/ 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,... supercity government Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-hospo-sector-speaks-out/ Better Wellington 2024-09-19T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/im-feeling-the-crunch-wellingtons-mayor-in-her-own-words/ 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... supercity government Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/im-feeling-the-crunch-wellingtons-mayor-in-her-own-words/ Better Wellington 2024-09-17T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/have-they-or-havent-they/ (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... consultation wcc government supercity Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/have-they-or-havent-they/ Better Wellington 2024-09-16T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/did-you-hear-the-one-about-calls-to-prayer-and-other-tales/ 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... kilbirnie places supercity government Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/did-you-hear-the-one-about-calls-to-prayer-and-other-tales/ Better Wellington 2024-09-11T00:00:00Z -41.3166456 174.7980932 Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://betterwellington.org.nz/wadestown-residents-oppose-council-parking-cycle-changes/ 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... wadestown parking wcc places transport government supercity Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/wadestown-residents-oppose-council-parking-cycle-changes/ Better Wellington 2024-09-10T00:00:00Z -41.2647151 174.7790775 Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://betterwellington.org.nz/green-party-behind-move-to-silence-discredit-councillors/ 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... supercity government Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/green-party-behind-move-to-silence-discredit-councillors/ Better Wellington 2024-09-07T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/city-councillors-make-fuddled-attempt-to-usurp-free-speech-again/ 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... supercity government Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/city-councillors-make-fuddled-attempt-to-usurp-free-speech-again/ Better Wellington 2024-08-26T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/governments-harsh-warning-to-councils/ “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... supercity government Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/governments-harsh-warning-to-councils/ Better Wellington 2024-08-22T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/nzta-funding-cut-forces-rethink-on-political-hot-potato/ 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... thorndon wcc places government supercity Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/nzta-funding-cut-forces-rethink-on-political-hot-potato/ Better Wellington 2024-08-03T00:00:00Z -41.2745396 174.7756309 Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-city-council-chief-executive-wont-seek-new-job-contract/ 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... wcc government supercity Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/wellington-city-council-chief-executive-wont-seek-new-job-contract/ Better Wellington 2024-07-30T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/aotearoadcone-have-traffic-management-companies-been-rorting-the-system/ 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... supercity government Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/aotearoadcone-have-traffic-management-companies-been-rorting-the-system/ Better Wellington 2024-07-22T00:00:00Z https://betterwellington.org.nz/gary-moller-cyclist-time-to-scrap-many-of-wellingtons-cycleways/ 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,... supercity government Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://betterwellington.org.nz/gary-moller-cyclist-time-to-scrap-many-of-wellingtons-cycleways/ Better Wellington 2024-07-15T00:00:00Z