Draft Spatial Plan related newsitems

• • Recycling Sent to Landfill During Level 4

    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Salient
    • Lily McElhone (she/her)153 tonnes of recyclables were sent to landfill during the two weeks Te-Whanganui-a-Tara was in Level 4.
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• • VUWSA election dates changed

    • 30 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • Matthew Casey Salient has been informed that Victoria University of Wellington’s Students’ Association—Te Rōpū Tauira o te Whare Wānanga o Te Upoko ō Te Ika a Māui (VUWSA) have changed the election dates for their 2022 executive election.
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• • VUW managed halls to waive fees for residents unable to return in lockdown

    • 27 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • Te Herenga Waka has decided to waive accomodation fees for halls under their management from Monday 30 August for students who are prevented from returning due to alert levels.
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• • Mauri Ora COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues in level 4

    • 26 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • Azaria Howell (she/her) Mauri Ora, the student health service at Victoria University of Wellington, has offered the COVID-19 vaccination to students since August 6, and is continuing to do so in Alert Level 4.
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• • VUW staff member tests positive

    • 23 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • In an email sent last night, the University confirmed that a Victoria University of Wellington staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
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• • Student Volunteer Army here to lend a hand during lockdown

    • 23 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • Azaria Howell (she/her) The Wellington Student Volunteer Army (SVA), backed by VUWSA, are offering help to those who are struggling during the current COVID-19 lockdown.
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• • COVID update: VUW open day cancelled but halls remain open

    • 18 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • Niva Chittock (she/her) Aotearoa New Zealand was moved into Alert Level 4 for three days yesterday, following the announcement of a community-transmission case of Covid-19 in Auckland.
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• • VUW response to Salient's SSP article

    • 12 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • Comment from Professor Wendy Larner, Provost.
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• • First Ever Pasifika Week launched at VUW

    • 1 Aug 2021
    • Salient
    • Matthew Casey (he/him) Monday, 26 July marked the launch of Victoria University’s first ever Pasifika week, alongside the release of the third edition of Wan Solwara, Salient’s collaboration with the Pasifika Student Council (PSC).
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• • Weir House Floods After Heavy Rain Across the Country

    • 21 Jul 2021
    • Salient
    • By Azaria Howell (she/her) Weir House residents have had to temporarily evacuate after heavy rain across the country led to the hall of residence flooding.
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• • Absolutely Positively Affordable: VUWSA Launches Petition Calling for Free Public Transport in Wellington

    • 11 Jul 2021
    • Salient
    • Azaria Howell (she/her)The Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association has launched a petition this week, calling on the Government for a trial of free public transport for students and Community Service Card holders in the Wellington region.
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• • Wellington City Council Prioritises Housing Densification in New Spatial Plan — Salient Magazine

    • 5 Jul 2021
    • Salient
    • Wellington City Council’s new Spatial Plan was passed in a Planning and Environment Committee meeting on June 24. The Plan will ease development restrictions in urban centres in order to create more opportunity for medium-to-high- density housing projects. This is in order to accommodate the projected 50,000-80,000 people set to move to the capital over the next 30 years.
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• • Wellington City Council Spatial Plan

    • 1 Jul 2021
    • Newtown Residents' Association
    • The Councillors discussed this plan on Thursday 24th June, in a marathon meeting.
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• • Spatial Plan adopted

    • 28 Jun 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City’s draft Spatial Plan – designed to guide development of housing for up to 80,000 more people over the next three decades – was the main feature of a marathon meeting of the City Council’s Pūroro Āmua Planning and Environment Committee on Thursday 24 June.
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• • Appropriate height limits

    • 27 Jun 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • While it was vaguely entertaining / terrifying / gratifying / intimidating to listen to some of the 10-hour debate on the Spatial Plan the other day (pick your own adjective according to your political persuasions), what became very clear is that NO ONE – not the Mayor, not the Council Officers, Not Liam Hodgetts the City Planner, and certainly not the rabid band of Councillors – have any idea about height limits that is bounded by any semblance of the actual factual truthiness of the situation.
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• • Spatial Plan - Media Round Up

    • 26 Jun 2021
    • A City for People
    • City for People spokespeople have been making our voices heard in the media during this campaign - here's a round up of the coverage. 
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• • A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan, but calls on Central Government to speed up implementation, infrastructure.

    • 25 Jun 2021
    • Renters United
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• • A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan

    • 24 Jun 2021
    • A City for People
    • A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan, but calls on Central Government to speed up implementation, infrastructure.
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• • Growth for Growth’s Sake

    • 24 Jun 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • “Art for Art’s sake – Money for God’s sake”. Or as we have it now, Growth for Growth’s sake. We now have a Council that has passed the Spatial Plan, in a decision that some have described being a battle over young vs old. Up to 80,000 more people will be able to live in our city, in a gradual process over the next 30+ years.
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• • Shelly Bay, the unpublished article

    • 23 Jun 2021
    • Inside Wellington
    • This morning, the City Council will vote on the Spatial Plan, and it will be very interesting to listen to the debates and find out about the outcome. Surprisingly, or maybe not so much, this vote reminds me of this article I wrote about Shelly Bay last year, one week after the vote. This article didn’t make it online because it was too close to so many comments and articles that had already been published. I can’t help to publish it today, in the light of the vote on the Spatial Plan:
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    Shelly Bay, Shelly Bay Road, Maupuia, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • How High is Too High?

    • 20 Jun 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • This Thursday is a big day for Wellington – the Council will vote on the Draft Spatial Plan and will decide whether or not to accept its recommendations.
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• • The housing crisis debates: here we are again

    • 20 Jun 2021
    • Inside Wellington
    • The final spatial plan is not yet officially back in front of the City Council, but already, Wellington social media are back to firing war zones. The “debates” have again fallen into a battle of cliches, where everyone is accusing everyone else of being a selfish privileged boomer or a developer pawn.The final spatial plan is not yet officially back in front of the City Council, but already, Wellington social media are back to firing war zones. The “debates” have again fallen into a battle of cliches, where everyone is accusing everyone else of being a selfish privileged boomer or a developer pawn.
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• • Public forum: Wellington’s Spatial Plan - how can it help the housing crisis?

    • 19 Jun 2021
    • A City for People
    • A City for People, Generation Zero, and Renters United hosted a public forum on Wednesday 16 June to discuss the upcoming Council vote on the Draft Spatial Plan.
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• • The Final Spatial Plan has been released

    • 18 Jun 2021
    • Inside Wellington
    • Throughout all of 2020, a consultation was at the heart of passionate arguments. The Draft Spatial Plan was the second stage of a year-long program of work called “Planning for Growth”, a program designed to prepare Wellington to cater for a significant influx of new residents. Some said 30,000 were expected over the next decades, some said 80,000. The tensions were exacerbated by a soaring housing market with prices reaching absurd levels. Even people who would normally agree that “something has to be done about the housing crisis” would passionately argue over how to best address it, accusing each other of ulterior motives.
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• • We Want More Homes For All In Wellington

    • 31 May 2021
    • A City for People
    • A City for People, with Generation Zero and Renters United, have relaunched their campaign to support more housing for all in Wellington. We want more homes for all in Wellington - The Council must pass an ambitious Spatial Plan. 
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• • Spatial Plan feedback summary released

    • 16 Feb 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Mayor Andy Foster says initial analysis of nearly 3000 submissions on the city’s draft Spatial Plan show Wellingtonians want a vibrant, liveable city and affordable housing as the housing crisis deepens across the country.
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• • A nimby in Newtown

    • 6 Jan 2021
    • Wellington Scoop
    • The Draft Spatial Plan is designed to blame the home-owning people of Wellington. It has its own spin aimed at Newtown’s heritage areas – older housing is up for grabs.
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Talking, and agreeing, about the draft spatial plan

    • 17 Dec 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
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• • Hutt City Council approves community plan to reinvigorate Naenae’s town centre

    • 8 Dec 2020
    • Hutt City Council
    • Today Hutt City Council has given the green light to the Naenae Town Centre Spatial Plan. This is a significant step forward in the rejuvenation of Naenae and will complement the construction of the new Naenae Pool which is planned to start in the second half of next year.
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    Naenae Olympic Pool (closed), Everest Avenue, Naenae, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Spatial Plan forums start this week

    • 1 Nov 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • 2926 individuals and organisations have made known their views on how and where Wellington’s growing population should be housed over the next few decades.
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