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Show us the money and the plan

Live Wellington - a liveable city by design — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

LIVE WELLington is issuing a challenge to Victoria University: “Get the funding and the plan in place before you demolish the Gordon Wilson Flats.”

Wellington is a walkable city, and we're going to prove it.

A City for People — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Join us on 11 March as we walk to Newtown and demand more homes in the suburbs close to the city centre.

New Basin Reserve housing precinct warrants careful design

Live Wellington - a liveable city by design — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT

News that ‘a housing and urban growth precinct’ will be part of the new developments around Wellington’s Basin Reserve has been welcomed by LIVE WELLington.

Appropriate height limits

Eye of the Fish — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Submission on the Wellington City Council Draft Spatial Plan

Newtown Residents' Association — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:33:37 GMT

After an intense few weeks of discussion and about what the DSP could mean for Newtown, we made our Association’s Submission on October 5th.

Making a submission on the Draft Spatial Plan – due by 5pm October 5th.

Newtown Residents' Association — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 02:02:43 GMT

We agree with the need for more housing, but tall buildings in the residential areas as proposed in this plan would result in losing the very qualities, including sun and shelter, that make Newtown a great place to live.

An alternative housing proposal for Newtown – a response to the WCC Draft Spatial Plan

Newtown Residents' Association — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:50:00 GMT

In May 2019, in the Newtown Residents’ Association Submission to the first round of WCC consultation on Planning for Growth, we said that we would welcome intensification along the ‘Growth Spine’ of Adelaide Rd and Riddiford St.

Spatial Plan Community Meeting - Wed 23 Sept

Hataitai Community Website — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 01:49:07 GMT

Organised with thanks by the Hataitai Residents’ Association

Significant, Long-lasting Changes to Hataitai are Planned

Hataitai Community Website — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 22:28:29 GMT

Don’t put it off - have your say NOW on the Councils draft spatial plan.

The Draft Spatial Plan and what it means for Newtown- report on the August meeting.

Newtown Residents' Association — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:17:22 GMT

This was the topic of the Residents’ Association Zoom meeting on Monday 17th August.