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Wellington’s Gardens Pick-Up Top Awards
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- Two of Wellington’s iconic gardens have come up smelling of roses garnering a number of significant awards to add to their blooming trophy cabinet. Recent assessments of Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush and Botanic Garden ki Paekākā saw the popular sites achieve high commendations and awards
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Relief for Egmont Street Apartment
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- The Wellington City Council deadline for earthquake-prone remediation of the Tea Store at 20 Egmont Street passed on 31 January with the occupiers still in residence.
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Wellington Traders look to Pacific Growth
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- Wellington’s Pacific Export Network (PEN) is looking to arrange a trade mission to Vanuatu in April for face-to-face meetings with Vanuatu importers, officials and prospective new business contacts.
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How will Wellington vote on October 14?
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- Change is in the air at the Beehive, but in the three electorates - Ohariu, Wellington Central and Rongotai of Wellington City the 2023 general election looks likely to be fought out by veteran players on the local political scene.
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Chinese cuisine TVNZ documentary features Wellington producer and foodies
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- Sik Fan Lah!, a six-part television documentary that celebrates the love for food of Kiwi-Chinese across the country. The documentary will premiere next month on TVNZ TV1.
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Home values fell the most in Wellington last year (-18.6%); and the capital still has the highest average salary in New Zealand with $69,734
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- Home values fell further in Wellington last year than in any other New Zealand city. From 1 January to 31 December 2022, the average home value dropped 18.6% to $884,567 - a steeper drop than the national average (-10.3%), Auckland (-12.3%), Hamilton (-11%), Tauranga (-8.3%), Dunedin (-11.3%) and especially Christchurch (-4.1%).
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Wellington puts on a good show for FIFA friendly, Football Ferns go down 4-0
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- Wellington got an early taste of what the FIFA World Cup will bring to the capital city in July with women champions USA taking on the Football Ferns in a friendly on a sunny Wednesday afternoon.
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Wellington records NZ’s largest home value drop in 2022 with a 20.2% decline, says REINZ; and number of properties for sale up 19 percent year-on-year, says Trade Me
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- A quick glance at the figures published by REINZ and Trade Me show Wellington’s property market continues its downward slide faster than ever before in recent memory.
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Crampton set to head Wellington’s mega water company
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- The Chief Executive of the new mega water company to be responsible for Wellington’s water and wastewater services under the Three Waters reform proposals is set to be the Chief Executive (CE) of Wellington Water, Collin Crampton.
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Victoria University degree in Space Science, a world first
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- Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington will become the first university in New Zealand to offer Space Science as an undergraduate major, fuelled by increasing interest in a growing national space industry. A focus on ‘near space’ makes it unique internationally.
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Why the Central Pulse is the Canterbury Rugby of New Zealand netball
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- The Silver Ferns travel to Cape Town this week to compete in the Netball Quad series against Australia, England and South Africa in what will be an important dress rehearsal for the World Cup back there in July. Central Pulse co-captain Kelly Jury has all but locked up the starting Goalkeeper role, while Whitney Souness looks to be Dame Noeline Taura’s preferred Centre, a key position vacated by World Cup winning captain and legend Laura Langman.
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Tea Store in Egmont Street a test case for Wellington earthquake issues
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- A 19-unit, three-storey, 100-year apartment block known as the Tea Store in Egmont Street between Dixon and Ghuznee Streets is about to become a test case for the resolution of earthquake-prone building issues within Wellington.
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Wellington’s small businesses get positive message from the Mayor
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- Wellington’s Small Business Coalition enters the New Year hopeful that new Mayor Tory Whanau can hold the line to obtain a more pragmatic and practical plan for public works in the central business district
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University of Otago Wellington, wins major international grant, to develop Maori-led programmes for children
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- In New Zealand, JHCIH is partnering with the Eru Pomare Maori Health Research Centre) at the University of Otago, Wellington, and three Māori community organisations, to develop Maori-led programmes for children and community well-being and intergenerational playspaces centred on tikanga and te reo Maori.
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Wellington’s median rent down 3% y-o-y, says Trade Me
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- New Zealand rents remained at an all-time high in November, with the regions seeing prices jump while they dropped in the main centres, according to the latest Trade Me Property data.
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Wellington Council spending is out of control, says City Councillor Ray Chung
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- The ability of the Wellington City Council to stem increasingly onerous rating charges on the city’s property owners will only be achieved if policies better match outgoings to income, says first term councillor, Ray Chung.
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Six young Wellington region athletes win gold at the 2022 NZSS Athletic Championships
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- Wellington’s young athletes shone bright at the recently concluded 2022 New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletic [Track, Field and Road] Championships. The event was held at the TET Stadium in Inglewood, from December 9 to 11.
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Crazyman, New Zealand’s second oldest multi-sports event, concludes in Lower Hutt
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- The 31st Crazyman, which is the 13km kayak, 28km mountain bike and 13km trail run, concluded in Lower Hutt in the first week of December.
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Wellington records NZ’s largest home value drop in 2022 with a 18.7% decline, says QV; and Wellington’s sales count annual percentage decrease is 36.2%, says REINZ
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- Last week saw two of the New Zealand’s most notable organisations, which track the housing market across the country, publish their residential property statistics. These are Quotable Value (QV), and Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).
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Golden glow for Wellington’s *special athletes
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- Wellington’s Special Olympics team of 53 athletes and 16 coaches arrived back in the capital this week with a golden glow following the five-day Special Olympics National Summer Games in Hamilton, held from December 8 to 12.
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