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The timeless tale of the Courtenay Place clock
- Wellington City Council
- While London has the Big Ben, Wellington has the Courtenay Place Clock. It may not be 96-metres tall, but at a modest 4-metres it has it's own unique history.
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CubaDupa gets the show on the road this weekend
- Wellington City Council
- It has been a summer of fun in the capital, and it’s ending with a bang, a strum, a drum and some beats as CubaDupa hits town.
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District Plan decisions will allow Wellington to grow and thrive
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has today made significant decisions on the city’s proposed District Plan that aim to greatly increase the construction of new housing around the city, paving the way for a more resilient city.
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Keeping Wellington businesses calf-inated
- Wellington City Council
- Got milk? Roger and Amber Duncum sure do. This husband-and-wife duo saw a gap in the market to reduce plastic waste and are doing so by installing milk taps for a range of Wellington’s hospitality businesses, saving 800 milk containers per week with the plan to expand this to over 8,000 containers – that’s saving the resources required to make and recycle 41,600 plastic 2L milk containers every year!
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Wellington City votes to support urgent regional water reform
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has today voted to work with other Wellington region councils on a plan to reform the region’s water services.
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Restoring Wellington’s vital organ
- Wellington City Council
- The year was 1906. The most intricate technologies of the time were pipe organs, steam engines, and clocks. Yet, 15 years before we had radio in New Zealand, Wellington had music from the Town Hall organ.
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Rock along to Jim Beam Homegrown this weekend
- Wellington City Council
- Jim Beam Homegrown 2024 is coming to town this Saturday 16 March, and there’ll be a few changes along the waterfront to make way for this popular event.
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Twenty-five years of Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park
- Wellington City Council
- With over 45-kilometres of mountain biking tracks hand-built by volunteers since the 1990s, the popular Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park is turning 25 thanks to years of community work, ecological restoration and volunteers working in partnership with Wellington City Council. Read more about how the world-class bike park came to be.
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Friday Five: Celebrate the great parks of Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Celebrate the vital role parks play in creating liveable cities and thriving communities, and boy are we lucky to have great spaces to visit in Pōneke. Our Rangers spend a lot of their time outdoors, and have shared their favourite parks to visit.
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Council celebrates pride with joy in the city
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has proudly supported the rainbow community and various iterations of the Pride Festival and Parade for decades through funding, hosting activities, logistical support, venue subsidies and promotion – and this year is no different.
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Rates increase of 16.4% for 2024/25 proposed for community consultation
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Councillors will next week agree the draft 2024-34 Long-term Plan Consultation Document for auditing prior to community consultation in April. This includes a proposed rates increase for the 2024/2025 year of 16.4% (after growth in the ratepayer base). This excludes the levy for the Moa Point Sludge Minimisation Facility, which will add a further 1.6%.
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Walk, bike, explore at Shelly Play open streets day
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians are invited to put their crocs in comfort or sport-mode, pump up their tyres, pack a picnic, and roll down to Te Motu Kairangi/Miramar Peninsula coast for Shelly Play open day.
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Wellington City residents free day for Te Papa’s Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City residents will be able to enjoy a free day at Te Papa’s Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition next week.
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Back to work: Your ideal Welly lunch break
- Wellington City Council
- How often do you find yourself skipping your lunch break or eating at your desk while the sun is shining? Don't waste Welly on a good day – spend your time out and about in our creative capital where people and nature thrive. Here are some ideas to make the most of your lunch break in Pōneke.
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Safer pathways for students in Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- With over 30,000 first year students coming to study in Wellington and travelling between their university campus and the CBD, Wellington City Council has partnered with the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) to support student-led initiatives, including making some of the most used walkways into town safer.
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Redwoods get the chop – and the chopper
- Wellington City Council
- Some areas of the Botanic Garden ki Paekākā will be restricted to the public on Wednesday as two large decaying redwood trees are removed from the area by helicopter.
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Friday Five: Celebrate Te rā o ngā Tamariki Children's Day
- Wellington City Council
- With the opening of the new Te Aro Mahana and Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā playgrounds, there’s plenty of ways to celebrate tamariki this Children’s Day on Sunday 3 March. Here’s five ideas.
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Make the most of GROW Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- From community feasts to crop swaps, backyard growing workshops to local food tastings, an abundance of opportunities to come together over kai are being served up by community groups and businesses.
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Key details of plan to rejuvenate the Reading Courtenay complex made public
- Wellington City Council
- Key details of the confidential commercially sensitive negotiation where Wellington City Council supports the upgrade and reopening of Reading Cinema can now be brought into the public domain.
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No bike? No problem!
- Wellington City Council
- We’re lucky to have a range of bike routes across the capital that make it easier to get from A to B, and beyond. If you’re keen to get started on your biking journey but not sure where to start, check out the different ways to access pedals in Pōneke.
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101: How the sludge minimisation facility will work
- Wellington City Council
- A brand-new facility - the first of its kind in New Zealand - is being built out at Moa Point to process Wellington’s sludge – but what the fudge does that even mean?
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Friday Five: Welly's epic food and art festival line-up
- Wellington City Council
- From delicious Greek food to live art on the waterfront – the city will be full of good vibes thanks to all the food and art festivals happening in the capital! Check out the line-up for this month.
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Coast gate to close due to fire risk
- Wellington City Council
- Tinder-dry conditions on Wellington’s south coast mean the Owhiro Bay gate to Te Kopahau Reserve and Pariwhero Red Rocks will be closed to motor vehicles from 12 midday this Friday 23 February until further notice.
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Mega weekend coming to the capital
- Wellington City Council
- Next weekend is going to be the busiest it has been all summer so check out what’s on, prepare for heavier traffic on roads, the waterfront and footpaths, and let’s make sure everyone has a great, and safe, time.
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Geordie Rogers elected winner of Pukehīnau / Lambton General Ward by-election
- Wellington City Council
- Green Party candidate Geordie Rogers has been elected in the by-election to fill the vacant seat in Wellington City Council’s Pukehīnau/Lambton General Ward.
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Increasing Wellington’s resilience with Omāroro Reservoir
- Wellington City Council
- What may look like a patch of landscaped grass at the Prince of Wales Park is actually the new home of the Omāroro reservoir, a 35 million litre water storage facility buried underground.
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Back to work: Change up your commute
- Wellington City Council
- Tired of the same old commuting grind? Shake up your routine this year to make it more climate-positive and enjoyable while boosting your wellbeing and saving money on petrol.
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Two upgraded play areas ready to push play in the city
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is pleased to announce the opening of two upgraded play areas in Pōneke next week – the exciting new playspace at Frank Kitts Park, and the refreshed site at Botanic Garden ki Paekākā.
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Take 5 at the new Take 10 pop-up in Courtenay Place
- Wellington City Council
- An organisation that provides a safe space and a friendly face for young people out on Friday and Saturday nights is extending its service from mid-February through to April.
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Pukehīnau / Lambton General Ward by-election – update on vote count
- Wellington City Council
- Independent candidate Karl Tiefenbacher remains the provisional winner of the by-election to fill the vacant seat in Wellington City Council’s Pukehīnau/Lambton General Ward – however his winning margin has reduced to 164 votes – with about 590 special votes still to be counted.
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