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Council projects recognised with awards and acknowledgement
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is the proud recipient of a number of gongs and accolades recently, celebrating a range of innovative initiatives and creative works in Pōneke.
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Your Wellington City Council rates, explained
- Wellington City Council
- Rates help Wellington City Council deliver more than 400 day-to-day services, and help pay for what has been borrowed to fund major infrastructure projects across Pōneke.
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Pickleball champion relishes in the game
- Wellington City Council
- Will Dewhirst, Ākau Tangi’s programmes team lead, never expected a senior’s session of pickleball to snowball into him travelling to Peru for the Pickleball World Cup. His accidental introduction to the sport in 2018 sparked a passion that’s enriched both his life and the lives of countless others in his community.
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The winter of our content
- Wellington City Council
- The events calendar is heating up in Pōneke with the month of August chock full of winter warming festivities.
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Community-led farmers’ market achieves a lot
- Wellington City Council
- Where some folks in Karori saw an empty Council lot, Sharon Powick and Joanne Thorlby saw an opportunity to create a flourishing community marketplace.
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Youth Hub wants you to picture it
- Wellington City Council
- The soon-to-open youth hub Te Tai Ohinga is looking for original artwork by young artists depicting what’s important to rangatahi, celebrating diversity and telling a story to suit the new exciting space.
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On the front lines: Meet soldier and lifeguard James Mallett
- Wellington City Council
- James Mallett’s regime is not for the faint-hearted. As an NZ Army Reserve Force soldier, senior lifeguard and full-time commerce student, his weeks are challenging and jam-packed.
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Beware the rag monsters and fatbergs!
- Wellington City Council
- They’re the fiends of the flush, the pipe-blocking perpetrators, the u-bend bandits – they’re ragmonsters and fatbergs, and here’s how you can avoid them in your pipes.
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Courtenay Place: Our past, present and future
- Wellington City Council
- Change has always been a part of the history of Courtenay Place.
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Thorndon Quay pavement designs honour hidden awa
- Wellington City Council
- Once burbling streams lie buried beneath the pavement on Thorndon Quay. We’re bringing them back to the light with beautiful etchings.
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Students’ vision for heart of the city on display
- Wellington City Council
- An exhibition showcasing works by architecture and design innovation students envisioning the future of Te Ngākau Civic Precinct is now open to the public until 23 July.
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Rangatahi mural project making waves on Willis Street
- Wellington City Council
- Have you noticed something colourful on Willis Street? That’s the new mural for Te Tai Ohinga, the upcoming free space in the city for young people aged 13 to 18.
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Swan Lane and Garrett Street one year on
- Wellington City Council
- It’s been a year since the upgrades for Swan Lane and Garrett Street were completed. We checked in to see how Wellingtonians have been enjoying the upgraded space.
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“Once in a lifetime opportunity” to map city’s pipes and cables
- Wellington City Council
- The infrastructure industry gathered at Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre this week for the launch of a revolutionary, New Zealand-leading platform to map the buried pipes and cables that could save infrastructure organisations millions of dollars each year.
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The history of wastewater in Wellington city
- Wellington City Council
- In the late 1800s, Wellington city was growing at a rapid speed but there wasn’t a wastewater network to match the rising population. In fact, 77 deaths were linked to sewerage-soaked backyards. Here is a brief history of wastewater in the city and what we’re focusing on in the future.
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Council nearly doubles affordable Te Kāinga rental properties
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s Te Kāinga programme is set to increase by an extra 183 affordable rental properties with the addition of two new buildings to the scheme.
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Fun facts about the St James Theatre
- Wellington City Council
- There's a lot to learn about the iconic St James theatre. Here's a few things you may not know about the venue.
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Little blue penguins live – and die – on our coastline
- Wellington City Council
- Kororā live all around the coastline of Te Whanganui a Tara, from the rocky beaches and coastal scrub to the waterfront – unfortunately they are dying in there too.
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Quirky queries found in the City Archives
- Wellington City Council
- Are you being served? We help hundreds of residents daily with all kinds of questions, but sometimes there are those questions that really stick in your mind…
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Latest Residents Monitoring Survey results released
- Wellington City Council
- The annual Residents Monitoring Survey (RMS) provides an estimate of what the city population thinks, with samples randomly selected from the Council’s Capital Views Panel.
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Streets with interesting histories
- Wellington City Council
- From a raging jazz club to a famous Rangatira (chief) to one of the wealthiest families in Aotearoa; discover the fascinating history and stories behind five of Wellington's streets.
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Paving the way with climate-positive chipseal
- Wellington City Council
- After years of trials and development, Wellington City Council is paving the way with a new approach to roading materials that have less of a bad rep with residents and significantly reduces environmental impacts.
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Wellington City’s Long-term Plan adopted
- Wellington City Council
- Investment into Wellington’s future has been set with the adoption of the City Council’s 2024-34 Long-term Plan.
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Ain't no mountain high enough for college enviro-club
- Wellington City Council
- Students walking or biking to Wellington East Girls School from ‘over the hill’ had a problem.
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Puanga and the nine stars of Matariki
- Wellington City Council
- Learn more about what each star represents.
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What’s on this Matariki long weekend
- Wellington City Council
- Puanga and Matariki is a time to get together, celebrate whanaungatanga (kinship), and be with others, to share stories and kai, and plan to work towards a sustainable future. Here’s a list of things for you and your whānau to check out this long weekend in Pōneke.
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Sludge facility named Te Whare Wai Para Nuku
- Wellington City Council
- A te reo Māori name for the sludge minimisation facility being built at Moa Point has been formalised during the site blessing today.
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Nearly gobbled: turkey at the dog pound
- Wellington City Council
- It was March when Steph Simon, Animal Control Officer and Colin Feral’s manager, got the call about a quirky turkey.
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Restoring the heart of our capital city? Absolutely
- Wellington City Council
- We’re making good progress on multiple projects that will enhance the resilience of Te Ngākau Civic Square and restore it to its place as the civic and cultural heart of the city.
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Have your say on Grenada North Park upgrades
- Wellington City Council
- Concept designs to upgrade Grenada North Park are being developed and the community is invited to have their say on this multi-functional sports and recreation site.
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