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• • Level 1 means all go for Love Local Expo

    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Porirua City Council
    • Now we’re back at Alert Level 1, it’s full steam ahead for the Love Local Expo, offering residents and visitors a chance to support Porirua businesses and check out the best the region has to offer.
    • Accepted from PCC Latest news items 2 hours ago by feedreader
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• • Pedal, pump, jump – Bike Fest is your carbon reduction month

    • 21 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Locals are checking their brakes, pumping up tyres and fastening helmets for this October’s Kia Eke Paihikara Tātou Greater Welly Bike Fest, a month that celebrates climate friendly forms of transport.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 1 day ago by feedreader
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• • Kōwhai, ngaio, and swamp flax – key to the region’s ‘well-bee-ing’

    • 18 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Bee Aware Month is the buzz word on the region’s streets; the perfect time to sweeten up your native planting skills and support bees which are key to our community health and resilience.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 4 days ago by feedreader
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• • Meeting on the WCC Draft Spatial Plan, 16th September

    • 17 Sep 2020
    • Newtown Residents' Association
    • We had a meeting to discuss the Draft Plan last night.
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    • draft-spatial-plan
  
  

• • Greater Wellington investigating Snapper on rail services in preparation for national ticketing

    • 17 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington is investigating rolling out Snapper payments on rail services across the region following decisions made at Council today to help pave the way for national ticketing.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 5 days ago by feedreader
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    • trains
  
  

• • Saving our good character

    • 17 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
    • Wellingtonians are taking sides about the city council’s new spatial plan. Let’s be pleased that there’s such passion about the development of our city.
    • Accepted from Wellington Scoop features 4 days ago by feedreader
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• • Projects underway to support Porirua’s growth

    • 16 Sep 2020
    • Porirua City Council
    • A new roundabout is underway in Kenepuru
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• • Lower Hutt’s rubbish and recycling services to get big upgrade

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • Hutt City Council
    • This evening Hutt City Council met and agreed to upgrade the city’s kerbside rubbish and recycling services – the biggest changes in over 20 years.
    • Accepted from Hutt City media releases 2019 1 week ago by feedreader
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• • Wairarapa school nurtures muddy paddock into thriving wetland

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Kahutara School is fostering students’ connection with te taiao (nature) by developing a wetland to encourage biodiversity back to the local area, following the school’s participation in the Whitebait Connection programme.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 1 week ago by feedreader
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• • New group campaigning for council’s Spatial Plan

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
    • A new campaign has launched to support the Wellington City Council’s proposed Spatial Plan, which aims to set a blueprint for more affordable housing as the city grows. A City for People is a non-partisan group of Wellingtonians who share a progressive and sustainable vision for Wellington. We see the Spatial Plan as an important opportunity to put people first and make a plan to share our city as it grows. “We’re asking Wellington City Councillors to support the Spatial Plan so all generations of Wellingtonians can share the city we love, and we have a chance to live in an affordable, warm, dry home,” said City for People spokesperson Isla Stewart.
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    • lobbygroups
  
  

• • City for People launches campaign to promote affordable housing

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • A City for People
    • A new campaign has launched to support Wellington City Council’s proposed Spatial Plan, which aims to set a blueprint for more affordable housing as the city grows.
    • Accepted from A City for People News 3 days ago by feedreader
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• • Status quo – not an option

    • 14 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
    • It is a common rhetorical device to say the status quo is not an option. What we usually mean by this is that the old ways of doing things will not set us up for success in the future. When it comes to Wellington city’s spatial plan this is true.
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• • Remembering Titahi Bay Marines Hall

    • 14 Sep 2020
    • Porirua City Council
    • The Council is seeking public views on how to memorialise the Marines Hall in Titahi Bay, should it be demolished.
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• • Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori

    • 14 Sep 2020
    • Porirua City Council
    • It’s Māori Language Week and Porirua is celebrating te reo Māori with a vibrant programme of events
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• • Spatial Plan Community Meeting - Wed 23 Sept

    • 11 Sep 2020
    • Hataitai Community Website
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    • Accepted from Hataitai Community website posts 1 week ago by feedreader
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    • draft-spatial-plan
  
  

• • Miele Experience Centre, 1 Grey Street (Also known as Shop 1, 183 Featherston Street), Wellington 6011

    • 10 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Application by Miele Experience Centre for a new on licence.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Council - Public Input 1 week ago by feedreader
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    • wcc
    • consultation
  
  

• • Call for feedback on new by-laws to ramp up harbour safety

    • 10 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council is seeking to make our regional harbours safer for communities following approval by its Environment Committee’s proposed amendments designed to ensure national consistency, reduce risk and improve safety measures on the water.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 1 week ago by feedreader
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• • Love Not Lost, 18 Allen Street also known as 24 Allen Street, Te Aro, Wellington

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Application by Love Not Lost for a new on licence.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Council - Public Input 1 week ago by feedreader
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    • wcc
    • consultation
  
  

• • Island Bay New World Supermarket, 8 Medway Street also known as 6 Medway Street, Island Bay, Wellington

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Application by Island Bay New World Supermarket for the renewal of an off licence.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Council - Public Input 1 week ago by feedreader
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• • Sassy Loves Cash, 24 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Application by Sassy Loves Cash for the renewal of an on licence.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Council - Public Input 1 week ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • wcc
    • consultation
  
  

• • The Pickle Jar, 5 Parkvale Road, Karori, Wellington

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Application by The Pickle Jar for the [renewal and variation of an on licence.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Council - Public Input 1 week ago by feedreader
    • Tagged as:
    • karori
  
  

• • Somtum Thai Restaurant, 124 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Application by Somtum Thai Restaurant for a new on licence.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Council - Public Input 1 week ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • wcc
    • consultation
  
  

• • Jobs for Nature to expand Predator Free Wellington

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Predator Free Wellington is expected to be achieved much more quickly, thanks to a major funding boost announced today by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 1 week ago by feedreader
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• • Predator Free Wellington to get fast tracked with $7.6 million funding boost

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Predator Free Wellington has been given a $7.
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• • Proposed amendments to the Wellington Regional Navigation and Safety Bylaws 2009

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council Have Your Say
    • We’re seeking to make our regional harbours safer by ensuring national consistency, reducing risk and improving safety measures on the water. Public feedback is being sought on the proposals, which would amend the Wellington Regional Navigation and Safety Bylaws 2009. These updated bylaws establish basic foundations for water safety, so you can look after yourself and your whanau.
    • Accepted from Have your say projects 1 week ago by tonytw1
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• • Significant, Long-lasting Changes to Hataitai are Planned

    • 8 Sep 2020
    • Hataitai Community Website
    • Don’t put it off - have your say NOW on the Councils draft spatial plan.
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    • draft-spatial-plan
  
  

• • Wainuiomata North Statement of Clarification

    • 7 Sep 2020
    • Hutt City Council
    • Over the weekend there has been media coverage by Stuff and the Dominion Post about Wainuiomata North. This media coverage has been inaccurate.
    • Accepted from Hutt City media releases 2019 2 weeks ago by feedreader
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• • Parkside Article August 2020

    • 7 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Unfortunately at the time of writing we all find ourselves back at COVID level 2, this may change by the time we go to print.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 2 weeks ago by feedreader
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    • covid-19
  
  

• • Council secures 90% funding for Eastern Porirua neighbourhood improvement project

    • 7 Sep 2020
    • Porirua City Council
    • Porirua City Council successful in bid for funding from Waka Kotahi Transport NZ's Innovating Streets programme.
    • Accepted from PCC Latest news items 1 week ago by feedreader
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• • Gemini Cafe, 3/100 Tory Street, Te Aro

    • 6 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Application by Gemini Cafe for an on licence.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Council - Public Input 2 weeks ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • wcc
    • consultation