Government / September 2015
October 2015 | August 2015-
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Key says Capital is dying, Bronagh says let them pat Pandas!
- WCC Watch
- On One News tonight, Prime Minister Key showed off Bronagh’s Panda seflie and it seems this is where the fantasy started.
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Wade-Lester’s Panda Fantasy starts giant meme
- WCC Watch
- You know election year is approaching when memes start filling the inbox… this one popped up earlier. Not sure who is behind this little gem with the YouTube account looking to have been set up this week – but pretty entertaining nonetheless!
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Demand the Island Bay Cycle way be tested for safety by the formula in the Cycling Framework.
- Wellington City Council
- The Island Bay Cycle Way preliminary plan was approved by Councillors on the 24th of June while untested by the Cycling Framework Formula that determines whether the Councils plan is safer then what we have now. For the people of Island Bay this is extremely bad news and for the City as a whole another blow against public safety.
- Accepted from Wellington City Council current e-Petitions
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Eagle vs Panda
- WCC Watch
- Councillor Paul Eagle has called out Justin Wade-Lester’s business plan for pandas as a “fantasy”.
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Porirua Stream Clean-up finished well ahead of schedule
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A huge clean-up operation in the Porirua Stream finished last week, well ahead of schedule.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A look behind the scenes of Capital 150
- WCC Watch
- The marketing and communications department of WCC have provided a look behind the work they did on the Capital 150 campaign.
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El Nino? No worries - at Melling Station
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A wetter, windier El Nino summer won’t be a problem for Melling commuters with a new shelter set to be installed at the station to protect people from the elements as they wait for their train.
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Submissions called for on Pinehaven Stream Flood Management Plan
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council is resuming formal consultation on the Pinehaven Stream Flood Management Plan, which is designed to manage flooding in the Pinehaven/Silverstream catchment, and inviting the public to make submission by 16 October 2015.
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Eagle disgraces himself – saves wall, saves Pannett
- WCC Watch
- Great news for Island Bay with confirmation that the sea wall will be rebuilt.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Rookery identification essential to eradication programme
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is asking for landowners, contractors and those out and about in the back blocks to help in the effort to eradicate the region’s rook population.
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Last chance to submit on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The submission period for the Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region closes next Friday.
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Keep Kate
- WCC Watch
- There is a petition underway to lobby NZTA to keep the ‘Kate Shepherd’ green pedestrian lights at the crossings near Parliament – you can sign it here.
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Pannett puts career on line over sea wall
- WCC Watch
- In the Wellingtonian last week, Lambton ward councillor, Iona Pannett, said she would resign if the Island Bay sea wall was not rebuilt.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Mind the gap: WCC PR team bigger than Boris’s
- WCC Watch
- WCC’s press and media operation operation is something of a relentless beast these days, with #TheWellingtonWay being shovelled down our throats at great expense across a variety of media.
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Keeping Wellington moving
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Wellington Transport Leaders are committed to working with the regional community to find a solution to the Basin Reserve traffic issue now that the Basin Bridge project has been abandoned.
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Yellow sludge - just nature doing it’s thing
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The yellow sludge you see on top of the water or lining the shores could well be a sign that plants are feeling spring in the air.
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Understanding a valuable resource
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The community is encouraged to attend a meeting of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Whaitua Committee on Monday night to learn about the state of natural water in the catchment.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Last opportunity for feedback on flood protection options
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- With consultation closing on Monday 14 September this is the last week in which to provide feedback on the two flood protection options proposed between the Ewen and Kennedy-Good bridges on the Hutt River.
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Onesie-Wearer in Chief
- WCC Watch
- Not content with championing helmet hair to greet the US Secretary of State, the Mayor has once again dumped the Chains in favour of her own tastes… Shortly after we woke from our slumber over the weekend – this photo, tweeted by the Mayor (no, not her opponents!), was brought to our attention – Celia doing her best for Wellington Free Ambulance’s ‘Onesie Day’.
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Celia giving Lester a leg up?
- WCC Watch
- WCC Watch has woken from its slumber with the stirrings of the 2016 Mayoral campaign evident.
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Safer speed limits
- Wellington City Council
- Proposal to reduce the speed limits in six Wellington suburbs: Berhampore, Happy Valley, Khandallah, Ngaio, Northland and Wadestown.
- Accepted from Wellington City Council open consultations by feedreader
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Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Shore-bird census surprise on Lake Wairarapa
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A record number of nationally vulnerable shore bird has been counted on the shores of Lake Wairarapa in a recent survey.
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Wellingtonians highly satisfied with public transport
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Customer satisfaction with the Wellington public transport network remains high, according to the Regional Council’s latest annual Metlink customer satisfaction survey.
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Regional council may get tough on trespassers
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Regional council park rangers are becoming increasingly frustrated at the behaviour of people ignoring closed signs on the new Te Ara o Whareroa cycleway and putting themselves and others in danger.
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Director Appointed to WRC Holdings
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Wellington solicitor and business executive, Samantha Sharif, has been appointed as external director for WRC Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).
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Whatever it takes to protect our water
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- We need to do whatever it takes to prevent pollution including upholding rules and bylaws that prohibit the discharge of contaminants to the stormwater network.
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