Government / December 2016
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Work under way to prepare for new buses
- Wellington City Council
- Work planned on Newtown shop verandas over the next few weeks is part of readying the city for the larger new buses due to take to the city’s streets in 2018.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Keep our waterways pest plant free
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The holiday season is well underway for most people but it will be a busy time for Greater Wellington Regional Council's newest team member, Margot Balfour, as she shares the “Check Clean Dry” message to water users across the region.
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Busy time for water works in the CBD
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Water is working over summer to install a new wastewater system beneath part of Taranaki Street and a new water main for Allen Street.
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Fliers to be delivered tomorrow as part of Council quake response
- Wellington City Council
- Some 2000 information fliers will be hand-delivered to offices, retailers and apartments in the Wellington CBD starting from tomorrow (Thursday) as part of Wellington City Council’s initiative to compel the owners of about 80 buildings to undertake engineering assessments following the 14 November earthquake.
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Five nominations received for Tawa Community Board by-election
- Wellington City Council
- Just when you thought we’d finished with the elections - along comes another! A last-minute rush in the past two days has seen a total of five nominations received for the vacant position on the Tawa Community Board. Nominations closed at 12 noon today.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Toxic algae in Waipoua River
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- High levels of toxic algae have been found in parts of the Waipoua River, near Masterton, prompting authorities to warn dog owners to keep their dogs on the lead and people to avoid touching or swimming near the algae.
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Wellington City Council requires targeted building assessments
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has this week written to the owners of around 80 buildings requiring them to undertake detailed independent building assessments and to share them with the Council.
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Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee Look Ahead
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee (RWC) met for their final session of 2016 last week.
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More affordable and social housing on the way for Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Changes are on the way for housing in Wellington, with rates rebates for first-home builders and an expansion of Wellington City Council’s social housing.
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Mayor and Deputy Mayor to sign Toitu Pōneke Lease
- Wellington City Council
- Mayor Justin Lester and Deputy Mayor Paul Eagle will formally sign a new lease with the Pōneke Football Club tomorrow (Friday 16 December), opening the way for the new Toitu Poneke Community and Sports Hub.
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Everybody's pathway to enjoy
- Wellington City Council
- A person on a bicycle slowing for a child in a penguin suit is one of the humorous scenarios in Wellington City Council’s courtesy campaign for the waterfront shared pathway this summer.
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Molesworth Street demolition - cordon to be reduced tomorrow
- Wellington City Council
- The cordon around the post-quake demolition site in Wellington’s Molesworth Street is to be reduced from 7am tomorrow (Thursday 15 December).
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Northland Tunnel strengthening to start soon
- Wellington City Council
- Earthquake-strengthening work on Northland Tunnel is due to get under way early in the New Year and will take about six months.
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RNZ presenter to receive Absolutely Positively Wellington Award
- Wellington City Council
- RNZ news reader Vicki McKay will receive an Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Award for her work during the recent earthquakes, Wellington Mayor Justin Lester has announced.
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Better flood protection for Waikanae in 2017
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Better flood protection will soon be a reality for the Waikanae community with work set to begin on reconstructing the Jim Cooke Stopbank in January.
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Featherston enviro students look out for wetlands
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- It’s been another busy year for students at St Teresa’s and South Featherston schools but caring for their environment has been high on their list.
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Christmas comes early
- Wellington City Council
- City Gallery Wellington security staff are getting an early Christmas present - they will be paid the same as Council security contractors for all hours worked.
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Big new street lights on Hutt Road will improve travel for all road users
- Wellington City Council
- Street lighting along Hutt Road will be better and brighter with the installation of new poles and LED lights over the next few months. This work is part of updating Wellington City’s lighting infrastructure and starts the first phase of work to upgrade the Hutt Road shared walking and cycling path.
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Rook Round Up 2016
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The most successful Greater Wellington Region rook control season in recent years has wrapped up with a total of one hundred and ten known rookery sites inspected.
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Unanimous support for cheaper weekend bus fares
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has voted unanimously to support cheaper weekend bus fares for Wellingtonians over the Christmas period.
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Reading car park building to be demolished
- Wellington City Council
- The decision has been made that the car parking building beside the Reading Cinema complex at Courtenay Central is to be demolished as a result of the earthquake on 14 November.
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Council funding allocations focus on resilience in the city
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s Grants Subcommittee has approved over $300,000 in funding to 61 recipients from a range of applications across heritage, the arts and culture, and community groups – with a strong focus on further developing resilience in the capital.
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Inspection work at Birchville Dam
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Engineers are inspecting the surrounding rock around the historic Birchville Dam in Akatarawa Forest Park to ensure that it can continue to safely support the dam structure.
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Wellington Mayor granted transitionary powers to respond to earthquake
- Wellington City Council
- Mayor Justin Lester has today been given the ability to give notice of a statutory ‘local transition period’ for Wellington that gives Wellington City Council Recovery Manager powers to compel building owners to share the results of building inspections with the Council.
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Rating agency affirms regional council’s AA/A-1+ credit rating
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Credit rating agency Standard and Poors/Rating Direct has affirmed Greater Wellington Regional Council’s AA/A-1+ outlook stable credit rating, saying that any significant damage resulting from natural disaster such as earthquake has a small likelihood of affecting the council’s credit profile.
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Free weekend bus shuttle for Hutt shoppers
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Shoppers will find their quest for presents that much easier this Christmas by using a free bus shuttle from the Waterloo Station park and ride facility to Lower Hutt’s CBD and Queensgate Mall.
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Toi Two Hundy is back with more art bargains
- Wellington City Council
- Toi Pōneke’s Toi Two Hundy annual art show is a chance for Christmas shoppers to grab a last-minute art bargain, with all artworks $200 or under.
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Earthquake doesn’t impact WCC’s strong credit rating
- Wellington City Council
- The 14 November earthquake hasn’t affected Wellington City Council’s Standard and Poor’s (S&P) global credit rating – which has been maintained at AA.
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Escape with us this Summer
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 53 EVENTS - NINE PARKS - 3 MONTHS After the year we've had we all need a bit of relaxation, and Wellington's Regional Parks provide the ideal venue.
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Cheaper weekend bus fares till Christmas
- Wellington City Council
- With fares starting as low as $1, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council are again teaming up and offering Wellington shoppers cheaper weekend bus fares in the lead-up to Christmas.
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Cheaper weekend bus fares for Christmas!
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- With fares starting as low as $1, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council are again teaming up and offering Wellington shoppers cheaper weekend bus fares in the lead-up to Christmas.
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