Government / May 2019
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Roadworks planned for Hospital end of Riddiford Street next Sunday
- Wellington City Council
- Road users are being warned to expect delays on Riddiford Street as crews resurface the road between Adelaide Road and Mein Street next Sunday 9 June.
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Council funds focus on supporting stronger and diverse communities and youth well-being
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s Grants Subcommittee has approved funding for 20 community groups from its Social and Recreation Fund – helping to build strong and successful communities.
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Wellington City Council to review parking policies
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is seeking community views on the future management of on-street and off-street parking in the capital.
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Star studded line-up of events for Matariki ki Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is proud to announce an exciting festival of events coming to the capital to celebrate Matariki ki Pōneke during June and July.
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Living wage for Porirua City Council workers
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua City Council has granted a living wage for its employees.
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Never miss a recycling day again
- Porirua City Council
- Sign up to the free mobile app Antenno, save your address as one of your places and you’ll get alerts the night before recycling day. Easy.
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Local school awarded for getting active
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- St Claudine Thevenet School students Georgia O’Grady (left) and Canon Hakaraia with Greater Wellington Travel Choice Coordinator Kirsty Barr St Claudine Thevenet School scooped up a prize for the highest participation rate in the Hutt City district for Movin’March which encourages kids to walk, cycle and scoot to school.
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The Post Hotel opens as the first of its kind in Porirua
- Porirua City Council
- Post Office building transformed into boutique apartment hotel
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Town meets country at Belmont Regional Park
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Belmont Regional Park farm licence holders Dion and Ali Kilmister are striving to reduce the urban-rural gap, and what better place for that than a farm that is run inside a public park.
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Glitz and glamour at Te Rauparaha Arena
- Porirua City Council
- Te Rauparaha Arena will host the New Zealand Ballroom Dancing Championships this Queen's Birthday weekend.
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Open days for Plimmerton Farm District Plan change
- Porirua City Council
- Two open days will be held on the proposal to extend the city’s urban area from Plimmerton to Pukerua Bay.
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Investigations into inlet smell
- Porirua City Council
- Investigations have revealed what’s behind an unusual smell reported in some areas of Pāuatahanui Inlet.
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Library services return to central Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Library services returned to central Wellington today with the opening of a new combined pop-up library and Council Service Centre at 12 Manners Street.
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A new co-operative space and partnership for National Library and Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council
- A partnership between the National Library and Wellington City Council to develop library services was announced today by Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin.
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Childhood dream comes true
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- (From left): Lara Franklin, Hayden Smith, Justin Prout, Jonathan Tulitt, Lewis Otto, Sundeep Pinto, William Delaney A childhood dream has come true for one Wellingtonian who was officially signed off as Transdev’s newest train driver last week.
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Big prizes for little movers
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Names have been drawn and winners have been announced for a month-long initiative that encouraged students to walk, cycle and scoot to school.
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ASB Sports Centre throws a party this Sunday to celebrate five million people walking through its doors
- Wellington City Council
- On Sunday 26 May the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie will host a party to celebrate five million people that have walked through its doors – and everyone’s invited.
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Porirua welcomes visitors for the ANZ Premiership final
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua will host the 2019 ANZ Premiership netball final on 3 June.
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Talofa lava from Mayor Mike Tana
- Porirua City Council
- Talofa lava. This Monday we begin the first of 2019’s Pacific Language Weeks – Sāmoa Language Week.
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Celebrate Sāmoa Language Week in Porirua
- Porirua City Council
- Talofa lava. This Monday (27 May) we begin the first of 2019’s Pacific Language Weeks – Sāmoa Language Week.
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Wellington Mayor delighted with Petone-Ngauranga design
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council Mayor Justin Lester has welcomed the revealing of designs for a shared walk/cycleway between Petone and Ngauranga.
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Akura sale helps fight climate change
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council calls on locals to help fight climate change by planting more trees.
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Greater Wellington welcomes PTOM review announcement
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council has welcomed the decision by the Minster of Transport, Phil Twyford, to review the Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM).
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Band Rotunda deal announced
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is pleased to announce that, following a call for expressions of interest, it has accepted a redevelopment proposal for the Band Rotunda in Oriental Bay.
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Band Rotunda, Waterfront Shared Path, Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Band Rotunda proposal announced
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is pleased to announce that, following a call for expressions of interest, it has accepted a redevelopment proposal for the Band Rotunda in Oriental Bay.
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What’s living on our land?
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington environmental science team members Katherine deSilva and Barrett Pistol measuring a tree on a monitoring plot Environmental scientists have wrapped up year five of a project which allows changes in plant, bird and pest species to be accurately monitored and gives insight on how to create a healthier Wellington region.
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Age-old printing methods brought to the fore at new exhibition
- Porirua City Council
- A unique set of printworks is coming to Pātaka this week
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Porirua Adventure Park - what do you think?
- Porirua City Council
- We want to know what you think of the proposed Porirua Adventure Park
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Whaitua Committee elects Co-chairs for Wellington/Hutt Valley water work
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Co-chair Kara Puketapu-Dentice Co-chair Louise Askin Te Whanganui-a-Tara Whaitua Committee has elected two ‘Co-chairs’ to reflect the Committee’s commitment to taking a partnership approach with Mana Whenua.
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Greater Wellington welcomes serious commitment to freeing up city congestion for public transport
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- GWRC has welcomed a multi-billion dollar transport funding announcement as a serious commitment to freeing up congestion for public transport in Wellington city.
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LGWM to deliver design-led and people-focused city
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Mayor Justin Lester is delighted with the green light for Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) and says it will positively shape the city for decades to come.
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Students’ Christchurch mural goes on display in Kilbirnie
- Wellington City Council
- The Wellington public will have a chance to view a mural commemorating the Christchurch mosque massacres before it moves to its permanent home.
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Flood protection work to go ahead on Waikanae River
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council is to extract gravel and realign the Waikanae River channel next to the El Rancho campsite in Waikanae to manage flood risks in the area caused by a build-up of gravel on the riverbed.
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Work ramps up on seaward side of Cobham Drive
- Wellington City Council
- Work to develop new walking and biking paths on the seaward side of Cobham Drive will start ramping up from this week, with the installation of protective fences along the shoreline to help prevent erosion during construction.
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Multiple roadworks may cause disruption around Kaiwharawhara and Ngaio Gorge
- Wellington City Council
- Residents, commuters and businesses in Kaiwharawhara and Ngaio Gorge areas can expect some disruption on the roads over the next couple of months as crews are busy with renewal and resilience related roading projects.
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Online gaming good for mental wellbeing
- Porirua City Council
- A workshop in Porirua will help parents and teachers explore how online gaming can be good for young people’s health and wellbeing.
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Rubbish dumping wastes ratepayers' money
- Porirua City Council
- There were three instances of rubbish dumped in public places over the weekend (11/12 May).
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Metlink kick-starts depot improvements to meet rapidly increasing demand
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Metlink, in partnership with Transdev Wellington and Hyundai-Rotem Wellington is kick-starting an improvement programme to increase performance at Wellington’s maintenance depot to provide more reliability for rapidly increasing commuter demand.
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Cycle skills spread countrywide
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council cycle skills programme lead Matt Shipman (front, middle) leads a BikeReady programme in Blenheim.
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Greater Wellington lights the way for outbound shipping
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- An additional navigation light designed to help ships safely navigate their exit from Wellington Harbour will be in place by mid-year.
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Screen legends help with the write stuff
- Wellington City Council
- Some big hitters from the world of New Zealand film and TV will be on hand to support Abi King-Jones, Toi Pōneke Arts Centre’s 2019 Write Room Wellington Screenwriter’s Residency recipient.
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Temporary de-installation of the Ferns sculpture in Te Ngākau Civic Square
- Wellington City Council
- The Ferns sculpture in Te Ngākau Civic Square will be temporarily removed in the next couple of weeks to undergo review and restoration of the wire-to-sculpture connection system.
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Council agrees to take a proactive planning response to city growth
- Porirua City Council
- Council is looking for ways to make our planning process more streamlined for major projects.
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Library services return to Central City and Council Service Centre moves too
- Wellington City Council
- A new pop-up library to open on Tuesday 28 May will see library services returning to central Wellington for the first time since the closure of the Central Library in March 2019.
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Traffic signals to be installed at Seatoun Tunnel
- Wellington City Council
- Work starts this Monday 6 May to install traffic signals outside both entrances to the Seatoun Tunnel in preparation for the upcoming earthquake strengthening.
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Women in tech set to inspire others
- Porirua City Council
- Three inspiring women who work in tech will share their stories at a breakfast in Porirua.
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An environmental footprint to be proud of – soil conservator retires after 44 years
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- After 44 years with the organisation soil conservator Stan Braaksma is hanging up his boots and retiring from the Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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Students encouraged to take action
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Enviroschools and the Greater Wellington Regional Council have banded together to create a resource encouraging school students to think about sustainable travel such as walking, cycling or scooting.
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