Government / July 2021
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Friday Five: Fun things to do this weekend
- Wellington City Council
- Looking for things to do in Wellington this weekend? We've got you covered.
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Meat trays meet their match with new optical sorter
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s recycling facility is now the proud owner of an optical sorter, capable of diverting over seven million meat and other clear plastic trays from the region’s landfills and overseas processors each year.
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Greater Wellington and Metlink welcome news of new collective agreement for NZ Bus drivers
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington and Metlink have welcomed news from today’s Tramways Union stop work meeting that a new collective agreement with NZ Bus has been reached after months of tense negotiations.
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Waiōhine River Plan submission deadline extended
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Consultation on a new Waiōhine River Plan has been extended to 5pm on 16 August to ensure people throughout the Wairarapa have the opportunity to get involved and have their say on the future of flood protection on the Waiōhine River.
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Karori Cemetery still drop dead gorgeous at 130
- Wellington City Council
- Karori Cemetery is New Zealand's second largest burial ground, is the final resting place for over 83,000 people, and is still drop dead gorgeous as it turns 130 years old next month.
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Teachers learn through new games to promote road safety to children and whānau
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Primary school teachers recently jumped on bikes to upskill and advocate for safe active travel among students and the wider community, through a partnership with Greater Wellington, the Bike On New Zealand Charitable Trust, Waka Kotahi, and local and regional councils.
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Flood repairs to keep gorge closed
- Wellington City Council
- The Takarau Gorge road, linking Johnsonville and Makara Beach, will remain closed to through traffic for several weeks while extensive damage from the flood on 17 July is repaired. Local residents will still have restricted access to the road.
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Bubble busters get down and dirty
- Wellington City Council
- In the month of Plastic Free July, Bubble Busters collected from the sea, five glass bottles, four plastic mugs, three ID Cards, two pairs of pants, and a silicon suction cup too.
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Pukehuia Park opening in Newlands
- Wellington City Council
- The newly upgraded Pukehuia Park will be officially opened on Saturday 31 July with a pre-dawn blessing and ceremony.
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Wellington’s magical fairy village
- Wellington City Council
- There once was a little fairy who visited the Botanic Garden and sprinkled her special fairy dust all over the Pukatea Bush Walk to create a magical village for her and her fairy whānau.
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Friday Five: Ways to explore the outdoors
- Wellington City Council
- Get outside this weekend with your whānau and furry friends to explore some of the best walks in Wellington. Here are our top five picks!
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Hataitai roundabout gets creative
- Wellington City Council
- A bespoke piece of artwork is being inserted onto the mountable roundabout currently being installed in Hataitai.
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Big aspirations for a small island
- Wellington City Council
- Sitting in the heart of Wellington harbour, Matiu Somes Island is relatively small, however its history is anything but. And now, it is hoped Matiu will become a central place for all Taranaki Whānui descendants, and an education resource for the wider community.
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Seatoun Wharf to close for TLC
- Wellington City Council
- Seatoun Wharf will close to the public for up to 12 months as the 120-year-old structure gets substantial repairs to maintain safety and preserve its heritage.
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Seatoun Wharf, Marine Parade, Seatoun, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New bike racks help meet growing demand
- Wellington City Council
- Just over 50 new bike racks and six cycle repair stands are being installed around the central city and suburbs during the next few months to help meet growing demand.
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Keeping region safe from pest plants a team effort, says Greater Wellington
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Dangerous pests Nassella tussock, Chilean needle grass, and Alligator weed have yet to take hold in our region, and Greater Wellington is urging the community to make use of its pest control services to help keep it that way.
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Keep dogs away from Hutt River and Wellington Harbour beaches
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council is urging dog owners to keep their dogs away from the Hutt River and Wellington Harbour beaches until staff have checked these areas for dead possums poisoned with 1080.
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Shelly Bay Road intersection to be closed overnight
- Wellington City Council
- People wanting to drive on Shelly Bay Road after 7pm for up to five nights from Monday 19 July will have to take a longer alternative route while a new raised crossing and new stormwater pipes are installed.
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Friday Five: Ways to join the Plastic Free July challenge
- Wellington City Council
- We’re halfway through Plastic Free July now, but there’s still time to join the 326 million participants world-wide and challenge yourself to swap out one, some or all single use plastic items.
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Pōneke honours Paddy the Wanderer’s anniversary
- Wellington City Council
- Every dog has its day, and today is the anniversary of the day Wellington’s iconic Paddy the Wanderer died in 1939.
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Gardens Magic 2022 call for performers
- Wellington City Council
- Want to be a part of Wellington’s favourite and iconic outdoor concert series in 2022? Well now’s your chance!
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Porirua Business Awards: Celebrating growth, grit and community spirit
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua’s small businesses and exceptional young employees were recognised at the first Porirua City Council Small Business Awards.
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Busker’s amp ready to rock on at Wellington Museum
- Wellington City Council
- Kenny’s amplifier was officially handed over to the Wellington Museum today, to house the item that made the local identity a household name.
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Animal Evac supreme winner at Community Awards
- Wellington City Council
- Animal Evac has taken out the Supreme Winner award at this evening’s Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards for Wellington City at an event at the National Library.
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Animal Control Officer – the pawfect job
- Wellington City Council
- Vicki Harwood’s life revolves around one thing and one thing only – dogs. She’s fostered more than 100 kurī over the years, her favourite being a wee Griffon named Frog.
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20 Twenty One: Dave Jackson
- Wellington City Council
- He’s sports mad – so what better job to have than looking after the city’s sportsfields?
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Porirua volunteers lauded at Wellington Airport Community Awards
- Porirua City Council
- The winners will go on to the regional awards later in the year.
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Capital to get 30 more EV fast chargers
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has secured almost half a million dollars in funding to roll out 30 electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers across the capital.
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Infrastructure investment in eastern Porirua welcomed
- Porirua City Council
- Government's investment of $136 million provides capacity for extra housing
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Funding available for new art projects
- Wellington City Council
- The Creative Communities Scheme panel is looking for young people to make an application for their latest round of grants.
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Funding climate action for the next 10 years
- Wellington City Council
- Our newly adopted Long-term Plan paves the way for more climate action. Fully funding the Te Atakura - First to Zero plan means greater effort can go into reducing the city’s emissions in the coming decade. Holding the climate action ‘purse strings’ is Alison Howard, Manager Climate Change Response team.
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A day in the life of a Parking Officer
- Wellington City Council
- Meet Jacob and Caitlin, Parking Officers for Wellington City Council.
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Feedback invited on review of activities in public places
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is reviewing the policies that set the framework for managing trading and event activities in public places – and is inviting the public to have their say.
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Your river, your views
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Consultation on a new Waiōhine River Plan will close on 30 July at 5pm and people throughout the Wairarapa are being urged to get involved and have their say on the future of one of the valley’s most significant rivers.
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20 Twenty One: Celebrating our people
- Wellington City Council
- It’s 2021, so we’re sharing stories about 21 of our people who have worked at Council for 20 years or more.
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20 Twenty One: Michael Arthurs
- Wellington City Council
- During six decades of Council work, Michael Arthurs has seen incredible change across the city he knows like the back of his hand.
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Wairarapa and Kāpiti Councillors welcome rail asset investment from Government
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Councillors from Wairarapa and Kāpiti welcomed news today that the Government is investing $1.
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Celebrating two million plants
- Wellington City Council
- On Wednesday over 100 Council staff and local volunteers came together armed with gumboots and shovels to celebrate planting more than 2 million native plants around the city over the last 20 years.
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Friday Five: School's out - scream and shout!
- Wellington City Council
- The term two school holidays are here! We’ve got plenty of ideas to keep you and your tamariki entertained over the winter break.
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Tamariki plant a greener future at Queen Elizabeth Park
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Tamariki from three schools across Kāpiti took the future of our environment into their own hands by getting them dirty at Greater Wellington’s tree planting event in Queen Elizabeth Park (QEP) as part of the regional council’s winter planting programme.
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Views sought on northern Kenepuru roading improvements
- Porirua City Council
- A public drop-in session will be held on 15 July.
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Greater Wellington welcomes rail asset investment from Government
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington welcomed news today that the Government is investing $1.3 billion in the national rail network over the next three years. Chair of Greater Wellington Daran Ponter says the investment news comes at a crucial time with the regional council preparing its business case for new inter-regional trains. “It’s great to see the Government putting real value back into rail network assets. We need resilient rail corridors to get value out of the new rolling stock that Greater Wellington and Horizons are planning to introduce. There’s no point having fancy new trains connecting more passengers in the Lower North Island if they are being held up by the same creaking rails and signals.
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Taranaki Whānui declares New Zealand’s first plastic free urupā
- Wellington City Council
- Taranaki Whānui iwi has officially declared Opau Urupā in Makara, Wellington as plastic free, the first urupā (Māori cemetery) nationally to do so.
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Farewell to traffic guru after 39 years
- Wellington City Council
- Mayor Andy Foster joined tributes to the City Council's traffic and road safety guru (and part-time private eye), Steve Spence, who is starting a well-earned retirement after 39 years with the organisation.
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New wards coming for the next council election
- Porirua City Council
- With a new Māori ward coming it's time to look at the governance arrangements for Porirua.
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Te reo name gifted to ancient rimu
- Wellington City Council
- To coincide with Matariki, Wellington’s oldest and tallest tree, the 800-year-old rimu in Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush, will officially be gifted the name Moko with a plaque unveiling next week.
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Greater Wellington staff raises $12,000 koha for Wellington City Mission
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- This week Greater Wellington staff donated $12,000 to Wellington City Mission in support of the charity’s work in our region.
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Sharing stories of the stars
- Wellington City Council
- For Toa Waaka’s ancestors, understanding the night sky was a “matter of life and death”.
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New Regional Partnership to accelerate progress on regional growth, economic development and recovery
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Today’s first full business meeting of the new Wellington Regional Leadership Committee marks the start of a collaborative partnership designed to shape future growth in the Wellington-Wairarapa-Horowhenua region.
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Liz Kelly to represent Ngāti Toa
- Wellington City Council
- Former Porirua Deputy Mayor Liz Kelly has been appointed as the Ngāti Toa Rangatira representative to sit on Wellington City Council’s committees and subcommittees.
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Waiata from the marae to the stage
- Wellington City Council
- At the tender age of 25, Majic Pāora has achieved more than some would dream of accomplishing in a lifetime.
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