Government / March 2021
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Wellington confirmed as FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Host City
- Wellington City Council
- News that Wellington has been confirmed as a Host City for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ reinforces the city’s reputation as New Zealand’s home of football.
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Wairarapa farmer nurtures marginal farmland into a wetland
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington is backing a Carterton farmer’s vision to regenerate marginal farmland into a flourishing wetland through environmental programmes that support native biodiversity and healthy waterways.
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Recent survey shows Wellington is a great place to live
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians stand out from their counterparts in New Zealand’s other major cities in believing their city is a great place to live according to a recent survey.
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Poem penned to curious pre-schooler
- Wellington City Council
- It’s not too often that Council officers reply to queries from the public with poems about poop. In fact, it’s fair to say a recent response to 4-year-old Joshua might well be the first.
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Autumn Our Wellington out this week
- Wellington City Council
- There's a lot going on right now in Wellington, with buildings going up, others being strengthened, and a whole lot of construction taking place at multiple locations across the city.
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Oriental Bay sea wall repairs start soon
- Wellington City Council
- The first stage of repairs to the historic Oriental Bay sea wall will start mid-April.
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Neighbours Day: More of our community heroes
- Wellington City Council
- Neighbours Day Aotearoa is about fostering a sense of whanaungatanga and manaakitanga within our communities to make them stronger. In this two-part series, we highlight some of the great mahi the people in our neighbourhoods are doing to build connections and ensure everyone feels welcome.
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Zahara the giraffe visits the dentist
- Wellington City Council
- Did you hear the one about the giraffe that went to the dentist? No, neither did we. But that’s exactly what happened at Wellington Zoo when Zahara the giraffe was given some new training in getting quick and easy tooth x-rays.
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Social contract aims for safer city
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, the city’s hospitality industry, retailers, and Police have launched a social contract asking Wellingtonians to join them to help make the central city safer.
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Social contract aims for safer city
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, the city’s hospitality industry, retailers, and Police have launched a social contract asking Wellingtonians to join them to help make the central city safer.
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Neighbours Day: Our community heroes
- Wellington City Council
- Neighbours Day Aotearoa is about fostering a sense of whanaungatanga and manaakitanga within our communities to make them stronger. In this two-part series, we highlight some of the great mahi the people in our neighbourhoods are doing to build connections and ensure everyone feels welcome.
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What we learned in lockdown
- Wellington City Council
- At 11.59pm on 25 March 2020, New Zealand moved to Alert Level 4 and the entire country went into self-isolation. We spoke to Wellington City Council staff members about their experiences – personally and professionally – during this time.
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Porirua’s plan to address challenges facing the city
- Porirua City Council
- The draft Long-term Plan is out for consultation until 27 April.
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Feedback for arts and young people strategies
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians will shortly be asked for their feedback on two key strategies and a social wellbeing framework that will support our vision for an inclusive and vibrant capital city.
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One year on: A look back at lockdown in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- A year ago today, life as we knew it was flipped onto its head. COVID-19 had made its way to Aotearoa, the borders were shut, and a national lockdown to help stop the spread of the virus was announced. We rewind the clock and look back at some of the highs and lows of Alert Level 4 in Wellington.
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Waiora Hub opens at Alex Moore Park
- Wellington City Council
- Waiora, the new Sport and Community Hub at Alex Moore Park is being officially opened on Saturday 27 March following a pre-dawn blessing and ceremony.
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Nominees for the 2021 Tawa Community Board by-election announced
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council Electoral Officer Warwick Lampp has announced the five nominees for the upcoming Tawa Community Board by-election.
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A passion for designing great spaces
- Wellington City Council
- Creating great places for Wellingtonians through design is the mission of Wellington City Council’s Urban Design team. We spoke with Urban Design Manager Dr Crystal Filep about her team, their projects, and how it benefits our city.
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Cargobike trial competition gives family of five freedom, excitement, exercise and efficiency
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A Wellington family zooms off with a $8000 prize pack from a cargobike trial competition that supports sustainable and active forms of travel within the community, thanks to a partnership between Greater Wellington Regional Council and Bicycle Junction.
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Wellington recognised as one of “21 Places of the Future”
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington has been recognised as one of 21 Places of the Future which are fuelling the birth of a new economy dubbed the “fourth industrial revolution”.
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Waitohi Hub closing for maintenance over Easter
- Wellington City Council
- Waitohi Community Hub in Johnsonville will be closed to the public over the long Easter weekend for significant maintenance and resealing work.
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Strengthening church to benefit community
- Wellington City Council
- When an Island Bay church was identified as earthquake-prone in 2012, the parish couldn't see a way forward. Now, after years of community discussion and hard work, a $10,000 grant is helping get the exciting restoration project across the line.
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Friday Five: Time to celebrate our neighbours!
- Wellington City Council
- The kaupapa of Neighbours Day Aotearoa is to encourage us to get to know our neighbours better.
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Booming trades industry seeks "girl power" to solve skills shortage
- Porirua City Council
- Inspiring women and girls to take up career opportunities in the booming trade sector was the focus of an event in Porirua today.
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Escape with our new online magazine rooms
- Wellington City Council
- If you’re a Wellington City Libraries member, you can now access thousands of always available magazines from your phone or laptop for free.
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Climathon explores climate change solutions
- Wellington City Council
- Climathon is back in Te Whanganui-a-tara for a fifth year, and once again participants have just 24 hours to come up with a solution to support climate change.
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Citizen’s Advice Bureau opens Porirua East service
- Porirua City Council
- Citizen's Advice Bureau opens a satellite office in eastern Porirua to make it easier for residents to access their services.
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Autumn is the time for rats to seek shelter
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Rats will now be busy making a home for the winter and that home may well be your roof space, basement, woodshed or compost heap.
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Public consultation is closing soon for our regional transport plans
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The community still has time to have their say on shaping the future of public transport in our region, with public consultation on the draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2021 (RPTP) and draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2021 (RLTP) closing Friday 19 March.
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Together we must protect and respect our rivers – say no to rubbish dumping
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington is calling for a unified community effort to protect our Wairarapa rivers which are facing constant pollution, contamination and desecration from ongoing rubbish dumping.
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Capital goes goofy over BOWLZILLA
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington will be the capital of skateboarding once again when it hosts BOWLZILLA for the 6th year in a row on Saturday 27 March at Waitangi Park.
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Seeds to Feeds bringing people together
- Wellington City Council
- Teams from 11 Pōneke suburbs cooked using food grown, caught, foraged, baked or brewed in their local neighbourhoods and served up magnificent meals for their communities to enjoy.
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More EV chargers and car sharing as emissions reduced city-wide
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s use of electric vehicle (EV) chargers has tripled in the last six months, and almost 11,000 Wellingtonians are now members of car share schemes – but that’s just the start in reducing emissions around the city.
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New Cobham Drive paths blessed
- Wellington City Council
- The new walking and biking paths along the Cobham Drive foreshore were blessed by Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika this morning with a mihi whakatau, and then officially opened by Deputy Mayor Sarah Free and MP for Ōhāriu Greg O’Connor.
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Greater Wellington and Road Safety Council bring Wairarapa community together through the joy of biking
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington and the Wairarapa Road Safety Council are teaming up to bring the community together at Te Kura o Paetūmokai Featherston School on Saturday 13 March to celebrate the opening of the community’s new bike track and provide fun cycling activities for bikers of all ages.
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Greater Wellington welcomes Auckland half price fare trial for community services card holders
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington has welcomed news of an Auckland trial which will see around 200,000 community services card holders receive half price fares on public transport.
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Wairarapa Moana Wetlands Project invites community to feel the land’s rhythms at Lake Domain
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Wairarapa Moana Wetlands Project is inviting the community to Lake Domain, on the Northern shores of Lake Wairarapa, on Sunday 21 March for a free event featuring live music, interactive artworks and the chance to discover creatures that live in the waters of Wairarapa Moana.
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Friday Five: Welly's top picnic spots
- Wellington City Council
- A flying fox, barbeques, your furry friends, and scenic views – only a few of the things that make some of our favourite Pōneke picnicking places so good. Check out our list!
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The capital set to commemorate March 15
- Wellington City Council
- A national remembrance service will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch to mark the second anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks.
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Council votes for Māori Ward
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has today agreed to take the next steps toward creating a Māori Ward at the 2022 council elections.
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Parklet pop-ups being embraced by communities
- Wellington City Council
- Craft sessions, backgammon competitions, DJs, and a lesson to tamariki on how to fix a punctured bike tyre, are just some of the activities that have taken place so far at Wellington’s three vibrant parklet pop-ups.
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The mystery of $75m for the airport
- Wellington Scoop
- Wellington City Councillor Tamatha Paul was successful in leading the charge to remove $75 million for the Airport which had been in the council’s long term plan. For this, she and her colleagues have been lambasted by some – such as a letter to the Dominion Post by Nick Leggett a few days ago. But neither he nor the media appear to understand what this is all about.
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Jax's fun day out at Karori Park Play Area
- Wellington City Council
- Karori Park Play Area received an exciting upgrade at the end of 2020, so we sent four-year-old Jax along to do a review. We chatted to him about the new design and what makes it “so awesome”.
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March 2021 NEWSLETTER
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- Kia ora koutou –It is no secret that Wellington City and it’s Council face some significant challenges justnow.
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Save with a free home energy assessment
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians keen to know how energy efficient their home is, are signing up to Wellington City Council’s Home Energy Saver programme.
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Wellington’s wonderful wāhine
- Wellington City Council
- We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting some of the incredible wāhine who have called Wellington their home.
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Come out, come out, wherever you are
- Wellington City Council
- Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington will be bursting with all the colours of the rainbow as we celebrate our queer community with two weeks of events and activities for the Pride Festival.
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Friday Five: Ways to enjoy nature this autumn
- Wellington City Council
- It might not feel like it yet, but autumn is officially here! Here are some ideas for how you and the whānau can get out to appreciate papatūānuku, or Mother Nature, this season.
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Breaking down barriers to recreation
- Wellington City Council
- Breaking down barriers both with cost and inclusiveness to make access to sport, recreation and activity easier for many, is what Wellington City Council’s LeisureCard is all about.
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Massive artwork gets delicate spruce-up
- Wellington City Council
- You’ve probably seen them – in fact, they’re pretty hard to miss. They are bright, bold, and have proudly graced the foyer of the Michael Fowler Centre since it opened in 1983.
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New toilets for Lambton Interchange
- Wellington City Council
- Three new unisex automated toilets will soon replace the two existing public toilets on the ground floor of the Lambton Interchange.
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Council to stop accepting cheques from 1st of April
- Wellington City Council
- From Thursday 1 April onwards, Wellington City Council will no longer accept cheques as a payment option for any of its services – but there are still numerous alternatives available.
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From your Mayor - 2 March 2021
- Porirua City Council
- The latest from Mayor Anita Baker
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Brew staff all set to get more active
- Wellington City Council
- Staff at Parrotdog in Lyall Bay are the first to benefit from changes funded through the city’s active transport workplace fund, which aims to get more of us walking, biking and jogging to work.
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Investigations into Porirua’s pipes to begin in Titahi Bay
- Porirua City Council
- Wellington Water will start checking the network this week.
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Greater Wellington councillors call on Wellington Airport to support region's climate goals in future expansion plans
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Speaking to their submission on Wellington International Airport Ltd’s expansion proposal, Councillors Thomas Nash and Roger Blakeley are calling on the airport to support Wellington’s climate goals and include public and active transport in any plans it makes for the future.
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