Government / October 2022
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21 facts you might not know about Tākina
- Wellington City Council
- Tākina, Wellington’s world-class Exhibition and Convention Centre, is set to open in less than a years’ time. Read on to discover more about the centre and what makes it a world-class venue as we eagerly await its opening in June 2023.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington's Community Facilities
- Kōrero Mai | Let's Talk | Wellington City Council
- We’re working on a Community Facilities Network Plan to understand how Wellington’s community facilities are meeting people’s needs now and what might be needed in the future.
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Pōneke election 2022 by the numbers
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has crunched the numbers following the 2022 election’s 10% improvement on voter turn-out from the previous term – and every one counts.
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Help shape more sustainable transport options through Aro and Ngaio
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians have made it clear they want better transport options, action on climate change and more housing.
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The Parade Traffic Resolutions October 2022
- Kōrero Mai | Let's Talk | Wellington City Council
- We are consulting on two Traffic Resolutions in Island Bay.
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Aro Valley Connection
- Kōrero Mai | Let's Talk | Wellington City Council
- The Aro Valley connection project will make it easier for more people to bike/scoot into the city from Karori, Highbury, Kelburn and Aro Valley.
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Ngaio Connection
- Kōrero Mai | Let's Talk | Wellington City Council
- The Ngaio connection is the first part of the northern connection of Paneke Pōneke - joining from the central city to Ngaio, Crofton Downs, Khandallah and Johnsonville.
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Korimako Reserve Play Area Renewal
- Kōrero Mai | Let's Talk | Wellington City Council
- We're creating a new play area in Rochdale Drive, Churton Park, and we'd like to hear your feedback on the draft designs.
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Grade 5 plastic can now be recycled
- Porirua City Council
- More capacity means we can now accept grade 5 plastics.
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Two tasty bites with new dates for 2023 Welly on a Plate festival
- Wellington City Council
- Visa Wellington On a Plate is serving up a tasty new format for 2023 which will present two bites of the festival in May and August.
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Council proud to win Plain English award
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has won the People’s Choice – Best Plain Language Communication award for its 'When to put out your rubbish and recycling' section of the website.
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Public toilet refurbishment a great relief for everyone
- Wellington City Council
- The main public toilets in the Botanic Garden ki Paekākā are getting a bit of a facelift to return them to their former glory – and a safer more inclusive facility for all to use.
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Safer bike paths for Capital Kids
- Wellington City Council
- More new bike lanes and other sustainable transport changes can’t come soon enough for families and staff at childcare centre Capital Kids Cooperative just off Adelaide Road.
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Wellington’s new council – what does it mean for housing and planning?
- Live Wellington - a liveable city by design
- With a new Wellington city council now in place, it’s time to examine the views of our new councillors on urban form, housing and a liveable city.
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Porirua City's waste gets an audit
- Porirua City Council
- The audit will help us understand what residents are throwing away.
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Make Visible Te Whanganui-a-Tara celebrates rainbow communities of Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Make Visible is an exciting, community-led project designed to grow support, create positive change and increase awareness for rainbow communities.
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It's Tokelau Language Week!
- Porirua City Council
- The small island nation has strong representation in Porirua.
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Wellington host to USA chasing greatness for fifth time at FIFA World Cup
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s getting ready to fill its streets and stadium with football’s rallying cry ‘ole ole ole’, after the weekend's FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Draw.
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Rethinking Waitangi skate park | Kōrero mai | Wellington City Council
- Kōrero Mai | Let's Talk | Wellington City Council
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Waitangi Skate Park, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Maidstone Park Trust Trustees appointed
- Upper Hutt City Council
- A group of new Trustees have been appointed to the newly created Maidstone Park Trust.
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Councillor Laurie Foon to be Wellington’s new Deputy Mayor
- Wellington City Council
- Second term city councillor Laurie Foon will be Wellington’s new Deputy Mayor.
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Friday Five: Things to do over Labour weekend
- Wellington City Council
- Looking for things to do in Wellington over the long weekend? We’ve got you covered! Here's five activities to check out in Pōneke.
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BOWLZILLA doesn’t miss a trick this year
- Wellington City Council
- COVID-19 put a cog in its wheels the last couple of years, but the BOWLZILLA skate festival is back, and on track to be bigger and gnarlier than ever before.
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Porirua Youth Awards
- Porirua City Council
- Congratulations to the recipients of the awards, organised by Partners Porirua.
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Porirua City Conclusion Walkway upgrade project receives award
- Porirua City Council
- The upgraded track allows greater year-round accessibility.
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Spicer Landfill infringement notice
- Porirua City Council
- Steps have been taken in response to a notice received from GWRC
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Building Inspection Delays Update
- Upper Hutt City Council
- With unprecedented levels of building activity in Upper Hutt we are receiving a high number of requests for building inspections.
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New and improved Dixon Street open for business
- Wellington City Council
- The parklets are in, the plants are planted, and the boardwalk is down. Welcome to a better, brighter, safer Dixon Street.
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Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Deputy Mayor named
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua's First Māori Ward Councillor, Kylie Wihapi, is to be Deputy Mayor.
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Rating Valuations Update October 2022
- Upper Hutt City Council
- Every three years, we carry out a Rating Valuation (RV) which assess the value of a property in relation to market values at the valuation date.
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Artists sought for public murals
- Porirua City Council
- There are five spots around the city ready to be beautified.
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Survey shows aroha for Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians love where they live and have pride in the look and feel of our city, according to a survey released today.
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Porirua to host Wellington Samoa 50th Rugby Celebrations
- Porirua City Council
- A big day of fun and rugby is planned at Porirua Park to mark the event.
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Tetra Pak can now be recycled in Porirua
- Porirua City Council
- The containers can now be used as a sustainable building material.
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New Memorial Walk to feature as part of Porirua’s Cemeteries Week
- Porirua City Council
- Learn more about the new area for scattering ashes at Whenua Tapu.
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Have a grand old time this Heritage Week
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Heritage Week is back for its sixth year celebrating the region’s many people, places and stories.
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New Manager at Iconic Hannah Playhouse
- Toi Pōneke
- Exciting news for our friends over at the Hannah Playhouse! Wellington City Council is delighted to announce Isobel MacKinnon has been appointed as the Manager of this iconic venue.
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Rethinking Waitangi Skate Park
- Kōrero Mai | Let's Talk | Wellington City Council
- We’re working on a plan to improve Waitangi skate park and would like to understand what is important to you about this park and what you would like to see here in the future. The results from this survey will help inform the approach we take for design in 2023.
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A home away from home: Preeti’s story
- Wellington City Council
- Adorning every wall is a picture of family. A photo of her parents, smiling proudly with their arms wrapped around each other. Her four sisters with their children, their husbands. Her best friend. All cherished memories from a life back home in Delhi, miles away from Wellington.
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Driver licensing services return to Upper Hutt
- Upper Hutt City Council
- Upper Hutt motorists can once again sit their drivers test and renew their license and registration in the city thanks to Upper Hutt City Council.
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Final results - Porirua City local elections 2022
- Porirua City Council
- The final results are in and the Council for the next three years is confirmed.
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Wellington City 2022 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result
- Wellington City Council
- Final results for the Wellington City Council elections have been released with no changes to the preliminary results released on the weekend.
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Friday Five: Tips for recycling in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- While recycling may initially seem daunting, when we get it right it’s an easy way to reduce our waste and negative environmental impact. Our Waste Minimisation Team have shared five things you may not know about recycling in Wellington.
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Blessing to mark the start of the H2O Xtream upgrade
- Upper Hutt City Council
- We gathered together on Wednesday for a blessing and to officially break ground.
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The man behind the facade
- Wellington City Council
- In 50 years as a structural engineer, Bruce McLean has managed his fair share of complex projects – but Te Whare Whakarauika (Town Hall) has been one of his most challenging yet.
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Roseneath Residents' Association REBOOT
- Roseneath Residents Association
- On the evening of 28 September, 2022, residents met for the first formal “Roseneath Residents’ Association” meeting in a long time! Since we were last active the requirements for support from the Wellington City Council include the necessity to be a legal entity.
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Freyberg Pool and facilities to close for maintenance
- Wellington City Council
- Freyberg Pool and facilities will close in December for up to two months for its six-yearly routine maintenance and improvements.
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Pōneke’s first purpose-built community Calisthenics park
- Wellington City Council
- For the last few years, the Wellington Calisthenics community have been using the Pirie Street play area by the Mount Victoria tunnel as their main, and only, outdoor training location in the city.
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Grants available through Porirua City’s Young People’s Fund
- Porirua City Council
- Funding available this year is for up to six grants of $6000 each.
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Local youth experience life at Council
- Porirua City Council
- Young people from two of Porirua's colleges got some real-life experience at Porirua City Council.
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Council takes hihi under its wing for Bird of the Year 2022
- Wellington City Council
- Being one of Aotearoa’s rarest birds, and with their yellow and black colouring, we think the hihi passes this year’s underbird theme with flying colours.
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Interested in the numbers? The election results are here
- Inner-City Wellington
- Results available on the WCC website The papers arrived, were counted, and the results announced. Here is where you can see the details.
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Give the kids some space this school holidays
- Wellington City Council
- Head to Karori Library for a bit of atmosphere this Friday as two out of this world events collide at the centre of the universe to celebrate World Space Week.
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Porirua City Elections 2022 – Preliminary Results
- Porirua City Council
- With all votes other than specials now counted, the preliminary results are in.
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Wellington City elections – preliminary results – Sunday 9 October
- Wellington City Council
- Preliminary results of the 2022 Wellington City elections have resulted in two changes to the progress list issued yesterday of candidates elected.
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Progress report for 2022 elections – Wellington City
- Wellington City Council
- Tory Whanau has convincingly won the Wellington mayoralty according to a progress result released this afternoon.
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Local elections update
- Upper Hutt City Council
- It’s voting day for the local elections, make sure you get yours done by 12.00 pm today.
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Consultations for Natural Hazards and Silverstream Spur open now
- Upper Hutt City Council
- We’re calling for written submissions from the Upper Hutt community on two plan changes.
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We’re rolling out the green carpet
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians have asked for better transport choices, action on climate change and accessible housing, so we’re getting on with it.
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The work of Ans Westra now on Recollect
- Wellington City Council
- Purchased by Wellington City Libraries over 40 years ago, the complete collection from one of New Zealand’s most significant photographers of the 20th century is now available to view on Wellington City Recollect. Our local historian, Gábor Tóth, has taken a dive into the work of Ans Westra.
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Pōneke elections 2022 – it’s the final countdown
- Wellington City Council
- It’s the final countdown for the 2022 Wellington City Council elections, but there’s still time to get last minute votes in – with the real number crunching starting from the strike of midday on Saturday 8 October.
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Exploring the party precinct with a safety lens
- Wellington City Council
- The party precinct. The strip between Courtenay Place and Manners Street. It’s a core part of Wellington city that has a constant stream of people. We visited the precinct after dark to find out first hand where we can make safety improvements, to ensure it’s a vibrant and inclusive space for all.
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WCC elections – Final week to VOTE!
- Island Bay Residents' Association
- Voting closes on Saturday 8th October at midday. Remember, in the last election, the Mayoral race was decided by a difference of fewer than 100 votes! So make the effort and have your vote counted. Here is how you can submit your vote (from WCC official website): Voting is done by post. If you’re enrolled,Continue reading "WCC elections – Final week to VOTE!"
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Explore Street Art in Porirua City
- Porirua City Council
- Discover the beautiful street art around Porirua City with this free activity.
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ChoctoberFest is here!
- Porirua City Council
- The festival full of delicious delights has begun!
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Crunch time to vote
- Porirua City Council
- Got your vote in yet? There are just days until voting closes for the local body election.
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