Housing and Lobby Groups
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Making it easier to build granny flats
- A City for People
- City for People submits in support of more homes in existing urban areas.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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It's working! The new District Plan in action.
- A City for People
- It’s been a month since the Minister for Housing approved Wellington’s trailblazing new District Plan. Thanks to four years of campaigning, and your support, this new Plan has raised building height limits across the city, making it easier to build townhouses and apartments in the places we need them most. It’s early days, but we’re already seeing signs of success. Wellington is finally going to get more homes.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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An amazing day for Wellington
- A City for People
- Minister Bishop just confirmed that Wellington is in for a lot more homes, and we love it.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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Tell Minister Bishop to say yes to more homes in Wellington
- A City for People
- Email the Minister and tell him why he should approve all of the councillors' amendments to the District Plan.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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Wellington said yes to more homes, in the right places!
- A City for People
- Together, we have won a brighter future for our city.
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We're on the home stretch. Time for one last big push!
- A City for People
- Make your voice heard this week, before councillors vote on the final District Plan on Thursday.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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Wellington is a walkable city, and we're going to prove it.
- A City for People
- Join us on 11 March as we walk to Newtown and demand more homes in the suburbs close to the city centre.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Public meeting to protect Wellington's future!
- A City for People
- You're invited - come express your concerns about the District Plan recommendations, demand action from Councillors and learn from the experts.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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We're gaining momentum with just one month to go.
- A City for People
- Upcoming events, how to cast a special vote in the by-election, campaign updates, and a media round up.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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Updates on the campaign, and a save the date!
- A City for People
- Councillors vote on the District Plan on 14 March. See you there?
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by feedreader
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New campaign calls on councillors to vote for housing affordability in the District Plan
- A City for People
- Joint PRESS RELEASE: councillors must vote to change the zoning rules.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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Wellington councillors must say yes to more homes!
- A City for People
- City for People is back, working together to advocate for more homes.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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We urge the National Party to re-commit their support for thriving, sustainable, affordable cities.
- A City for People
- Joint PRESS RELEASE: National must re-commit to the Medium Density Residential Standards.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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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.
- Accepted from News - Live Wellington by feedreader
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A City For People Welcomes the 'Our City Tomorrow' Proposals
- A City for People
- Through Let’s Get Wellington Moving, the District Plan, and the Bike Network Plan, implementing the right transport and housing package for Wellington will ensure that everyone has access to affordable, quality housing along active and public transport routes that reduce emissions and connect our city.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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A City For People Welcomes the 'Our City Tomorrow' Proposals
- A City for People
- Through Let’s Get Wellington Moving, the District Plan, and the Bike Network Plan, implementing the right transport and housing package for Wellington will ensure that everyone has access to affordable, quality housing along active and public transport routes that reduce emissions and connect our city.
- Accepted from A City for People News by feedreader
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Spatial Plan - Media Round Up
- A City for People
- City for People spokespeople have been making our voices heard in the media during this campaign - here's a round up of the coverage.
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Announcing: Wellington's Next Top Mould-el
- A City for People
- The (un)lucky winners of our photo competition.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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Spatial Plan - Media Round Up
- A City for People
- City for People spokespeople have been making our voices heard in the media during this campaign - here's a round up of the coverage.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan
- A City for People
- A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan, but calls on Central Government to speed up implementation, infrastructure.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan
- A City for People
- A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan, but calls on Central Government to speed up implementation, infrastructure.
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Public forum: Wellington’s Spatial Plan - how can it help the housing crisis?
- A City for People
- A City for People, Generation Zero, and Renters United hosted a public forum on Wednesday 16 June to discuss the upcoming Council vote on the Draft Spatial Plan.
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Public forum: Wellington’s Spatial Plan - how can it help the housing crisis?
- A City for People
- A City for People, Generation Zero, and Renters United hosted a public forum on Wednesday 16 June to discuss the upcoming Council vote on the Draft Spatial Plan.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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We Want More Homes For All In Wellington
- A City for People
- A City for People, with Generation Zero and Renters United, have relaunched their campaign to support more housing for all in Wellington. We want more homes for all in Wellington - The Council must pass an ambitious Spatial Plan.
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Public Forum: How can Wellington's Spatial Plan help the Housing crisis?
- A City for People
- 31 May 2021 Sick of the state of Wellington’s housing? Struggling to find somewhere to live? Overwhelmed by the competitiveness of flat viewings? Join us at the Sustainability Trust for a panel discussion on Wellington City Council’s Spatial Plan and its impacts on the future of housing in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
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We want more homes for all in Wellington - The Council must pass an ambitious Spatial Plan
- A City for People
- A City for People, with Generation Zero and Renters United, have relaunched their campaign to support more housing for all in Wellington.
- Accepted from A City for People feed 2024 by tonytw1
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City for People launches campaign to promote affordable housing
- A City for People
- A new campaign has launched to support Wellington City Council’s proposed Spatial Plan, which aims to set a blueprint for more affordable housing as the city grows.
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City for People launches campaign to promote affordable housing
- A City for People
- A new campaign has launched to support Wellington City Council’s proposed Spatial Plan, which aims to set a blueprint for more affordable housing as the city grows.
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Sore Losers: Nick Smith and the Government Water Down the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The rules of the Ministry for the Environment’s Environmental Legal Assistance Fund, which groups including Save the Basin have used to help fund legal challenges to infrastructure projects, have now been changed so that such applications can be arbitrarily declined, by: The inclusion of a new criterion to consider whether providing ELA funding to the applicant for its involvement in the legal proceedings, will contribute to impeding or delaying the ability of people and communities to provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being in relation to important needs, including employment, housing and infrastructure. I was rung by a Stuff journalist about this and responded on behalf of Save the Basin: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94323541/quiet-change-to-public-fund-for-environmental-legal-challenges A subsequent exchange in Question Time (see below) makes it very clear that Nick Smith had the Government’s Basin Reserve flyover defeat in mind when he made this move. Nick Smith and the Government appear to think that fits of pique make good public policy. We beg to differ. Question Time 9. EUGENIE SAGE (Green) to the Minister for the Environment: By how much has annual funding for the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund been cut since 2013/14? Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment): The budget this year is $600,000 per year, as it was last year and the year before. For the 4 years prior to that the budget was $800,000 per year but was repeatedly underspent. The spend in 2013-14 was $555,000, and the average actual spend was $520,000. As much as I like the Minister of Finance, I do not like under-spending my vote so I reduced the budget in 2015-16 and transferred it to increased support for collaborative processes. This is also consistent with our blue-green philosophy of supporting people to find solutions rather than spending it on legal aid to fight disputes. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that he created a new criterion for the fund recently so that community groups wanting to challenge council decisions in the courts are likely to be denied funding if their case might “impede or delay” a development project? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Yes, I have changed the criteria. A new consideration is the issue of housing and infrastructure. The Government makes no apologies for making it harder for groups to get Government money to stop houses and infrastructure from being built. It does not prevent funding being provided in those sorts of cases, but it requires the panel to give consideration to the broader public interest. It simply does not make sense for the Government to be using public money to stop transport projects being built and stop houses being built with legal aid funding. Eugenie Sage: Does he believe that Forest & Bird would have received funding to mount a legal challenge to Bathurst Resources’ proposed coalmine on the Denniston plateau if this new criterion had been in place? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: There is an independent panel that makes the decisions on the issue of the legal aid. What I have added to the criteria is that, alongside the environmental things, issues like infrastructure, jobs, and housing have to be a consideration. But it still will be an independent consideration for the panel. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that last year he gave himself the power to decide which cases and which community groups would get environmental legal aid, stripping this power away from the Ministry for the Environment’s chief executive? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Each year Ministers make a decision about the level of delegations. In this particular case, I decided not to delegate to the Ministry for the Environment, albeit I note that I followed the panel’s advice in every case. In the event that I do not follow the panel’s advice it will be a matter of open public record. Eugenie Sage: Why will he not just own the fact that his Government is trying to stop legal challenges that might impede environmentally destructive development, like the coalmine on the Denniston plateau, the Ruataniwha Dam, and the Basin Reserve flyover? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I know of many Wellingtonians who would be concerned that the Government was spending money on stopping roading through to the airport being constructed with legal aid funds. So the Government has deliberately put into the environmental legal aid criteria that the panel needs to consider issues like infrastructure and housing. To quote the Minister for Infrastructure: “We are the infrastructure Government.”, and we want to see New Zealanders being able to get around and have a roof over their heads.9. EUGENIE SAGE (Green) to the Minister for the Environment: By how much has annual funding for the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund been cut since 2013/14? Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment): The budget this year is $600,000 per year, as it was last year and the year before. For the 4 years prior to that the budget was $800,000 per year but was repeatedly underspent. The spend in 2013-14 was $555,000, and the average actual spend was $520,000. As much as I like the Minister of Finance, I do not like under-spending my vote so I reduced the budget in 2015-16 and transferred it to increased support for collaborative processes. This is also consistent with our blue-green philosophy of supporting people to find solutions rather than spending it on legal aid to fight disputes. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that he created a new criterion for the fund recently so that community groups wanting to challenge council decisions in the courts are likely to be denied funding if their case might “impede or delay” a development project? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Yes, I have changed the criteria. A new consideration is the issue of housing and infrastructure. The Government makes no apologies for making it harder for groups to get Government money to stop houses and infrastructure from being built. It does not prevent funding being provided in those sorts of cases, but it requires the panel to give consideration to the broader public interest. It simply does not make sense for the Government to be using public money to stop transport projects being built and stop houses being built with legal aid funding. Eugenie Sage: Does he believe that Forest & Bird would have received funding to mount a legal challenge to Bathurst Resources’ proposed coalmine on the Denniston plateau if this new criterion had been in place? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: There is an independent panel that makes the decisions on the issue of the legal aid. What I have added to the criteria is that, alongside the environmental things, issues like infrastructure, jobs, and housing have to be a consideration. But it still will be an independent consideration for the panel. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that last year he gave himself the power to decide which cases and which community groups would get environmental legal aid, stripping this power away from the Ministry for the Environment’s chief executive? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Each year Ministers make a decision about the level of delegations. In this particular case, I decided not to delegate to the Ministry for the Environment, albeit I note that I followed the panel’s advice in every case. In the event that I do not follow the panel’s advice it will be a matter of open public record. Eugenie Sage: Why will he not just own the fact that his Government is trying to stop legal challenges that might impede environmentally destructive development, like the coalmine on the Denniston plateau, the Ruataniwha Dam, and the Basin Reserve flyover? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I know of many Wellingtonians who would be concerned that the Government was spending money on stopping roading through to the airport being constructed with legal aid funds. So the Government has deliberately put into the environmental legal aid criteria that the panel needs to consider issues like infrastructure and housing. To quote the Minister for Infrastructure: “We are the infrastructure Government.”, and we want to see New Zealanders being able to get around and have a roof over their heads.
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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