MEDIA RELEASE 22 April 2024 The Wellington City Council spent over $1.7 million on a set of experts to hear submissions on the District Plan, and then went on to ignore their key findings.
So much has changed since the Wellington City Council voted in June 2021 to strip demolition protection from more than two-thirds of the city's character areas.
LIVE WELLington argues it's time for a re-think, and to strike a better balance. We provided this letter to Wellington councillors, in the lead up to the notification of the proposed District Plan on 23 June 2022.
A survey of Wellingtonians has found that while there is support for increasing density in the inner city suburbs, it must be done with care, and there is considerable unease about the Wellington City Council’s plans to remove protections for pre-1930s houses in the inner city suburbs.
The Begonia House is now fully wrapped for its major renewal, offering a rare behind the scenes look at the remarkable transformation underway as every structural element is replaced, restored, or refinished.
The Wellington Writers Walk has grown from its first eleven sculptures in 2002 to a beloved series of 23 typographical artworks celebrating poets, novelists, and playwrights connected to the capital.
Weavers of Te Ataarangi honours those who have nurtured and shared te reo Māori through the Te Ataarangi movement over the past five decades. It also acknowledges a whakapapa of language revitalisation and celebrates the deep artistry embedded in teaching, weaving together mātauranga, visual storytelling, and te reo Māori.
By Scott MacLean Friday lunchtime edition – updated expected later this afternoon. It is absolute carnage out there overnight, today and forecasted for tomorrow. As such junior rugby and all college rugby has been blanket cancelled already. Update #1 – this is unconfirmed but we are hearing that all rugby except for Men’s Premier and Premier...
