Media / March 2011
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The rates go up, then up and down
- Wellington Scoop
- The Wellington City Council yesterday announced an add-on to next year’s budget – an extra $120,000 “to improve community emergency preparedness.” In the same announcement, we’re told that the average rates increase is going up to 4.4 per cent from the previously announced 4.3 per cent. Curiously, the council also tells us that rates increases for homeowners and commercial property owners will be coming down.
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Matangi Train on new inaugural fare paying run – Footage
- HuttNZ
- Well, it arrives. The new Matangi train is not an urban myth, as footage below shows it on its first run ex Wellington 9.00am. Only two carriages, as was also expected. Didn’t get onboard, but had a sneak peak inside from the outside. Got to laugh wondered why the door didn’t open, you need to press the button, modern.
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Why three regional councilors voted against public transport fare increases
- Wellington Scoop
- The Wellington Regional Council yesterday agreed to increase its recovery of public transport fares by 3 per cent. This decision is subject to satisfactory agreement of contractual terms with operators.
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Too much information, too much money
- Wellington Scoop
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington home owners face another rates increase: this time it’s 6.5 per cent
- Wellington Scoop
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What will we do to save Cuba Street?
- Wellington Scoop
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Time for homeowners to speak up loudly about the rates burden, urges councilor
- Wellington Scoop
- With the Wellington City Council’s Funding, Activities and Revenue working party finishing its deliberations, the prospect of homeowners being asked to shoulder the rates burden again is almost a foregone conclusion. That will mean another zero rates increase to the owners of commercial buildings and another seven percent increase for home owners.
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The disappearance of nine car parks, and the decline of a heritage shopping precinct
- Wellington Scoop
- n November 2008, road works were started to resurface and widen Riddiford Street in Newtown, from the southern end to the heritage shopping precinct at the intersection of John Street and Adelaide Road. The contractor put up a sign saying the work would take a month. But it took two and a half months, finishing about the middle of February 2009.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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