Media / February 2015
March 2015 | January 2015-
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We are not Auckland
- Wellington Scoop
- The Local Government Commission’s draft proposal for local government reoroganisation in our region is very much modelled on the Auckland supercity model. But we are not Auckland. We are already a super duper City, and the only one in the country with a metropolitan heart.
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- supercity
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Saving the Town Hall, and more great ideas
- Wellington Scoop
- Our city councillors have this week been reviewing their eight great ideas, as part of the debate on their long-term plan. A longer runway and a convention centre have stayed on their list. But Ian Apperley reports that some new items have emerged and others have disappeared.
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- earthquake-strengthening
- heritage-buildings
Wellington Town Hall, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Hardly an abomination
- Wellington Scoop
- While most of us have been admiring the new look in Bond Street, one of our elected councillors is claiming that it’s an abomination.
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Bond Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Overloading the rapid transit buses – potential foul-ups could cost $300m
- Wellington Scoop
- The regional council’s Regional Land Transport Plan is set to approve foul-ups costing nearly $300million, which will ensure that the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system is overloaded.
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- transport
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