Mt Victoria Residents Association newsitems

• • Wellington’s governance and National’s non-appearance

    • 17 Oct 2012
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • Next week there’s a forum called Wellington: What Do We Want? How Do We Get There? being run by the Rotary Club of Wellington and Victoria University of Wellington, in association with the Dominion Post, at Victoria University’s Rutherford House.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 146 months ago
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• • A gentle hum

    • 11 Oct 2012
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The Dominion Post is reporting a persistent hum across the neighbourhood, for which inventive and interesting explanations have been proposed.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 146 months ago
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• • Where’s the new tunnel going?

    • 11 Sep 2012
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • There’s been a bit of speculation over at Eye of the Fish about the location of the second Mt Victoria tunnel that the NZ Transport Agency – against all logic and economic rationality – wants to drive through our neighbourhood.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 147 months ago
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    • second-mount-victoria-tunnel

    Paterson Street, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand
  
  

• • Weed Swap at Waitangi Park on Sunday

    • 5 Sep 2012
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • To kick off Conservation Week (9-16 September) a weed swap has been organised for local residents.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 147 months ago
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• • Local house gets yellow stickered (updated)

    • 1 Sep 2012
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • There’s been plenty of focus on earthquake preparedness recently, with the Council stepping up education sessions around the city .
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 147 months ago
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    Pirie Street, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Taking the p*ss

    • 26 Aug 2012
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • There’s been a gradual process of installing bus shelters around Wellington, and a couple have recently made an appearance at the bottom of Elizabeth St – where they’ll no doubt be welcomed by passengers waiting in the wind and the rain.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 147 months ago
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• • And we’re back!

    • 15 Aug 2012
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • After quite a few months in the wilderness of Teh Internets – brought on by a failed motherboard and a corrupted RAID drive – the Mt Victoria website has returned.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 147 months ago
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    • mount-victoria
  
  

• • Hands Around The Basin – Sunday 25 September at midday

    • 13 Sep 2011
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The New Zealand Transport Agency plans to destroy the character of the Basin Reserve by building an expensive and unnecessary flyover around it.
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• • Petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday

    • 29 Jun 2011
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • Living Streets Aotearoa are planning to play petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday 2 July at 1pm, reclaiming the area for people instead of cars.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 68 months ago by feedreader
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• • Compassion costs $6 per day

    • 16 Jun 2011
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • Notable Mt Victoria identity and lifetime MVRA member Richard Giese died at the Rita Angus retirement village in Kilbrinie in February.
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• • Consultation to start on Basin Reserve flyover on 2 July

    • 9 Jun 2011
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The NZ Transport Agency has announced that consultation will start on the Basin Reserve flyover and a second Mt Victoria tunnel on Saturday 2 July.
    • Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 147 months ago
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• • First world fire protection – but third world emissions control

    • 5 May 2011
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • Representatives from the Wellington Tunnels Alliance met with the Mt Victoria Residents Association before Easter, so that they could inform local residents about the night closures of the Mt Victoria tunnel.
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• • No Contingency Plans for Creche

    • 2 Sep 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • In response to a request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, the Wellington City Council has confirmed that there are no contingency plans to relocate the Crossways Creche:“There are no contingency plans drawn up regarding relocating the Crossways Community Creche to the Bandoliers site. A report regarding the possibility of permitting creche activities on the Town Belt is due to be presented to the Strategy and Policy Committee in late September/early October for decision by Councillors.”The Council’s own estimates show that an investment of around $380,000 will be required to bring the Bandoliers building up to the required standard for an early childhood educational facility. As the work is extensive - new retaining walls, paths, fences, DDT removal, toilets, storage facilities and much more - it seems likely that many months of effort will be required. However no plan for either conducting the work or to manage the disruption to the creche exists.This is clearly unsatisfactory. Council officers were opposed to the retention of Crossways by the community, and at all stages in the process made recommendations that no Council resources be put into the retention of our community house. These same staff members have had nearly 18 months in which to plan for alternatives, yet it appears that they have done absolutely nothing to ensure our community creche can continue operating once Crossways is sold.Families with children at the creche should feel justifiable outrage at how they have been abandoned by Council officers.
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• • The Minister responds over Ellice St shops

    • 31 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The Mt Victoria Residents Association recently wrote to Annette King, the Minister responsible for the New Zealand Transport Agency, regarding the dilapidated state of the shops they have recently purchased at the bottom of Ellice Street.
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    21 Ellice Street, Wellington
  
  

• • New Pedestrian Crossing

    • 28 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The walk to Clyde Quay school is due to get a bit safer, thanks to a Wellington City Council initiative to add a pedestrian crossing at the Pirie Street/Porrit Ave corner.
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    72 Pirie Street, Wellington
  
  

• • Positive Meeting with Go Wellington

    • 26 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • Good progress has been made with Go Wellington in an effort to resolve the issue of out-of-service buses using the Pirie Street bus tunnel.According to the Greater Wellington Council bylaw, only scheduled services that have been registered with the Council may use the tunnel. At a meeting convened by GWRC, Go Wellington acknowledged that there was an imperfect understanding of the rules by some drivers, and undertook to educate staff better.
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    • transport
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    Hataitai tunnel, Wellington
  
  

• • Public Meeting Highlights Town Belt Issues

    • 22 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • A very well attended public meeting on Thursday night was the venue for the Crossways Community Trust to report back to Mt Victoria residents.
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• • Judicial Review of Resource Consent

    • 21 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The Mt Victoria Residents Association today announced that it had commenced proceedings in the High Court seeking a judicial review of the resource consent issued to the brothel at 103 Pirie Street by the Wellington City Council.Kent Duston, President of the Residents Association, said that “It’s our view that the Council did not take account of s15 of the Prostitution Law Reform Act 2003 when granting this resource consent.
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    103 Pirie Street, Wellington
  
  

• • Public Meeting on Thursday

    • 15 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • This coming Thursday 21 August, the Crossways Community Trust will report back to Mt Victoria on the campaign to save Crossways, and where to from here.As the community knows, the campaign to save Crossways was unsuccessful, with the Presbyterian Church electing to simply sell the building to a private purchaser.
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• • Editorial: What About The Creche?

    • 10 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The Dominion Post printed an article on the sale of Crossways yesterday, which noted that the historic property had been sold. But absent from the newspaper was any discussion about the fate of Mt Victoria’s creche, which will need to vacate Crossways by the beginning of October.The Wellington City Council has been steadfastly opposed to keeping Crossways as a community centre, despite its importance to Mt Victoria.
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    Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Crossways Is Lost

    • 8 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • Despite the thousands of hours of volunteer work, a million dollars in fundraising and the efforts of a whole community, the Presbyterian Church has decided to sell Crossways to another buyer.The Church announced today that they had accepted an offer of $1.31 million from an un-named purchaser who will convert the building back into a family home. While we are consoled that Crossways is unlikely to be demolished, it’s a sad end to three decades of community heritage.The Church’s actions - and the Council’s inaction - have been roundly condemned by many commentators.
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• • A Mural for the Tunnel

    • 6 Aug 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The Pirie Street bus tunnel has long been a magnet for graffiti, and in an effort to help make the area more attractive the Council is considering commissioning a mural. The design concept can be seen above, and has been designed by Robert Stewart.
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    • transport
    • bus-tunnel

    Hataitai bus tunnel, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Counting Down The Days

    • 28 Jul 2008
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • The impending sale of Crossways is entering its final days, with tenders due to close on 6 August. Moves are afoot with the Crossways Community Trust to finalise details of the tender the community intends putting in for the building. According to Bill Southworth, Chair of the Trust, “We are close to arriving at what we think is a fair price for Crossways, and we intend making a strong bid to retain ownership of our community house.”
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