Save the Basin Reserve! / October 2026
The Basin Reserve is one of the world's iconic cricket grounds, and New Zealand's oldest dedicated cricket pitch. It's an oasis of green space in the heart of the capital. But there is widespread community concern about the intention of three government agencies - the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) and the Wellington City Council (WCC) - to build a huge concrete flyover across the northern side of the Basin Reserve, destroying the atmosphere of the Basin Reserve forever.
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The Post reports on the Curia poll and Save the Basin’s candidate survey
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- A new Curia poll for Wellington Airport shows the vast majority of residents want a second Mount Victoria tunnel – a project opposed by most leading electorate candidates and promised, then long delayed, by the current Government. The poll of 1000 Wellingtonians found 67% were for the proposed tunnel for private and public transport, with 17% opposed. […]
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Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Opposition from most candidates to SH1 Mega Highway (media release)
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- Save the Basin today welcomed findings from its Wellington Bays and Wellington North election candidate survey on the proposed mega highway through Wellington. “It is great to see Labour (Ayesha Verrall, Craig Renney), Greens (Julie Anne Genter and Tamatha Paul), Opportunity (Jessica Hammond and Kayla Kingdon-Bebb) and Alliance (Josh Harford) candidates strongly opposing or opposing […]
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