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    Chance for early frontrunners to stretch away and inaugural School Round tomorrow

    • 19 Apr 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Lookout for more tightly contested rugby in the third round of the Swindale Shield.
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• • Feedback wanted on proposed changes to Greater Wellington’s Revenue and Financing Policy

    • 19 Mar 2024
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Accepted from GW news 2022 21 months ago by feedreader
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    Sideline Conversions 21 October (some news and information to start the week)

    • 20 Oct 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Welcome to finals week…NPC finals week. The Wellington Lions have a shot at shooting for their sixth NPC Division 1/Premiership title when they host the Bay of Plenty Steamers in the final at Wellington Stadium this coming Saturday. It is a daytime match, kicking off at 3.05pm. The Lions were previously NPC champions in 1978,...
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    Wellington club rugby 21 June links to live scoring, radio and streaming

    • 20 Jun 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It’s the winter solstice, but the rugby will be burning bright this weekend. LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 21 June 2025) CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield Scoring WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores...
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    Robin Yablind and Homer Neurotic take the stage at Children’s Day 2025

    • 22 Jan 2025
    • Capital E
    • Two local legends are busy polishing their crowns as they get ready to dazzle the crowd at Te Ra o Ngā Tamariki Children’s Day 2025.
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    Outdated and imprecise: why it’s time we retired the term ‘race relations’

    • 20 Aug 2024
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • 'Race relations' is a misnomer—what we are really talking about are Māori-Crown relations, writes Lara Greaves.
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• • Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences comes out on top

    • 8 May 2019
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Subjects within Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences were pivotal to the University's top ranking in the recently released Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) results.
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    Next steps considered following public support of a safer and more attractive gateway to Wellington

    • 18 Feb 2022
    • Let's Get Wellington Moving
    • A business case outlining a preferred option and the next steps towards a safer and more attractive Thorndon Quay and Hutt Road will be considered by Let’s Get Wellington Moving funding partners over the coming weeks.
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    Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Greater Wellington and Metlink welcome news of new collective agreement for NZ Bus drivers

    • 29 Jul 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington and Metlink have welcomed news from today’s Tramways Union stop work meeting that a new collective agreement with NZ Bus has been reached after months of tense negotiations.
    • Accepted from GW media releases 2019 52 months ago by feedreader
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• • 16 year olds should be able to vote and stand for office, says McNulty

    • 5 Jul 2025
    • Better Wellington
    • 16 year olds should be able to vote and stand for office, says McNulty A Labour Party candidate for the Wellington City Council, Ben McNulty, running in the Northern ward...
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• • From Rural to Urban: How Indian Textile Artists Adapted and Flourished During Covid-19

    • 15 Jun 2023
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • In pre-Covid days, Friends of Te Papa enjoyed some delightful presentations from Joji and Shani covering the textile artists of India, from hand weavers in the villages to the creation […]
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Fare increase unlikely this year due to rising rail patronage and lower oil prices

    • 5 Feb 2015
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • It’s unlikely a public transport fare increase will be needed for the Wellington region this year, thanks to increasing numbers of people taking the train and lower than anticipated international oil prices.
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    Using photos to create 3D models is helping us understand—and protect—complex marine environments

    • 24 Jan 2024
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • New tech offers 'great potential' for monitoring marine environments and detecting human impacts, write James Bell, Alberto Rovellini, Matteo Collina, and Miriam Pierotti.
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• • Karori and Easts to meet in much anticipated Wilkinson Pearce Cup final at the Basin

    • 31 Mar 2011
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Eastern Suburbs and Karori meet in the 2010/11 Wilkinson Pearce Cup final this Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the Hawkins Basin Reserve
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    Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    City Streets package to provide more choice and ways for Wellingtonians to get around

    • 18 Aug 2021
    • Let's Get Wellington Moving
    • The City Streets package to be considered by Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency over coming weeks will support the wider Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme
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    City Streets package to provide more choice and ways for Wellingtonians to get around

    • 18 Aug 2021
    • Let's Get Wellington Moving
    • The City Streets package to be considered by Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency over coming weeks will support the wider Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme
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• • A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan, but calls on Central Government to speed up implementation, infrastructure.

    • 25 Jun 2021
    • Renters United
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• • Sore Losers: Nick Smith and the Government Water Down the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund

    • 7 Jul 2017
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • The rules of the Ministry for the Environment’s Environmental Legal Assistance Fund, which groups including Save the Basin have used to help fund legal challenges to infrastructure projects, have now been changed so that such applications can be arbitrarily declined, by: The inclusion of a new criterion to consider whether providing ELA funding to the applicant for its involvement in the legal proceedings, will contribute to impeding or delaying the ability of people and communities to provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being in relation to important needs, including employment, housing and infrastructure.   I was rung by a Stuff journalist about this and responded on behalf of Save the Basin: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94323541/quiet-change-to-public-fund-for-environmental-legal-challenges A subsequent exchange in Question Time (see below) makes it very clear that Nick Smith had the Government’s Basin Reserve flyover defeat in mind when he made this move. Nick Smith and the Government appear to think that fits of pique make good public policy. We beg to differ. Question Time 9. EUGENIE SAGE (Green) to the Minister for the Environment: By how much has annual funding for the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund been cut since 2013/14? Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment): The budget this year is $600,000 per year, as it was last year and the year before. For the 4 years prior to that the budget was $800,000 per year but was repeatedly underspent. The spend in 2013-14 was $555,000, and the average actual spend was $520,000. As much as I like the Minister of Finance, I do not like under-spending my vote so I reduced the budget in 2015-16 and transferred it to increased support for collaborative processes. This is also consistent with our blue-green philosophy of supporting people to find solutions rather than spending it on legal aid to fight disputes. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that he created a new criterion for the fund recently so that community groups wanting to challenge council decisions in the courts are likely to be denied funding if their case might “impede or delay” a development project? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Yes, I have changed the criteria. A new consideration is the issue of housing and infrastructure. The Government makes no apologies for making it harder for groups to get Government money to stop houses and infrastructure from being built. It does not prevent funding being provided in those sorts of cases, but it requires the panel to give consideration to the broader public interest. It simply does not make sense for the Government to be using public money to stop transport projects being built and stop houses being built with legal aid funding. Eugenie Sage: Does he believe that Forest & Bird would have received funding to mount a legal challenge to Bathurst Resources’ proposed coalmine on the Denniston plateau if this new criterion had been in place? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: There is an independent panel that makes the decisions on the issue of the legal aid. What I have added to the criteria is that, alongside the environmental things, issues like infrastructure, jobs, and housing have to be a consideration. But it still will be an independent consideration for the panel. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that last year he gave himself the power to decide which cases and which community groups would get environmental legal aid, stripping this power away from the Ministry for the Environment’s chief executive? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Each year Ministers make a decision about the level of delegations. In this particular case, I decided not to delegate to the Ministry for the Environment, albeit I note that I followed the panel’s advice in every case. In the event that I do not follow the panel’s advice it will be a matter of open public record. Eugenie Sage: Why will he not just own the fact that his Government is trying to stop legal challenges that might impede environmentally destructive development, like the coalmine on the Denniston plateau, the Ruataniwha Dam, and the Basin Reserve flyover? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I know of many Wellingtonians who would be concerned that the Government was spending money on stopping roading through to the airport being constructed with legal aid funds. So the Government has deliberately put into the environmental legal aid criteria that the panel needs to consider issues like infrastructure and housing. To quote the Minister for Infrastructure: “We are the infrastructure Government.”, and we want to see New Zealanders being able to get around and have a roof over their heads.9. EUGENIE SAGE (Green) to the Minister for the Environment: By how much has annual funding for the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund been cut since 2013/14? Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment): The budget this year is $600,000 per year, as it was last year and the year before. For the 4 years prior to that the budget was $800,000 per year but was repeatedly underspent. The spend in 2013-14 was $555,000, and the average actual spend was $520,000. As much as I like the Minister of Finance, I do not like under-spending my vote so I reduced the budget in 2015-16 and transferred it to increased support for collaborative processes. This is also consistent with our blue-green philosophy of supporting people to find solutions rather than spending it on legal aid to fight disputes. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that he created a new criterion for the fund recently so that community groups wanting to challenge council decisions in the courts are likely to be denied funding if their case might “impede or delay” a development project? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Yes, I have changed the criteria. A new consideration is the issue of housing and infrastructure. The Government makes no apologies for making it harder for groups to get Government money to stop houses and infrastructure from being built. It does not prevent funding being provided in those sorts of cases, but it requires the panel to give consideration to the broader public interest. It simply does not make sense for the Government to be using public money to stop transport projects being built and stop houses being built with legal aid funding. Eugenie Sage: Does he believe that Forest & Bird would have received funding to mount a legal challenge to Bathurst Resources’ proposed coalmine on the Denniston plateau if this new criterion had been in place? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: There is an independent panel that makes the decisions on the issue of the legal aid. What I have added to the criteria is that, alongside the environmental things, issues like infrastructure, jobs, and housing have to be a consideration. But it still will be an independent consideration for the panel. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that last year he gave himself the power to decide which cases and which community groups would get environmental legal aid, stripping this power away from the Ministry for the Environment’s chief executive? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Each year Ministers make a decision about the level of delegations. In this particular case, I decided not to delegate to the Ministry for the Environment, albeit I note that I followed the panel’s advice in every case. In the event that I do not follow the panel’s advice it will be a matter of open public record. Eugenie Sage: Why will he not just own the fact that his Government is trying to stop legal challenges that might impede environmentally destructive development, like the coalmine on the Denniston plateau, the Ruataniwha Dam, and the Basin Reserve flyover? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I know of many Wellingtonians who would be concerned that the Government was spending money on stopping roading through to the airport being constructed with legal aid funds. So the Government has deliberately put into the environmental legal aid criteria that the panel needs to consider issues like infrastructure and housing. To quote the Minister for Infrastructure: “We are the infrastructure Government.”, and we want to see New Zealanders being able to get around and have a roof over their heads.
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    Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • What does a Council need to do to create a more sophisticated and cosmopolitan city?

    • 15 May 2010
    • Sharon Blaikie
    • It must:Foster cultural, economic and sporting ties with the rest of the worldCelebrate the wide variety of cultures that thrive in our City Promote and protect Maori culture which plays such a strong part in forming our identity as New ZealandersMake sure there are venues and facilities for the wide range of activities that interest Wellingtonians Promote the arts and appreciation of the artsPromote sports and sporting events – the Sevens is ours.Ensure all Wellingtonians have access to books, DVDs, CDs, and the internet – a must in the information agePromote architecture that does justice to our unrivalled natural environment
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    Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council win Supreme Award at Local Government Excellence Awards

    • 12 Jun 2025
    • Predator Free Wellington
    • Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council have won the Supreme Award at the LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards held at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre this evening. The LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards celebrate programmes, projects, and approaches…
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    • tkina
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    Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Another local election, another low turnout? Syncing local and general elections could be the answer

    • 23 Sep 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • There's growing evidence that syncing local and general elections is one way to increase voter turnout and improve local democracy, writes Julia Talbot-Jones.
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• • Greater Wellington and Metlink flying the flag for climate action at Round the Bays

    • 17 Feb 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • With the region back to COVID-19 Alert Level 1, Greater Wellington councillors are getting ready, getting set, and raring to go represent the council’s climate goals at Brendan Foot Supersite (BFS) Round the Bays.
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• • Past, present and future stars on show in Wellington Wanderers - Governor Generals’ XI match

    • 15 Feb 2012
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The stars of the past, the present and the future were on show on Sunday as the Wellington Wanderers Cricket Club XI defeated the Governor Generals' Colleges XI by 40 runs in their annual match.
    • Accepted from Cricket Wellington news 166 months ago
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    Weekly Bulletin: Staying Connected as a Church - Sunday 22nd December and CHRISTMAS DAY 2024

    • 18 Dec 2024
    • St John's in the City
    • Kia ora St John’s whānau, Christmas is less than a week away – and we have a special Carol Service this Sunday! This Sunday we will sing lots of carols, led by the large Christmas Choir.
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    St John's, Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    OBU and MSP to meet in Premier Reserve final; new Colts champion to be found

    • 8 Aug 2015
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The Hutt Old Boys Marist and Marist St Pat’s lineout jumpers meet and greet in today’s Ed Chaney Cup major semi-final, won by MSP.
    • Accepted from Rugby Club Weekly Feed 124 months ago
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• • Fixing a problem: why Wellington needs light rail, and why it’s not too expensive

    • 17 Jun 2013
    • Wellington Scoop
    • Wellington’s transport model has failed to deliver, and all the recent studies show more of the same is going to make things worse. We need a different approach if we want a vibrant, economically successful city.
    • Accepted from Wellington Scoop features 150 months ago
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• • Newtown and Berhampore Community Emergency Response Plan – meeting 9/12/14 at 6pm, Newtown Park

    • 19 Nov 2014
    • Newtown Residents' Association
    • A group from Newtown and Berhampore have been working with Jason from WREMO, Anna and Renee from the Newtown Community Centre and Claire, our NRA President, to develop a plan for how our community would look after itself for the first 72 hours following a disaster.
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    Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Metlink to slash off-peak fares, make weekends and public holidays free for children

    • 25 Aug 2022
    • Metlink
    • Off-peak fares on Metlink public transport services will be reduced and children will ride for free on weekends and public holidays, as part of a package of concessions agreed today by Greater Wellington. Fares are currently discounted by 25 percent to encourage off peak travel, but the regional council today agreed to increase the discount to 50 percent, which will also apply to concession holders. Greater Wellington Transport Committee Chair Roger Blakeley said he was pleased the council had adopted the recommendations of the Future Fares Subcommittee.
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• • We learn reading and writing at school. Why not educate kids about mental wellbeing too?

    • 16 Jul 2019
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Dr Dougal Sutherland from the School of Psychology asks why we learn reading and writing at school but not the equally important skills of emotional awareness and management.
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• • Easts qualify top for One-Day final; Karori, Onslow and Taita all still alive

    • 23 Dec 2012
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Karori, Onslow and Taita will be playing for the right to join confirmed top qualifiers Eastern Suburbs in the Wilkinson Ewen Chatfield Cup One-Day Final in the last round of matches when the competition resumes on 12 January.
    • Accepted from Cricket Wellington news 156 months ago
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    Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)