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• • Learning to love tarantulas and scorpions

    • 21 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Thankfully, tarantulas can’t jump. Which means they can’t jump from the table we’re sitting at and land right on our faces.
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• • Diversity the winner at the Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian awards

    • 19 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • What do the Director-General of Health, a former Deputy Mayor, a drag king, a wahine toa, and an interfaith council leader have in common? They’re all recipients of the 2020 Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian (APW) awards.
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• • Council grants a welcome boost for community groups

    • 18 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Funding support for our community organisations is always important, but during COVID-19, it’s vital – and Wellington City Council’s grants are meeting a real need where there is high demand.
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• • You have told us – now lets do it!

    • 17 Oct 2020
    • Andy Foster
    • Thank you Wellington for your feedback on the future of our Central Library! Your input has been thoughtful, informative, and your views have been diverse.
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• • Fostering young minds with free kai

    • 15 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • A Wellington charity supporting vulnerable young people is now providing lunch to up to 1,500 tamariki every day, improving the students' engagement and school attendance rates.
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• • Building connections at Wellington Zoo

    • 14 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • They come from as far as Myanmar, Syria, Colombia and Somalia, and in the holidays these mums and dads got to take their kids to meet giraffes, tigers, and capybaras.
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• • Keep up to date with Andy

    • 11 Oct 2020
    • Andy Foster
    • Kia ora, It has certainly been a year like no other! I hope that you and those close to you have got through it well.
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• • A world of wonder and purpose

    • 9 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • For the passionate and hardworking staff at the Tip Shop, it’s much more than just a job.
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• • Dactylanthus taylorii

    • 7 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
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• • New Ruru racks for e-scooter parking in central Wellington

    • 7 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • New parking racks for e-scooters will start being installed in busy areas around central Wellington from next week to provide spaces where scooters can be left safely out of the way of pedestrians.
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• • Lawn tips from the mowing team

    • 6 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Ask the Wellington City Council mowing team for tips on looking after your home lawn, and they quickly offer up the same piece of advice – don't cut it too short.
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• • Wellington kererū numbers flying high

    • 6 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington twitchers, give yourselves a pat on the back. The results are in from this year's Great Kererū Count, and eager bird watchers in Pōneke spotted more birds than what were seen in any other region of the country.
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• • Helping hand for building owners

    • 4 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Neil Watson was delighted to discover his central Wellington apartment building was not earthquake prone – and relieved he didn’t have to pay for the seismic assessment that confirmed it.
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• • Work begins on permanent Ngaio Gorge fix

    • 4 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • An $11m project to strengthen and stabilise the Ngaio Gorge slip starts on Monday 12 October.
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• • Back when Council played milkman

    • 29 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • When one thinks of services provided by a council – roads, water, and waste management are some things that spring to mind. Producing milk and dairy products on the other hand, do not.
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• • Back when Council played milkman

    • 29 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • When one thinks of services provided by a council – roads, water, and waste management are some things that spring to mind. Producing milk and dairy products on the other hand, do not.
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• • $1 million for Innovating Streets

    • 29 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council has secured $1 million from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to design four Innovating Streets ‘pilots’ with the community.
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• • Holiday fun to keep kids entertained

    • 27 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • It’s that time again – time to find creative ways to keep the children occupied for a solid two weeks.
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• • A vision for equality and inclusion

    • 25 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellingtonian Rachel Noble is on a mission – to create a world in which everyone feels included, accepted, and is treated equally.
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• • The mowing team who are a cut above

    • 24 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • For three people who know a heck of a lot about mowing lawns, they don’t spend much time doing their own.
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• • Joint efforts see native birds flock to city

    • 23 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Rewind five years and filming a rare kārearea (NZ falcon) gorging on a pigeon in central Wellington would have been out of the question.
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• • Council turns 150 and the rest is history

    • 23 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council is turning the big 150 this month, and we’re celebrating with a walk down memory lane – and everyone can come along.
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• • Half-sized option for council rubbish bags.

    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • We need to offer half-sized council rubbish bags for sale, additional to the current full-sized rubbish bags. This will help us consciously reduce waste, good for reducing costs and weights of the bags which is especially for those on benefits or the elderly on Super, will help reduce the illegal dumping of rubbish, and helps ease the burden of those collecting the rubbish.
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• • Increase of maximum parking period to 3 hours

    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • The council needs to increase the hours of the maximum parking period from 2 hours to 3 hours as it is an inconvenience to our clients when having a bigger service.
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• • Increase of maximum parking period to 3 hours

    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • The council needs to increase the hours of the maximum parking period from 2 hours to 3 hours as it is an inconvenience to our clients when having a bigger service.
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• • Council services and facilities at Alert Level 1 (21 Sept 2020)

    • 21 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council’s services and facilities will return to normal operations with contact tracing where necessary as the city moves to Alert Level 1 tonight.
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• • Council services and facilities at Alert Level 1 (21 Sept 2020)

    • 21 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council’s services and facilities will return to normal operations with contact tracing where necessary as the city moves to Alert Level 1 tonight.
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• • SwimWell wahine championing te reo Māori

    • 18 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Two inspiring young wahine are combining their skills for teaching children to swim with their passion for revitalising te reo Māori.
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• • The Great Kererū Count takes flight this Friday

    • 17 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council is a proud partner of the Great Kererū Count, which is about to take-off this Friday.
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• • The Great Kererū Count takes flight this Friday

    • 17 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council is a proud partner of the Great Kererū Count, which is about to take-off this Friday.
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