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• • Wellington first in New Zealand to join international food pact

    • 14 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council will be the first city in Aotearoa to sign up to the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact next week, joining a global movement for sustainable urban food systems.
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• • Friday Five: Fun things to do this weekend!

    • 14 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Get your whānau and friends together and have fun in the capital with these awesome activities.
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• • Draft District Plan now online

    • 14 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington’s Draft District Plan – the Capital City’s first completely revised planning and environmental rulebook in more than 20 years – is now online and will be considered by the City Council’s Pūroro Āmua Planning and Environment Committee on 20 October for agreement to send it for community input, starting in November.
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• • Birds of a feather flock together for 2021 Bird of the Year

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • We’re so egg-cited as the Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau/Bird of The Year 2021 starts next week and we’re proud as a peacock to be supporting the titipounamu (rifleman) this year.
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• • Harbourside Market to reopen this Sunday

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington’s Harbourside Market will reopen this Sunday 17 October with COVID-19 Alert Level 2 restrictions in place.
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• • Keeping Central Library's books safe

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Powered by a bunch of passionate staff, Te Pātaka Collection and Distribution Centre is a smooth-running machine that ensures Wellingtonians have access to the books they love.
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    Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Bark and Ride trial (re)set for Cable Car

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Upwardly mobile dogs and downward dogs may become a permanent fixture on the Cable Car if a trial in November is a howling success and doesn’t send us all barking mad.
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    Wellington Cable Car, Salamanca Road, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • New District Plan

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • A new (proposed / draft / actual – who knows, really?) District Plan has dropped and it fills me with dread. Horror. Revulsion. They’ve only gone and screwed it up again, haven’t they? I’m not going to mince my words about this – what is being proposed in terms of height limits in the Central Area is a crime against humanity.
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• • Surrealist Art: Wellington Free Day

    • 11 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City residents will be able to enjoy a couple of free days at Te Papa’s Surrealist Art exhibition on 18-19 October 2021.
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    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Cr Sparrow resigns from Council

    • 8 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Councillor Malcolm Sparrow has announced his resignation from Wellington City Council, Mayor Andy Foster has confirmed.
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• • Local arts scene gets boost from creative scheme

    • 8 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • The South Coast Arts Trail, the Glamaphones Matariki show, StarJam’s end of year concert, and PARK(ing) Day 2022 are just a selection of the wide range of projects to receive funding from the recent round of the Creative Communities Scheme (CCS).
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• • Friday Five: Blooming good places for blossoms

    • 8 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Brighten up your weekend by visiting some of the best flower spotting desinations in Pōneke.
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• • Wellington’s 2021 Diwali Festival going online

    • 6 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Diwali Festival of Lights is going online this year due to current COVID-19 restrictions.
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• • Sneak peek inside the Central Library

    • 6 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • It’s been over two years now since the Central Library closed suddenly due to structural vulnerabilities, so what’s happening in there now?
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    Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Mayor welcomes $300k EQC cap

    • 5 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Government announcement that it will increase the amount of insurance risk taken on by the Earthquake Commission (EQC) is welcome news for Wellington homeowners and nationwide, says Wellington Mayor Andy Foster.
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• • Rangatahi voices to be centre stage at Youth Hub Hui

    • 5 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council is developing a new Youth Hub in the central city, and is hosting a hui for the younger community to voice their views on what the space should look like.
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• • Summer City through the '80s

    • 4 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Relive the '80s in Pōneke with over 500 digitised photos of Summer City, thanks to the team at Wellington City Archives.
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• • Ngā Tohunga Whakatere - The Navigators

    • 30 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Space Place is proud to launch Ngā Tohunga Whakatere - The Navigators, a fully immersive planetarium show, which tells the story of early navigation to Aotearoa through the eyes of budding navigator, Moko.
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• • Friday Five: Spring school holiday activities

    • 30 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wondering how you can keep the kids busy over the holidays? We’ve got you covered! Here’s five things to do across Pōneke from 4 to 15 October.
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• • Explore the Matairangi Nature Trail

    • 30 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Make the most of a nice day in the capital by visiting the new extension of the Matairangi Nature Trail with the tamariki!
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• • 20 Twenty One: Bill Stevens

    • 29 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Meet Bill Stevens – biker, rocker, and Wellington City Council's Resource Consents Team Leader.
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• • Community support in heart of the city

    • 28 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington’s new community base, Te Wāhi Āwhina, is helping to make social services and local assistance more accessible for people who live in the central city.
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• • Building proposed for MFC car park

    • 27 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • This Thursday 30 September Wellington City Council will consider a proposal for a 175-year ground lease to enable property developer Willis Bond to transform the Michael Fowler Centre car park into a multi-level, green building with outdoor spaces the public can enjoy.
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    Michael Fowler Centre, 111, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Reasons to be cheerful

    • 24 Sep 2021
    • Island Bay Healthy Streets
    • Here's 8 reasons to be optimistic about Wellington City Council's new Bike Network Plan​Yesterday Wellington City Council voted 14-2 to consult on their new Bike Network Plan.
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• • Green light to a healthier, safer low carbon city

    • 23 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council today gave the green light to consult on a connected bike network that will make streets safer and healthier for everyone.
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• • Seniors’ Week to go on for golden ages

    • 22 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Sustainability workshops, exercise classes, line dancing, cemetery tours and improv theatre are just some of the events planned for the Capital’s older community during Te Wiki Kaumātua – Seniors' Week 2021.
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• • Ways to help Wellington be net zero carbon

    • 22 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • We're working towards being a net zero carbon capital by 2050, and roughly halving our emissions by 2030 along the way. Here are fives ways each of us can take climate action to help achieve this goal.
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• • Dirty nappies, food and fish found among recycling

    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • You may expect to find dirty nappies, food scraps, and rusted oven trays in rubbish bags, but surely not in with recycling. Yet, these are among the items the team at recycling centre Oji Fibre Solutions discover on their conveyer belts regularly.
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• • New Audit Chair appointed

    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Bruce Robertson has been appointed Independent Chair of Wellington City Council’s Audit & Risk Subcommittee.
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• • A jewel in Pōneke's crown

    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Home to Pōneke’s largest area of old growth forest and the only public botanic garden in Aotearoa dedicated solely to native plants, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush really is a special place.
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