Wellington City Council / March 2020
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Great gardening tips from our experts
- Wellington City Council
- Getting outside into your garden during the lockdown period can be a great way to relax and recharge your batteries. Growing your own vegetables and giving the garden some TLC is something the whole whanau can do.
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Mayoral update for 31 March
- Wellington City Council
- Kia ora Wellington – I’m Mayor Andy Foster, with another daily update.
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Message to all Wellingtonians
- Wellington City Council
- The Covid-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact globally. Thousands of people have already died, and many countries are in some form of lockdown.
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Wellington City Mission opens ‘Te Paapori’ to provide shelter for homeless during lockdown
- Wellington City Mission
- Tuesday 31 March, 2020 In collaboration with the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and Wellington City Council (WCC), The Wellington City Mission is helping to provide warm, dry and safe... Read more »
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Collaboration providing shelter for city’s homeless
- Wellington City Council
- Thirty-eight self-contained units have been made available in a private property for the city’s vulnerable community – providing food, shelter, security, and most importantly a safe place to self-isolate during the Alert Level 4 lockdown.
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Mayoral update for 30 March
- Wellington City Council
- Kia ora Wellington, I’m Mayor Andy Foster.
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In times of need the Compassion Soup Kitchen rises to the challenge
- Wellington City Council
- It’s been 118 years since the Compassion Soup Kitchen began providing daily meals for Wellington’s disadvantaged – and as they did during the 1918 flu pandemic, they’re doing it again.
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Make working from home work for you
- Wellington City Council
- No commute, no hovering boss, working in your track pants? There’s no doubt that working from home has its benefits.
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Mayoral update for 29 March
- Wellington City Council
- Hello everyone, I’m Mayor Andy Foster. It’s been a very sad day for New Zealand, as you have no doubt heard.
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Mayoral update for 28 March
- Wellington City Council
- Good afternoon everyone, I’m Mayor Andy Foster. What a day!
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Mitre 10 MEGA pitches in to help out Wellington Night Shelter
- Wellington City Council
- Communal living in the Wellington Night Shelter has just been made safer for its regular residents who need to be in self-isolation – thanks to a mega helping hand from local businesses.
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Mayoral update for 27 March
- Wellington City Council
- Hello everyone, I’m Mayor Andy Foster. Well done Wellington! Day two and you’re absolutely nailing this lockdown!
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Wellington City Libraries - the online hub for every bubble
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Libraries (WCL) is helping people staying at home by adding more online services, which are available to everyone in the capital.
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Coordinated support for vulnerable and isolated in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s Community Services is working alongside outreach teams and other core support groups in a coordinated approach to look after the more vulnerable members of the city.
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Creative ways to reduce your waste
- Wellington City Council
- With the disruption to some waste management services due to Covid-19, reducing your waste at home is more important than ever.
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Mayoral update for 26 March
- Wellington City Council
- Good afternoon again Wellington, I’m Mayor Andy Foster.
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Covid-19 fightback - update 26 March
- Wellington City Council
- Recycling reiteration - there’ll be no pick-up of kerbside recycling tomorrow (Friday 27 March) – residents of the eastern suburbs – ie Houghton Valley, Lyall Bay, Kilbirnie and the Miramar Peninsula - are asked not to put their recycling out.
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Covid-19: Wellington City Council update – 25 March
- Wellington City Council
- Alert level 4 lockdown starts tonight – and a national state of emergency has been declared. This is an obvious indication of how serious this Covid-19 situation is.
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Join Wellington City Libraries online
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Libraries has now ensured non-members can temporarily sign-up to access thousands of online resources from the comfort of their own home.
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Kerbside recycling to be halted tonight
- Wellington City Council
- Kerbside recycling collections will be halted in Wellington City from midnight tonight (Wednesday 25 March) until further notice.
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Accessing the arts from your couch
- Wellington City Council
- It’s no secret that Wellingtonians are spoilt for choice when it comes to arts and culture, and there’s no need to go without your daily dose during the lockdown period.
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Mayoral update for 24 March
- Wellington City Council
- Good afternoon Wellington, I’m Andy Foster, your Mayor.
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Covid-19: Update re on-street parking in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is turning off its metered parking system in the central city for the immediate future due to the impact of Covid-19. This means motorists do not have to pay for on-street parking in the immediate future.
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Mayoral update on Covid-19
- Wellington City Council
- Good afternoon Wellington – I’m Mayor Andy Foster – I want to give you another update on what’s happening in Wellington in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Southern Landfill closed to the public and kerbside recycling stopping for now
- Wellington City Council
- As of 5pm tonight (Monday 23 March), the Southern Landfill will be closed to the public. This includes the transfer station, recycle centre and the Tip Shop. There will also be no sale or delivery of Capital Compost for now.
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Covid-19: response update from Mayor Andy Foster
- Wellington City Council
- Following on from the Prime Minister’s message at lunchtime today, I want to give Wellingtonians an update on the City Council’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Minutes of the March 2020 Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Minutes of the Newtown Residents’ Association meeting 16th March 2020 Present: Rhona Carson (Chair), Steve Cosgrove (Minutes), Leonie Walker, Jane Patterson, Jill Ford, Alison Borbelly, Keith Powell, Tom Law, Don McDonald, Warwick Taylor, Peter Frater, Effie Rankin, Faye Tohbyn, Lyn Morris, Sam Somers, Eileen Brown, Neville Carson, Kevin Lethbridge, Graeme Carroll, Merio Marsters, Marion Leighton. Apologies: Paul Eagle, Dom Shaheen, Steve Dunn, Martin Hanley, Anna Kemble Welch, Jan Gould + Marion Leighton(for lateness)Noted that Paul apologised because MPs have been advised to stay away from community meetings due to Covid-19 risks.. Rhona welcomed everyone to the meeting. Newtown Festival Rhona thanked all the marshalls and other volunteers for helping. The meeting made an enthusiastic vote of thanks and appreciation to the organisers for another very successful Festival.Sadly there was one violent event later in the evening; this seemed to be the result of a personal conflict between two visitors to Newtown. The Police and Community Patrol were involved. Don asked what the noise policy is, as he worries about how loud the Festival is. Tom Law outlined the Council policy. Wellington City Council Consultations Parking Policy. Consultation opened today and will run till April 14th. WCC had a traveling road show on the subject in Newtown Mall this morning. It wasn’t widely advertised and no one at the meeting knew it was going to be there, or attended.Rhona noted that the policy is very high-level at this stage. We recommend that people look at the material on the website. The questions on the web site are quite general so Newtown-specific concerns would need to be added in narrative form.Some general issues were discussed.We will consider different things we can agree on, such as further communication with WCC to develop a Newtown-specific plan, and sensible Residents’ Parking areas and fees. Planning for Growth The WCC Consultation Team were to have a Newtown Festival stall but cancelled because they were not quite ready to go. Next consultation meeting is on 26 March at Prefab – Jane and Rhona interested in going. No one had any further comment: Rhona suggested reading the web page and keeping up-to-date with progress on the development of a proposed spatial plan for the city.District Plan Review – this is beginning at the end of this year or early next. Water Warrick is concerned that water metres are coming back into discussion. This has resulted in some suggesting we ‘need’ water metres to pay for replacement of aged infrastructure.A number of views were expressed regarding the pros and cons of water metering. COVID-19 Eileen Brown is working for the Council of Trade Unions developing plans and consolidating ideas for “managing the risk and flattening the curve”.The current situation was outlined, along with common narratives being used to describe the situation and management options. Eileen described then distributed some information.Marion Leighton (Consultant Physician at Wellington Hospital) arrived during this discussion, having been at a hospital meeting on the same topic. She outlined the hospital’s plans for managing an influx of seriously ill patients and also answered questions. Most important thing is to wash hands frequently and thoroughly, cough and sneeze into your elbow or tissues, don’t touch your face, avoid physical contact with others and self-isolate at the first sign of any symptoms. We are in this for the long-term, so make sure you have a reasonable plan. Emergency Management Discussion Neville Carson outlined his background in Civil Defence (previous name for Emergency Management, and introduced “Wellington Conversations” – facilitated conversations on various topics which have been running in Newtown and elsewhere for several months.Neville is organising a meeting to discuss Emergency Management issues on 31 March, 7:30 to 9:30, at Newtown Hall, using a model based on Wellington Conversations. Circus Performers – Steve informed the meeting that on Wednesday evening (18th Mcaarch) in Carrara Park circus performers will be performing with LED Hula hoops. Meeting ended at 8:58
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Wellington public facilities to stay open for now
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Mayor Andy Foster says swimming pools, libraries and other community facilities around the city will remain open for now but that the Covid-19 situation is being closely monitored.
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Annual Plan reconsidered in light of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Councillors met yesterday to reconsider their response to the draft 2020/21 Annual Plan with respect to the rapidly changing situation in regard to COVID-19 (coronavirus).
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Meeting considers options to support Wellington economy as pandemic hits
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City councillors today met with representatives of the local business community to learn more about the impact of Covid-19 on their operations and consider ways the Council might support local businesses to withstand the already-begun downturn and protecting the vibrancy of Wellington.
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Mayoral Taskforce holds first meeting
- Wellington City Council
- The Mayoral Taskforce: Three Waters met for the first time today, and began the all-important information gathering stage.
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Annual Plan meeting moved to April
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Mayor Andy Foster says the developing Covid-19 situation is behind his decision to postpone the 2020/21 Annual Plan meeting scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday 19 March) to Thursday 2 April.
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Wellington City Council services are ‘business as usual’ – for now
- Wellington City Council
- Following Ministry of Health advice, Wellington City Council recreation facilities, libraries, community centres, Southern Landfill and kerbside collections, the parks and gardens, and Service Centre are business as usual – but the situation is being regularly monitored.
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COVID-19: Ways to keep active
- Wellington City Council
- The Ministry of Health’s advice for managing your mental wellbeing is to keep to your routines, keep active, support others, and spend time in places that feel safe and comfortable.
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Te Ngakau and Central Library to be discussed by Council next week
- Wellington City Council
- Options for returning Te Ngākau Civic Precinct to being a resilient, lively and distinctly Wellington heart of the city will be discussed by the Mayor and Councillors on Wednesday 25 March.
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Draft Annual Plan vote this Thursday
- Wellington City Council
- Resilience and transport are key focuses of Wellington City Council’s draft 2020/21 Annual Plan consultation document which will be debated by the Mayor and Councillors this Thursday 19 March.
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COVID-19: Library services you can access from home
- Wellington City Council
- Due to coronavirus, most travellers now arriving in New Zealand are required to self isolate for 14 days. Concerts, gatherings and sporting events are also being postponed or cancelled.
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March 15 one year on
- Wellington City Council
- Action would come later, after the grief, after the sorrow, but at first Mai Mostafa was simply speechless.
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Wellington looking forward to hosting Women’s World Cup match against rivals Australia
- Wellington City Council
- Acting Mayor Sarah Free welcomes today’s announcement that Wellington will play host to six ICC Women’s World Cup games, including the White Ferns game against rivals Australia.
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Seeds to Feeds: Planting, growing, cooking and eating locally
- Wellington City Council
- Local teams in six suburbs across Wellington will cook and host a meal, made from food grown, caught, foraged, baked or brewed in their community.
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Join the waewae express this Walk2Work day
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians are encouraged to ditch the wheels and use the waewae express for Walk2Work day on Wednesday 11 March.
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Many Council tenants will pay lower rents under proposed rent change
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Councillors will be asked to approve public consultation on a proposed fairer system for charging City Housing tenants rent, so those on lower incomes have more to spend on other basic living costs.
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Te Wharepouri Street gets approval
- Wellington City Council
- Te Wharepouri Street is the new, corrected, name for Waripori Street in the Wellington suburb of Berhampore following a vote by the Wellington City Council today (Thursday 5 March).
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Sowing the seeds of aroha
- Wellington City Council
- March is all about bringing people and communities together – with Neighbours Day, Local Food Week and the newly introduced Seeds to Feeds festival events happening all over the capital in the next few weeks.
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Events and roadworks to cause traffic challenges in city this month
- Wellington City Council
- Motorists are urged to steer clear of central Wellington this coming Saturday and Newtown this Sunday as an events-packed month of March kicks into gear.
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Events remembering March 15 anniversary in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- A national remembrance service will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch on Sunday 15 March to mark the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks.
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