Wellington City Council newsitems

• • Being prepared when an emergency strikes

    • 1 Feb 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • A major weather event or natural disaster can strike at any time. Are you and your whānau prepared?
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• • Wellington gardens win awards and commendations

    • 31 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • Two of Wellington’s iconic gardens have come up smelling of roses garnering a number of significant awards to add to their blooming trophy cabinet.
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• • Assisting flood-stricken Auckland with building inspections

    • 30 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • Four Wellington City Council building inspectors are heading to Auckland to help with the assessment of thousands of homes and other buildings impacted by the Auckland floods over the weekend.
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• • Wellington ready to rock this week

    • 29 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • Over 50,000 people are set to eat, drink, play, slay, laugh, dance, applaud, and perform in Wellington this week – with more than 33,000 of those, visitors to the region.
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• • Friday Five: Explore Tinakori village

    • 26 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • Just a stone’s throw away from our city centre is the quaint Tinakori village, full of unique shops and eateries. It also happens to be close to one of the city’s gems, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, which makes it the perfect place to visit for a day trip. We’ve put together five things you can do to explore the area.
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    Tinakori Road Village, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Celebrate Te Rā o Waitangi with two whānau-friendly events

    • 25 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • This Te Rā o Waitangi head to Waitangi Park for two free, whānau-friendly events in commemoration of Aotearoa’s national day.
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• • Welly Walks: Week six

    • 23 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • It's the last week of #WellyWalks! Check out where the final walk will be, then head over on Saturday morning to nab yourself a treat and see some epic views.
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• • Friday Five: What to do over Wellington Anniversary weekend

    • 20 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • How good is a long weekend? Make the most of it by exploring our awesome city and checking out what’s on offer. Here’s five things that might tickle your fancy.
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• • Get Street Smart!

    • 19 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • We look after more than 700km of streets across the capital, and each one is unique. We’re highlighting them with Street Smart, a series that showcases the facts, figures and colourful local stories of our roads, crescents and ways.
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• • Behind the scenes of Wellington Town Hall's redevelopment

    • 18 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Te Whare Whakarauiki Wellington Town Hall redevelopment made great strides in 2022 with the removal of the crane, a prominent feature of the city’s skyline since 2020. Read on to find out about the next stages of the project in 2023.
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    Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Explore Wellington’s arts spaces by bike

    • 17 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • Check out some of Wellington’s artist-friendly and bookable community spaces and projects at sites by bike on two inaugural active artists e-bike tours this month.
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• • Waste not want not at summer events

    • 16 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellingtonians love to get out and enjoy the many events that take place across our vibrant capital over the summer.
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• • Welly Walks: Week Five

    • 16 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • #WellyWalks is back for summer! Every week, we’ll share the walk of the week so you can find out where to go and what treats you can find from local Wellington businesses. Check out where the next walk will be.
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• • Welly Walks: Week Four

    • 9 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • #WellyWalks is back for summer! Every week, we’ll share the walk of the week so you can find out where to go and what treats you can find from local Wellington businesses. Check out where the first walk of the year will be.
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• • Gardens Magic return is music to the ears for Pōneke

    • 3 Jan 2023
    • Wellington City Council
    • The iconic Gardens Magic concert series returns to the Botanic Garden ki Paekākā’s Soundshell for three weeks this month – so get ready to face the music.
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    The Sound Shell, Buchanan Way, Paekākā, Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Sign-up for the bike challenge and be in to win

    • 20 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Now is the perfect time to sign up for the 2023 Aotearoa Bike Challenge because you will be in with a chance to win a new e-bike on Christmas Day.
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• • A year of Māori milestones at the Council

    • 20 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Kura, Kura ē ī Ka hihiri-hiri oa Tāmaua kia oti Tāmaua kia ita Tāmaua kia ea, kua ea, kua ea Kua ea whakapiritaewawana, kua ea whakapiritaewiwini Whakapaua kia tāhina tōu pito Kururangitoemai, he whatumanuao He kare manuariki, he mea mahurangi ee Hui ē! Hui ē! Hui ē! Kei aku manu whititua, kei aku manu mātārae, tēnā topa mai ki au, e whakatau nei i a koutou ki ngā whakapaunga kaha me ngā whakatangetange riaka o mātou ki te whakatairanga i te ātaahua o te ahurea Māori me ōna uri katoa. E tau ana!
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• • Changing the streetscape

    • 20 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Pōneke artist Andrew Beck’s work Shadow Windows has been embedded into the streetscape of the newly upgraded Swan Lane and Garrett Street.
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• • Council’s Top of the Pops for 2022

    • 20 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • It’s been a bumper year with an election, COVID-19 challenges, and hundreds of events, activities and services provided in the capital, but nothing stops the elves from compiling Wellington City Council’s weird, wonderful and whacky lists for 2022.
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• • Te Matapihi – Central Library getting ready for reconstruction

    • 20 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • LT McGuinness is on-site at Te Matapihi - Central Library and in full swing with enabling and strengthening works making the building ready for reconstruction. The concrete facade on Harris Street is being removed, which will be replaced by a glass curtainwall to bring in more natural light. This work also allows the piling plant and equipment to enter the ground floor early next year—the first of several major tasks to strengthen the structure—followed by new concrete foundations for the base isolators.
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    Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Courtenay Place: Safe for the summer

    • 19 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • With Covid restrictions a thing of the past, it’s going to be a big summer for our inner-city party precinct. We’re working with our partners to ensure Courtenay Place is a safe and welcoming place for everybody over the busy festive season.
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• • Don’t trash the planet, refuse rubbish

    • 19 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Tip Shop has been busy turning people’s trash into someone else’s treasure this year – saving around 28 tonnes from going to the Southern Landfill.
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• • Celebrating students' success

    • 19 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Absolutely Positively Wellington (APW) Student Awards celebrate secondary-school students’ contributions to their communities.
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• • Pōneke place names in te reo app Mahau

    • 18 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Now buried, a stream used to flow through Parliament Grounds. Waipiro (‘stinking water’) was named so by locals because its slow-flowing waters could get a bit smelly. We caught up with Ross Calman, one of the translators who worked on Mahau, the reo Māori language app for Wellington, to learn about uncovering the names and knowledge that reflect our city’s multi-layered history.
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• • Welly Walks: Week three

    • 18 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • #WellyWalks is back for summer! Every week, we’ll share the walk of the week so you can find out where to go and what treats you can find from local Wellington businesses. Check out where the next walk will be.
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• • Watch this space Pōneke!

    • 18 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Several murals will be popping up around Pōneke over the next couple of months recognising mana whenua, our creative culture and adding further vibrancy to the capital.
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• • Construction approved for Moa Point sludge minimisation facility

    • 16 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • On Thursday 15 December, the Council approved the construction of the new sludge minimisation facility at Moa Point, which will help meet the target of halving emissions by 2030 and becoming net-zero carbon capital by 2050.
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• • Council to purchase 474 off-street car parks in Tory Street

    • 16 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • The Council voted to purchase the Century city parking building in Tory Street for $13million at a meeting on Thursday 15 December.
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• • Te Matapihi funding approved for design

    • 16 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • On 15 December 2022, the Council resolved to increase the Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui budget by $12 million for design, delivering integrated Central Library, City Archives, Customer Service Centre and Experience Wellington’s Capital E services, and celebrating Pōneke’s unique cultural identity.
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• • Notable decisions from yesterday’s City Council meeting

    • 15 Dec 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • A number of important decisions were made at yesterday’s final 2022 meeting of the Wellington City Council – some in public and others in public-excluded sessions.
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