Wellington City Council / December 2022
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Sign-up for the bike challenge and be in to win
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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)
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Courtenay Place: Safe for the summer
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- #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!
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- 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
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- 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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Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, Stewart Duff Drive, Moa Point, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council to purchase 474 off-street car parks in Tory Street
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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We support lowering the voting age to 16!
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- In Aotearoa, 16-year-olds can pay tax, protest, petition, work, and drive. But why can’t they vote?
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Parklets popping up in time for summer
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- Parklets are starting to pop up around the city on Courtenay Place, Dixon Street and Oriental Bay, just in time for summer and the silly season.
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Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Small steps to avoid waste during the holidays
- Wellington City Council
- The festive season is here! It’s exciting being able to unwind with loved ones. However, the side-effect of our enjoyment is that Christmas is a disaster for our environment.
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How to make Chai Masala with Spice Tree
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- In Behind the Stalls, we have gone behind the scenes with some of the vibrant characters of Wellington waterfront’s Harbourside Market as they show us how to make their most popular products. In the third of six stories, we meet the Spice Tree family and learn how to make their famous Chai Masala.
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The Street Cleaners of Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Keeping Wellington clean is a 24/7 job – from cleaning sumps, to clearing sand off the roads around Lyall Bay beach. In the past year, there have been over 3200 cleaning requests in the city, including 122 incidents of fouling and 700 illegal dumping collections totaling 25 tonnes of waste. But who are the people doing the cleaning?
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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More sustainable transport options through Aro Valley and Ngaio
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- Further bus, bike and pedestrian improvements are heading for the suburbs of Wellington, with routes through Aro Valley and Ngaio approved today.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Re-shaping the Botanic Gardens play area
- Wellington City Council
- The beloved Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā play area that opened in 1904 is due for an upgrade as part of our play spaces policy.
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Wellington Botanic Garden Play Area, Kew Way, Paekaka, Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Hospital visits made easier for family by bike
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- Biking has offered the Beech family freedom in Wellington by helping their daughter to experience the world with a paediatric brain tumour and helping father Jarrod recover from prostate cancer.
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Latest emissions data shows heartening decrease across the capital
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- New data paints a hopeful picture for the capital’s net zero carbon future, with a decrease in overall emissions.
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Welly Walks: Week two
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- #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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Ways to avoid food waste this Christmas
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- Preparing and sharing kai is an enormous part of Christmas. We put so much work into creating beautiful meals, so it doesn’t seem right that we waste significantly more food over the festive season. Food waste already makes up one third of Wellingtonian’s waste, and over the holidays this increases by 40 percent.
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Friday Five: Ways to have fun on Courtenay Place this summer
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- With the days getting longer and the life returning to some form of post-COVID normality, Courtenay Place is gearing up for a buzzing few months – here are five ways you can make the most of our lively entertainment precinct over summer.
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Unanimous approval for easier access to e-bikes
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- Wellingtonians and visitors to the city looking for low-carbon ways to get around will be able to hire e-bikes as easily as e-scooters this summer.
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Top Tip Shop second-hand gift picks
- Wellington City Council
- Christmas gifts don’t need to be expensive or flashy. Instead, why not pick out some thoughtful treasures from the Tip Shop?
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More EV chargers popping up around Pōneke
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- New electric vehicle (EV) chargers are being installed around Pōneke as part of Wellington City Council’s Charged-up Capital programme.
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Welly Walks: Week one
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- #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 will be.
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Easy access to e-bikes being considered
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- Wellingtonians and visitors to the city looking for low-carbon ways to get around may soon be able to hire e-bikes as easily as e-scooters.
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Friday Five: Fun and festive weekend activities in the city
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- There’s a whole lot going on in Wellington this weekend! Kick off the festive season by heading along to one of the awesome events happening round the city.
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Wellington hospo venues to become smoke and vape free
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- All hospitality venues in Wellington with outdoor dining on Council land will become smokefree and vapefree from 1 March 2023.
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Plans to rejuvenate Island Bay village take shape
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- More space for outdoor seats and tables and a place where kids can get creative are among plans shaped with the community to rejuvenate the heart of Island Bay.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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