Wellington City Council / November 2023
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CAB demolition brought forward
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- Wellington City Council has today agreed to bring funding forward from the 2024/25 financial year to 2023/24 so the Civic Administration Building (CAB) in Te Ngākau Civic Square can be demolished sooner.
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Friday Five: Accessible walkways in Pōneke
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- Wellington has plenty of scenic walkways to explore – however, owing to our topography, they’re not always accessible. We’ve put together a list of five walkways around Wellington that are suitable for wheelchair and pram users and people of all abilities.
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Newtown parking plan approved in principle
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- Community feedback has led to some significant changes to the draft Newtown Parking Management Plan, which was considered and approved in principle by Councillors yesterday (30 November).
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Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Let’s talk shop with Wellington retailers
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- Iko Iko and Twenty-Seven Names are two of the retail businesses that recently took part in the Wellington City Council pilot programme Let’s Talk Shop, which aims to help businesses become more sustainable.
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Warning of fake building inspector
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- Wellington City Council is warning residents to be on the alert for a man knocking on doors and claiming to be a City Council building inspector.
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Wellington Zoo welcomes new-born baby giraffe
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- Wellington Zoo has welcomed its first new-born baby giraffe in nearly two decades – a calf born on Wednesday 29 November to parents Zuri and Sunny.
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Wellington Zoological Gardens, Manchester Street, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Standard & Poor's rating reaffirmed
- Wellington City Council
- Credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s have today confirmed Wellington City Council’s credit rating will remain at AA+/A-1+, which is the highest credit rating of any local authority in New Zealand. The credit outlook remains negative and they have advised that decisions made in adopting the 2024-34 Long-term Plan will be closely monitored.
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Plan to revitalise Courtenay Place released
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- Wellington City Councillors have been briefed on a plan to breathe new life into the Courtenay Place precinct.
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Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Check your mailbox for our summer magazine!
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- Get to know Wellington ‘by the numbers’ this summer with Wellington City Council’s latest quarterly magazine set to hit the streets this week.
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Wellington Zoo and Botanic Gardens play vital role in wildlife conservation
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- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has this month acknowledged the significant contributions of botanic gardens, aquariums, and zoos around the world in their mission to protect wild animals, fungi, and plants.
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Wellington Botanic Garden, Salmont Place, Paekaka, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Meet the woman behind the Moa Point digestors
- Wellington City Council
- Fresh out of school and looking for her next step, Chloe Cross took a chance on doing some construction work experience at office buildings in Moscow with her uncle. This sparked a life-long love for engineering – a passion that brought her to New Zealand, where she now works as a Project Engineer for the Moa Point sludge minimisation facility.
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Nominations now open for Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward by-election
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- Preparations are now under way for a by-election in Wellington City Council’s Pukehīnau/Lambton General Ward following the formal resignation of Councillor Tamatha Paul, who has been elected to Parliament.
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Re-framing old timber from local college
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- Ceres Demolition recently knocked down the Wellington Girls College auditorium and was faced with the prospect of trashing great quality timber. Instead of throwing it out, they turned to a local framing business, JW Framing, to salvage it – a move that diverted 8 tonnes of wood from the landfill!
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Wellington Girls' College, Pipitea Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Artists collaborate to bring cat sculpture up to scratch
- Wellington City Council
- A popular sculpture outside Miramar Library is getting a much-needed repair job thanks to a collaboration between the original artists’ son and a local artist.
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Miramar Library, 68, Miramar Avenue, Miramar, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Community joins forces for Cuba Street clean-up
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- About 40 people came together on Monday to give Wellington’s beloved Cuba Street a scrub-up before the busy festive season kicks off.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The history of Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington city is brimming with wildlife as native birds flourish in the city, adding to the vibrancy of our capital. This is largely to do with the work done by Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, the first fully-fenced sanctuary in Aotearoa, which has been named 2023's top tourism operation in the country. But do you know how Zealandia came to be?
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Capital Basketball comes in clutch for the community
- Wellington City Council
- Capital Basketball General Manager and retired Saints Player Damien Ekenasio has spent the last 30 years dedicated to basketball. He is now working to give back to the community by installing hoops in places without access to equipment, including the one that lifted him up and helped him build his career.
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Behind the scenes with a Te Matapihi Central Library worker
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- From Tākina to Te Matapihi Central Library – Oliver Smyth had no idea that his move to the capital to study would turn into the opportunity to work on two significant buildings.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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We're rolling up our sleeves to make Cuba Street sparkle
- Wellington City Council
- After the success of the Courtenay Place clean-up in June, a bit of TLC is now planned for the Cuba Street area ahead of the busy festive season – and everyone’s invited to join in.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Doctor Who exhibition to land in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council, WellingtonNZ and Sarner International are thrilled to announce Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction | Doctor Who Ngā Ao Mīharo: Te tūtakitanga o te Pūtaiao ki te Pakimaero exhibition opens in Wellington in June 2024.
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Friday Five: Explore Aro Valley
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- Hidden in the hills of Pōneke lies Aro Valley, a suburb filled with rich history. In fact, Aro Street used to have a tram line that linked it to the railway station, which operated until the 1950s! Now, the suburb is full of quirky homes and colourful art, and there’s so much to check out. Here are five things to do.
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Long-term Plan building blocks progressed by Wellington City Council
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- The initial proposed level of Wellington City Council investment in the city over the next 10 years, to be used to develop a draft budget for public consultation, was unanimously passed today by the Council’s Kōrau Tōtōpū Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Committee.
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Get ready to beat around the bush with Hidden Gardens
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- Across the city, our horticulture apprentices are gearing up to share their carefully crafted gardens with the always popular Hidden Gardens project – if you can find them!
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License to ride, with Wellington High
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- “What’s the most important thing? Is it parking, or the environment?” The question is raised by one of the teens from Wellington High School, Fern, after a class trip along Wellington’s newest stretch of bike lane from the Basin Reserve to the waterfront.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rehome the foam with City Archives
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- Wellington City Archives is a place where Wellington's documents, objects, and artworks are able to live on. Now, this opportunity for preservation has been extended, with Wellington’s packaging waste finding new life and a new home at the Archives building at 28 Barker Street.
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Lyall Bay street trial aims to make getting to school safer
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- A new street layout is being trialled over summer to see whether it makes the street outside quieter and safer for residents, and encourages more children to walk, bike or scoot to school.
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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World-leading ecosanctuary Zealandia takes top prize at NZ Tourism Awards
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s ecosanctuary Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne has been named the top tourism operation in Aotearoa New Zealand as winner of the prestigious Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Landfill has a new front-end loader – and it’s fully electric
- Wellington City Council
- The recently introduced front-end loader at Wellington’s Southern Landfill is the first of its kind at a landfill in New Zealand, and will reduce emissions by up to 15 percent on the site.
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Wellington Southern Landfill, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rats, stoats and weasels eliminated from Miramar
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- Predator Free Wellington and the community are celebrating the elimination of rats, stoats and weasels from the Miramar Peninsula.
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Citizens’ Assembly has its say on shaping the city’s future
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- A Citizens’ Assembly, which gathered for a month to give a collective view on prioritising Wellington City Council services, has delivered its report to Council.
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Moving mountains for community projects
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- They say that you shouldn’t make a mountain out of a mole hill – but no one said not to turn a hill into a construction laydown area for the Moa Point sludge minimisation facility.
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Wellington keeps its most creative city crown
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- Wellington continues to reign supreme with an unbroken record since the year 2000 as the most creative city in Aotearoa according to the latest Infometrics Creativity Index.
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Meet the team caring for Wellington’s cemeteries
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- From being tough enough to operate a chain saw and a digger to having the softness needed to comfort and support families in grief – our Cemetery Technicians rely on a spectrum of skills.
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