https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+government Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Government. https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=175914 wcc government media Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=175914 Wellington Scoop 2025-11-21T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=175298 wcc government media Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=175298 Wellington Scoop 2025-10-31T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=166179 city-to-sea-bridge wcc government media Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=166179 Wellington Scoop 2024-12-05T00:00:00Z -41.28871245 174.77854018809037 City to Sea Bridge, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=166125 civic-square wcc places government media Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=166125 Wellington Scoop 2024-12-03T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165907 wcc government media Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165907 Wellington Scoop 2024-11-25T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=164842 wcc government media Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=164842 Wellington Scoop 2024-10-22T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=161882 Over the next two days, Wellington City councillors will meet to vote through the 2024 Long Term Plan. Councils are required by the Local Government Act to have a current 10 year LTP, and to renew these by 30 June (in the case of Wellington) every three years. wcc government media Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=161882 Wellington Scoop 2024-06-26T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=161841 convention-center wcc government media Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=161841 Wellington Scoop 2024-06-24T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=160812 wcc government media Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=160812 Wellington Scoop 2024-05-25T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=160833 wcc government media Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=160833 Wellington Scoop 2024-05-23T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=146688 wcc government media Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=146688 Wellington Scoop 2022-08-16T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=145568 wcc government media Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=145568 Wellington Scoop 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=144090 wcc government media Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=144090 Wellington Scoop 2022-04-29T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139067 Cr Fleur Fitzsimons has had encouraging feedback from across the political spectrum since she criticised last week’s external review of the Wellington City Council’s communications and engagement functions. The review recommends a “refreshed corporate identity” for the council, but Cr Fitzsimons says this makes the council seem as if it is “a corporation with something to sell, like a sneakers brand or an insurance company.” wcc government media Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139067 Wellington Scoop 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=136763 The Wellington City Council made a peculiar decision last week, unanimously. In one resolution there was a good decision, and then a bad decision undermining the good decision. The good decision was that the Council supported advocacy to the Government for financial assistance for those most in need of rental relief through an income related rental subsidy (IRRS), available to state housing tenants, but denied to Council tenants. The bad decision was that it resolved to begin a process of getting rid of its exemplary award-winning Council housing and to start a distracting and entangled process of slowly but sur housing wcc issues government media Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=136763 Wellington Scoop 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135614 Douglas Adams wasn’t thinking of the Wellington City Council when he introduced the world to the SEP field. But he might well have been. In his book Life, The Universe, and Everything, he defined the SEP field: Somebody Else’s Problem. wcc government media Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135614 Wellington Scoop 2021-04-21T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133063 Last week I attended another public meeting about the Draft Spatial Plan, this one organised by Inner City Wellington at St Peter’s on Willis Street. We heard speakers including our Mayor and Councillor Pannet. Through the murky fog of these last few months of public presentations, debates, zoom meetings, submissions, lobbying, etc, all is now crystal clear: It’s About The Money. dogs wcc animals government media Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133063 Wellington Scoop 2020-12-07T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=130124 Last week’s announcement of Tākina as the new name for the new Conference Centre has brought a lively discussion about its relevance. It was also a reminder that renaming has become a habit in Wellington. convention-center tkina wcc government media Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=130124 Wellington Scoop 2020-08-12T00:00:00Z -41.291444549999994 174.7812006663861 Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=129661 Our Central Library is hugely missed by so many of us, a place to go, to be, without cost or expectation, a place to learn, a place to find adventure in the pages of a good book, a place that added life to Te Ngakau Civic Square – the heart of our city. There is strong demand ‘to just reopen it.’ Problem is the Council cannot ‘just reopen it’. central-library wcc libraries government media Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=129661 Wellington Scoop 2020-07-19T00:00:00Z -41.288190150000005 174.77673076998568 Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=129609 The rumours are true. For ages, people have been telling me that the city council has been talking to developers about privatising the Central Library building. Each time, I’ve responded with doubt. But this week the plan has become public – and Councillor Fitzsimons who heads the council’s library portfolio says the news has surprised her. central-library wcc libraries government media Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=129609 Wellington Scoop 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z -41.288190150000005 174.77673076998568 Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=129511 councillors government media Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=129511 Wellington Scoop 2020-07-12T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127876 wcc government media Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127876 Wellington Scoop 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127589 rates government media Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127589 Wellington Scoop 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127468 rates government media Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127468 Wellington Scoop 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127462 rates government media Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127462 Wellington Scoop 2020-04-20T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127226 government media Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127226 Wellington Scoop 2020-04-11T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127031 rates government media Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127031 Wellington Scoop 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=126831 rates government media Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=126831 Wellington Scoop 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z