https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+newtown Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Newtown. https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147099 newtown places media Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=147099 Wellington Scoop 2022-09-03T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=145394 were sold in 1889 in the Wellesley block. It is a diverse historic eclectic place, still retaining a bit of grunge and resembling the Cuba district – a creative, interesting, slightly edgy place to be. People love it and are never bored in Newtown, home of the Newtown Festival, the largest free festival in New Zealand. newtown places media Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=145394 Wellington Scoop 2022-06-22T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140720 As one of Wellington’s oldest suburbs, Newtown was initially undulating fields sloping to swampy ground ending up at the Basin Reserve. The Wellesley Block was advertised to settlers interested in a house with land. Mostly they’d come from dense tenements in the UK or slums in Te Aro. newtown localhistory places media Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140720 Wellington Scoop 2021-11-20T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133654 The Draft Spatial Plan is designed to blame the home-owning people of Wellington. It has its own spin aimed at Newtown’s heritage areas – older housing is up for grabs. newtown draft-spatial-plan places consultation media Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133654 Wellington Scoop 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=132654 earthquake-strengthening heritagebuildings newtown localhistory places media Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=132654 Wellington Scoop 2020-11-20T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131231 On Wednesday last week, a responsible Covid-19 community meeting in Newtown heard constructive suggestions for the increasingly polarizing WCC Draft Spatial Plan. A hundred or so people attended spaciously, while 50 others obliged and walked home to join the other 400 on the live Facebook stream. newtown draft-spatial-plan places consultation media Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131231 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131204 newtown draft-spatial-plan localhistory places consultation media Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131204 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-24T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76088 One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley. orientalbay tawa khandallah makara worserbay stokes-valley mountcook islandbay hataitai civic-square ngaio northland roseneath newtown thorndon huttvalley titahi-bay paraparaumu wadestown kapiti miramar porirua johnsonville wainuiomata lyallbay wilton begonia-house paremata eastbourne karori mountvictoria kelburn kilbirnie berhampore arovalley brooklyn wairarapa seatoun cubastreet waterfront newlands takapu-valley transport places media Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76088 Wellington Scoop 2015-03-07T00:00:00Z -41.3246143 174.8320065 Seatoun http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=62222 newtown places media Sat, 23 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=62222 Wellington Scoop 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=34770 The main streets of Newtown are being converted into State Highway One for four nights every week from now till the end of the year, while the NZ Transport Agency is closing the Mt Victoria tunnel for repairs. But it wasn’t all the extra traffic that upset Newtown locals last week – it was the Agency’s decision to remove a traffic island from Riddiford Street. newtown transport places media Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=34770 Wellington Scoop 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32436 n November 2008, road works were started to resurface and widen Riddiford Street in Newtown, from the southern end to the heritage shopping precinct at the intersection of John Street and Adelaide Road. The contractor put up a sign saying the work would take a month. But it took two and a half months, finishing about the middle of February 2009. cafe retail parking newtown restaurantsbars business transport places media Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32436 Wellington Scoop 2011-03-02T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=21744 Some of the Wellington City Council’s grand plans for Adelaide Road in Newtown came tumbling down this week. newtown places media Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=21744 Wellington Scoop 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand