https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+places Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Places. https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=178400 civic-square places media Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=178400 Wellington Scoop 2026-03-13T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=174167 onslow places media Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=174167 Wellington Scoop 2025-09-21T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=171739 civic-square places media Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=171739 Wellington Scoop 2025-07-23T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=166609 begonia-house places media Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=166609 Wellington Scoop 2024-12-16T00:00:00Z -41.2808403719463 174.76908004140702 Begonia House, Serpentine Way, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159829 Sixteen years ago, the Wellington city council said it didn’t want to have a large empty building site in Mt Cook. A year later it got what it didn’t want. And the large empty building site in Mt Cook has stayed empty for fifteen years. The prime site has been empty since the city council allowed the Boys Institute swimming pool to be demolished to make way for a supermarket. Only the street frontage remained. mountcook places media Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159829 Wellington Scoop 2024-04-23T00:00:00Z -41.30146955 174.7776714 Boys' Institute & S.A.Rhodes Home For Boys, Tasman Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159816 petone places media Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159816 Wellington Scoop 2024-04-22T00:00:00Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159718 civic-square places media Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159718 Wellington Scoop 2024-04-18T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142353 titahi-bay places media Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142353 Wellington Scoop 2022-02-09T00:00:00Z -41.1040802 174.8377591 Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142338 At last some cheerful news. Heritage is back with a capital H – the Wellington City Council has voted in favour of not only retaining but also rebuilding the open-air Khandallah Pool in Khandallah Park. khandallah swimming places sport media Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142338 Wellington Scoop 2022-02-04T00:00:00Z -41.246742 174.7905885 Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=141577 civic-square places media Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=141577 Wellington Scoop 2021-12-18T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=141279 Have I got this right? The Wellington City Council’s draft District Plan is proposing to remove the heritage listing protection of the heart of the city – Te Ngakau/Civic Centre, which is listed as a heritage area in the current District Plan. There’s also no regard for legal protection of the city’s two waterfront parks. civic-square heritagebuildings draft-district-plan places localhistory consultation media Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=141279 Wellington Scoop 2021-12-08T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=141285 titahi-bay places media Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=141285 Wellington Scoop 2021-12-07T00:00:00Z -41.1040802 174.8377591 Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua 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 https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140403 Last week’s cautious city council move towards keeping traffic out of more of Cuba Street, and converting part of Dixon Street for pedestrians, should be welcomed by almost everyone, except for the few who still think that customers only arrive in cars. Councillors voted 11-3 to limit private vehicle access on Cuba Street between Ghuznee Street and Vivian Street, and on Dixon Street between Taranaki Street and Victoria Street. cubastreet transport wcc places government media Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140403 Wellington Scoop 2021-11-15T00:00:00Z -41.2937917 174.7754336 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140466 Last Friday was 1,500 days since the Wellington City Council voted 13-1 to upgrade The Parade in Island Bay. So why hasn’t the work started? Here’s a rundown of everything that’s happened (or not happened) in the four years since then. islandbay cycleway places cycle-lanes transport media Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140466 Wellington Scoop 2021-11-09T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140082 For three years, Your Bay Your Say has brought awareness and transparency to the Titahi Bay and Porirua community about the not-fit-for-purpose Porirua Wastewater Treatment Plant, where there’ve been numerous malfunctions, bypasses for UV cleaning, and overflows of partially treated and raw sewage in heavy rain that discharge 700m from the popular Titahi Bay beach. titahi-bay places media Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140082 Wellington Scoop 2021-10-24T00:00:00Z -41.1040802 174.8377591 Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139387 There was a night of magical thinking last Thursday when Wellington City Councillors debated the proposal to support a new building on the open green waterfront lawn of Frank Kitts Park. It was led by mayor Andy Foster, who said the fale maele proposal was “a magical concept, with the potential to be a great meeting place.” But it’s impossible to understand how he knows this, because there are no plans – not even a concept drawing – for anyone to see. Nothing. Perhaps Andy was looking into a crystal ball. frank-kitts-park fale waterfront places media Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139387 Wellington Scoop 2021-09-27T00:00:00Z -41.287041349999996 174.77875599386792 Frank Kitts Park, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139287 Open letter from Helene Ritchie to Wellington mayor and councillors I am writing in anticipation of your debate tomorrow about Frank Kitts Park, because there is significant public concern about the loss of green open public space on our waterfront. I want to alert you to a serious omission that your officers appear to have made. frank-kitts-park waterfront places media Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139287 Wellington Scoop 2021-09-22T00:00:00Z -41.287041349999996 174.77875599386792 Frank Kitts Park, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139194 waterfront places media Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139194 Wellington Scoop 2021-09-20T00:00:00Z https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139080 frank-kitts-park waterfront places media Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=139080 Wellington Scoop 2021-09-15T00:00:00Z -41.287041349999996 174.77875599386792 Frank Kitts Park, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=138876 Despite being surrounded by high hills, Wellington is fortunate to have an international airport that is under 10km from its CBD, with flight approaches over Cook Strait to the south and just missing the Newland hills to the north. The drawback is the runway which forms a major physical barrier over 2km long between the city and the airport terminal and the growing population of over 20,000 residents who live east of the airport on Miramar Peninsula. airport miramar transport places media Mon, 06 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=138876 Wellington Scoop 2021-09-06T00:00:00Z -41.3133541 174.8196538 Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=138841 miramar places media Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=138841 Wellington Scoop 2021-09-04T00:00:00Z -41.3133541 174.8196538 Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=137927 porirua places media Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=137927 Wellington Scoop 2021-07-27T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=137390 The number of its parishioners had shrunk to less than a score, so it was inevitable that this beautiful 1960s Brooklyn church would have to find a new use. But was demolition inevitable? Demolition wasn’t mentioned when the Modernist St Matthew’s Church, designed by leading Wellington architect Derek Wilson, was advertised for sale at the end of last year. brooklyn heritagebuildings places localhistory media Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=137390 Wellington Scoop 2021-07-04T00:00:00Z -41.3075683 174.76649025735946 St Matthew's Cooperating Church / Co-operating Parish, 96, Washington Avenue, Mitchelltown, Vogeltown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=136509 When I attended the recent Civic Trust seminar about the future of Te Ngākau Civic Square, the thing that surprised me the most was hearing the renowned architect Gordon Moller call for the retention and adaptive reuse of the Municipal Office Building (MOB) and Civic Administration Building (CAB) rather than have them demolished – as seems likely. civic-square places media Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=136509 Wellington Scoop 2021-05-28T00:00:00Z -41.2889152 174.77653773525603 Wellington City Council Offices, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135427 civic-square places media Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135427 Wellington Scoop 2021-04-10T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135370 civic-square places media Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135370 Wellington Scoop 2021-04-08T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135266 Te Ngakau – Civic Precinct should be the beating heart of our city – a place for events, music, entertainment, relaxation, casual fun, protests, celebrations; a place that reflects our heritage and our stories, a beautiful, flexible, resilient, connected place to enjoy and be proud of – a place for everyone, a place for life! civic-square places media Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=135266 Wellington Scoop 2021-04-04T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=134604 Open letter to the Wellington Mayor and City Councillors I write with a degree of alarm and anger over your proposals for the Central Library and Te Ngakau/Civic Centre. I am urgently asking you to amend the draft LTP at your meeting on Thursday. central-library civic-square libraries places media Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=134604 Wellington Scoop 2021-03-02T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133997 titahi-bay places media Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133997 Wellington Scoop 2021-01-29T00:00:00Z -41.1040802 174.8377591 Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand