https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+wcc Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Wellington City Council. 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=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=159629 Heritage is contested by many and loved by others. The Mayor and Councillor McNulty want it as just a political whim. They’ve written a letter to RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop asking for the power to remove heritage buildings from district plan rules by a simple Council majority vote. The letter says this request is “on behalf of the Wellington City Council,” though it was never discussed by councillors. wcc town-hall-restroration earthquake-strengthening toomaths-building heritagebuildings government localhistory media Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=159629 Wellington Scoop 2024-04-15T00:00:00Z -41.293532549999995 174.7760526425933 Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand 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=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=140091 tkina convention-center wcc government media Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=140091 Wellington Scoop 2021-10-26T00:00:00Z -41.291444549999994 174.7812006663861 Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand 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=134770 Wellington City Councillor Tamatha Paul was successful in leading the charge to remove $75 million for the Airport which had been in the council’s long term plan. For this, she and her colleagues have been lambasted by some – such as a letter to the Dominion Post by Nick Leggett a few days ago. But neither he nor the media appear to understand what this is all about. airport runway-extension wcc transport government media Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=134770 Wellington Scoop 2021-03-11T00:00:00Z -41.32691975 174.8077029634527 Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand 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=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=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=78494 A week or so after 30 year, 50 year, 80 year, and 100 year rain events, no answers are forthcoming about why the city was shutdown because of a slip and a large puddle. Nor are any answers forthcoming on what the Wellington City Council in particular is going to do about the woeful state of its storm water. It’s a shambles and, in the middle of all of this, emergency management was really nowhere to be seen. wcc government media Wed, 20 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=78494 Wellington Scoop 2015-05-20T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76490 It is my opinion that Kevin Lavery and some of the city council leadership team have an agenda for privatising and commercialising city assets that they are determined to push in an opaque and autocratic way. Let’s take a look at WREDA for example – the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency that was launched with great fanfare last year and has since disappeared off the radar. Its role is to replace five Council-Controlled Organisations: Grow, Positively, Destination, Venues, and Major Events. wcc regional-council government media Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76490 Wellington Scoop 2015-03-19T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=71860 The Wellington City Council, after ten years, has decided to resume earning an income from the two billboards on top of the Embassy Theatre. When the city council took over ownership of the 1920s building from the Embassy Theatre Trust more than ten years ago, advertising deals were in place which earned $100,000 a year from the high-profile signage. But the council decided it didn’t want advertising. Except for itself. The commercial deals ended. As did the income. cinema wcc government media Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=71860 Wellington Scoop 2014-10-16T00:00:00Z -41.2943254 174.7841657 Embassy Theatre, Kent Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=70960 Expensive new plans for Victoria Street have failed to consider cyclists. Why do the concept plans show that the street will be rubbish for people on bikes? The City Council has committed $11million to fast track a re-design of three blocks of the street, between Dixon and Abel Smith Streets. wcc transport cycling government sport media Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=70960 Wellington Scoop 2014-09-17T00:00:00Z -41.2951792 174.7723166 Victoria Street, Mt. Cook, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=70163 At its meeting on Wednesday, the Wellington City Council will vote on a motion lodged by Councillors Nicola Young and Paul Eagle that could delay the development of the Island Bay Cycle Way (Section 1 of the full route to the city) indefinitely. wcc cycling islandbay government sport places media Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=70163 Wellington Scoop 2014-08-25T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=62977 parking wcc transport government media Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=62977 Wellington Scoop 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=58637 The city council has voted in favour of a flyover at the Basin Reserve, in spite of the fact that the city continues to be deeply divided over the issue. The vote, by 7 to 6, is a disappointment for Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, who has argued against the flyover since she successfully campaigned for the mayoralty against the pro-flyover mayor Kerry Prendergast. It was a narrow win, and for a while the new council had a one-vote majority against the flyover. But then Andy Foster changed sides. wcc basinreserve government transport media Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=58637 Wellington Scoop 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand