Horsing around, 2. March 2021, 18:14
Do we really think if we move Wellingtons emissions to zero that it will prevent these events happening? Is our ego that big that we think nz or wellington alone can make that difference? And if these seaside places are at such risk why are we forging ahead with Shelly Bay?
Developer, 2. March 2021, 19:15
Let’s sell everything that our forefathers (any mothers?) built up for future generations. Privatise the lot … we need to look after developers not future citizens or even ourselves. Really Council are you serious?
Claire, 2. March 2021, 19:16
I would really like to see that rates rise go down. This is the highest rates rise proposal in NZ. Auckland’s is only 5%! I don’t have a problem with the divesting of buildings. That includes the convention centre. The library could have private offices on top. There has been a lot of misinformation on that. The actual library was not
Green Party to issue a please explain over Wellington deputy mayor s cycleway vote
23 Feb, 2021 04:30 PM
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Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Wellington s local Green Party is convening following concerns from members about how some city councillors voted on the capital s draft 10-year budget.
The fallout from Thursday s chaotic Long Term Plan meeting is mounting, with Mayor Andy Foster and some councillors in a full-blown stoush over a proposal to privatise part of the central library building.
Deputy Mayor Sarah Free, who ran on the Green ticket and is the cycling portfolio leader, voted against a proposal to triple the cycleway budget at the meeting.
How Wellington became the poster child for NZ s water infrastructure crisis
7 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Wellington s forgotten infrastructure has come home to roost in the form of broken pipes, sludge trucks, sewage in the streets, and a public outcry. In January 2020 Wellington s mayor was comfortable with the amount of money being spent on water infrastructure and described the timing of two catastrophic pipe failures as appallingly bad luck .
A year later it is clear the state of the city s horizontal infrastructure has nothing to do with luck and is instead the victim of decades of underinvestment, three of which Mayor Andy Foster has been on council for.
News from WCC
Come down to Whairepo Lagoon on 31 December and get ready to see in the New Year with a night of entertainment, kai and activities for all to enjoy.
The evening will be a family friendly New Year’s Eve celebration, so bring together friends and whānau, grab a seat early, and get ready to bring in the New Year with great music, food and fireworks.
Now in its’ sixth year at the lagoon, the event kicks-off with Electric Avenue and an hour of kids’ chart-topping favourites until the little ones’ count-down at 9pm. Enjoy another hour of all the songs you love until 10pm, then the Rodger Fox Big Band will be entertaining with a line-up of great Kiwi classics.
The Shelly Bay development, proposed by developer Ian Cassels, has spent years tied up in legal and other challenges. If built, at a former Air Force base on the western fringe of the Miramar peninsula, it will include 350 apartments and townhouses, hotels, a rest home and a ferry terminal. Cassels bought most ot the land from Wellington iwi Taranaki Whānui – a subgroup of which opposes the sale and is leading an occupation at the bay – then the council recently in favour of selling and leasing the remainder of the land needed for the development.
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Timothy Wagner, left, Anaru Mepham , Stafford Tawhai, Hinekaa Mako and Tere Harrison are part of a group which have set up an occupation opposing the Shelly Bay development.