Jan 27, 2025 · by Nemo What a great way to start 2025, with the sale of the Reading cinema complex to Prime Property. That’s the best news Wellington could have, outside of Wellington Water saying “we’ve fixed all the pipes”, or the WCC saying “rates bill going down 50% this year”.

Jan 25, 2025 · by Nemo What a great way to start 2025, with the sale of the Reading cinema complex to Prime Property. That’s the best news Wellington could have, outside of Wellington Water saying “we’ve fixed all the pipes”, or the WCC saying “rates bill going down 50% this year”.

Nov 27, 2024 · Submission by Architectural Centre The Architectural Centre strongly opposes what appears to be the driving premise of the Wellington City Council’s proposed Te Ngākau Development Plan – namely that the original concept of the Civic Precinct as a carefully composed and choreographed composition of connecting urban elements and related public buildings centred on the amphitheatre-like ...

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Jan 25, 2025 · by Nemo What a great way to start 2025, with the sale of the Reading cinema complex to Prime Property. That’s the best news Wellington could have, outside of Wellington Water saying “we’ve fixed all the pipes”, or the WCC saying “rates bill going down 50% this year”.

Oct 7, 2024 · by Pierson Palmer Wellington’s transit future looks a bit dire. Our transit budget is bogged down by basic maintenance. Light rail to Newtown feels like a pipedream, despite the corridor being a classic example of an at-capacity bus route needing a higher capacity mode.

2 days ago · Wellington Water has requested an extra $37.5 million dollars from the city council over the next three years to help fix and replace leaking pipes and to better manage the entity. In a meeting yesterday afternoon, Wellington Water chief executive Pat Dougherty was frank about why the funding was ...

Dec 22, 2024 · Wellington.Scoop Wellington.Scoop has attracted record numbers of readers this year. We attracted more than 300,000 page views in November – the first month that we had reached this total.

2 days ago · New analysis shows that Wellington has seen the lowest number of new homes being consented on record, in the period since the new District Plan passed. Some lobby groups pushed for a permissive District Plan, with increased height allowances and much reduced character protections, on the basis that ...

3 days ago · Daran Ponter has been the head of the regional council since the 2019 local body election. The council oversees much of the region’s parks, its marine environment, transport and is the main shareholder in Centreport — the company that runs Wellington’s port. He has fronted several issues over ...