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by Felicity Wong It’s not good enough. Just a few days ago the WCC announced it had cleaned up Lambton Quay. One of the Wellington.
The local election campaign in Wellington looks far more like an episode of Survivor than a rational debate to choose the next governors of the city. Frankly, the current triennium has been an emba ...
Part One covered the formation and structure of the Porirua Citizens Assembly on climate change. For the wider Porirua community, Day One of the Assembly was devoted to setting the ground rules, f ...
by Gordon Campbell This past week has seen Wellington’s ruling coalition of chaos in fully dysfunctional mode. In the last six days, the ACT Party and New Zealand First have had two strikingly di ...
Better Wellington endorses the strong “Independent Together” candidates who are standing alongside Wellington City Councillor and leading mayoral candidate Ray Chung to contest this year’s lo ...
News from WCC A memorial mural honouring the life and contributions of esteemed Wellingtonian Whaea June Te Raumange Jackson MNZM has been unveiled on the waterfront. The artwork, created by inter ...
Wellington.Scoop Awa Press publisher Mary Varnham and editor Jane Parkin work out of an office in Dixon Street. Increasingly dismayed as shop after shop has closed in nearby Manners Street (including ...
Wellington.Scoop Several Hundred people took part in the the “Save our Wharf’ march on the Petone foreshore today. They marched from the Settlers Museum to the Wharf, in brilliant weat ...
News from Cycle Wellington The Wellington cycling community threw a grassroots breakfast celebration at Queens Wharf this morning. “Wellington truly is a cycling city”, said Cycle Wel ...
by James Barber Lots of Wellingtonians know the story behind the Basin Reserve. During early colonial days, plans were made to widen the stream from the waterfront to the basin lake to create a can ...
Wellington stands at a crossroads — this election will decide which path we take. Just three years ago in 2022, candidates promised light rail through the CBD. Fast forward to 2025, and the mood ...
Wellington Mayoral candidate Ray Chung is listed with ten other council candidates in an “Independent Together” group which today announced its policies for the city council elections. The group say ...