News from NZ Film Archive
Today marks the public launch of New Zealand’s new, integrated audiovisual archive. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is the operating name for the New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union

Following this morning’s coverage of the extravagant expenditure by the CEO of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Pauline Winter, Porky the Taxpayers’ Union mascot visited the Ministry’s Wellington office to present the Union’s first “Troughing Award”. Read more »

News from NZ Labour Party
New evidence has emerged today that shows Mr McCully’s excuses for not knowing about the Malaysian diplomat case don’t stack up, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson David Shearer says. Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
A burst water main cut water supplies to most of Brooklyn this morning. Read more »

News from WCC
This year’s Sky Show fireworks display will again take place on the weekend (Saturday 8 November) after Guy Fawkes night. Read more »

Wellington.Scoop
The debate about replacing Wellington’s bus fleet may be mis-directed. How about the issue of whether Wellington has enough buses? Here’s the problem, as revealed in this morning’s information from MetLink: Read more »

Photo: Mark Tantrum

News from City Gallery
City Gallery Wellington’s next monthly ‘open late’ is set to be a special one. On Thursday 7th August the gallery will be celebrating 21 years in its beautiful building, the former Wellington Public Library. Read more »

Press Release: Students for Justice in Palestine
Marchers from Wellington Students for Justice in Palestine intend to lay memorials at the Rabin memorial in Harris Street during a protest rally for Gaza on Saturday. Read more »

Press Release – Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council is seeking nominations for the city’s greatest trees as part of a review of the notable trees register. Read more »

News from WWF-NZ
At Parliament today, senior politicians were presented with a petition signed by over 100,000 people demanding action to save the last 55 remaining Maui’s dolphins. Read more »

News from WCC
Recommendations made by a panel of Wellingtonians this week are a first step towards making Berhampore and Newtown safer and easier places to get about by bike. The panel’s preferred options for developing the second stage of the proposed Island Bay to city cycleway between Wakefield Park and John Street are: Read more »

NZ Transport Agency

Wellington.Scoop
Who’ll be making big profits from the $1billion Transmission Gully project? The answer – mainly overseas investors. Read more »

GCR

News from Wellington Gateway Partnership
The Wellington Gateway Partnership (WGP) and the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) have reached financial close completing contract negotiations and financial arrangements for the NZ$1b Transmission Gully Motorway. Read more »

News release from Greater Wellington Regional Council
“Getting the green light for the Transmission Gully Motorway is a much needed shot in the arm for the Wellington region” says Fran Wilde, Chair of the regional Council and the Wellington Regional Transport Committee. Read more »

News release from Porirua City Council
News today that Transmission Gully Highway is now a certainty after the signing of the contract between Wellington Gateway Partnership and the Transport Agency is fantastic, says the Porirua City Council. Read more »

News from United First
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has hailed today’s announcement by the New Zealand Transport Authority that it has today signed a Public Private Partnership contract with the Wellington Gateway Partnership to enable the construction of the 27km Transmission Gully to get underway. Read more »

Press Release – NZ Council for Infrastructure Development
“After many decades of frustration, Wellingtonians can now look forward to a resilient and efficient roading connection to the rest of the North Island, due in large part to alternate financing arrangements which overcome institutional barriers to major transport investment,” says Stephen Selwood, CEO of the New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development. Read more »

News from AA
Transmission Gully will create a second, safer and faster route between Wellington and the rest of the North Island, says the AA. Read more »