Wellington.Scoop
NZ First has stated that it would retain Wellington’s trolley buses and renew the buses’ electricity supply. It also says it wants Wellington Airport served by light rail. Read more »

Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council
Residents of the eastern and northern suburbs are being asked for their views on where to locate new bus hubs planned for Kilbirnie and Johnsonville next year. Read more »

BusinessDesk report by Paul McBeth
The Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by one-time Maori luminary Ngatata Love to overturn his conviction and jail sentence for defrauding the Wellington Tenths Trust while he was chair of the iwi body. Read more »

News from Oil Free Wellington
A rally supporting Sarah Thomson’s climate change case against the Minister for Climate Change Issues was due to start at 9:30 am outside the Wellington High Court in Molesworth Street today. Read more »

by Lindsay Shelton
Wellington City Councillors have now voted three times to save and strengthen the Town Hall, which has been closed since 2013. All three votes have been unanimous. But nothing resulted from the first two. The third vote was last week. Will it bring results this time? Read more »

Press Release – Wellington City Council
The community has helped select the design for the new Johnsonville library, now the next step is deciding what to do with its exciting and versatile spaces – and we want the public’s input again. Read more »

News from Wellington City Council
Forty per cent of earthquake-strengthening work on the Northland Tunnel has been completed. . Read more »

News from Wellington City Council
Work to change a busy zebra crossing on Wallace Street, Mount Cook into a pedestrian-operated signalised crossing starts on Sunday. Read more »

News from Wellington City Council
The re-birth of the Wellington Town Hall as the earthquake-strengthened home of a national music centre was unanimously endorsed by Wellington City councillors today. Read more »

News from WCC
A working party of Wellington City Councillors is to oversee the final engagement process and design options on the future of the Island Bay cycleway in preparation for public consultation due to commence by the end of July. Read more »

News from WCC
Walking and biking along Wellington’s Cobham Drive will be made safer and easier with new paths to be built on the harbour’s edge as part of an enhancement of the city’s eastern gateway. Read more »

Press Release – Wellington Water
The Buick Street public fountain will be open again from late morning on Monday. The fountain was closed in mid-April due to water from the Waiwhetu Aquifer testing positive for E.coli for the third time in five months as well as having an increasing level of bacterial activity. Read more »

Press Release – Hutt City Council
Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace is calling on central government to show support for the region’s roading, citing increased congestion across the network and the strategic importance of efficient roads for resilience and economic growth. Read more »

News from NZ Government
The Wellington Hospitals Volunteer Service is the overall winner of the 2017 Minister of Health Volunteer Awards. Read more »

Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Regional Council is looking for spade aid this weekend – it wants the people of Kapiti to dig deep for the future by planting 5000 trees in Queen Elizabeth Park in just four hours. Read more »

News from Wellington City Council
Wellingtonians and visitors will be treated to a jam-packed programme of events to celebrate the annual Māori festival and welcome the New Zealand Lions Series. Read more »

Press Release – Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health has welcomed the endorsement of New Zealand’s soon-to-be-implemented National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) by a world expert. Read more »

by Lindsay Shelton
Which city council is planning the smallest rates increase this year? Read more »