Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
Wellington.Scoop
The claims and counter-claims at Parliament yesterday afternoon – involving what RNZ is describing this morning as a “rogue MP” – have given a burst of energy to New Zealand’s political journalists. Read more »
By Gillian Tompsett
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released this week calling for a steep cut in CO2 emissions within 12 years to avoid irreversible climate change, highlights the shortsighted and incompetent leadership of Wellington’s Regional Council, which scrapped the trolley bus network in November without a clear plan to replace them with an equivalent or better carbon-free bus fleet. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop report and photos by Roy Murphy
About 500 people celebrated LGBT culture at Wellington’s Cuba Mall today. A rainbow-hued pedestrian crossing was officially opened by mayor Justin Lester. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
The enormity of what Wellington is losing becomes clear when you read Heritage New Zealand’s official listings about the convent building at Erskine College (above; now being demolished), and all the buildings at the former teachers college in Karori (five of them are to be demolished.) They all have number one categories, but this isn’t enough to save them. Read more »
by Lim Leong
Here is the plain English version of why a hub and spoke transport network will never work in Wellington without an underlying support infrastructure. I invite you to compare what US consultant Jarrett Walker said with what I am saying, and see which version makes more sense. Read more »
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Wellington.Scoop
Demolition of heritage-listed buildings on the former campus of the Victoria University Teachers College in Karori is to start next month. The site will be closed on Monday.
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by Michael Barnett
In a recent article, Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive John Milford commented on the Government’s transport investment programme and said “it has mostly missed the bus.” He went on to extol the virtues of the previous government’s Roads of National Significance. Read more »
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by Dr Roger Blakeley
This advertisement from the Rail and Maritime Transport Union is part of a continuing campaign by many people who are deeply concerned about KiwiRail’s decision to scrap electric locomotives on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) and replace them with diesels. Read more »
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by Elizabeth Cox
Well the scaffold is up, and the main college building is coming down. Read more »
by Elizabeth Cox
A major deadline has been reached in Wellington, but a showdown seems to have been narrowly averted.
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