Media release from WCC
Wellington mayor Celia Wade-Brown said today that a runway extension is crucial to attracting long-haul international flights to the Capital City and will grow the economy of the lower North Island. The Wellington City Council proposes to contribute half of the estimated $2 million cost of putting the proposal through the RMA approvals process. Read more »
Media release from Cr Helene Ritchie
It is absolutely unacceptable and unethical and unfair for Council to use ratepayer funds to fight its own ratepayers, Councillor Helene Ritchie said today in response to the proposal that the Wellington City Council co-fund an application for resource consent approvals process to extend Wellington Airport’s runway. She said that the Council should not be co-funding an application for resource consents. Read more »
Press Release – Wellington Employers’ Chamber of Commerce
The news that Wellington City Council is to vote to put $1 million towards the cost of resource consent to extend the airport runway is positive, says Wellington Employers’ Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Raewyn Bleakley. Read more »
News from PSA
Almost two million dollars will have been taken out of the Wellington City Council’s libraries budget over the past three years if another round of cuts goes ahead, according to the Public Service Association. Read more »
Media release from WCC
Work on the $6 million upgrade of the Keith Spry Pool in Johnsonville will start on 13 June following the signing of a contract with Hawkins Construction. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
City councillor John Morrison has decided to stand against Celia Wade-Brown for the Wellington mayoralty, according to a DomPost report this morning. Read more »
News from NZ Police
Hutt Valley Police cordoned off a Wainuiomata house this afternoon after they were told that a 16-year-old was going to threaten a local resident with a .22 calibre rifle. Read more »
Press Release – US Embassy Wellington
History will repeat itself this Sunday as a group of United States Marines retrace the footsteps of their former comrades, seven decades later. Read more »
Press Release – US Embassy Wellington
Victoria University public policy student Rory McCourt has been chosen from a worldwide pool of applicants to attend a prestigious diplomatic youth exchange programme in the United States. Read more »
Press Release – PwC
PwC has been recognised as one of Wellington’s most attractive employers at the Randstad Awards 2013. Read more »
Wellington.Scoop
It hasn’t been a good month for the Regional Council, in its role as the guardian and administrator of Wellington’s public transport services. Read more »
Press Release – Local Government Commission
The Local Government Commission has received an application to reorganise the three Wairarapa local authorities into a single council. It has also spelled out the process that must now be followed. Read more »
Press Release – Upper Hutt City Council
Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy is calling for residents of the Wellington region to demand more transparent information about options for regional governance as consultation outcomes suggest a lack of understanding and manipulation. Read more »
Press Release – Haier Pulse
“It seems like Wellington has adopted both of you as their own,” observed Haier Pulse goal shoot Caitlin Thwaites to her coach Robyn Broughton and Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett, during a Haier Pulse Sponsors’ Breakfast this week. “I certainly feel that Wellington has adopted me. I don’t necessarily feel like a foreigner anymore and I think I’m losing the Victorian accent.” she explained. Read more »
Press Release – The Label
Wellington.Scoop
It’s been the fourteenth day of the extraordinary and unprecedented series of disruptions to Wellington’s bus services, with a total of 45 peak services cancelled. Airport Flyer services joined the list today – presumably because the continuing police checks have identified safety issues. Here’s today’s MetLink list of 23 morning bus services that were cancelled. Read more »
Press Release – Roy Morgan Research
Source: Roy Morgan Single Source (New Zealand), April 2012 – March 2013
Base: New Zealand population aged 14+
You can tell a lot about a city by its public transport. Take Auckland and Wellington, for example. While a substantial proportion of Wellingtonians use their city’s bus and rail systems, it seems the majority of Aucklanders would rather drive, according to the latest Roy Morgan State of the Nation New Zealand report. Read more »
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