News from NZ Police

Wellington Police are appealing for any sightings or information about the whereabouts of Dennis Arthur Te Pania, 40, following a family violence incident at a residential address in Newtown on 24 July. Read more »

News from NZ Police
A search warrant executed at an Ashhurst property this morning has led to the seizure of a significant quantity of methamphetamine. 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 »

Press Release – Wellington Free Ambulance
Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics are being kept busy as wintery chills boost ambulance call-outs. Read more »

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

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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 »

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 »

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 – Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy has been granted resource consent to replace the 21-year-old Brooklyn Wind Turbine. Read more »

BusinessDesk report by Paul McBeth
Investors who managed to withdraw funds in recent years from the Wellington-based Ross Asset Management group of companies, found to be a Ponzi scheme, have been put on notice that the liquidators may try to claw back the cash. Read more »

News from NZ Police
Hutt Valley Police are continuing their efforts to locate Jonathan Antipas, 24, who has a warrant for his arrest issued and has been actively avoiding Police. Read more »

Press Release – TEDxWellington
The TEDxWellington team are proud to introduce our family of speakers for the TEDxWellington line-up. Nominations from the city’s residents poured in with twelve clear stand-outs taking their place to share their ideas worth spreading. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force
Air Marshal Sir Richard Bolt KBE CB DFC AFC, RNZAF (Rtd) will be farewelled with full military honours at St Paul’s Cathedral in Wellington at 2.30pm on Friday. 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 »

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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 »