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Wishing a Happy Christmas to all the readers of Wellington.Scoop, with special gratitude to our contributors and everyone who joins in the diverse dialogues about what’s happening in our favourite city. And in the spirit of Christmas, three seasonal songs: Read more »
by Lindsay Shelton
This is the enormous new building that is walling off the city from the harbour on Waterloo Quay opposite NZ Post House. So different from the skilfully fragile image (below) released by Willis Bond when they were seeking city council approval.
by Lindsay Shelton
It was the year when we lost our trolley buses – the Regional Council chose instead to gift us with eight months of an all-diesel fleet. Read more »
by PCGM
As we await the arrival of Santa and the opportunities a new year will bring, it’s useful to review the year just gone. How did the Wellington City Council do in 2017? Are they deserving of a pat on the back and the school prize, or are they being sent home with “must try harder” on their report card? Read more »
by Elizabeth Cox
The Karori Teacher’s College campus is a complex designed by the celebrated Wellington architect William Toomath between 1963 and 1977, and is considered to be the best ensemble of Brutalist architecture in New Zealand. But this week’s sale of the site by Victoria University has ended the possibility of continuing public ownership. Read more »
FIT Wellington / David Randall Peters
by Michael Barnett
FIT Wellington has done much work in identifying feasible routes for light rail connecting the Wellington Railway Station with the Airport, and we consider a viable route exists that avoids the potential mode conflicts at the Basin Reserve. We now call on Wellingtonians to tell the powers that be that the time has come for future proofed, sustainable, efficient, desirable mass rapid transit. That solution isn’t BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), it is LR (Light Rail). WLR (Wellington Light Rail) is the future that Wellington deserves and you need to ask for it, now! Read more »
by Lindsay Shelton
Wellington’s Movie Museum and Convention Centre were supposed to be opening next year. But construction of the building hasn’t started. And, after an unprecedented attack from Peter Jackson, it now seems to be doomed. Read more »
by Mary O’Keeffe
Late last year a series of pre-1900 cottages, two-storey villas and commercial buildings located in Normanby Street, Donald McLean Street and Riddiford Street in Newtown were demolished to allow construction of the new Salvation Army building. Read more »
by Norma McCallum
‘Be so good they can’t ignore you’, said actor Steve Martin. Well, it seems as if the same might be said of the Kapiti District’s once controversial water meters. Read more »
Photo: Barry Durrant
by Peter Reimann
Lying within the valley between Ngaio and Wadestown, Trelissick Park is a wonderful neighbourhood asset with high usage by locals and visitors. But the only access from Wadestown and Highland Park on the south side is from the bottom of Hanover Street, whereas there are six entrances from Crofton Downs, Ngaio, and Kaiwharawhara Road on the north side. Read more »
