Wellington City Council Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Council rail-roaded into supporting roads - by Gareth Hughes



    I attended the extraordinary Wellington City Council meeting that voted last night to support the Government’s $2.4 billion roading plans. Essentially the Council has written a blank cheque to the NZTA. It is preposterous that the Council could vote on a project when no one, not even the council officers, has seen the final plans. [...] read more
    April 21, 2011 12:01 pm - 34 Comments
  • Sue Kedgley

    Wellington local body cliff-hanger - by Sue Kedgley



    I could hardly believe it, when the Returning Officer read out the figures—Celia Wade Brown was only 40 votes behind incumbent Mayor Kerry Prendergast! Kerry looked mortified, Celia looked stunned, and the crowd that had gathered in the Wellington Council foyer looked amazed—because there had been no hint, in the media, that the election was [...] read more
    October 11, 2010 4:31 pm - 21 Comments
  • frog

    Bouquet’s for Green Councillors and Brickbats for Basin Flyover - by frog



    I want to give a big green anti-histamine free bouquet to the Green Councillors on the Wellington City Council. Long serving WCC stalwart Celia Wade-Brown and relative newbie Iona Pannett got the big thumbs up for their regional representation in the Wellingtonian’s Wellington city councillors’ mid-term report. Now given the good words written about Iona [...] read more
    April 17, 2009 10:46 am - 18 Comments
  • frog

    More tunnels in which to hide from the new climate - by frog



    Wellington City Council wants to spend $250 million tunnelling through Mt Victoria and extending State Highway One to Wellington Airport.  The Mayor, Kerry Prendergast, seems to think this is going to happen no matter what people think: ‘I think there are some [things] we have to do,’ she told The Dominion Post. …Ms Prendergast said [...] read more
    December 6, 2007 11:49 am - 59 Comments