http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/ News releases from the Wellington City Council Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:41:04 +1300 en-nzhttp://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3333http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3333Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:01:49 +1300Wellingtonians will be left in no doubt about the need to be prepared for a major earthquake or other emergency after two dramatic Disaster Awareness Week events tomorrow (Wednesday 8 October).http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3334http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3334Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:18:58 +1300Inner-city residents and workers will likely think Wellington City Council’s testing of its new tsunami and civil defence equipment is a mixed bag of old and new. On the evening of 8 October, a helicopter decked out in loudspeakers will test out the new siren and messaging system on the central city and coastal areas from 6.00 - 7.00pm. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3332http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3332Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:46:43 +1300A bogus storm-damage report is circulating today on email groups around Wellington - containing information from a storm in August 2004.http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3331http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3331Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:50:46 +1300Wellington City Council is to conduct a wide-ranging review of its recycling strategy. A draft paper of suggested improvements will go before the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee in December, before going out to the public for consultation early in 2009. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3330http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3330Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:16:42 +1300This year’s series of Montana World of WearableArt™ Awards Shows have just come to an end, but Wellington City Council is delighted to announce that WOW® will be back – and for another four years. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3329http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3329Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:03:36 +1300Contrary to a Green Party news release issued today, Wellington City Council no longer uses Endosulfan.http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3328http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3328Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:23:11 +1300Women from all over the Wellington region are invited to run and swim together over the coming months, and the series kicks off in Karori this Sunday (05.10.08). http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3327http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3327Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:08:35 +1300Wellington’s new tsunami and civil defence warning system will get a noisy and dramatic unveiling next Wednesday 8 October as part of Disaster Awareness Week - which starts this Sunday 5 October. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3326http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3326Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:05:35 +1300The team at the Botanic Garden usually tends to discourage people from climbing their trees. However they will be cheering people on as they scale trees up to 30-metres high at the annual New Zealand Arboricultural Association Regional Tree Climbing Competition.http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3325http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3325Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:04:52 +1300Yesterday's Dominion Post story, headed 'Capital's beaches open to nudists', is somewhat misleading. Wellington's beaches aren't 'open to nudists' despite the fact the City Council has removed and replaced an old bylaw relating to the requirement to wear suitable bathing costumes on beaches and other public places in the city.http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3324http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3324Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:55:09 +1300Wellington City Council and the Police will patrol some of Wellington’s most confusing intersections next week – so don’t be surprised if you get pulled over after darting across lanes at an intersection. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3322http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3322Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:06:48 +1300When we think of heroes, images of caped crusaders leaping tall buildings spring to mind. Here in Wellington, heroes come in many different guises and heroic deeds can range from the spectacular to the everyday. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3317http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3317Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:57:18 +1300A new stretch of road to be officially opened next week will make life easier for Grenada Village and Paparangi residents. The 900-metre extension to Mark Avenue links the existing road with Westchester Drive East, making it more direct and quicker for Grenada Village and Paparangi residents to get on to the Porirua motorway at the Churton Park interchange. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3315http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3315Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:46:58 +1200Wellingtonians have confirmed – by a narrow margin - that Single Transferable Voting (STV) is to be the electoral system to be used for at least the next two Wellington City Council elections. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3316http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3316Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:02:28 +1200Politicians from seven parties will be expected to put up – and then, if necessary, shut up – when they appear at a meet-the-candidates meeting in Kilbirnie on Sunday 5 October.http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3314http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3314Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:58:48 +1200Cuba Street’s Bucket Fountain is about to do a disappearing act. The famous Wellington landmark will be dismantled early next week for a month-long refurbishment. It will be back – and looking better than ever – by the end of October.http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3312http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3312Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:40:58 +1200Less than 30% of votes in Wellington city’s STV vs FPP poll have been returned though the voting period is almost over – and registered voters are urged to get a move-on. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3311http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3311Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:19:19 +1200Acting Wellington Mayor Ian McKinnon urges Wellingtonians to come up with alternative plans for travel into central Wellington tomorrow and possibly in the days beyond, in the event of planned industrial action by the Tramways Union. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3310http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3310Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:17:45 +1200The heroic Vodafone Wellington Lions – and the Ranfurly Shield - will be paraded before adoring Wellingtonians in a lunchtime parade along the Golden Mile on Tuesday 23 September.http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3309http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3309Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:29:26 +1200Spring Festival gets under way at the Botanic Garden next weekend with the ever popular Tulip Sunday – a great opportunity to enjoy one of the country’s biggest and best tulip displays as well as music, Dutch dancing and food.