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Wellington City Council shake-up revealed following review 19 Apr, 2021 01:38 AM 3 minutes to read Wellington Mayor Andy Foster. Photo / Mark Mitchell Mayor Andy Foster has revealed a proposed shake-up at Wellington City Council following an independent governance review. Councillors Diane Calvert, Iona Pannett, Sean Rush, and Jill Day would be the chairs of four new committees under the plan. In a statement this afternoon Foster said elected representatives were being challenged to reset how t...

Wellington City Council shake-up a missed opportunity 19 Apr, 2021 06:30 AM 7 minutes to read Wellington Airport. Photo / Bevan Conley ANALYSIS Some Wellington City councillors feel mayor Andy Foster has divided them further and missed a golden opportunity with his proposed shake-up of the council. Foster has ignored a recommendation of an independent review into the councils governance by appointing new committee chair roles himself, rather than through a facilitated process....

Monday, 19 April 2021, 1:28 pm “The Independent Wellington City Council Governance Review has produced 13 recommendations with an emphasis on supporting effective governance,” says Mayor Andy Foster. “The package of change includes reconfirming a shared vision and a high-level work programme aligned to our Long-Term Plan to address Wellington’s most pressing needs. “To do business more effectively the review has recommended the Council change our meeting practices. This will have maj...

When Wellington’s Central Library finally re-opens in 2025, it will be under a new name: Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui.

Wellington City Council voted on Thursday to add an $8.5 million extension of Te Matapihi, which would add an additional 880 square metres of floor space to the building and add approximately three months to the construction process. The third and fourth floors will be extended across the existing roofline by adding an 8-metre extension for each floor. Ross Giblin/Stuff Te Matapihi has been closed since March 2019 due to earthquake risk. Council officers’ advice stated the benefits of the ...

KEVIN STENT/Stuff Wellington City Councillor Simon Woolf says he fully supports the review’s recommendation to scrap councillor portfolios. (File photo) The report highlighted “concerning” suggestions that council officers felt unsafe when giving free and frank advice to councillors, and did not feel respected by them. There had also been instances of staff and councillors being publicly criticised, the report said. However, several councillors spoken to by Stuff on Thursday said the ...

LAWRENCE SMITH/STUFF Former pokies addict Michael Demchy on his struggle with gambling away a fortune in machines. (Video first published in 2018) Wellington is poised to begin its long, slow ditching of pokie machines in a move that one city councillor believes will lead to a capital city without a single one of the “dirty money” machines. Tamatha Paul, the councillor pushing for the “sinking lid” pokie policy, and opposing councillor Simon Woolf are in agreement on one thing – the ...

Ross Giblin/Stuff Wellington Mayor Andy Foster was accused of seeking “political cover” after suggesting a proposal to give iwi voting rights on council committees should be taken to the public. (File photo) Wellington Mayor Andy Foster has been accused of “delay tactics” and seeking “political cover” after he suggested a proposal to give iwi voting rights on council committees should be taken to the public. A representative from each of Wellingtons two iwi will be given voting rig...

2000 properties on Wellingtons recycling blacklist to get clean slate 8 Apr, 2021 01:42 AM 3 minutes to read In 2016 there were 800 properties on the blacklist, which has now grown to 2000. Photo / Supplied In 2016 there were 800 properties on the blacklist, which has now grown to 2000. Photo / Supplied Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz The 2000 properties on Wellington City Councils bad recycling blacklist will get a clean slate while a report is undertaken t...

Adversity was something Inge knew a lot about. Maarten Holl/Stuff Inge Woolf in 2008, the year after she opened the New Zealand Holocaust Centre. Married to Ron Woolf, she had to deal with his sudden death in 1987, when he was photographing Wellington from a helicopter. Ron was at the height of a distinguished career in photography and his death was a major story at the time. The accident, which also resulted in the deaths of Peter Button and Dion Savage, could easily have led to the end of ...