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Condie says the decision against officer advice to remove funding option for library rebuild breaches democratic obligations and opens council up to judicial review.

Supplied Wellington Free Ambulance patron Shirley Martin and Alastair Turrell launch a new ambulance in Wellington in 2015. (File Photo) “I wish to pay tribute today to three remarkable Wellingtonians who passed away in the past few days. Shirley Martin, Neil Gray, and my mother, Inge Woolf, were inspirational wonderful Wellingtonians.” All three, were “wise, warm and wonderful people” who generously supported the community, Woolf said. Wellington Free Ambulance acting chief executi...

Change of heart from councillors could see proposal to privatise parts of Wellington's central library building taken off the table.

Councillors are desperately seeking advice on how to take privatisation off the table.

ROSA WOODS/STUFF Andrea Jewell with her children Otto, 7, and Thea, 5, who were roused from bed by the fireworks display that cost Wellington more than $175,000. Wellington City Council spent more than $175,000 on a fireworks display that exploded over a city facing a funding crisis, a rates hike, and a range of controversial cuts. The council is considering a rates rise of up to 17 per cent and is scrambling to save money as it deals with a wave of big costs such as ageing pipes, a Central Li...

The councillors said they urged Wellington Mayor Andy Foster to inform the entire council of his plans to call for an independent review.

Wellington Mayor Andy Foster and deputy mayor Sarah Free. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas At this morning councils meeting, mayor Andy Foster told councillors their very public spats, including those over the fate of the now closed central library building, had undermined public confidence. While Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta had ruled out appointing a Crown Commissioner for now, she had clearly signalled she expected them to sort it out, he said. "I want us all as elected representatives to...

Wellington mayor wants councillors to work together, but things have got off to a bad start.

Analysis: Wellington City Council the place where no one wants to be 24 Feb, 2021 02:46 AM 4 minutes to read Wellington Mayor Andy Foster. Photo / Mark Mitchell ANALYSIS: Wellington City Council is a place where no one wants to be right now, with Mayor Andy Foster calling the culture "sub-optimal". Councillor Nicola Young was not so diplomatic in her characterisation of the situation, saying being on council has become intolerable and shes just trying to keep out of the "splatter zone". The co...

Andy Foster says he kept some councillors in the dark over his plans to call for an independent review because he was worried one of them would steal his thunder.