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Police and council will focus on liquor ban breaches this month as part of a newly formed social contract to address crime and disorder issues in central Wellington.
A central Wellington bar must close at 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays after its owner was found to be struggling to properly manage “challenging” behaviour by “high-risk” patrons, including fights and people climbing onto the balcony from the street. After hearing evidence from several witnesses that The George on Willis young clientele were regularly involved in disorderly incidents, the Wellington District Licensing Committee has issued a decision requiring the bar to shut early on its busiest nights of the week.
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Report being finalised after independent review of Wellington City Council
13 Apr, 2021 02:08 AM
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Wellington Mayor Andy Foster. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
A report is being finalised following an independent review into Wellington City Council s governance, which was announced as tensions boiled over in the capital.
Councillors, the mayor, and independent reviewer Peter Winder will discuss the draft report at a 1pm meeting tomorrow, which is scheduled for about an hour.
It s expected a final report will be made public next week and speculation is already flying about the recommendations, including getting rid of councillor portfolios.
Expensive equipment from edge of Kāpiti Marine Reserve vanishes
12 Apr, 2021 12:48 AM
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A buoy on the edge of the Kāpiti Marine Reserve is missing. Photo / Niwa
David Haxton is editor of Kapiti Newsdavid.haxton@nzme.co.nz
A search has been under way to find an expensive high-tech monitoring buoy and mooring which vanished from the edge of the Kāpiti Marine Reserve.
The buoy and mooring, worth about half a million dollars, was positioned in late November and has provided real-time measurements on currents and waves, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll, water temperature, sediment, wind direction and speed.