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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 report’s findings were positive and offered a way forward. Simon Woolf said he had never agreed w...

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 vote for a sinking-lid policy this Thursday is all but certain to pass. Barring any last-minute cha...

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 Wellington's two iwi will be given voting rights on all but one city council committee from July, after councillors voted 8-6 in favour of the p...

2000 properties on Wellington's 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 Council's bad recycling blacklist will get a clean slate while a report is undertaken to address the issue of non-compliance Wellington City Council has several hotspot areas it doesn'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 the business. A determined businesswoman, Inge kept Woolf Photography going, even doing some of the...