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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 executive Sarah Lewis said Martin had made a significant contribution to the organisation. “From her dev...
Change of heart from councillors could see proposal to privatise parts of Wellington's central library building taken off the table.
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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 Library refit, and the Let’s Get Wellington Moving transport package. The council last week ditched...