Complaint against city councillor after 'Facebook attack'
Accusations have been levelled against first-term councillor Tamatha Paul.
Accusations have been levelled against first-term councillor Tamatha Paul.
COMMENT: Andy Foster appears to be at his wits' end with his divided councillors.
Failed systems left residents scrambling to protect their properties from freak waves.
Some have jumped to take voluntary cuts, others have called them 'morally indefensible'.
The 6 metre waves appeared to come out of nowhere on a fine, calm day.
Five experts have travelled across the world from Germany to fix Wellington's water woes.
Wellington City Council has 10 key projects on its list.
Five houses have been evacuated as waves smash over the road.
Lower rates increases will instead be worked on amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Councillor abandons sludge dumping proposal, now saying it's an option he cannot support.
A rates increase of 4.8 per cent is being recommended along with $68m of debt funding.
Several councils around the country are freezing rates or offering relief to ratepayers.
More than 300 food bags have been distributed in the past week.
Covid-19 fallout: Wellington's sludge trucking operations costs $680,000 per week.
Millions in debt funding would be needed and a massive rates hike the following year.
Council will have to borrow significantly and look at service cuts to avoid rates hikes.
Council's revenue is drying up, while residents and businesses are crying out for help.
Concern Wellingtonians flocking to the city's recreation hotspots pose lockdown risk.
Child free zones, French onion soup, Full House, meetings in pyjamas and Marie Kondo.
Wellington's libraries are making thousands of online resources available during lockdown.
Council said it was logical to cancel parking charges for the immediate future.
"We're going to see people who just can't afford the things they need to get through."
Council finds way around the rules so meetings can continue during self-isolation.
Millions of litres of sludge will continue to be trucked to landfill for months to come.
Mayor in daily meetings with pandemic response team, emergency welfare team activated.
It means decisions could still be made when councillors tune in via audio or video link.
Moves include going cashless and passenger boarding from the rear of buses.
More time needed to consider implications of the virus before approving draft annual plan.
Filmmaker says 50 people in the same room is a situation 'best avoided' right now.
Concerns over Wellington Chamber of Commerce advertising slogan 'Don't Start 2020 Blind'.