Divided council finds unity the day it's told to 'pull finger'
Wellington City Council has presented a relatively united front over emergency budget.
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First-home buyer rates rebate saved from chopping block
Many consider the policy to be a 'fizzer' with just 130 successful applications.
Appeal for divided Wellington City Council to 'pull finger'
Mayors voice growing concerns: 'What's bad for Wellington is bad for the region'.
Kāpiti mayor tells Wellington City to be region's leader
Kāpiti mayor challenges Wellington politicians to focus on a post Covid-19 world.
Wellington Council divided over need for outside help to sort squabbles
Wellington's mayor calls in outside help, but not everyone is keen on the idea.
Complaint against city councillor after 'Facebook attack'
Accusations have been levelled against first-term councillor Tamatha Paul.
Wellington mayor calls in facilitator over divided council
COMMENT: Andy Foster appears to be at his wits' end with his divided councillors.
Freak wave fiasco: 'I don't want to be picking up bodies on the beach'
Failed systems left residents scrambling to protect their properties from freak waves.
Council pay cuts: Who's taking them, who's not
Some have jumped to take voluntary cuts, others have called them 'morally indefensible'.
Residents criticise communication after freak waves flood road, properties
The 6 metre waves appeared to come out of nowhere on a fine, calm day.
Technicians leave families, brave pandemic to fix sludge pipes
Five experts have travelled across the world from Germany to fix Wellington's water woes.
Wellington's $650 million funding request for projects
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Wellington homes evacuated after huge waves hit
Five houses have been evacuated as waves smash over the road.
Wellington City Council throws out rates freeze
Lower rates increases will instead be worked on amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Councils warned rates freezes could cripple economic recovery
The cost of rates freezes could hit just as people are getting back on their feet.
Covid-19: Phil Goff still pushing 3.5 per cent rates rise
Goff said the virus had created the worst recession since the 1930s.
Cold water poured on Cook Strait sludge dumping proposal
Councillor abandons sludge dumping proposal, now saying it's an option he cannot support.
Wellington City's emergency budget: Rates options revealed
A rates increase of 4.8 per cent is being recommended along with $68m of debt funding.
Covid-19: What will happen to Auckland rates?
Several councils around the country are freezing rates or offering relief to ratepayers.
Wellington City Mission foodbank demand quadruples
More than 300 food bags have been distributed in the past week.
Leaked email: Call to dump 1 million litres of waste sludge into Cook Strait each day
Covid-19 fallout: Wellington's sludge trucking operations costs $680,000 per week.
Revealed: The cost of a zero rates increase for Wellington
Millions in debt funding would be needed and a massive rates hike the following year.
Wellington City Council faces $70m fiscal shortfall
Council will have to borrow significantly and look at service cuts to avoid rates hikes.
Wellington City Council to meet over massive budget hole
Council's revenue is drying up, while residents and businesses are crying out for help.
Covid-19: Groups not respecting distancing rules could see Oriental Parade, Mt Vic lookout close
Concern Wellingtonians flocking to the city's recreation hotspots pose lockdown risk.
Campaign slammed: 'We need information not pretty pictures'
Campaign amid Covid-19 a 'wasted opportunity' leaving city councillors embarrassed.
New self-contained units for Wellington's homeless
New facility for rough sleepers during Covid-19, demand on soup kitchen doubles.
How Wellington City councillors are 'doing' lockdown
Child free zones, French onion soup, Full House, meetings in pyjamas and Marie Kondo.
Coronavirus: Library services offered to non-members
Wellington's libraries are making thousands of online resources available during lockdown.
Covid-19: Wellington cancels parking charges
Council said it was logical to cancel parking charges for the immediate future.
Welfare services brace for influx of the working poor
"We're going to see people who just can't afford the things they need to get through."
Coronavirus: Wellington City Council calls urgent meeting
Council finds way around the rules so meetings can continue during self-isolation.
Coronavirus: Major Wellington wastewater pipe repairs delayed
Millions of litres of sludge will continue to be trucked to landfill for months to come.
Coronavirus: Wellington council facilities close, rates hike reconsidered
Mayor in daily meetings with pandemic response team, emergency welfare team activated.