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Millions in debt funding would be needed and a massive rates hike the following year.
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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.
Coronavirus: Move to relax rules for local council meetings
It means decisions could still be made when councillors tune in via audio or video link.
Coronavirus: Cash sales removed on Wellington public transport
Moves include going cashless and passenger boarding from the rear of buses.
Wellington council postpones annual plan meeting amid Covid-19
More time needed to consider implications of the virus before approving draft annual plan.
Sir Peter Jackson postpones Shelly Bay meeting amid Covid-19
Filmmaker says 50 people in the same room is a situation 'best avoided' right now.
'Being blind shouldn't be equated with being uninformed'
Concerns over Wellington Chamber of Commerce advertising slogan 'Don't Start 2020 Blind'.
Mayor on $30k leadership course at luxury resort - at ratepayers' cost
Questions have been flying over Andy Foster's whereabouts this week.
Awkward Wellington Convention Centre name double up
A café attached to Lower Hutt Events Centre is already named Tūtaki.
Multi-billion-dollar red flag over Wellington's water woes
2014 report revealed $2.6b needed to fix asbestos cement pipes, or ones in poor condition.
'Unacceptable' - Wellington Water warns major works needs to be done
Wellington Water admits it's in reactive mode instead of fixing issues ahead of failures.
Stuck between Shelly Bay, water woes, and a divided council
ANALYSIS: Anything but smooth sailing for Wellington City Council's new boss.
Wellington's water pipes leaking for weeks before being fixed
Leaks put on the back burner as Wellington Water's performance continues to slip.
Wellington water fiasco: 'My whole life has turned to s***'
Councillors move on mayor after council warned it is 'misreading the mood in Wellington'.
Comment: Wellington mayor struggling to spread his wings
Andy Foster needs to orchestrate, not try and play every instrument in the symphony.
Wellington water woes: 'Media release might be a good idea'
Leaked emails show new mayor and acting council boss coming under pressure to front up.
Chief executive's ambiguous words trigger Shelly Bay fiasco
'Mean what you say and say what you mean' - Shelly Bay mess gets messier.
Councils eye pulling out of 'contentious' arts fund
Lower Hutt and Porirua considering withdrawing from Wellington Regional Amenities Fund.
Wellington's water woes: 'My bedroom smells like a toilet'
Over a million litres of sludge is being transported by truck after a pipeline failed.
Porirua City Council faces billion-dollar water spend
Underinvestment in water infrastructure is leaving councils across Wellington scrambling.
Mayoral taskforce launched over Wellington's water woes
Wellington City Council moves into damage control over significant network failures.
Urgent meeting called over Wellington's water failures
ANALYSIS: Mayor Andy Foster calls meeting after being notably absent from water crisis.