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Call for the Government's new urban development authority to lower its salary offers.
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Investigation into former Wellington mayor's email mix-up drags on
Wellington City Council probe into alleged leak includes computer system search attempt.
A third of Wellington's wastewater pipes in poor condition
Wellington's poo-gate systematic of a national problem that's been neglected for too long.
Investigation into Wellington City Councillor canned
Mayor Andy Foster has stopped the investigation launched by his predecessor Justin Lester.
Damning report: Hutt City's woeful water pipes
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Sticker campaign highlights road-crossing issues for visually impaired
Silent crossing signals still a problem for blind people in the capital.
Council faces up to the rules on Rainbow Crossing
COMMENT: The ridiculous saga of NZTA, Wellington City Council and the Rainbow Crossing.
Swastikas spray-painted outside Jewish congregation
'As New Zealand citizens we should feel entitled to feel safe and practise our religion.'
Capital's tight rental market pushes emergency grants to $1m
Quarterly spend on grants cracks a million dollars, numbers skyrocket in 18 months.
Wellington Water Whirler gets the speed wobbles
The infamous Len Lye sculpture has been removed after hairline cracks were discovered.
'I feel so guilty': 200 messages flood in for flat open home
Wellingtonians overwhelmed with desperation after posting rooms for rent on Facebook.
The Serengeti, Stonehenge, and... the Beehive?
Research underway into elevating the Parliamentary Precinct to World Heritage status.
E-scooters stripped for parts, thrown in harbour
Volunteer divers have retrieved 19 e-scooters from the depths of Wellington's harbour.
Market pressure: Social housing wait list jumps 42% in month
Vulnerable people priced out of the market as people look further afield than Wellington.
Wellington city councillor winched out of Routeburn Track
Simon Woolf's family hike ended in a dramatic rescue after he slipped and fell.
Comment: The awkward Sir Peter Jackson question
Wellington's mayor made an awkward 6.3 second long pause in an interview this week.
The issues that got Wellington's knickers in a twist
What have we learnt this year? The country's capital cannot afford the nice-to-haves.
Report reveals Wellington Water flailing in a sea of red
Missed targets, a backlog of leaks, in need of cash, and now a collapsed wastewater pipe.
Sewage going into Wellington harbour after pipe collapse
It's possible people won't be able to safely swim in parts of harbour until next year.
Wellington City Council does about turn on breastfeeding ban in pools
"I'm hoping this sets a precedent."
Ferry terminal kept open despite 'concerning' seismic status
A 2012 report put Wellington's Interislander arrivals terminal at just 23 per cent of NBS.
Revealed: Sir Peter Jackson's Wellington election spend
The film-maker gave now mayor Andy Foster $30,000 through his companies.
Plea to stop politicising Wellington's $6.4b transport project
A cry from the East over second tunnel saga - 'we are trapped, we're on an island'.
Staff shortages slowing down Wellington building consents
Staff are working overtime while the city council struggles to fill vacancies.
National launches campaign over second Mt Vic tunnel
National will take the second tunnel saga to Election 2020.
Lower North Island trains services 'packed like sardines'
MPs, ministers and mayors have received a tin of sardines in the mail to make the point.
Man lay dead for a month in council flat before being discovered
Stephen Ngahere's death is one of several grim finds at Wellington City Council flats.
Watch: Wellington man throws e-scooter on to traffic island
Some label man a "good citizen" for throwing scooter in Wellington CBD.
Wellington taxi drivers accused of 'mafia-like' tactics
Reports of drivers circling parking wardens, a 'look out' operation and hogging car parks.
How much is too much? Councillors and their second jobs
We survey Wellington councillors to find out what paid work they do outside of council.
Floundering in the e-scooter and e-bike wave
Time to play catch-up: Micromobility the 'genie that's not going back in the bottle'.
Government urged to rethink Wellington congestion charge
Wellington's new mayor and regional council chair meet with Transport Minister.