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WEB5 days ago · Wellington, New Zealand. The majority of residents travel to work on electric-powered public transport – be it bus or train. The electricity is nearly one hundred percent generated from renewables. Read more ». « Previous Entries. Scoop Wellington provides news and views from Wellington, New Zealand.
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WEB6 days ago · October 2, 2024 7 comments. by Nemo. The Luxon-led government continues its attack on anything that the Labour Party ever managed to do, with the release of news about the Kāinga Ora housing projects. Most of them, it seems, have been killed off. “Brakes put on more than 370 Kāinga Ora housing developments nationally”.
Wellington.Scoop » Govt chooses 149 projects for fast tracking ...
WEB19 hours ago · October 6, 2024. The 149 projects released today for inclusion in the Government’s one-stop-shop Fast Track Approvals Bill will help rebuild the economy and fix our housing crisis, improve energy security, and address our infrastructure deficit, Minister for Infrastructure Chris Bishop says. “The 149 projects selected by the Government have ...
Wellington.Scoop » No damage after 5.7 quake in Cook Strait
WEB1 day ago · October 6, 2024. There was a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Cook Strait this morning. Geonet, reporting strong shaking, said it was about 33 km depth and was widely felt in the Wellington region and north of the South Island. “We have received over 36,000 reports.”. Rail lines between Palmerston North and …
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WEBSeptember 14, 2024 15 comments. Wellington.Scoop. Former MP Peter Dunne has joined the crowd that’s expressing opinions about the health Wellington. He commends Nicola Willis’s statement that “Wellington is not dying,” but says such upbeat comments do nothing to overcome the city’s basic problem. Here’s what he has to say: Read more ».
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WEBWCC considering $1500 grant to Thorndon Quay businesses. October 02nd, 2024 11 comments. Report from RNZ. The Wellington City Council is considering a micro grant of $1500 to businesses suffering from the impact of major roadworks on Thorndon Quay. But Retail NZ chief executive Carolyn Young said that is not enough.
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WEBSep 16, 2024 · by Gordon Campbell Like the arms race, the funding of new cancer drugs is an endless upwards spiral. First though, the good news. Yesterday, the Pharmac office in Wellington announced that from October 1st, the expensive cancer drug Keytruda will be made available to eligible people with advanced triple-negative breast cancer, head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer, and ...
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WEBJul 26, 2024 · Wellington.Scoop There was startling news in Tom Hunt’s Post report yesterday about the rates increases and the costs of water infrastructure – Porirua Mayor Anita Baker told him she expects to be voted out of office next year due to the city’s 17.5 per cent rates increase.
Warning of cuts if WCC does not sell its airport shares
WEB3 days ago · Staff have told the Wellington City Council that it may have to triple its debt ceiling and cut hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of capital projects if it does not go ahead with selling its airport shares. As part of the long-term plan, the council agreed to sell its 34 percent stake in Wellington Airport, to establish a new perpetual ...
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Gordon Campbell: Good cop / bad cop. This past week has seen Wellington’s ruling coalition of chaos in fully dysfunctional mode. In the last six days, the ACT Party and New Zealand First have had two strikingly different responses to two strikingly similar problems in two key sectors of the economy: supermarkets and energy companies. Read ...