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The Rates Reform ticket debuted to challenge the long established council duopoly between the Labour and Citizens' tickets. Founded in early 1979, the Rates Reform group accused local bodies of excessive spending and wanted a cessation to rates increases funded by cutting services and council staff. [ 1 ]
In April 2020, Wellington Water (on behalf of Porirua City Council) submitted an application to Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) for a 20 year renewal of the consent. New consent applications are normally submitted six months before the existing consent expires, but Wellington Water was allowed until 6 April "given the volume and ...
Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the city of Wellington, the country's capital city and third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch. It consists of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the Wellington metropolitan area , extending as far north as Linden ...
The Wellington Village Council is ... proposed with nearly 200 more market-rate apartments. The Wellington Village Council will consider the request in January but has let the mixed ...
In May 2021, the Wellington City Council approved a 10 year plan that included expenditure of $2.7 billion on water pipe maintenance and upgrades in Wellington city, and an additional $147 to $208 million for plant upgrades at the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant.
Wellington was the first site of local government in New Zealand, and the city's archives date back to 1842 when the Wellington Borough Council was established. [3] As recently as 1994, council records were stored at more than 10 places around Wellington, loosely classified using a system devised in 1926.
The 2019 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections and was held on 12 October to determine who would serve as Mayor of Wellington for the next three-year term. It was won by Andy Foster , who unseated the incumbent Justin Lester by 62 votes.
The challenges for the affordability of modern safe water supplies in small townships were highlighted in 2021 when the Buller District Council proposed to increase the water rates in Inangahua Junction. The increased rate was proposed to be $1800 per household by 2025 (almost four times the current rate), and $2000 by 2030.