Wellington.Scoop
Recent articles on Wellington.Scoop have offered a full agenda of issues that need urgent attention from the silent new chief executive at the Wellington City Council. Read more »

By Councillor Diane Calvert
A recent NZ Herald article painted the Wellington mayoralty as a simplistic two-horse race, and cast housing as the sole issue defining the city’s future. While I acknowledge housing is a crucial issue, Thomas Coughlan’s article overstates the role of ideology and overlooks the structural leadership and public support failures that have left Wellington where it is today. Read more »

by Stuart Niven
There’s a lot that we haven’t been told about the Civic Centre redevelopment. There are three issues that should give all of us pause for concern, deep suspicion and, finally, outrage. Read more »

by Stuart Niven
I see that Lindsay McKenzie, the Crown Observer installed by the Government to provide an overview of our troubled City Council, is reported as identifying the behaviour of some councillors as falling below what is expected of local representatives, public criticism of Council officers apparently being one of these misdemeanors. Read more »

by Julie Ward
It was concerning to hear many people at a Khandallah meeting on Tuesday, not all retirees, say they were doubting whether Wellington City could continue to be their home – due to rates affordability. Read more »

by Helene Ritchie
Andrew Little should become our mayor. There’s no-one better. He has the all-important breadth of experience, and competence. Read more »

Statement from Andrew Little
Andrew Little today announced he will stand for Mayor of Wellington in the 2025 local elections. Read more »

by Cr Diane Calvert
In 2023, I publicly warned that the Wellington City Council was heading into a financial crisis. At the time, I was told to stop being negative — that I was exaggerating the risks. But a year later, the numbers speak for themselves. Read more »

by James Fraser
Julie Ann Genter was right to draw attention to the continuing property and housing blight inflicted by NZTA on Wellington, with her question in Parliament as to the property value of the land in the way of the billion dollar plan to move traffic bottlenecks from one part of town to another (and all the collateral damage it entails). Read more »

by James Barber
At the corner of Britomart and Farnham streets sits a remaining part of the green belt. Most of it in that area has been turned into parks, sports fields and golf courses. But in that corner sits another one of the feeder streams to the Paekawakawa. It has a chequered history. Read more »