Wellington City Council
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Wellington is a vibrant city with a thriving cultural life, talented people, and cutting-edge businesses. Known as the arts and events capital of New Zealand, the city has an abundance of recreation and leisure opportunities. It is also a compact city with a dramatic landscape and sound infrastructure.
WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council's NZCT Summer City festival continues to churn out fantastic events.
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WELLINGTON — A meeting of the country's metropolitan city Mayors has welcomed the Government's latest step in seeking an enduring solution to the leaky homes issue.
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WELLINGTON CITY — It all started when Labour candidate Grant Robertson moved his campaign office across the road from Wellington photographer John Lake's studio last August.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington is getting ready for a busy Saturday with two major events taking place - the Cuba St Carnival and the National Harley Davidson Hog Rally.
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WELLINGTON — Planning commissioners have given approval for the construction of Meridian Energy’s Mill Creek wind farm west of Wellington - but with 29 wind turbines instead of the 31 proposed by Meridian.
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WELLINGTON CITY — No search of anyone's email accounts is under way at Wellington City Council, nor are City Councillors being 'gagged', says Council Chief Executive Garry Poole.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Green kerbside recycling bins could be replaced by plastic bags – which may eventually be sold to residents – in one of a number of suggested changes to the Capital’s kerbside recycling system.
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WELLINGTON — Long-awaited approval has been given for Hook of Maui and Receding Waters - a dramatic sculptural 'gateway' to central Wellington from the north.
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WELLINGTON — Mayor Kerry Prendergast has moved to correct misinformation that she is proposing Wellington City Council sell its entire stake in Wellington Airport.
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WELLINGTON — The Wellington Jazz Festival has announced the first of its major international acts to perform at the inaugural festival, from 5 – 8 March 2009.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The Carter Fountain in Oriental Bay is out of action while a faulty motor gets repaired.
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WELLINGTON CITY — A trial restricting vehicle access to Blair and Allen streets that starts this week is designed to make things safer for Courtenay Place’s late night crowds.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington’s popular party strip will face signs of a different kind when a new installation fills the Courtenay Place Park light boxes from Wednesday 17 December.
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WELLINGTON — The public will have a full chance to comment on the application to redevelop and expand the Johnsonville Mall.
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WELLINGTON — The Council is encouraging cyclists of all ages and abilities to get on their bikes and explore the Capital’s beautiful coastline when the annual Lion Foundation Bike the Bays takes place on Sunday 14 December.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council has adopted three new policies aimed at improving conditions for walkers and cyclists across the city.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council, the Police and ACC have launched their joint 'Safe in the City' campaign - urging young revellers not to put themselves at risk over the festive season.
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TAWA — Wellington City Council’s new 'dob-in a tagger' scheme in Tawa is off to a successful start.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Botanic Gardens Rose Festival (Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 November) is the place to head to enjoy the best roses in town
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WELLINGTON CITY — Applications are again sought for Wellington City Council grants available in the coming year to help promising young Wellington sportspeople - and their coaches - work towards international success.
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WELLINGTON — Mayor Kerry Prendergast has welcomed the outcome of two separate Police investigations into her 2007 election campaign spending.
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WELLINGTON CITY — There will be celebrations throughout the central business district (CBD) this Sunday (16.11.08) when the Tip Top Santa Parade comes to town.
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WELLINGTON — The much-anticipated community centre at Newlands will be blessed at a dawn ceremony tomorrow morning in preparation for its first day of business on Monday.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council has money available for projects to protect or restore at-risk heritage-listed buildings in the Capital through the Built Heritage Incentive Fund.
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WELLINGTON — The next exhibition at Toi Poneke, Invisible Scapes, will not so much be the icing on the cake for Japanese artist-in-residence Ai Sasaki – but more like icing on the walls.
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KARORI SANCTUARY — Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast stressed the need for "leadership and discipline" in controlling Council spending during a debate today (06.11.08) over increased funding for the Karori Sanctuary.
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TAWA — Tagging and graffiti have become increasingly visible in Tawa over recent months, resulting in a rise in complaints from locals.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellingtonians are being asked what they think about proposed central city changes, including once again allowing buses through Manners Mall.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council has decided not to proceed with a proposed cull of the city’s pigeon population.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The festive season is just around the corner and this year’s Tip Top Santa Parade is here to help get Wellington into the spirit of the holidays.
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WELLINGTON — The spectacular Targa New Zealand Road Rally is coming to town today and high-powered cars, hundreds of participants and support crew are expected in Wellington over the weekend.
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WELLINGTON CITY — From Wednesday 5 November, Toi Poneke Gallery will be awash with proud parents and friends when WelTec’s Bachelor of Visual Arts graduate exhibitions open to the public.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington’s skies will come alive this Guy Fawkes Night as the Pelorus Trust Sky Show returns to the city.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Local martial arts fans will be elated with the news that Wellington has won the rights to host the 2011 Taekwon-do World Championships.
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WELLINGTON — A recent increase in near-misses – and complaints from principals – has prompted the City Council and Police to start a crackdown on motorists who park on footpaths or otherwise park illegally around local primary schools.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Springtime means many things – cleaning at home, walks in the parks among new blooms and retiring that winter coat for another year.
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WELLINGTON — Tagging has recently become a problem in Khandallah and nearby suburbs - that's why local Police and Wellington City Council are introducing their 'dob-in a tagger' reward programme to the area.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council is still assessing the city’s pigeon situation and researching options for managing its population says Deputy Mayor Ian McKinnon.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellingtonians will be able to enjoy jazz favourites this Sunday 19 October while they explore the historic Melrose house and garden where the Plunket Society had its birth.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington artists need to get their thinking caps on if they want to be in with a chance to work in Shanghai next September.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington City Council is encouraging community organisations that provide care, education or contribute to a better quality of life for socially disadvantaged young people to apply for funding from the Joe Aspell Trust.
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WELLINGTON — Wellingtonians can now get a rare glimpse into the citys past right in the middle of town following the opening of the Te Aro Pa visitors centre in lower Taranaki Street.
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WELLINGTON — The Draft Porirua Development Framework sets out long-term land use management on a key highway for the region.
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WELLINGTON — Wellingtonians will be left in no doubt about the need to be prepared for a major earthquake or other emergency after two dramatic Disaster Awareness Week events tomorrow (Wednesday 8 October).
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellingtonians will be left in no doubt about the need to be prepared for a major earthquake or other emergency after two dramatic Disaster Awareness Week events tomorrow (Wednesday 8 October).
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council is to conduct a wide-ranging review of its recycling strategy.
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WELLINGTON CITY — A bogus storm-damage report is circulating today on email groups around Wellington - containing information from a storm in August 2004.
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WELLINGTON — This year’s series of Montana World of WearableArt™ Awards Shows have just come to an end, but Wellington City Council is delighted to announce that WOW® will be back – and for another four years.
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WELLINGTON — Women from all over the Wellington region are invited to run and swim together over the coming months, and the series kicks off in Karori this Sunday (05.10.08).
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council and the Police will patrol some of Wellington’s most confusing intersections next week – so don’t be surprised if you get pulled over after darting across lanes at an intersection.
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WELLINGTON — Yesterday's Dominion Post story, headed 'Capital's beaches open to nudists', is somewhat misleading.
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WELLINGTON — The team at the Botanic Garden usually tends to discourage people from climbing their trees.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington’s new tsunami and civil defence warning system will get a noisy and dramatic unveiling next Wednesday 8 October as part of Disaster Awareness Week - which starts this Sunday 5 October.
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WELLINGTON CITY — When we think of heroes, images of caped crusaders leaping tall buildings spring to mind.
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WELLINGTON — A new stretch of road to be officially opened next week will make life easier for Grenada Village and Paparangi residents.
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WELLINGTON — Wellingtonians have confirmed – by a narrow margin - that single-transferable voting (STV) is to be the electoral system to be used for at least the next two Wellington City Council elections.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Cuba Street’s Bucket Fountain is about to do a disappearing act.
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WELLINGTON — Less than 30% of votes in Wellington city’s STV vs FPP poll have been returned though the voting period is almost over – and registered voters are urged to get a move-on.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The heroic Vodafone Wellington Lions – and the Ranfurly Shield - will be paraded before adoring Wellingtonians in a lunchtime parade along the Golden Mile on Tuesday 23 September.
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WELLINGTON — Spring Festival gets under way at the Botanic Garden next weekend with the ever popular Tulip Sunday – a great opportunity to enjoy one of the country’s biggest and best tulip displays as well as music, Dutch dancing and food.
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WELLINGTON CITY — This Saturday (20.09.08) people are invited to get their creative juices flowing for an interactive event called Draw Wellington which takes place at four significant public spaces around the city.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Motorists are warned to steer clear of Moorefield Road – the main route between Johnsonville and Khandallah – during busy periods from next Monday 22 September due to essential roadworks.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council has come up with a great way to get Wellingtonians exercising their way into summer with the first ever Push Play Outdoor Festival.
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WELLINGTON — Walking around the city will be a feast for the imagination in the run-up to the Montana World of WearableArt™ Awards this year.
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Community views have helped shape a new draft plan to guide the way the city end of Adelaide Road develops in coming decades.
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WELLINGTON — Seven heritage apple trees being planted at Tawa’s Willowbank Park this Saturday 13 September have been specially created and grown to gradually replace the park’s dying fruit trees that are thought to have been originally planted by early settlers.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington City Council is seeking study-grant applications for the next round of the Stanley Banks Bequest, which closes on Tuesday 30 September.
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WELLINGTON — Otari-Wiltons Bush is the place to head next Saturday 13 September to find out more about Wellington forest plants and take a closer look at wildlife including weta, skinks and geckos.
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WELLINGTON — Friday’s announcement that Wellington will host two quarter-final matches in the 2011 Rugby World Cup has been welcomed by Mayor Kerry Prendergast and the City Council’s Economic Development and Recreation Portfolio Leader, Cr John Morrison.
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WELLINGTON — Several options – including the possibility of re-routing buses through Manners Mall – are being explored in a bid to strengthen and simplify Wellington’s Golden Mile.
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WELLINGTON — Donna Summer brought us electrifying disco, the Bee Gees brought us giant flares, and Kilbirnie Recreation Centre will once again host the much-loved celebration of disco in style – with the Roller Disco on Saturday 13 September.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council would like your views on a proposed amendment to its Earthquake Prone Building Policy.
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WELLINGTON — Not got a ticket for the game this weekend? You can still join the crowd at Queens Wharf for live action on the big screen.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council would like your views on the draft Waterfront Development Plan for 2008/09.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington City Council today approved its Annual Plan for the coming financial year, which will result in an average real rates increase of 5.18 percent, after allowing for growth in the ratepayer base.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington City Council has approved the extension of the existing Liquor Control bylaw to include a 24-hour liquor ban in the central city.
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WELLINGTON — Supergrans might not have x-ray vision or the ability to fly, but they are making a world of difference to many people throughout New Zealand.
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WELLINGTON — Lambton ward residents will have an opportunity to discuss any concerns or issues they have with Mayor Kerry Prendergast and their ward Councillors this coming Saturday.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington’s 8500 dog owners are reminded that this year’s dog registration fees are due by 1 July.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee yesterday approved a range of initiatives and changes for the coming financial year that will result in an average real rates increase of 5.18 percent, after allowing for growth in the ratepayer base.
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WELLINGTON — The winter months are well and truly here, and many cyclists are commuting to and from work in the dark.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee yesterday agreed to seek public feedback on a range of options to make it easier and faster for buses to get through Courtenay Place, as well as other changes to improve the way the area operates at night.
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WELLINGTON — Anyone with rose bushes in their garden and no idea what to do with them, should head to the Botanic Garden on Sunday 22 June for some free advice.
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WELLINGTON — The old single-lane Rangoon Street Bridge in Khandallah is to be closed on Monday 23 June so construction of a modern two-lane replacement bridge can get under way.
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WELLINGTON — From Sunday on, visitors making the trek to Red Rocks and the seals at Sinclair Head will be able to find out more about the South Coast by checking out the displays in the new purpose-built shelter adjacent to the car park, which is to be officially opened this weekend.
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WELLINGTON — The Council's SaferRoads programme, which aims to reduce the number of crashes across the city by at least one third, is now moving to Newtown and Berhampore.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Thousands of Wellingtonians got involved in the city’s World Environment Day events last week - and the Arbor Day planting last Thursday, the ECO Party on Friday night, and ‘ECO Homes’ tours on Saturday were all hugely successful.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Rongotai-based Elements dance crew are among a diverse group of artistically-inclined Wellingtonians to benefit from the $52,290 worth of Creative Communities grants announced last month.
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WELLINGTON CITY — More than 1200 schoolchildren will march through the city this Friday 13 June to celebrate school patrols and the essential work they do.
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WELLINGTON — The last in the Toi Poneke Stack project series, this time by Wellington artist, Gabby O’Connor, will be launched on Thursday 12 June.
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KARORI SANCTUARY — June is ‘Plant Mania’ time in Karori, with an exciting, fun-filled series of events aimed at improving children’s knowledge of native plantlife and wildlife and allowing them to put it all into practice.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington City Council’s Arbor Day planting on Thursday 5 June will be a dual celebration this year, marking World Environment Day 2008 and Arbor Day.
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WELLINGTON CITY — More people are coming to the NZI Sevens than ever before, enjoying themselves more and spending more, according to an economic impact report commissioned by Wellington City Council.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington’s new Natural Cemetery – part of Makara Cemetery – will be officially opened by Mayor Kerry Prendergast next week.
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WELLINGTON — A free ‘eco party’ featuring Sam Flynn Scott and Open Souls, tours of the tip and ‘eco homes’, and an Arbor Day planting of 5000 native plants involving 200 school children, will mark the week of World Environment Day 2008 in Wellington.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington’s new Natural Cemetery – part of Makara Cemetery – will be officially opened by Mayor Kerry Prendergast next week.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington is set to celebrate Matariki (Maori New Year) in style with a jam-packed festival of events.
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KARORI SANCTUARY — Users of Karori Park can now improve their strength and fitness on exercise equipment installed on a fitness trial around the park, courtesy of the Karori Primary Health Organisation (PHO).
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WELLINGTON — Spiderman may have already caught your eye on Courtenay Place of late.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The $5 million Karori Town Centre project is now complete following the opening of a new landscaped accessway from Karori Road to the Community Centre.
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