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30 July 2010
Wellington Waterfront
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Music
A future at stake
Vector Wellington Orchestra, Wellington Town Hall, July 24, 7.30pm, reviewed…
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Film
In your dreams
At the movies with Dan Slevin I was really enjoying Inception until…
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Beer
Great culinary experience
LAST week there were two events that celebrated how beer can have a place at…
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Are there moose loose aboot the hoose?
A (nearly) Complete History of the Moose in New Zealand by Ken Tustin, Halcyon…
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Sport Talk
How can anyone lose to Australia?
28 July 2010
THERE are some mad buggers in Nelson who believe the US Government is part…
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According to Doyle
Cut to the chase!!!
28 July 2010
THERE’S nothing like a horn in your ear to get your heart pumping. That goes…
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Wine Press
Dynamite wine
28 July 2010
YEARS ago I passed a vineyard way up north. I was on my way to Ahipara…
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According to Doyle
Re Joyce! We’re outa here!
21 July 2010
BASTILLE Day always brings out the best. On 14 July 1789, a mob “stormed the…
Wellington Waterfront
Stories
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Mayoral Candidate on Owhiro Bay rezoning
WHILE water-quality at Owhiro Bay has been given the all clear, “council-quality” remains dubious, says mayoral candidate Allan Probert. Last week the Environment Court rejected a proposed housing development in Owhiro Bay after residents challenged the Wellington… Continue
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The $400,000 toilet
WELLINGTONIANS may not be able to have a say over proposed developments on the waterfront. The 2010/11 Waterfront Development Plan is being discussed by the Wellington City Council on Thursday. Councillors will then vote whether or not to open it up for public… Continue
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End of inner-city indoor sport?
SAVE Our Sport spokesman Ralph Highman has given the red card to the Wellington City Council over its decision to build an indoor sports centre at Cobham Park. In a full council meeting this month councillors voted to build a 12-court sports centre in Kilbirnie… Continue
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Forest by the sea
IT took three days for a forest to spring up along Cobham Drive. However it is not a natural forest of leaves and branches but man-made. Called Wellington Urban Forest , it is a sculpture by Dutch artist Leon van den Eijkel and it looks like a giant child’s… Continue
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Chinese welcome garden move
THE Wellington Chinese Garden Society says plans for buildings at Waitangi Park make it necessary to shift the proposed garden to Frank Kitts. The society has welcomed the development of a design brief for Frank Kitts that includes a Chinese Garden as a way… Continue
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See you in court
The Wellington Civic Trust’s Peter Brooks says the flaws in the proposal for a Hilton Hotel on the Outer T may yet be the project’s downfall, as the Trust and Waterfront Watch prepare to appeal against the hotel in the Environment Court. HEARING commissioners,… Continue
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Waterfront plans change again
TWO cornerstone waterfront projects are in doubt this week throwing the future shape of the waterfront into confusion. The Waterfront Development Subcommittee on Monday considered moving the Chinese Garden proposed for Waitangi Park to Frank Kitts Park as part… Continue
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The toxicity of our city
Is Waitangi Park toxic? A warning sign discouraging people from touching the stream surrounding Waitangi Park went up this month. The project suffered a $4.9 million budget blow out and a break with the original contractor after elevated lead contamination… Continue
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Hilton no icon
A Hilton Hotel on the Outer T would contradict development plans for the waterfront, and the Resource Management Act, says the Wellington Civic Trust. The Trust told the resource consent hearing last week that it undercuts the Wellington Waterfront Framework,… Continue
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A hard road for the Hilton
THE Wellington Regional Council, Greater Wellington, has added its voice to those opposed to the development of the Hilton Hotel on the Outer-T of Queen’s Wharf. Greater Wellington recommends the proposal be declined because it will have significant adverse… Continue
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We want Shed 11
TWO Wellington arts organisations want Shed 11 to be their permanent exhibition space. The New Zealand Portrait Gallery and the New Zealand Centre for Photography, both of whom have enjoyed exhibitions in the waterfront space, propose a joint venture there… Continue
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Axe WWL, says Waterfront Watch
WATERFRONT Watch wants Wellington Waterfront Ltd (WWL) wiped out. At the watchdog group’s annual general meeting on Sunday, members passed a remit asking Wellington City Council to take direct responsibility for development on the waterfront following a highly… Continue
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No Resolution
Disputes over access to and parking on Taranaki Street Wharf continue to divide the rowing clubs and the groups that propose to develop the area, Wellington Waterfront Limited (WWL) and the Tenth’s Trust. THE clubs and the developers are still at loggerheads… Continue
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Art of change
THE threatened Wellington Rowing Clubs have organised a fundraising exhibition to raise money for their legal costs. Thirty-five Wellington artists have submitted more than 100 works depicting the boatsheds, lagoon area and inner harbour before the view is… Continue
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Location location location?
THE contentious siting of a proposed waterfront Maori meeting house(wharenui) right beside the rowing clubs, and a Hilton hotel on Queen’s Wharf has Councillor Ian McKinnon deeply concerned. He says it’s possibly too late for the rowing clubs but it’s not… Continue
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Propping up the Hilton
WELLINGTON ratepayers will help pay for the proposed Hilton Hotel to be built on Queens Wharf. Wellington Waterfront Ltd (WWL), which is funded by Wellington City Council and waterfront property rentals, is committed to covering part of the developer’s cost… Continue
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Millennium project nearly completed
BACK in the days when some people fretted about the Y2K bug, others were planning projects to mark the new millennium. One of those projects is set to get under way, six years later. Construction of kinetic artist Len Lye’s Water Whirler in Frank Kitts Park… Continue
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Our Place, their coffee
THEY’RE drinking whose coffee at Our Place? Wellington’s coffee capital reputation is under siege. Cafés and restaurants at Te Papa have dumped Wellington’s Café L’Affare beans in favour of imported blends from a multinational food giant. The decision… Continue
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Councillor’s claims – “utter nonsense”
WELLINGTON City Councillor Jack Ruben is up in arms over the shifting of a sub-committee meeting, discussing the Waitangi Park development, closer to Christmas. Holding the Waterfront Development sub-committee meeting on November 28 will mean the public consultation… Continue
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Fraction too much friction
FRICTION around the council table is boiling over into legal attacks and personal vendettas that are affecting the ability of councillors to function normally. Can Wellington City Council continue to function while legal attacks and personal battles divert… Continue
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Rowers making waves
THE Star and Wellington rowing clubs believe the Wellington City Council wants them off the Taranaki Wharf site they’ve used for more than 120 years. A resource consent application to allow a wharenui (Maori meeting house) and "develop public spaces", part… Continue
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Gentlemen, switch off your engines
DISAPPOINTED doesn’t get close to describing Mayor Kerry Prendergast’s reaction to the scrapping of the V8 Supercar street race. "This would have been the biggest annual event in New Zealand," says Prendergast. There is nothing on the horizon that would… Continue
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Waterfront watchdog bares its teeth
WATERFRONT Watch has slammed the Wellington City Council’s Waitangi Precinct design competition. A submission to the council highlights the concerns Waterfront Watch has with the brief for the competition. They suggest the council wait until they have commitments… Continue
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End of city rowing?
CURRENT waterfront development might mean the end of Wellington rowing. Star and Wellington Rowing Clubs are concerned that Wellington Waterfront Ltd’s proposed redevelopment of the Taranaki Street Wharf could lead to the demise of the clubs. They are worried… Continue
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Waitangi Park’s deadline
WAITANGI Park will be ready in time to take centre stage at the opening of next year’s New Zealand International Arts Festival on February 24. A dome will be built at the park for French dance company Les Arts Sauts new work, Ola Kala . "The park will be… Continue
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Hello Hilton, goodbye lunchtime sport
SPORTY Wellingtonians are gearing up to fight for their venue. Shed One, which has become a popular indoor sports venue, will go when the Hilton Hotel is built on the outer T at Queen’s Wharf. Save our Sport (SOS) is a group formed to retain Shed One as… Continue
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Foreshore Bill threatens waterfront hotel
WELLINGTON City Council may lose control of waterfront development when the government passes the Foreshore and Seabed Bill. The bill will turn ownership of the country’s seabed and foreshore, to the high tide mark, over to the Crown. It also recognises… Continue
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V8 H8
URBAN designer Jan Gehl has slammed plans to build a street circuit on the waterfront to accommodate the proposed supercar race. Gehl has made a number of visits to the capital at the request of the council as it looks to use the expertise he has brought to… Continue
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