Your free guide to Tō Tātou Pōneke life in the capital Our Wellington 1 December 2020 — 31 March 2021 Rārangi upoku Contents Kia ora koutou
3 12 27 Welcome to the summer edition Wellington has the best central city in New Zealand, but we’ve been hard hit by Did you know you can… Ngā mahi whakangahau Ngā huihuinga o te of Our Wellington. It’s full of information about Council services, Covid, so we are working hard to support it, Our contact details Put it on the calendar Kaunihera, ngā komiti me facilities and events. including through a great events programme. and services Events supported by ngā poari ā-hapori 2020 has been a year like no other, We’re engaging on new strategies to support the Council Council, committee and the economic, artistic and cultural health of 5 massively disruptive to our society and our community board meetings economy, and particularly to events. Let’s our city. Wā tākaro | Playtime 18 enjoy the coming summer all the more for We’re also working in partnership Low-cost family- Tō tātou hāpori 28 the limitations we have faced. with NZTA and Greater Wellington towards friendly activities Our community Te Koromatua me ngā We all want Covid to be managed really significant transport improvements. You'll The life of a parking officer Kaikaunihera | The Mayor well so we can join together and enjoy the see more in the New Year. 6 and Councillors things we love doing. That means playing Major Council building developments Pitopito kōrero | News 20 The people who represent our part with good hygiene and ongoing are making good progress. The St James, Our latest news and City Archives Town Hall and Tākina, our new Convention you in Wellington contact tracing to help isolate any further helpful hints A window into our heritage outbreaks quickly, and minimise impacts. and Exhibition Centre, are going well, as Despite Covid, your Council is working is the Omāroro water reservoir above 9 22 Front cover hard tackling several really big issues. The Mount Cook. Ō tātou wāhi | Our places Mahi toi | Capital arts It’s been a year full of challenges, but summer is here Mayoral Taskforce has recently reported Councillors are also working with What’s happening at New exhibitions and public and we all know you just can’t back on the work needed to improve the our staff towards a new draft Long-Term our facilities art projects beat Wellington on a good day. condition of our city’s water and wastewater Plan. This one will probably be the most We wanted our cover to be assets. We’ve listened carefully to your challenging in our city’s history as we seek warm, hopeful, and positively 10 25 views on the Central Library and draft city to balance the need to invest in critical Pōneke. We’re giving away a Tautaiao | Eco city Kaupapa pūtea | Funding infrastructure with our collective ability to poster of the cover art, enter by Spatial Plan. More than 4,300 of you made Check out our new Find out how we can help emailing ourwellington@wcc. submissions which illustrates the love we afford rates. playground upgrades your community project govt.nz before 31 December. Wellingtonians have for our city, and helps We’d like to finish by wishing us make better decisions for you. you a wonderful summer. We got through lockdown by working together. Let’s do that again, walking in each other's shoes, as we address these major challenges and opportunities for our city. He waka eke noa. For more information about anything in Disclaimer We publish this magazine to this magazine, visit wellington.govt.nz encourage you to get involved in local events, Mayor to demonstrate the great work happening in Andy Foster No internet at home? You can phone our Wellington, and to show you some of the many Deputy Mayor Contact Centre any time on 04 499 4444 reasons there are to be proud of your city. Wellington City Council has, to the best of its Sarah Free or use a free internet computer at one knowledge, sourced accurate information. of our libraries. We will not be held responsible for any errors, changes in pricing, or misinformation. Production: Wellington City Council We’re proud to use Aotearoa’s indigenous Communications and Engagement Team language in our publications. If you come [email protected] across a word you don’t know, there’s an easy way to learn what it means – visit maoridictionary.co.nz
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Contact us any time Phone: 04 499 4444 Free text: 3400 Book a sports ground Email: [email protected] Schools and sports clubs often book sports grounds for games and practices, Stay up-to-date on social media but businesses and community groups facebook.com/wellingtoncitycouncil can also book them for activities and @wgtncc wgtncc team-building days. We maintain more than 40 parks. To make a booking visit Check out Our Wellington online wellington.govt.nz/sportsgrounds- Our news channel is now up and running bookings and it's full of the latest info and stories about our people, our places, our friends, and our city. Visit wellington.govt.nz/ Fire up the barbecue ourwellington We have barbecues for you to use at some of our parks and reserves. They are free, easy to use and available year- round on a first-in, first-served basis. All we ask is that you leave them clean and tidy. Check out our locations at wellington.govt.nz/bbqs
Find out about rubbish and recycling For collection days, how to get a new green crate or wheelie bin, and information about what you can and can’t recycle, visit wellington.govt.nz/ rubbishandrecycling Tell us when something needs fixing Donate your e-waste If you see Council property that needs Don’t send your old gadgets and fixing – such as a streetlight, leaking appliances to the landfill, the Tip Shop pipe, or public toilet – you can phone us welcomes all sorts of electrical donations on 04 499 4444, text us on 3400 or use – and guess what, we accept them all free the FixIt app on your smartphone. It’s of charge (except for TVs and monitors). free to download from the Google Play Visit wellington.govt.nz/ewaste store, iTunes store, or Windows.
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Your rates help make Pōneke a fun place to live and To SwimSafe, visit. Make the most of summer in the capital with these whānau-friendly activities. join SwimWell Carrara Park upgrade Come and check out our newly reopened community playground, Carrara Park in Newtown! It's been decked out with a separate toddler area, balance logs, an accessible carousel, flying fox, and a climbing tower with a curved slide. There is also a new picnic area with electric powered barbecues for you and your whānau to enjoy. Find out more about our playgrounds here: wellington.govt.nz/play-areas
Waitohi – Johnsonville Community Hub Free Waitohi brings together a new Johnsonville library, a new Common reusable Ground café and connects to the Johnsonville Community Centre, swim nappy for under 3s Keith Spry Pool, and Memorial Park via a new landscaped outdoor area. It’s looking fab! Don’t forget the togs and the library card! wellington.govt.nz/waitohi
Kainui Reserve/Treasure Island Play Area Ahoy matey! We have upgraded the play equipment with a refurbished seesaw, spinner, a two-bay swing with four seats, and a pirate ship. Check out other new play areas in your area. wellington.govt.nz/play-areas
Grow your little one’s confidence Berhampore/Island Bay Skate Park Scoot, skate and glide along the ramps at the skate park. With a range of in the water and teach them gradients, it’s suitable for all abilities. wellington.govt.nz/skate-parks swimming skills for life. Matairangi Nature Trail Explore the Matairangi Nature Trail with the playful pīwakawaka (fantail). Climb up the pōhutukawa like a moko pirirakau (forest gecko), navigate swimwell.nz the reeds like the matuku hūrepo (bittern), or zip and zoom like the hungry kapokapowai (giant bush dragonfly). wellington.govt.nz/naturetrail
5 Pitopito kōrero News Chilling in Te Awe, our newest library. Load it right – cover it tight What to do with your waste Are you planning a trip to the landfill? Confused about what to recycle, what Whatever falls off your truck or trailer is waste, and what is not? If you’ve ever ends up in our backyards, in stormwater wondered what to do with chopsticks, plant drains and pipes, in our streams and pots, or your electric toothbrush then in Taputeranga Marine Reserve. It only look no further than our new ‘What to do takes a minute to secure your load. Help with your waste’ search tool. wellington. us keep your community beautiful. govt.nz/what-to-do-with-your-waste
Don’t flip your lid Keep your dogs on leads Wellington households that have a This is a friendly reminder to keep your dog recycling wheelie bin should also have on-lead in our parks and on our walkways, a wheelie bin clip – so here’s a reminder unless you’re in a specified off-leash dog to use them, even if it’s not windy. If you exercise area. This is to ensure the safety of have any problems with installing or using your good doggo, people and native wildlife. You want it? We've got it! more at catalogue.wcl.govt.nz. your clip, please contact 04 499 4444 and If you’re caught with your dog off-leash If you don’t want to leave the house (or Once you place your order, our teams will we’ll send one of our friendly team to help on our walkways that’s not in a specified the beach) we have thousands of online deliver it to the library branch of your you. wellington.govt.nz/wheeliebinclip off-leash dog exercise area, you could get a resources you can access using your choice within one to three working days. $300 fine. Ouch! Find your local off-leash Library Card. Whether you want to read area here: wellington.govt.nz/dogexercise If you need a hand finding what Holiday parking fees The Dominion Post or The Guardian, Vogue you’re after, or need help to place an This year, Boxing Day and the day after or Amateur Photographer – we’ve got it! New Year’s Day fall on a Saturday. Both Connect with your community order, call us on 04 801 4040, email days (and the following Mondays) will be It’s important for our wellbeing to build and Looking for something a bit different? [email protected] or drop into treated as public holidays and there will be maintain social connection, particularly Check out the librarians' latest Lists or your local branch. We have three no parking fees. Standard fees will apply on during times of uncertainty. Whether Recent Picks in books, music and DVDs libraries in the central city – Arapaki Sunday 27 December and Sunday 3 January. it’s with friends, workmates, whānau, online at wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/ Manners Library, He Matapihi Library wellington.govt.nz/parking-fees neighbours, or others in your wider category/lists or in our branches. and Te Awe Library – alongside our 11 community, there are heaps of ways If you can’t find the item you want at branches across Wellington’s suburbs. Mornington Golf Club to reach out, strengthen relationships your local branch, check out the full Be sure to check our opening hours Did you know the public are welcome to use and build new ones. To find out what's online catalogue of books, CDs, DVDs and before you visit at wcl.govt.nz/hours this mid-city 18-hole golf course – and you happening around you, you can visit don’t need to be a member or even have a your local community centre or library. booking? It also has accessible golf classes If you’re keen to organise an event in for mixed abilities, junior golf, lawn bowls, your neighbourhood, there are lots of Get your walk on Explore our cycle paths #WellyWalks is back! Keep an eye on our Summer is here, and it’s a great time to and Bocce, and the Mornington club house great tips, including our Getting Together Facebook and Instagram pages in December get on your bike and explore some of the is available to hire for corporate and social Guide, at wellington.govt.nz/neighbours and January where we’ll share some of our awesome paths taking shape around our events. Find out more at amazing Wellington walkways, so you can harbour. For bike tips and tricks, head to morningtongolf.co.nz start planning your weekly adventures. bikethere.org.nz wellington.govt.nz/wellywalks
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Summer of fun on the Waterfront But that’s not all! Membership now lasts During summer, there will be a wide two years instead of one, and we have range of summer outdoor activities for made it easier to obtain. It will be issued you and your whānau to enjoy. The mix automatically through a number of A NEW of markets, activities, live music and different partner organisations. If you are fun for all ages will take place at Odlins applying with a Community Services Card Plaza or under the sails on the waterfront. or a permanent disability you can do so in There will also be Salsa@Sunset every person at any one of our recreation facilities, ADVENTURE Thursday in February at Odlins Plaza. libraries, or our Service Centre on Manners Visit wellington.govt.nz/eventscalendar Street. To find out more about the changes head to our website: wellington.govt.nz/ EVERY TIME leisure-card Parkinson’s programme Parkinson’s New Zealand and Club Active have collaborated to create a Your adventure at new exercise programme for people Wellington Zoo living with Parkinson’s. Our consultants supports conservation have been trained on how to prescribe for wild animals in effective types of exercise to maintain New Zealand and good health. Parkinson's NZ members will around the world. receive a 20 percent discount on a Club Active gym membership. Membership includes a Parkinson’s specific class each week, two introductory sessions We’re upgrading Keith Spry Pool with a Parkinson’s-trained fitness The upgrade will happen in four different consultant, and ongoing support on stages across the pool facility until June the gym floor. Visit clubactive.nz 2021. During this time there will be areas of the facility that will close, but there will School holiday fun always be a spot to come and have a swim. Looking for things to do to keep the kids For more info or for any queries about the occupied during the summer break? Check pool upgrade visit wellington.govt.nz/pools out the programmes and activities available or follow Keith Spry Pool on Facebook. at our pools and recreation centres. A great way to keep your kids occupied and active Changes to LeisureCard over the holidays! Book now. The LeisureCard has changed! It’s now a wellington.govt.nz/holidayideas wellingtonzoo.com handy keytag instead of the old card. We 200 Daniell Street will be phasing out the old cards over the Newtown next six months, so keep an eye out in the post for your new LeisureCard tag.
9 Tautaiao Eco city There’s nothing like the joy and For the play areas awaiting construction adventure that playgrounds works, we’ve since collated your feedback Did you know? and used it to help select and buy the Wellington playgrounds are broken offer our children, and with equipment. Some of the play equipment down into three different categories more than 100 play areas within comes in pieces all the way from Europe, which helps us to prioritise, allocate parks throughout our city, so timeframes for delivery can take a while – budget and make decisions when it but it’s worth the wait. comes to upgrades. it’s clear that Wellingtonians Once the equipment arrives, it’s all hands Neighbourhood play areas love to play. That’s why we’re on deck and the construction phase moves These are small play areas which service quickly. As more playgrounds are finished, constantly looking at ways to a group of locals within a 600-metre we’ll look to celebrate – so keep your eyes make our play areas better. walking distance. peeled for community events over the next Examples Montgomery Avenue Play few months! Feedback from our communities Area, Aro Valley Play Area. has been instrumental in our recent Community play areas playground upgrades. After a busy These are larger-scale play areas which year of consultation and engagement, service a community, usually within we've been hard at work refreshing an approximate 800-metre walking and upgrading a bunch of play areas During the consultation process for these distance. around the city. These are: playground upgrades, we held several Below Slide climbing tower at Examples Karori Park Play Area, drop-in sessions and created feedback the recently completed Recently completed: Te Papa Tākaro o Jim Belich. surveys where you shared your thoughts Carrara Park in Newtown. Carrara Park Play Area and ideas – and we listened. We know that Aro Valley Play Area Destination playgrounds each Wellington community is unique and Montgomery Avenue Play Area As the name would suggest, these are your feedback is super important, because Victory Crescent Park Play Area the super cool destination play areas. it helps us come up with an awesome design Coronation Park Play Area Not only are they larger in scale, they that best serves the needs of the people who Southgate Play Area often feature bespoke equipment and are going to use it most – the locals. an adventure theme of sorts, designed Works underway: We’ve even got local school children to keep kids busy for a good couple of Karori Park Play Area involved in a collaboration project to hours. They are located in areas that are Khandallah Library Play Area upgrade Wall Park in Linden. This special central and easy to access for all. Kekerenga Street Play Area project is the result of collaboration between Example Frank Kitts Playground. Works yet to start: Tawa Education Technology Trust and Tawa Newlands Park Visit and Linden schools, with the intent of giving wellington.govt.nz/ Wall Park playgroundupgrades local children the opportunity to learn about urban design and place making. This has been an enjoyable and hugely valuable process for all involved, including our urban designers who emphasise how “refreshing it is to hear a child’s perspective” on the work they do.
10 11 Ngā mahi whakangahau Put it on the calendar
Check out some of the Orchestra Wellington: Triumph World of WearableArt: Up Close Photo Pete Monk exciting events the Council is 7.30pm, Sat 5 Dec | Michael Fowler Centre Sat 12 Dec–Sun 14 Feb | Te Papa Wellington's favourite orchestra takes This theatrical journey through WOW supporting over the summer you on a sonic exploration, with ‘View brings you up close to over 35 extraordinary months. For more, visit From Olympus’ and Rachmaninoff 2. garments from the world’s leading wearable wellington.govt.nz/events orchestrawellington.co.nz art competition in a new immersive experience. worldofwearableart.com Black Caps v West Indies Test Fri 11–Tues 15 Dec | Basin Reserve Khandallah Village Fair Make sure to check online nzc.nz/international 10am–2pm, Sun 13 Dec | Ganges Road It's been a year full of challenges and change, so please make sure to go online for the latest Alert Level status, as well Wana Ake Festival New Year’s Eve Te Papa 8pm–12 midnight, Thurs 31 Dec Gardens Magic as checking the website or social media Fri 11 Dec–April | Whairepo Lagoon | Free Tues 12 Jan–Sun 31 Jan page of all events for up-to-date venue Play, look, and explore at Te Papa Botanic Garden ki Paekākā | Free and entry information. this summer with a series of See in 2021 on Wellington's waterfront. Concerts 8pm–9.30pm experimental community events wellington.govt.nz/newyear Light display 9pm–10.30pm for all to enjoy. tepapa.nz Light Years Christmas PlayHQ Summer Play Activation Wellington City Council’s iconic Until Mon 21 Dec | Capital E, Queens Wharf summer event returns with three Tawa Christmas Parade Wed 13 Jan–Mid May | Capital E, Queens Free weeks of free music and magical 2pm, Sat 12 Dec | Main Road Wharf | Free light display by MJF Lighting. Acts Capital E is embracing the Christmas spirit Discover the magic of rhythm and sound include OdESSA, Glass Vaults, with an array of light-based play activities in Capital E’s new summer play activation. sure to put the twinkle in the eyes of NZSO Messiah WAI, T-Bone, New Zealand Opera, 7.30pm, Sat 12 Dec | Michael Fowler Centre Tamariki are invited to be the conductor of Super Tonic – and many more of tamariki. Ages 0-5. Visit capitale.org.nz their own play exploration in discovering A joyful end-of-year classic for three Aotearoa’s best and brightest! how sound works through creative centuries, Messiah combines soloists, choir Kilbirnie Christmas Parade technology, reimagined acoustic objects and There’s something for everyone and orchestra in a dramatic celebration in 10.30am, Sun 6 Dec | Bay Road more. Ages 0–5. Visit capitale.org.nz – see the programme at music and song. nzso.co.nz wellington.govt.nz/gardens-magic Johnsonville Christmas Parade Wellington Pasifika Festival Rā Whānau Waitohi 11am, Sat 5 Dec | Main Road 12pm–6pm, Sat 23 Jan | Odlins Plaza | Free 10am–3pm, Sat 12 Dec | Johnsonville Kids Magic Memorial Park | Free Experience the sights, sounds and flavours 11am–1pm, Sat 30 Jan Downtown Shakedown of the Pacific with a day of traditional The Dell, Botanic Garden | Free 3pm, Sat 5 Dec | Waitangi Park | Sold out Waitohi is turning one! Let's celebrate with a and contemporary music, performances, full day of play. wellington.govt.nz/waitohi Pack a picnic, grab the gang and Wellington’s newest festival brings Benee, delicious food, art and crafts, free family- head to the Dell to be entertained. Fat Freddy's Drop, L.A.B and more to friendly activities and more. wellington.govt.nz/kids-magic Waitangi Park to kickstart the summer wellington.govt.nz/pasifika festival season. downtownshakedown.co.nz
12 13 Welly Weekend Waitangi Day at Te Wharewaka Salsa at Sunset BOWLZILLA Sun 24 Jan–Mon 25 Jan | Waterfront o Pōneke 5.30pm–8pm, 6, 13, 20, 27 Feb 10am–5pm, Sun 14 Feb | Waitangi Skate Park Odlins Plaza | Free Free to watch Have a Welly Weekend with fireworks, 10am–late, Sat 6 Feb | Whairepo lagoon amusement rides, circus performances and Arrive early to watch the traditional Learn to salsa in the setting sun down on Head on down and see the country’s cardboard box land. waka salute, followed by activities the waterfront with CubanFusion. best skaters and scooters in action at the and entertainment. national park skating championship. Visit bowlzilla.net Gindulgence Wellington Wine & Food Festival 12pm–6pm, Sat 30 Jan–Sun 31 Jan Te Rā o Waitangi 11am, Sat 13 Feb | Waitangi Park Frank Kitts Park 12pm–7.30pm, Sat 6 Feb | Waitangi Park This outdoor festival of wine, food and Valentine’s Night at Wellington Zoo Free gindulgence.co.nz live music brings together the best of local 5pm–8.30pm, Sun 14 Feb | Wellington Zoo Celebrate Aotearoa with friends and cuisines, matched with local wineries and Make Valentine’s Day wild! Enjoy an adults- whānau. There will be kai and kapa haka, as Swim the Lighthouse breweries that reflect the best of summer. only night at the Zoo with live music, an well as live music to keep you entertained. 6.30am–1.30pm, Sun 31 Jan | Freyberg Beach, wineandfoodfestival.co.nz outdoor bar and more. wellingtonzoo.com Oriental Parade wellington.govt.nz/waitangi Set yourself an open water challenge in the ZEALANDIA Valentine’s Night Tours capital’s Oriental Bay. For information and Kotahi 8pm–10.30pm, Sun 14 Feb ZEALANDIA to enter visit oceanswim.co.nz Sat 6 Feb | Kahurangi School, Strathmore Park | Free Join an expert guide in the lush forest of the ecosanctuary. Look for some of over Whānau Film Night The annual all-ages music concert celebrates 150 kiwi, tuatara, takahē and thousands of 6pm–9pm, Fri 5 Feb | Waitangi Park | Free local artists and our diverse community. beautiful sparkling glow worms. Book at wellington.govt.nz/waitangi visitzealandia.com Synthony 9pm, Fri 12 Feb | TSB Arena Synthony is back! The most memorable Chinese New Year Festival TSB Arena and dance tracks of all time, performed like Sat 13 Feb–Sun 14 Feb | Nicholas Shackleton, Mask, 2020 Frank Kitts Park | Free you have never experienced them before. synthony.com To celebrate Chinese New Year, a wide Performance Arcade variety of cuisine, crafts and cultural events Thurs 18 Feb–Sun 28 Feb | Waitangi Stream will be held in the capital over the weekend – Promenade | Free Island Bay Festival and everyone is welcome. Sat 13 Feb–Sun 14 Feb | Shorland Park Live arts, music, and performance, this and surrounds | Free chinesenewyear.co.nz specially curated event will feature Performance artists provide entertainment performance installations within a unique as you stroll through the park and Holi Festival of Colour architectural arrangement of shipping surrounding area. It’s a family fun day out – Sat 13 Feb–Sun 14 Feb | Upper Frank containers. theperformancearcade.com Kitts Park so bring friends, whānau, a hat and plenty of sunscreen. islandbayfestival.org.nz Bring your family and friends, throw Dragon Boat Harbour Fun day colour on each other, enjoy food, and Sat 20 Feb | Upper Frank Kitts Park dance to DJ tunes. dragonboatfestival.org.nz
14 15 Fried Chicken Festival Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Homegrown Fri 26 Feb–Sat 27 Feb | Frank Kitts Park Wellington Pride Festival Sat 20 March | Wellington Waterfront friedchickenfest.co.nz Sat 13–Sat 27 March | Various With five stages (Dub and Roots, Reggae, With over 100 events planned, we're EDM, Rock, Pop & Hip Hop) spanning the The Garden Party excited for Wellington Pride Fest 2021! stunning Wellington Waterfront, Jim Beam Sat 20 Feb–Sun 21 Feb | Wellington Botanic Featuring opening gala He Tangata, the Homegrown is Kiwi music’s biggest party! Garden ki Paekākā Pride Hikoi, the Pride Youth Ball, and Out homegrown.net.nz Talks, music and food come together in the City, Wellington's annual family- for a special weekend festival friendly rainbow fair – let's celebrate 35 The Lost Letter Office celebrating Aotearoa artists and artisans. years of Pride in the capital together. Visit 10am, Sun 21 March | Te Papa verbwellington.nz/garden-party wellingtonpridefestival.com Soundings Theatre Late Fridays at Wellington Zoo Using magic, movement, music and Every Friday in March | Open until 7.30pm Wellington Round the Bays clown performance, The Lost Letter Wellington Zoo Aro Valley Fair Sun 21 Feb | Starting at Frank Kitts Park Sat 13 March | Aro Valley Community Centre Office explores how these paper Make Friday night family night! Half and Aro Park A fun run/walk along the beautiful creations can deliver powerful gifts price Zoo entry from 4pm, experience Wellington waterfront designed arovalley.org.nz/aro-fair of love. Book at capitale.org.nz Wellington Zoo as the sun goes for all ages and abilities. Register at down. wellingtonzoo.com wellingtonroundthebays.co.nz St Patrick's Day Parade CubaDupa 2–4pm, Sun 14 March | Waterfront | Free Sat 27 March–Sun 28 March | Cuba Street Dragon Boat Festival NZ Fringe Festival Join us along the Waterfront for some ceol CubaDupa will transform Wellington’s Sat 6 March–Sun 7 March | Frank Kitts Park rince agus craic (music, dance and fun). Fri 26 Feb–Sat 20 March | Various most-loved street and nearby laneways Join us for a weekend of dragon boat racing into an immersive and interactive Full of incredible talent with over 153 with some fierce competition. Free to watch, playground of music, dance, theatre shows in more than 40 Wellington venues, Wellington International Pride Parade racing from 9am each day. Sat 27 March | Courtenay Place to and art. cubadupa.co.nz including over 1,000 individual performers. dragonboatfestival.org.nz Odlins Plaza fringe.co.nz Join the Pride Parade and celebrate the Newtown Festival LGBTQI+ community in the capital with Pipes in the Park Sun 7 March | Newtown fun and colourful floats and festivities 10am–4pm, Sat 27 Feb | Waitangi Park Everyone is invited to Aotearoa’s largest embracing the city’s inclusion, diversity and annual free music festival and street fair. talent. For more info and confirmed times Black Caps v Australia T20 newtownfestival.org.nz and dates, visit wellingtonprideparade.co.nz Wed 3 March | Sky Stadium nzc.nz/international Capital E’s Children’s Day Black Caps v Bangladesh ODI 10am–2pm, Sat 13 March | Queens Wharf Sat 20 March | Basin Reserve PARK(ING) DAY 2021 Free nzc.nz/international Fri 5 March | Cuba Street Get your groove on, enjoy a variety of See Cuba Street filled with car park performances and contribute to the installations by artists, architects and collective voice of tamariki in our time community-minded creatives for PARK(ing) capsule! Ages 0–12. Visit capitale.org.nz Day 2021! Rain date: 12 March. CubaDupa Photo Amandala photography sculpture.org.nz
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“I’ve gone from a desk-based sedentary “We get asked a lot of questions, people job indoors where most days are the same, approach us about all sorts of things, where to a job where I’m outside and active for can I find good coffee, where’s a good place the entire day – and I never know the area to eat, where is such-and-such a business I’ll be assigned to until I arrive at work.” or street, where is the Cable Car…"
The idea of walking the streets and The job definitely keeps Abra on her toes. interacting with people all day, “Believe it or not, this position really every day, attracted Abra to the job helps with memory, awareness she began just over a year ago. and being in the moment. “I walk up to 20km a day, I feel fitter, it’s been “It’s part of the reason time moves good for my health, and I get to see all the quickly because you are always in the nooks and crannies around Wellington.” Often she’ll have to deal with an angry moment – there’s no need for some Abra talks of the ever-changing views of motorist, but that doesn’t faze her. fancy mindfulness seminar, you get Wellington Harbour, the house with a garden it for free on this job,” she laughs. “It’s a very small part of this job and I do full of monarch butterflies, the bridge understand their reactions – I try to talk near Parliament that has a tree growing with them and explain the situation." through the gaps and her encounters Pay by Space parking with Mittens, “the cat of Wellington”. Those situations happen frequently and are part of the job, but Abra If you’re driving into the city centre, “Wellington is full of little surprises, instead focuses on the positives. you can park in one of more than 3,000 all things you wouldn’t see if you on-street Pay by Space parking spaces. Meet Abra, mother of weren’t on foot,” grins Abra. “While there are people who get angry Each space has its own number located four, grandmother of two over being ticketed, the positives far On any given day Abra and her nine- on the kerb. Sensors start your session outweigh the negatives in this job. and owner of a black cat strong team could be assigned to an area automatically when you park. “If there were no parking wardens, people called Crackerjack. anywhere from suburbs like Johnsonville Pay in three easy steps: and Kilbirnie, or within the CBD. would park up as long as they wanted 1. Enter space number She also loves to walk, write poetry and and it would be very difficult for anyone She’s on the lookout for motorists 2. Choose time and payment method: celebrate seasons. She and her friends have to get a park in the city – at the end of the overstaying their paid parking period, a YouTube channel called Meow Gurrrls day, we’re making everyday life easier • PayMyPark app (free to download expired warrants of fitness and car where they publish poetry videos. Oh, and for people and I feel good about that.” from your Smartphone) registrations, vehicles parked on yellow lines she knows some Te Reo too. • Credit or debit card Even cold, wet, windy Wellington or over fire hydrants, and any other parking (including Paywave) offences, such as parking in clearways. days don’t dampen Abra’s spirits. Outside of her personal life, Abra pounds • Cash “We have all the gear to keep us warm the pavements of Wellington as a parking Abra and her colleagues enforce 3. Pay and walk away – no receipt needed and dry, and once you’re out there officer for Wellington City Council. clearways and bus lanes around the city All spaces have time restrictions – at peak time. They also work in pairs to it’s fine, you just get on with it.” most are limited to 120 minutes It’s a far cry from her previous job operate cameras at bus lanes to ensure Regardless of weather or motorists’ (2 hours). Check the meter as an office administrator, and one motorists are abiding by the law. temperament, what Abra loves is for more information or go to she loves for the opposite reason. being an ambassador for the city. wellington.govt.nz/parking
18 19 A window into Did you know… you can now discover our heritage more of Wellington’s unique past Wellington City Archives through Archives Online? have launched a more Browse more than 500,000 items from City Archives, including photographs and in-depth online service regulatory records reflecting 150 years of for easy access to a myriad Wellington history.
of records. “We are making more of the City Archives collection available online, so people can browse, download and share to their heart’s content,” says City Archives team leader Adrian Humphris.
“More items are being digitised all the time, so there’s always something new to discover.”
A group of men in bathing Archives Online holds records dating back to costumes posing in front 1842, when Wellington became the first site of an old tram car, 1920s. of local government in New Zealand.
Many archive items can be downloaded directly through the site, or a digital copy can be requested.
Using the Property portal, you can request access to records such as residential or commercial building permits and consents for a small fee.
“A great place to start exploring is our interactive timeline of Wellington’s history,” says Adrian. “Browse, learn and share what you find with your friends.”
archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz
The Nissan Mobil 500 Street Race along the Wellington waterfront. Guide published under the Photographed by auspices of the Wellington Neil Price, 1996. City Council, 1930s.
20 21 Mahi toi Capital arts
Coming up at Toi Pōneke Gallery Ben Lysaght Tree Museum Coming up at City Gallery Wellington Courtenay Place Park light boxes Sat 13 Feb–Sat 6 March The Toi Pōneke Residents’ Show Terminal Camus Wyatt Time is the longest distance Sat 12–Tues 22 Dec Pōneke-based artist Ben Lysaght explores Until Sun 14 Feb Until Mon 25 Jan through painting the peculiarities Looking for an opportunity to start your Check in to City Gallery Wellington for Time is the longest distance brings visual within the history of botanical gardens own art collection or expand on your Terminal, a stellar international exhibition slices of Wellington’s public past into the and botanical archives. Tree Museum is current one? See what residents of Toi of art about airports. An iconic symbol of bustle of today’s streets. Inspired by the generously supported by the Emerging Pōneke have been up to in our rejuvenated the modern age, the airport has become a richness of the photographic archives of the Artists Trust. annual exhibition. battleline for issues of globalisation, border Alexander Turnbull Library, artist Camus control, state security, and individual Wyatt has selected and photographed Marcus Jackson Slime Inheritance freedom. Unmissable. fragments of negatives from the library’s Toi Pōneke – New Zealand School of Music Toi Pōneke Open Day vast collection. Te Kōkī Sound Artist in Residence Sat 27 Feb 10am–4pm Zac Langdon-Pole Containing Multitudes Sat 16 Jan–Fri 5 Feb Until Sun 7 March Kerry Ann Lee and Stan Chan Toi Pōneke on Abel Smith St in the Artist and composer Marcus Jackson will Zac Langdon-Pole’s disorienting, puzzling Mon 1 Feb–Sun 23 May heart of Wellington’s Cuba Quarter work during the residency to create a new works prompt us to rethink our relationship An exhibition inspired by photographic throws open its doors. Come meet installation work comprising airways, to nature, colonial history, and more. images drawn from 20 years of Chinese our creative community, try out a release valves, and sounding objects that Containing Multitudes—the first major New Year celebrations in Wellington. This workshop and enjoy our friendly come together to form a fluid genealogy New Zealand exhibition by the award- exhibition forms part of the 2021 Chinese hospitality. Workshops, open throughout the gallery space. winning Berlin-based expat—includes a new New Year Festival on 13–14 February 2021, studios, car boot sale, coffee, food installation: a native-timber floor where the Year of the Ox. truck and DJ Sound System. tracks left by colonising borer beetles are Visit toiponeke.nz perversely picked out in gold.
Simon Ingram The Algorithmic Impulse Below David Brown, Until Sun 7 March AR 2016-30 Drawing on approaches from artificial life, computer engineering, and robotics, Simon Ingram challenges our idea of ‘the artist’. Visit on the weekend and witness his machine make a painting based on a visitor’s brainwaves.
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Right Above Kerry Ann Lee, Alex Prager, Double Dragon (2012) Crowd #7 (Bob Hope Airport) 2013. featured in Imagined City Gallery Wellington, 2020. Geographies, curated Photo Harry Culy. by Claudia Arozqueta.
22 23 Kaupapa pūtea Funding We have a range of funding Tawa Community Funding available for community groups Support for community initiatives in Tawa, and projects to help make our city Linden, Takapu Valley and Grenada North. Available for a range of projects. a better place. Closes 26 February 2021. Contact our funding team to talk through your idea for a project and Social and Recreation Fund check our calendar for closing dates. This fund supports community Visit wellington.govt.nz/funding projects which make the city safer, more resilient and connected. The CH Creative Communities Funding Izard Bequest supports educational We fund groups and individuals for projects projects for disadvantaged groups. that encourage participation in the arts, Both close 31 March 2021. reflect our diversity and creativity and get young people involved, especially for Arts and Culture Fund projects by and for young people under 18 Support for arts and cultural projects in years old. Closes 1 March 2021. the city. Closes 31 March 2021.
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25 Ngā huihuinga o te Kaunihera, ngā komiti me ngā poari ā-hapori Council, committee and community board meetings
Capital Compost All Council and Committee meetings are Meeting dates and locations sometimes livestreamed via our YouTube page, so need to change, so please check final Each batch is tested and made please tune in at youtube.com/WgtnCC details at wellington.govt.nz/meetings locally from recycled green waste. You are also welcome to attend any or phone 04 499 4444. meeting listed here, depending Our bulk range includes: compost, on the Covid Alert Level. garden mix, veggie mix, lawn mix, mulch and potting mix, ultra soil Wednesday, 2 December Wednesday, 24 February and top soil. 9.30am – Grants Subcomittee 9.30am – Council Thursday, 3 December Wednesday, 3 March Call 0508 To Grow (0508 86 4769) for information 9.30am – Strategy and Policy Committee 9.30am – Regulatory Processes Committee 7.00pm – Tawa Community Board on where to buy and delivery options. Thursday, 4 March Monday, 7 December 9.30am – Strategy and Policy Committee This product has met the Ministry of Health requirements for use in commercial and 9.30am – Wellington Region Waste Management Monday, 8 March domestic plant growth. All our products meet New Zealand’s standard NZS4454:2005 and Minimisation Plan Joint Committee 9.30am – Wellington Region Waste Management Wednesday, 9 December and Minimisation Plan Joint Committee 9.30am – Regulatory Processes Committee Wednesday, 10 March Thursday, 10 December 9.30am – Finance, Audit and Risk Subcommittee 9.30am – Strategy and Policy Committee Thursday, 11 March 7.00pm – Makara/Ohariu Community Board 9.30am – Strategy and Policy Committee Wednesday, 16 December 7.00pm – Tawa Community Board 9.30am – Council Wednesday, 17 March Wednesday, 3 February 9.30am – Grants Subcommittee 9.30am – Regulatory Processes Committee Thursday, 18 March Thursday, 4 February 9.30am – Annual Plan/Long Term 9.30am – Strategy and Policy Committee Plan Committee Wednesday, 10 February Wednesday, 24 March 9.30am – CEO Performance Review Committee 9.30am – Council Thursday, 11 February Thursday, 25 March 9.30am – Strategy and Policy Committee 9.30am – Strategy and Policy Committee 7.00pm – Tawa Community Board Thursday, 18 February 9.30am – Annual Plan/Long Term Plan Committee
All meetings take place at Council headquarters, 113 The Terrace, or in the suburbs of community board meetings.
27 Te Koromatua me ngā Kaikaunihera Motukairangi/Eastern Ward The Mayor and Councillors
The people who represent you Wellington City Councillors are elected by Wellington residents every three years. Their role is to represent the Sarah Free Deputy Mayor Sean Rush Teri O’Neill views of residents and help the Council make the best 022 121 6412 021 964 898 021 967 090 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] decisions for the city. Not sure which ward you’re in? Chair Portfolio Leader Portfolio Leader Long Term Plan and Associate Urban Development Natural Environment Visit wellington.govt.nz/wards Annual Plan Committee Infrastructure Associate Community Well-being Portfolio Leader Governance Associate Transport
Citywide Paekawakawa/Southern Ward Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward
Andy Foster Mayor Fleur Fitzsimons Laurie Foon Iona Pannett Nicola Young Tamatha Paul 021 227 8537 027 803 0515 021 963 270 021 227 8509 021 654 844 021 961 270 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Chair Chair Portfolio Leader Portfolio Leader Portfolio Leader Portfolio Leader Council Grants Subcommittee Waste Minimisation Associate Urban Development Arts, Culture and Events Climate Change Portfolio Leader Portfolio Leader Associate Economic Development Associate Urban Development Associate Community Well-being Transport and Urban Development Community Well-being Associate Economic Development
Takapū/Northern Ward Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward
Jenny Condie Jill Day Malcolm Sparrow Diane Calvert Rebecca Matthews Simon Woolf 021 972 763 021 276 2905 027 232 2320 029 971 8944 021 973 365 027 975 3163 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Chair Chair Chair Chair Portfolio Leader Portfolio Leader Council-Controlled Strategy and Policy Committee Regulatory Processes Committee CEO Performance Review Community Engagement Sport and Recreation Organisations Subcommittee Portfolio Leader Portfolio Leader Committee, Finance, Audit and Risk Associate Community Well-being Portfolio Leader Māori Partnerships Associate Resilience Subcommittee Associate Transport Associate Community Well-being Portfolio Leader Economic Development
28 29 Capital E National Theatre for Children presents
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