Mentions of Wellington City Council in New Zealand Parliament debates
Wellington City Council has been mentioned in 76 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Local Government Borrowing Bill, Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Bill (No 2) - Third Readings
Third Readings 14 Sep 2011
SUE KEDGLEY ... I just refer to my own experience of a council selling off local government assets. When I first got on the Wellington City Council, there was a great push by members—such as Kerry Prendergast and council members Mark Blumsky and others—to sell off a ...
Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Financial Assistance Package) Amendment Bill 2010
First Reading 9 Dec 2010
MOANA MACKEY ... properties like that to be rented out to people—and to the most vulnerable people in New Zealand. I was told by the Wellington City Council that prior to the 1991 Building Act changes councils actually had responsibility for boarding houses. Boarding house ...
Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill 2010
Third Reading 18 Nov 2010
Dr CAM CALDER ... achieve this? It reinforces the need for local authorities to focus on core services. We have already heard that the Wellington City Council approves of this. It is a guideline; it is not didactic. Effectively, local councils can focus on core services, and ...
In Committee 18 Nov 2010
Dr Cam Calder Wellington City Council; I have the document in front of me.
CHRIS HIPKINS Rubbish! The Wellington City Council did not argue that way. I sat through that council’s submission, and it opposed the definition of core services. Not a ...
Hon RODNEY HIDE Mr Twyford now changes the debate. He said none earlier, and he misled Parliament. When we come to Wellington City Council I am advised that the council supported the clause in its current form. I think it would be helpful for this debate on ...
Dr CAM CALDER ... fundamentally wrong. As another example, which I think the Minister briefly touched on, may I please read what the Wellington City Council said? One of the pleasures of being on the Local Government and Environment Committee was receiving the high quality of ...
Dr CAM CALDER ... further to this, and answer the member Chris Hipkins’ earlier interjection to name a council. I would like to name Wellington City Council, in addition to Rangitīkei District Council, which I believe the Minister mentioned. The council wrote: “In our view ...
Second Reading 17 Nov 2010
NICKY WAGNER ... already required to be aware of, and to have regard to, the views of communities. Several submitters, including the Wellington City Council, said that they would consult on issues even if they were not required to do so under the Act. We also heard from some ...
Governor-General Bill
Third Reading 9 Nov 2010
KEITH LOCKE ... standard. When she met Hillary Clinton the other day she did not go to the expense of charging up a big bill to the Wellington City Council for a taxi; she biked around to Wellington Airport to meet Hillary Clinton. I think that sets a very good example. ...
Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill
In Committee 27 Oct 2010
CHRIS HIPKINS ... authorities to provide the process and secretarial support? In the case of larger local authorities such as the Wellington City Council or the new Auckland Council, they are likely to have significant resources behind them, and it will not be a problem ...
Franklin District Council (Contribution to Funding of Museums) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 22 Sep 2010
GRANT ROBERTSON ... a member representing the Wellington region to say that this issue is vexing many of the councils in this area. The Wellington City Council, which oversees a number of excellent facilities in the region, has been looking to other councils to ask if it can ...
Infrastructure Bill
In Committee 29 Jul 2010
MOANA MACKEY ... like Ōpōtiki District Council up to the biggest councils like Auckland City Council, Christchurch City Council, and Wellington City Council, councils will tell us that affordable housing is a major issue. They know that they will be pivotal in any Government ...
Public Works (Offer Back of and Compensation for Acquired Land) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 21 Jul 2010
LOUISE UPSTON ... bill, but they raised serious concerns from a wide range of quarters, whether they were the Manukau City Council, the Wellington City Council, groups such as Federated Farmers and Vector, or airports such as Auckland Airport. I will talk about some of the ...
Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 17 Feb 2010
SUE KEDGLEY ... minutes. I have direct personal experience of how those council-controlled companies operate. I was on one in the Wellington City Council for 8 years, and I saw that they are basically nothing more than a corporate company masquerading as somehow being ...
Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill
In Committee 1 Jun 2010
SUE KEDGLEY ... that are replete with unelected and unaccountable directors? I served for many years, while I was on the Wellington City Council, on a holding company that was a council-owned company. I can assure members that that basically ran like a company. I ...
First Reading 15 Dec 2009
SUE KEDGLEY ... whether to set up a council-controlled organisation, and the council decides who will be on it. I have been on the Wellington City Council. I have been on the equivalent of a council-controlled organisation, and I know how they work. I know that they meet in ...
Carter Observatory Act Repeal Bill
Third Reading 26 May 2010
Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP ... of the select committee, which sought submissions on the bill. The select committee received submissions from the Wellington City Council, the Carter Observatory, and, indeed, the Stardome Observatory and Planetarium in Auckland. The officials, of course, ...
Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP ... observatory, and that the responsibility for the Carter Observatory should be transferred from the Crown to the Wellington City Council.
DAVID SHEARER ... We cannot do science without funding. The Government needed to put $2 million into the Carter Observatory. The Wellington City Council put $1.4 million in and is looking to put in another $300,000 a year to ensure the upkeep. That is quite an expensive ...
ALLAN PEACHEY ... Bill marks the final stage in a legislative process of transferring the assets of the Carter Observatory Board to the Wellington City Council. The council has actually managed the observatory since 2007. The decision to transfer the assets from the board to ...
MOANA MACKEY ... since the 1930s, and in its function as national observatory since 1977. The second thank you must go to the Wellington City Council for the role it has played in stepping in to ensure the ongoing survival of the Carter Observatory, both in its former ...
SUE KEDGLEY ... takings alone; they have to be supported by local or central Government funding. That is my worry. To be sure, the Wellington City Council has stepped into the breach—a breach that I guess has been caused, really, by central government, because successive ...
LOUISE UPSTON ... of it. It is very simple. It repeals the Carter Observatory Act and dissolves the Carter Observatory board. The Wellington City Council is excited about having this asset so that it can use it to promote its beautiful city, and wonderful science, hand in ...
In Committee 26 May 2010
DAVID SHEARER ... As we know, the practical work has been ongoing. The Carter Observatory effectively is already being operated by the Wellington City Council, so in many ways we are simply rubber-stamping a situation that is already in existence. The bill, as we have ...
KELVIN DAVIS ... Act Repeal Bill. We agree with dissolving the observatory and moving all of the functions and the assets over to the Wellington City Council. The report by Michael Bessell in 2005 said that the Carter Observatory was unable to fulfil the functions of a ...
MOANA MACKEY ... Part 2 deals with the repeal of the Carter Observatory Act and the transfer of property and liabilities to the Wellington City Council. It really must be put on record the gratitude that this Chamber has both for the original donation of the Carter ...
SUE KEDGLEY ... and from the day the bill comes into force, the property and all rights of the Carter Observatory board vest in the Wellington City Council. We have heard a lot of people, including me, extolling the Carter Observatory. It is a fantastic tourism centre, a ...
Second Reading 25 May 2010
ALLAN PEACHEY ... Act 1938 and dissolves the Carter Observatory board. It transfers the assets of the Carter Observatory board to the Wellington City Council and vests the liabilities incurred by the Carter Observatory board in the Crown and in the Wellington City Council. It ...
KELVIN DAVIS ... 1938, and dissolves the Carter Observatory board. It also vests the assets and liabilities of the observatory in the Wellington City Council. Since 2007 the Wellington City Council has, effectively, been managing the Carter Observatory. The council has ...
KELVIN DAVIS ... only right and appropriate that the facility and the assets are vested and transferred to the ownership of the Wellington City Council. As I say, the Labour Party supports this legislation. Thank you very much.
SUE KEDGLEY ... in this House will, the Carter Observatory Act Repeal Bill, which vests ownership of the Carter Observatory in the Wellington City Council. The Carter Observatory has recently been refurbished, and it is a fantastic asset for Wellington. It is a great ...
Hon HEATHER ROY ... with foreign astronomers. This bill draws to a close the changes that have been under way since 2007, when the Wellington City Council took over the management of the observatory and contributed $1.9 million towards its refurbishment and upgrade. This ...
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... and concerned at the proposal to dissolve the Carter Observatory and to transfer the assets of the board to the Wellington City Council, but it is quite all right, because it has been made public. The cause of our concern related to the explicit ...
JO GOODHEW ... Act 1938, to dissolve the Carter Observatory board, and to transfer the assets of the Carter Observatory board to the Wellington City Council, and then to vest the liabilities incurred by the Carter Observatory board in the Crown and the Wellington City ....
MOANA MACKEY ... said enough how important that gift was, and how much we are indebted to him. The second thankyou needs to go to the Wellington City Council, because without its support for the ongoing work of the Carter Observatory, it would not have been able to continue. ...
COLIN KING ... the law, clause 9 was put in to ensure that no duty would be paid on the gifting of ownership from the Crown to the Wellington City Council. The other aspect I will deal with is that financial matters needed to be tidied up. Clause 10 states that on the ...
GRANT ROBERTSON ... as well, so it was a very good speech. I first want to lay on the table the importance of the role of the Wellington City Council here. It has taken on the Carter Observatory and has committed itself in terms of both the funding that it has put in ...
LOUISE UPSTON ... the speakers before me have said, the Carter Observatory has had a close association with, and much support from, the Wellington City Council, so the repeal of this Act and the transfer of the assets to the Wellington City Council makes a lot of sense. Although ...
Second Reading 19 May 2010
Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP ... appreciate. I do not intend to spend a great deal of time on this debate, because I know that the aspiration of the Wellington City Council is to take full legal ownership of the observatory as soon as possible. I had the great pleasure of attending, as I ...
DAVID SHEARER ... rather than a real science role, and, as a result, he felt that it was better suited to being administered by the Wellington City Council rather than being run as a national observatory. It is important to say, as the Minister intimated, that there is ...
First Reading 22 Oct 2009
Hon JOHN CARTER ... to maintain, operate, and control the Carter Observatory; transfers the assets of the Carter Observatory board to the Wellington City Council, which has managed the observatory since 2007 and will continue to do so in the future; and vests the liabilities ...
DAVID SHEARER ... in the city of Wellington; dissolve the Carter Observatory board and arrange for the proper transfer of assets to the Wellington City Council; and vest the liabilities to the Crown and the Wellington City Council. The decision is based on a report by Michael ...
ALLAN PEACHEY ... role that the Carter Observatory played so well. It is the role that the observatory will continue to play. I commend Wellington City Council for the arrangement it has entered into with the Crown to take over responsibility for keeping the observatory going. ...
ALLAN PEACHEY ... on the way it has embraced the Carter Observatory over all the years and over all its changes. It was the Wellington City Council that made land available up in the Botanic Gardens for the observatory. I count it as one of the great good fortunes ...
MOANA MACKEY ... record as the Carter Observatory moves into the next stage of its existence. The second thankyou needs to go to the Wellington City Council, because without its support for the ongoing work of the Carter Observatory, it would not be able to continue. I ...
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM ... Repeal Bill. A 2005 ministry report recommended that the Act be repealed, that the observatory be handed over to the Wellington City Council, and that other options for a national observatory be considered. Under the last Government, extensive refurbishment ...
COLIN KING ... that we want to think of the Carter Observatory. The purpose of the bill is to vest the observatory back in the Wellington City Council, and that is quite appropriate. The council contributed to the land for the purpose of an observatory, and it will ...
GRANT ROBERTSON ... are very proud of that. I too want to offer thanks here, as other speakers have. Firstly, I thank the Wellington City Council, which has taken on the running of the Carter Observatory, and will be moving forward with it. The council has put in a ...
LOUISE UPSTON ... I acknowledge the previous Government for providing the necessary financial support to the observatory, and also Wellington City Council for taking up the challenge and in effect recreating the Carter Observatory and taking it into its new life as a ...
Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill
In Committee 16 Sep 2009
CATHERINE DELAHUNTY ... Was that the public platform that he campaigned on in his electorate? Then we have Ray Ahipene-Mercer on the Wellington City Council, who opposed Māori seats. But he admitted that he could not get elected by campaigning on Māori issues. He could only ...
In Committee 15 Sep 2009
SUE KEDGLEY ... we could drive a tractor through them; I also speak as a former city councillor. I know from my 8 years on the Wellington City Council that once the mayor gets to control the inner cabal, the chairs, and the councillors, he will—and I say “he” advisedly; ...
Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill
In Committee 9 Sep 2009
SUE KEDGLEY ... is a very subjective rule, and councils interpret it differently, but I can say that when I was a councillor on the Wellington City Council for 8 years, lack of notification was the most common issue that I had to deal with in my constituency. People would ...
Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Bill 2008
In Committee 22 Jul 2009
GRANT ROBERTSON ... Public Works Act 1981. Upon such a transfer, the local authority, for example,”—and, indeed, it is the example—“the Wellington City Council would take on the right of first refusal obligation to Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika.” I want to clarify with ...
Second Reading 21 Jul 2009
GRANT ROBERTSON ... accordance with section 50 of the Public Works Act 1981. Upon such a transfer, the local authority, for example, the Wellington City Council would take on the right of first refusal obligation to Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika.” I put into the record ...
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Wellington—Memorial Park Development 30 Jun 2009
Grant Robertson Can the Minister confirm that a design for the park that was acceptable to the Wellington City Council, central government, and the local school was agreed on late last year, and that his reason for not taking up that ...
General Debate 13 May 2009
Hon PETER DUNNE Yesterday I was challenged by the Wellington City Council to stop pushing fiction, and to concentrate on the facts with regard to the civil defence of this city. This afternoon ...
Urgent Debates - Royal Commission on Auckland Governance—Government Response
Royal Commission on Auckland Governance—Government Response 8 Apr 2009
SUE KEDGLEY ... appoint the deputy mayor, and appoint all council chairpersons of committees. I have been on a city council, the Wellington City Council, for 9 years and I can tell members that once the mayor selects his inner cabal—and it looks, unfortunately, as though ...
Urgent Debates - Transport Funding—Replacement of Regional Fuel Tax with Increased Fuel Excise Duty and Road-user Charges
Transport Funding—Replacement of Regional Fuel Tax with Increased Fuel Excise Duty and Road-user Charges 24 Mar 2009
Hon PETER DUNNE ... The commitments that are needed now are political. We have all the local authorities in the region, bar one—the Wellington City Council—onside, and it is time for the Wellington City Council to come onside. Its concern all along has been about funding, ...
Maiden Statements 11 Dec 2008
GRANT ROBERTSON ... of the town belt, and from time to time land has been taken from it for other purposes. In consultation with the Wellington City Council and interested parties I plan to sponsor legislation in this House to ensure that the town belt remains in, and, just ...
State Owned Enterprises
Meridian Energy—Mill Creek Project 29 May 2008
Hon Peter Dunne ... submissions on its cause, to then influence the course of a resource consent process being carried out by the Wellington City Council?
Budget Statement - Budget Debate
Budget Debate 22 May 2008
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... quality of social housing.
The major initiatives include the long term upgrade of Wellington City Council’s social housing, the Hobsonville development, and the shared equity scheme.
Madam ...
Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill
In Committee 17 Jun 2008
KATE WILKINSON ... We were advised that the cost to the Hamilton City Council was in the vicinity of $500,000, and that the cost to Wellington City Council ratepayers was about $600,000. The figures go on and on, and they reflect the monetary cost alone of taggers and ...
Second Reading 20 May 2008
RON MARK We know that it is millions of dollars. The Wellington City Council gave us its figures; so did the Wanganui, far north, and Northland councils. We came away with the view that the figure ...
Electricity (Disconnection and Low Fixed Charges) Amendment Bill
Third Reading 10 Apr 2008
SUE KEDGLEY ... why our electricity prices are rising so dramatically. I well remember back in 1993, when I was newly elected to the Wellington City Council, waging a campaign against the sale of Capital Power—the lines company that Wellington City Council owned. There was a ...
Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill
In Committee 2 Apr 2008
MARK BLUMSKY ... becoming uncontrolled. I know that the Manukau City Council has spent millions of dollars on fighting graffiti. The Wellington City Council is now spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on fighting graffiti, and it is just a shame. It is just a disgrace. ...
Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Bill
Third Reading 4 Sep 2008
PHIL HEATLEY ... and the councils in South Auckland, mainly, and also North Shore City Council do not want a bar of the legislation. Wellington City Council came to the select committee and had very serious concerns about the legislation. Nelson City Council is not ....
First Reading 13 Dec 2007
Dr WAYNE MAPP ... pages of documentation and 12 A3-sized plans just to build an ordinary house. We are not making this up; these are Wellington City Council’s own figures. That is a tenfold increase from just 4 years ago. I know there has been a leaky buildings crisis, and I ...
Transport
Greater Wellington Regional Council—Regional Strategy 15 Nov 2007
Hon Peter Dunne ... that the Government was wrong last year to dismiss out of hand the flawed plan from the Mayor of Wellington and the Wellington City Council to close the Johnsonville line and turn it into a busway?
Building Amendment Bill 2007
Third Reading 13 Mar 2008
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... put up by 37 percent. In Dunedin City building consent fees have been put up by 67 percent. In this very city, the Wellington City Council has noted that 4 years ago it used to take three A4 plans and 20 pages of documentation to get a building consent for ...
In Committee 11 Mar 2008
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... Building Act, it now takes 110 pages of bureaucracy to have even the most minor of building consents go through. The Wellington City Council said that before this Government’s stupid Act, it used to take three A4 plans and 20 pages of documentation to get a ...
Hon Dr NICK SMITH I seek leave to table the statement from the Wellington City Council that the forms required for a standard home under this Building Act have increased from three A3 plans to 12, and from ...
In Committee 20 Nov 2007
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... to afford their own home, and no understanding of the increased bureaucracy involved. I remind members what the Wellington City Council said. It said that the amount of paperwork required to get a building consent for the average home has more than ...
Second Reading 13 Nov 2007
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... Master Builders Federation of New Zealand. I wonder what it would say. I ask the member opposite to justify this. The Wellington City Council says that a typical house plan 4 years ago required three A3 plans and 30 supplementary pages of information. With ...
Hon Dr NICK SMITH Judith Tizard would know a lot about building would she not? Well, this is a statement from the Wellington City Council. Let me tell the House what the Registered Master Builders Federation said. It tells us that the increased cost of ...
Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Remedies) Amendment Bill, Building (Consent Authorities) Amendment Bill - Third Readings
Third Readings 21 Aug 2007
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... to deal with the paperwork of building a house than it takes actually to build it? Take this comment from the Wellington City Council in this very city, for example. It said this: “A typical house plan four years ago was three A3 plans and 9 pages. ...
Building and Construction
Leaky Homes—Reaction to Proposed Package 27 May 2010
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON Very, very good news, actually! Three of the key, most affected local authorities—that is, Wellington City Council, Waitakere City Council, and North Shore City Council—last night all voted unanimously to support the Government’s ...
Building and Construction Sector—Flexibility and Costs 25 Jun 2008
Hon Dr Nick Smith I seek leave to table documents from the Wellington City Council that show that this week it has announced a threefold increase in its fees for minor earthworks.
Building—Consent Process 6 Mar 2008
Hon Dr Nick Smith ... responsibility for the Building Act 2004, which has seen this huge growth in paperwork in the building industry? The Wellington City Council has stated: “A typical house plan 4 years ago was 3 A3-sized plans and 30 supporting pages. Under the Government’s new ...
Building—Consent Process 13 Feb 2008
Hon Dr Nick Smith When the Wellington City Council noted that “A typical house plan 4 years ago was three A3 size plans and 30 … pages”, and that now builders are ...
Building and Housing, Department—Quality Regulation Review 6 Nov 2007
Hon Dr Nick Smith How can the Minister say the review of red tape is going well, when Wellington City Council has noted “A typical house plan four years ago was three A3 size plans and 30 supporting pages. Developers are now ...
Housing—Affordability 22 Aug 2007
Hon Dr Nick Smith ... Government has led “the most effective review of red tape that this country has ever seen” with the statement by the Wellington City Council last week: “A typical house plan 4 years ago was three A3-sized plans and 30 supplementary pages. Now builders are ...
Housing—Affordability 15 Aug 2007
Hon Dr Nick Smith Is it any wonder that building costs have gone through the roof, when the Wellington City Council stated in Monday’s Dominion Post“A typical house plan four years ago was three A3 size plans and 30 supporting pages. ...
Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Remedies) Amendment Bill
In Committee 14 Aug 2007
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... consent, we see that it is an absolute disaster. Members should look at yesterday’s Dominion Post, in which the Wellington City Council says that the amount of paperwork that is now required to build a standard New Zealand home has increased fivefold. I ...
Second Reading 21 Jun 2007
RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER ... damages are the entitlement. I want to refer to a letter dated 15 June that I received earlier this week from Wellington City Council, lamenting the passage of this bill. Its understanding of the bill seems to be entirely amiss. I will deal with the ...
RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER ... of court processes that are littered with the antics of high-paid lawyers employed by people such as the protesting Wellington City Council. Instead, through the Weathertight Homes Tribunal and through the work of my good friend the Minister, Clayton Cosgrove,...
Housing
Housing Affordability—Hobsonville Development 3 Apr 2008
Hon Ruth Dyson ... to buy out its previously publicly owned houses to ensure the security of tenure of the mainly pensioner tenants; the Wellington City Council, which has had a $200 million partnership with central government; and the Christchurch City Council, which just put ...
Housing—Auckland Region 9 Aug 2007
Sue Bradford Has the Minister read the submissions from Local Government New Zealand and the Wellington City Council to the housing affordability inquiry this morning, which state that there actually is enough land within our major ...
Wellington City Council—Social Housing 22 Feb 2007
CHARLES CHAUVEL What assistance is the Government providing to Wellington City Council to upgrade its social housing stock?
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... Annette King, Mahara Okeroa, Marian Hobbs, and Charles Chauvel, I announced a $220 million partnership with Wellington City Council to substantially upgrade its 2,354 social housing units. In return, the council has agreed to stay in social housing ...
Hon CHRIS CARTER Wellington City Council is the second-largest landlord in the region, housing approximately 4,000 elderly, low-income, or disadvantaged tenants—m...
Pita Paraone Tēnā koe, Madam Speaker. Does the support given by Government to the Wellington City Council allow for that council to implement a rent-to-buy scheme of its housing stock; if not, why not?
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... social housing as part of that opportunity to provide affordable housing for people who still need to rent houses. Wellington City Council is following the same programme, and I applaud it for that.
Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Bill 2006
Second Reading 12 Dec 2006
JUDY TURNER ... concerns United Future members. We think that some ongoing work on this matter should be encouraged. Certainly, the Wellington City Council, and a number of the other city councils that made submissions, had ongoing concerns about the fact that their housing ...
Third Reading 12 Dec 2006
JUDY TURNER ... process was costly, with the costs of the process often being higher than the claim itself. A very good example was Wellington City Council, which reported that it had spent $70,000 in court defending itself over a $4,000 claim. The other problem was that ...
Airport Authorities (Sale to the Crown) Amendment Bill
First Reading 22 Nov 2006
SUE KEDGLEY ... on having the good sense to consider airports to be key, long-term strategic assets. I can remember being on the Wellington City Council when it tried to flog off Wellington Airport—to sell our ownership in the airport. Of course, Infratil and other ...
Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction: Purchase Age) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 8 Nov 2006
MARK BLUMSKY ... today and they deserve to be given respect and to be treated as responsible—but learning—New Zealanders. At the last Wellington City Council elections, an 18-year-old was elected as a city councillor. She was deemed old enough to help govern the city of ...
Building (Late Consent is a Free Consent) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 25 Jul 2007
STEVE CHADWICK They were very angry about it, actually. The Wellington City Council said it did not want a punitive approach. It would rather work with the industry and work with the Department of ...
First Reading 11 Oct 2006
GORDON COPELAND ... were no adverse environmental effects, whatsoever. In fact, it was positive for the biodiversity on my property. Wellington City Council said to me that I could not have my $80 back as the council’s policy is not to refund anything less than $100 because ...
Finance
Johnsonville Railway Corridor—ONTRACK Ownership 14 Sep 2006
Hon PETER DUNNE ... systems, is owned by ONTRACK on behalf of the Crown, and that neither the Greater Wellington Regional Council, the Wellington City Council, nor the Bus and Coach Association has had any discussions with ONTRACK about the line’s future, notwithstanding the ...
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN The Crown owns the land; ONTRACK owns the facilities on top of the land. There have been no discussions with the Wellington City Council or the Bus and Coach Association. ONTRACK is a participant on the regional land transport committee with the Greater ...
Hon Peter Dunne ... while the conversion is undertaken, even before any buses are bought; will the Government therefore point out to the Wellington City Council the sheer folly of its proposal to convert the Johnsonville line into a busway?
Hon Peter Dunne ... $115 million minimum cost of conversion to a busway would not be borne by taxpayers but would be a charge against the Wellington City Council, for it to then have to justify to its ratepayers?
Local Government
Auckland, Local Government Reform—Council-controlled Organisations 16 Mar 2010
Hon RODNEY HIDE ... exist under the local government framework, and many councils use that method of service delivery. For example, the Wellington City Council has nine council-controlled organisations managing water supply, stormwater, the waterfront, and the stadium, as well ...
Rates—Independent Inquiry 6 Sep 2006
Mark Blumsky ... and that those compliance costs have placed a huge burden on some local authorities, and given the evaluation of the Wellington City Council on costs imposed by central government of, just to name two, $1.75 million for the Building Act and $220,000 for the ...
Local and Central Government—Investigation of Cost of Legislation 27 Jul 2006
Mark Blumsky ... the Minister consider when the Government was writing legislation like the Building Act its cost to an authority like Wellington City Council and the hurtful impact of the $1.7 million extra cost that this Act imposed on its ratepayers, or does the Minister not ...
General Debate 26 Jul 2006
RODNEY HIDE ... at the last election, Auckland residential rates will rise by 13.8 percent, on average. In the last 3 years Wellington City Council’s rates have increased by 20.5 percent, Christchurch City Council’s by 19.4 percent, and Hamilton City Council’s by 15.2...
Local Government (Rating Cap) Amendment Bill 2006
First Reading 26 Jul 2006
RODNEY HIDE ... a salary rise of 13.8 percent, but people have to find an extra 13.8 percent for their rates. In the last 3 years Wellington City Council rates have increased by 20.5 percent, Christchurch City Council rates by 19.4 percent, and Hamilton City Council rates ...
Standing Orders—Sessional 20 Jul 2006
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... development and long-term planning. One such example of their working relationship is their active involvement in the Wellington City Council’s open space naming policy, which confirms the council’s commitment to ensure that traditional Māori names are used ...
Internal Affairs
Online Government Services—igovt Log-on and Identity Verification Services 7 Sep 2011
Hon NATHAN GUY Currently about 30 services are available, such as booking swimming lessons via the Wellington City Council or ordering a birth certificate through the Department of Internal Affairs. There are more than 320,000 igovt log-ons ...
Significant Community Based Projects Fund—Eligibility Criteria 21 Jun 2006
Mark Blumsky ... the Minister explain the discrepancy between his statements in the House on 15 June that the $8 million loan from the Wellington City Council to the Karori sanctuary was not an issue, and that, to quote the Minister, his officials had told them that “it was not ...
Mark Blumsky ... criteria that are not available to applicants or taxpayers, given that his department told the Karori sanctuary and Wellington City Council officials on 8 June that the sanctuary’s application had failed to meet criteria that they did not even know existed ...
Mark Blumsky ... because it had asked for $6 million instead of $8 million, given that his department told the Karori sanctuary and Wellington City Council officials on 8 June that if the sanctuary had applied for $8 million instead of $6 million it would have met the ...
Significant Community Based Projects Fund—Karori Wildlife Sanctuary 15 Jun 2006
Mark Blumsky ... funding sources other than central government, given that it had secured an $8 million interest-free loan from the Wellington City Council, and only after extensive community consultation?
Hon Peter Dunne ... community support for the project from sources other than central government—with the fact that at the time that the Wellington City Council approved a loan of $8 million to the sanctuary in June 2005, those same officials had advised the sanctuary that the ...
Mark Blumsky How much confidence does he have in the grants process, when the Wellington City Council was absolutely certain, in giving the $8 million interest-free loan, that the loan would be repaid, whereas his ...
General Debate 10 May 2006
SUE KEDGLEY ... trolley buses has already been put off by 15 months and is in danger of being put off for another year. Indeed, the Wellington City Council is having to say that because of the stubborn and incomprehensible funding formula used by Land Transport New Zealand, ...
New Zealand Sign Language Bill
Third Reading 6 Apr 2006
BARBARA STEWART ... and we will await this review with great interest. We encourage local body councils to follow the example of the Wellington City Council and offer a sign language interpreting service to improve communication between the Deaf community and the council. We ...
In Committee 23 Mar 2006
BARBARA STEWART ... and the bill also promotes the use of sign language in Government departments. I was very pleased to see that the Wellington City Council offers a sign language interpreting service. New Zealand First believes it is important to acknowledge the rights of ...
Second Reading 23 Feb 2006
BARBARA STEWART ... the resources necessary to enable them to participate fully within the community. I was very pleased to read on the Wellington City Council website that the council offers a sign language interpreting service to improve communication between the Deaf ...
Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill
First Reading 22 Feb 2006
Hon PETER DUNNE ... then I can imagine all sorts of projects around the country coming forward on the same basis. I imagine that the Wellington City Council will be on my doorstep very quickly, saying: “What about the town belt in this city?”, the Mayor of Christchurch will ...
Imprest Supply (Third for 2005/06) Bill
Imprest Supply Debate 23 Nov 2005
DARREN HUGHES ... over there on the Opposition benches. Of course, he did not really bother to add up accounts when he was at the Wellington City Council, and he does not think he should do the same when he comes into Parliament, either. He wants billions of dollars of ...