Application by The Hudson for the renewal of an off licence.

Application by The Southern Cross for a new on licence.

Application by Hideout for the renewal of an on licence.

You may expect to find dirty nappies, food scraps, and rusted oven trays in rubbish bags, but surely not in with recycling. Yet, these are among the items the team at recycling centre Oji Fibre Solutions discover on their conveyer belts regularly.

Bruce Robertson has been appointed Independent Chair of Wellington City Council’s Audit & Risk Subcommittee.

Home to Pōneke’s largest area of old growth forest and the only public botanic garden in Aotearoa dedicated solely to native plants, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush really is a special place.

Wellington is jam-packed with lots of nature, epic views, and places to explore. Here’s a list of five spots to check out that you may not yet know about.

This week our Friday Five is a special Māori Language Week edition.
Find out how you can support and use reo Māori this wiki and beyond with these ideas from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission).

Next Thursday 23 September Wellington City Council’s Pūroro Āmua Planning and Environment Committee will consider three options for resolving the quake-prone car park building in Frank Kitts Park and supporting the next stage of nationally-important Fale Malae on the city’s waterfront.

Next week a City Council committee will consider a plan to make it easier to get around the city in low-carbon ways.