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href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=15" rel="category">Opinion</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165911#respond"><span class="meta-comments"></span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-aerial-view.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-aerial-view-430x204.jpg" alt="civic square aerial view" width="430" height="204" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165915" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-aerial-view-430x204.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-aerial-view.jpg 436w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a></p> <p><em>by Helene Ritchie</em><br /> The Wellington City Council plans to close Civic Square completely next month, and demolition of the square itself will start in January. The public were not informed of this in the consultation that has now ended – as the Council had already made its decision. This and other crucial information has been withheld. <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165911#more-165911" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165879"> <a title="‘Flawed, uninspiring’ – architects oppose WCC’s Civic Precinct plan" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165879" rel="bookmark">‘Flawed, uninspiring’ – architects oppose WCC’s Civic Precinct plan</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 25, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=4" rel="category">Article</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=147" rel="category">Business</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=6062" rel="category">Latest Headlines</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=15" rel="category">Opinion</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165879#comments"><span class="meta-comments">4 comments</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/concept-430x287-1.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/concept-430x287-1-430x287.jpg" alt="concept-430x287" width="430" height="287" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165886" /></a></p> <p><em>Submission by Architectural Centre</em><br /> The Architectural Centre strongly opposes what appears to be the driving premise of the Wellington City Council’s proposed Te Ngākau Development Plan – namely that the original concept of the Civic Precinct as a carefully composed and choreographed composition of connecting urban elements and related public buildings centred on the amphitheatre-like space of the Civic Square – is broken beyond repair and, consequently is no longer fit for purpose. <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165879#more-165879" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165900"> <a title="Not too late to save Civic Square" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165900" rel="bookmark">Not too late to save Civic Square</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 25, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=4" rel="category">Article</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=147" rel="category">Business</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=15" rel="category">Opinion</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165900#comments"><span class="meta-comments">1 comment</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-wide-angle.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-wide-angle-430x223.jpg" alt="civic square wide angle" width="430" height="223" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165902" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-wide-angle-430x223.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/civic-square-wide-angle.jpg 438w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a></p> <p><em>by Stuart Niven</em><br /> If a thoughtful understanding of The Civic Precinct – its extraordinary structure and intent when it was conjured out of a motley collection of city buildings and streets 34 years ago – had been the proper starting point for this project, then I don’t think we would be in the predicament we’re now in. <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165900#more-165900" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165907"> <a title="Demolition of bridge “not validated” in 5 WCC reports" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165907" rel="bookmark">Demolition of bridge “not validated” in 5 WCC reports</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 25, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=4" rel="category">Article</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=147" rel="category">Business</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=6062" rel="category">Latest Headlines</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=15" rel="category">Opinion</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165907#comments"><span class="meta-comments">2 comments</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-to-sea-bridge-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-to-sea-bridge-2-1-430x258.jpg" alt="Americas Cup Parade" width="430" height="258" class="size-medium wp-image-165909" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-to-sea-bridge-2-1-430x258.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-to-sea-bridge-2-1.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a> </p> <p><em>Wellington.Scoop</em><br /> In a submission today to the Wellington City Council, Sir Hugh Rennie KC says the claimed need to demolish the City to Sea Bridge is not validated by any of five reports to the council. He told the council: “It is plain further work and investigation is required before the full facts and the feasible options can be identified.” <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165907#more-165907" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165738"> <a title="Aftermath of the massive turnout" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165738" rel="bookmark">Aftermath of the massive turnout</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 20, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=4" rel="category">Article</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=29" rel="category">Education</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=15" rel="category">Opinion</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165738#comments"><span class="meta-comments">15 comments</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campbell-hikoi.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campbell-hikoi-430x242.jpg" alt="campbell hikoi" width="430" height="242" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165740" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campbell-hikoi-430x242.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campbell-hikoi.jpg 767w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a></p> <p><em>by Gordon Campbell</em><br /> The euphoria from yesterday’s hikoi may be transitory, but is no less valuable for that. It is pretty rare for the left to feel itself to be in the overwhelming majority, and speaking as the voice of the people. Lest that momentum be lost, the organisers will no doubt be mobilising the contacts they made yesterday, to carry the ongoing fight against this Bill to all parts of the country. (In business speak, the hikoi was a great networking opportunity.) <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165738#more-165738" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165818"> <a title="Grave concerns: 42 KCs tell PM to abandon Treaty Principles Bill" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165818" rel="bookmark">Grave concerns: 42 KCs tell PM to abandon Treaty Principles Bill</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 20, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=4" rel="category">Article</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=147" rel="category">Business</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=6062" rel="category">Latest Headlines</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=15" rel="category">Opinion</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165818#comments"><span class="meta-comments">1 comment</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p>Wellington.Scoop<br /> Forty-two senior lawyers, all King’s Counsel, have sent a letter to the Prime Minister and the Attorney General stating that the Treaty Principles Bill should be abandoned. Here is their letter in full. <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165818#more-165818" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165695"> <a title="Hīkoi mō te Tiriti brings 42,000 to Parliament" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165695" rel="bookmark">Hīkoi mō te Tiriti brings 42,000 to Parliament</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 19, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=22" rel="category">PressRelease</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165695#comments"><span class="meta-comments">9 comments</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-parlt-1.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-parlt-1-430x295.jpg" alt="hikoi parlt 1" width="430" height="295" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165697" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-parlt-1-430x295.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-parlt-1.jpg 576w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a> <em><small>RNZ / Craig McCulloch</small></em></p> <p>Wellington.Scoop<br /> As the leaders of the hikoi arrived at Parliament this morning, the march stretched back through the CBD to Taranaki Street. <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165695#more-165695" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165675"> <a title="Hikoi marches to Parliament from Waitangi Park" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165675" rel="bookmark">Hikoi marches to Parliament from Waitangi Park</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 19, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=180" rel="category">Police</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=22" rel="category">PressRelease</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165675#comments"><span class="meta-comments">2 comments</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-at-park-2.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-at-park-2-430x323.jpg" alt="hikoi at park 2" width="430" height="323" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165692" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-at-park-2-430x323.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-at-park-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-at-park-2.jpg 784w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a></p> <p>Wellington.Scoop<br /> Fifteen thousand people this morning gathered in Waitangi Park, armed with red, white and black flags, to join Hīkoi mō te Tiriti as it began its march through Wellington to the grounds of Parliament. </p> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-march-starts.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-march-starts-430x309.jpg" alt="hikoi march starts" width="430" height="309" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165690" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-march-starts-430x309.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hikoi-march-starts.jpg 570w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a> <small><em>RNZ photo</em></small> <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165675#more-165675" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165472"> <a title="WCC’s Crown Observer “to address financial and behavioural challenges”" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165472" rel="bookmark">WCC’s Crown Observer “to address financial and behavioural challenges”</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 11, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=147" rel="category">Business</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=6062" rel="category">Latest Headlines</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=22" rel="category">PressRelease</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165472#comments"><span class="meta-comments">26 comments</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crown-observer-lindsay.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crown-observer-lindsay-430x269.jpg" alt="crown observer lindsay" width="430" height="269" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165475" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crown-observer-lindsay-430x269.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crown-observer-lindsay-768x480.jpg 768w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crown-observer-lindsay-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crown-observer-lindsay.jpg 1050w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a></p> <p>News from NZ Government<br /> Experienced local government practitioner Lindsay McKenzie has been appointed as a Crown Observer to the Wellington City Council. <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165472#more-165472" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div>   </div>  <div class="entry"> <h3 class="entrytitle" id="post-165445"> <a title="Consulting, or not consulting" href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165445" rel="bookmark">Consulting, or not consulting</a> </h3> <div class="entrymeta1"> November 11, 2024<span class="meta-time"></span><span class="meta-category"><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=4" rel="category">Article</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=147" rel="category">Business</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=5678" rel="category">Frontpage</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=15" rel="category">Opinion</a>, <a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?cat=146" rel="category">Politics</a></span><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=165445#comments"><span class="meta-comments">24 comments</span></a> </div>  <div class="entrybody"> <p><a href="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/going-going-gone.jpg"><img src="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/going-going-gone-430x322.jpg" alt="going going gone" width="430" height="322" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-165450" srcset="https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/going-going-gone-430x322.jpg 430w, https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/going-going-gone.jpg 540w" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></a></p> <p><em>by Lindsay Shelton</em><br /> The Wellington City Council’s consultation process on changes to Civic Square closes on at 5pm on Wednesday. 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