Because I am a glutton for punishment, I sat down and watched the entire WCC Council sub-committee meeting recently, on the discussion around Te Ngakau Civic Square. It was also the first time I have watched new Mayor Andrew Little. In contrast to previous mayors, this meeting went really smoothly – Little was not the Chair of the meeting, and said relatively little. That’s a big…
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This is what the Council were discussing last week Te Ngākau Update Council Briefing – September 2024 Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – Key Approaches: 1. Elevate critical building infrastructure above current and future floodplains 2. Retention and detention solutions that are floodable to provide storagecapacity enabling controlled release into green infrastructure system. 3. Decrease runoff and flooding through nature-based solutions for infiltration and purification, such…
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So, finally today we had the news that we all knew was going to happen one day – that the Pink Council building (WCC’s CAB) is to be demolished and developers / visionaries are asked to submit bids and proposals for a replacement building and a Masterplan. After too many years of sitting round doing nothing, suddenly it is all go, and proposals are needed immediately….
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