Mayor of Wellington
Recreation and culture
From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.
Recreation and culture
From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.
Create a world-class arts precinct that connects our key cultural venues from the Embassy to the Town Hall.
Deliver Te Ngakau Civic Square by leveraging private sector expertise and using the City Development Authority to enable mixed use.
Roll out Culture in the Community programmes so that festivals, events and family-friendly activities happen all around Wellington.
Develop more big public green spaces for the inner city and more varied park facilities for girls, teenagers, disabled kids and older people.
Use community events to heal from covid-19 and socialise priorities: a pedestrian only Cuba St Sunday; a Bay Rd, Kilbirnie Christmas market.
Prioritise child and age friendly public space that welcome residents to safe, alcohol and smoke free places.
Ensure public facilities are maintained to a high standard. Particularly recreational and cultural amenities.
Ensure parks remain safe and usable for residents and begin a strict gorse eradication programs.
Push Wellington as a venue for art, music and sporting events.
Open Tākina, town hall, library, Te Whaea 1,000 seat performance space, reactivate Hannah Playhouse, enhance Circa, make Opera House multi-use.
Support events and activate city around them WOW, FIFA Women's World Cup, Phoenix, Hurricanes, Matariki, Gardens Magic, ethnic festivals etc.
Open central library. Complete community facility review. Open Aro, Strathmore, Newtown, Karori community centres. Masterplan Ian Galloway Park.
Support a review to find fair and equitable ways to charge sports for using public facilities.
Invest in art community hubs across Wellington. Here artists can come together, put on shows and access council services.
Create an annual Summer of Wellington festival series, building on existing festivals and events.
Give high priority to the provision and maintenance of public facilities such as parks, libraries, pools and sporting facilities.
Maintain and improve public access to parks and reserves, reversing the policy of leaving loved open spaces to revert to gorse and scrub.
Continue to support events such as festivals.
Encourage community events in council parks and facilities.
Canvass sporting groups and users of sporting grounds and facilities to ensure these facilities are available and assessible to all.
Ensure all council facilities are well-maintained and safe for the community.
Create a world-class arts precinct that connects our key cultural venues from the Embassy to the Town Hall.
Deliver Te Ngakau Civic Square by leveraging private sector expertise and using the City Development Authority to enable mixed use.
Roll out Culture in the Community programmes so that festivals, events and family-friendly activities happen all around Wellington.
Develop more big public green spaces for the inner city and more varied park facilities for girls, teenagers, disabled kids and older people.
Use community events to heal from covid-19 and socialise priorities: a pedestrian only Cuba St Sunday; a Bay Rd, Kilbirnie Christmas market.
Prioritise child and age friendly public space that welcome residents to safe, alcohol and smoke free places.
Ensure public facilities are maintained to a high standard. Particularly recreational and cultural amenities.
Ensure parks remain safe and usable for residents and begin a strict gorse eradication programs.
Push Wellington as a venue for art, music and sporting events.
Open Tākina, town hall, library, Te Whaea 1,000 seat performance space, reactivate Hannah Playhouse, enhance Circa, make Opera House multi-use.
Support events and activate city around them WOW, FIFA Women's World Cup, Phoenix, Hurricanes, Matariki, Gardens Magic, ethnic festivals etc.
Open central library. Complete community facility review. Open Aro, Strathmore, Newtown, Karori community centres. Masterplan Ian Galloway Park.
Support a review to find fair and equitable ways to charge sports for using public facilities.
Invest in art community hubs across Wellington. Here artists can come together, put on shows and access council services.
Create an annual Summer of Wellington festival series, building on existing festivals and events.
Give high priority to the provision and maintenance of public facilities such as parks, libraries, pools and sporting facilities.
Maintain and improve public access to parks and reserves, reversing the policy of leaving loved open spaces to revert to gorse and scrub.
Continue to support events such as festivals.
Encourage community events in council parks and facilities.
Canvass sporting groups and users of sporting grounds and facilities to ensure these facilities are available and assessible to all.
Ensure all council facilities are well-maintained and safe for the community.
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