Wellington City Council existing public engagement results for insights re-interpreted to inform planning for the 2023 Long Term Plan. Understanding the value in the information collected over successive years and wanting to ensure the best use is made of their resources, they asked Global Research to reconsider existing data, and repurpose it to tell a story about what the community thinks and feels about priorities, challenges, and opportunities for the city.
The Wellington Central Library was closed to the public in March 2019 due to new guidelines for concrete buildings revealing a high level of potential failure in a significant earthquake.
A public engagement consultation ran between 27 July and 7 September 2020 to examine preferences for the Central Library redevelopment. The consultation process invited the public to comment on five options for a redevelopment of the Central Library, three with different levels of remediation, and two which proposed a new build.
Planning for Growth builds on the goals from Our City Tomorrow — Wellington’s Ten Year Plan — and includes a review of the Wellington Urban Growth Plan, as well as the District Plan — both of which impact and shape Wellington's urban environment.
In the next 30 years, Wellington is projected to become home to 50,000 to 80,000 more people. That will have a big impact on the city — not just on where people live, but how they live. Wellingtonians had their say via an online survey on the pros and cons of four growth scenarios proposed to accommodate anticipated population growth.
In 2018 the Ministry of Education implemented a visioning exercise to jumpstart a series of conversations aimed at building the world’s best education system. The Ministry of Education hosted a variety of events to ensure diverse representation of views were captured. Events included public workshops, seminars, and a comprehensive online survey designed to elicit responses from anyone with an interest in education.
Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) is a partnership between Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, and the NZ Transport Agency. It is working with the people of Wellington to develop a transport system that supports their aspirations for how the city looks, feels, and functions. The programme partners want to support Wellington’s growth while making it safer and easier for you to get around.
