8th April 2022 Attractions / Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council has approved $5.64m in funding for a Destination Skate Park in the capital.
Wellington City Council will remove Covid vaccine pass requirements across all its sites and facilities.
A booming tourism sector and a hot summer have helped boost attendance across a number of Wellington’s major attractions in the first three months of the year.
Wellingtonians have a once-in-a-generation chance to shape the future of their city’s transport and need to make sure their views are known, Wellington Mayor Justin Lester says.
We’re proud supporters of the inaugural Wellington Heritage Week, which will showcase the history of the capital through events, tours, exhibitions, and behind the scenes sneak peeks from 23-29 October.
Cuisine and culture is a big part of Wellington’s pitch as a long weekend destination, which is a growth area for Australian tourism to NZ
Wellington City Council will make Māori New Year, Matariki, a major civic festival in 2018 and will move its fireworks display from November to help celebrate it.
As of 1 July the Wellington City Council adopted an initiative to encourage cafes, bars and restaurants with outdoor dining areas to go smokefree by offering free outdoor dining licence fees for 2017-2018.
The $1.4 billion dollar cost of new infrastructure to support the tourism boom shows new funding options are needed.