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News briefs – September
Heritage status may be removed
[photo: Karori Tunnel. Credit: A Renton-Green | Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga]
The Karori Tunnel and the Kelburn Viaduct may have their heritage status revoked. The Ministry for the Environment carried out consultation between 5 and 19 August on whether to modify heritage provisions on five sites in the Wellington District Plan, following a request from the Wellington City Council.
They include the Courtenay Place Heritage Area, the former General Headquarters Building on the corner of Taranaki and Buckle Streets, and the Miramar oil tank at 139 Park Road, as well as the tunnel and viaduct.
A report recommended removing the Karori Tunnel and Kelburn Viaduct from the list of heritage items in order to reduce the costs and complexity associated with ongoing maintenance and enabling potential future upgrades, for example to accommodate double decker buses.
Karori steps up to trap
Phil Wisker has been busy handing out traps to Karori residents after The Local ran a story last month calling for volunteers to walk unmonitored traplines, and for residents to set traps in their backyards.
Since the story, Phil – who works for Predator Free Wellington and volunteers for Predator Free Karori – has handed out 15 backyard traps to residents, has filled the area’s vacant traplines, and been able to set up two more traplines.
To order a rat trap for your backyard, email pfkarori@gmail.com A $10 koha is requested.
Are you enrolled to vote?
If you haven’t received an enrolment pack in the mail, it means your address is out of date, or you’re not enrolled, according to the Electoral Commission. Enrolment packs were mailed out between 17 and 22 August.
You can enrol or update your address online at vote.nz using your New Zealand driver licence, New Zealand passport or RealMe verified identity. To vote in the 2026 General Election, you need to be enrolled by midnight, Sunday 25 October.
