Our Association has made a submission to Wellington City Council on Te Awe Māpara – The draft Community Facilities Plan, asking again for toilets in the Park.

Back in 2020 James Barber wrote a Scoop article about the lack of toilets in Carrara Park – https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=132403 – well worth reading! Nothing has changed since then.

We are hoping that this time we will be able to make such a strong case that the Council will finally approve it. If you agree with the cause you can help. One of the factors in assessing priorities for facilities is ‘Community advocacy • The community expresses an aspiration for a change to community facility provision to meet needs’ (p 49 of the draft plan). We’re hoping to generate a level of community advocacy that can’t be ignored!

We are launching an online petition, and will add a link when it is approved.  If you have ever been to Carrara Park and wished that there was a toilet there please sign it! It would also be helpful if you could write a note of support and send it to newtownwellington@gmail.com before our President, Rhona Carson, presents an oral submission on Thursday 31st August.