This was submitted on 21st April 2025. As usual with Wellington City Council consultations there was a submission form asking for approval or disapproval of a number of budget items. Our President, Rhona Carson, used this form on behalf of the Association, but noted that “This submission on behalf of the Newtown Residents’ Association has not taken a position … on the majority of the Long Term Plan Amendment Options. There is a range of views about these, and many Newtown residents will be making individual submissions.”

A copy of the submitted form can be seen below, and we also included a narrative submission, which covered some issues we did want to comment on. These were about the operation of Te Awe Māpara, the Community Facilities Plan, and also about the long-standing issue of the provision of toilets in Carrara Park, and now also in the new Owen St Park.