The Mt Victoria Residents’ Association is an active advocate on behalf of our community, aiming to further the interests of our neighbourhood with local and central government. We’ve been doing this work for decades, promoting the needs of residents and improvements for our suburb while opposing inappropriate development in our neighbourhood.
Meetings
3 September 2026 AGM and waste minimisation
Join us for our Annual General Meeting where we can put our hand up to be a more active part of our Association, let us know if you are keen to step up. This short meeting will be followed by some presentations from our waste minimisation experts around the suburb. And bring your small plants to swap.
Details – Thursday 3 September from 6-7.30pm at Clyde Quay School hall
Pencil in our next sessions on 1 October (venue tbc) we will hear from political candidates for this years election, let us know your questions. And Thursday 12 November (note the date) will be our annual emergency management session with interactive activities at Clyde Quay School hall and with a BBQ to start.
6 August 2026 – Mapping the suburb
What is happening with the Embassy pedestrian crossing and the Canal Reserve? Come along and find out.
We will discuss mapping our community so we know where the trees are needed, the transport improvements we want and where apartment blocks are . Want to help map a street? Let us know
2 July 2026 – Amalgamation, rates increases and Tiaki Wai
Lots to talk about tonight with Tiaki Wai becoming operational on 1 July and local government amalgamation being pushed through by the Government.
Our support for walk-only tracks on Matairangi went unheeded with the recent WCC decision supported by all councillors for a bitsy approach with only two tiny sections of walk-only unconnected to the rest of the network going ahead. The rest of the tracks are shared with mountainbikers apart from the 12 mountainbike only tracks. Monitoring will let WCC know if this approach is working – let us know if you are part of any monitoring.
Thursday 4 June 2026 – Meet the Locals
Find out what the locals are up to at our next Mt Victoria Residents Association meeting on 4 June at 6pm Clyde Quay School Hall. We have invited local groups to join us and let us know what they do and how we can join in. Bush restoration, history, gardening and recreation all feature strongly in our suburb. Come along and share your Mt Victoria based group or activity.
7 May 2026
We talked transport and how we travel around our suburb and wider. The Architecture Centre’s Stuart Niven and Kate Linzey led the discussion. Some of our thoughts were added to our Annual Plan submission which we took to council in May.
2 April
We took a look at the Wellington City Council Annual Plan and what it means for us. What will happen when Tiaki Wai comes into operation on 1 July 2026, hint our WCC rates should go down.
5 March 2026
The first meeting in our new larger venue at Clyde Quay School hall with a special topic on trees, both in the park and on the street.
5 February 2026
Our first meeting this evening 5.30pm will traverse a plan for the rest of the year as we move to a new venue in March, we will have larger format meetings at Clyde Quay School Hall with a topic each time. What issues do you want to hear about?
The things we care about
The MVRA is actively involved in promoting the interests of our community in a number of areas.
We make submissions on issues affecting Mt Victoria, such as proposals to have a Wellington super-city Council, Wellington City and Regional Councils’ draft long-term and annual plans, the Town Belt and transport plans. You’ll find copies on this website.
Check out submissions coming up – we recently completed comments on the Noise Section of the District Plan and on policy documents for Tiaki Wai, the new water entity.
The Annual Plan consultation is on and we want your views for our submission.
The Earthquake Prone Buildings Amendment Bill is going through the second stage in Parliament and the Mt Victoria Residents Association appeared to make a case for better treatment of owner-occupier apartment buildings and body corps affected by the requirements but without any financial assistance to get remediation done.
We actively monitor and make submissions to the Council on resource consent issues, particularly demolitions, that affect local residents, We have worked with the Council to put in place in the District Plan rules and guidelines to protect the heritage of our unique inner-city neighbourhood. This was in response to the wholesale destruction of Mt Victoria’s heritage through inappropriate development in the 1970s and 1980s.
We work with other groups – such as the Mt Victoria Historical Society and the Save the Basin Campaign – on issues of common concern.
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