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 opposing inappropriate development in our neighbourhood.
Meetings
Thursday 7 May
This meeting will focus on transport and how we travel around. What improvements do we want to see in our suburb, what do we want to achieve on our streets, what are the issues and what can we do about them? Transport forms a big part of the City Council budget and decision-making, lets have our say about what we want. We could ask for a walk to school zone operating around the school at start and close of the school day, a safer speed of 30km/h for the entire suburb, making it safer to cross the road, supporting the bus service, saving the climate and a more accessible Mt Vic. We will be supported by the Architecture Centre and Councillors for this discussion – with the scope of this topic this will be the first of many such discussions. This is a chance to share your views and help the Resident Association get a sense of what our residents want. We will add any asks to our Annual Plan submission too.
Join us at 6pm at Clyde Quay School hall. We welcome all residents of Mt Victoria.
Thursday 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.
Read our latest news here
Join us!
Click here for more information.
Mt Victoria Residents Association 