Mount Victoria News

A half-size wave turbine is being tested off Moa Point in Wellington. It makes a distinctive orange 'blob' visible from several kilometres away.

Mt Victoria homeowners are angry they are being unfairly hit with increased fees for garages and decks that creep on to council land.

Presenting at today's long term plan public hearings, SPCA chief executive Iain Torrance said they would put up the required costs in exchange for approval to move into the old Chest Hospital in Mt Victoria by June next year and a rental holiday for the next 12 years.

The Couch Kumara group. From left, Finn O'Connor, 17, Edward Mercer, 10, Conor Cameron, 19 and Alice Crowley, 18.

Two Roger Walker-designed Mt Victoria townhouses, which have been the subject of a leaky homes adjudication that has put his company into liquidation, are now being demolished to make way for "flash" new homes.