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Two icons saved
By Frank Neill Wellington City Council’s decisions to save two Wellington icons – the Begonia House and the Khandallah Swimming Pool – have been enthusiastically welcomed. Councillors voted 15-3 to keep the Khandallah pool and 16-2 to keep the Begonia House at the 22 May meeting of the Council’s Long Term Plan, Finance and Performance
Committee. “I’m thrilled” about the decision to save the Begonia House, says Mazz Scannell, the President of the Friends of the Botanic Garden, which led the recent “Save the Begoina House” campaign. “On behalf of the friends and everybody else who loves the Begonia House I’m absolutely chuffed. “It’s really pleasing that the Council changed its mind on it and
supported it. “A big hats off from the friends to all the people who helped us. “We had people pounding the pavements getting signatures. We had people actively promoting the Begonia House. We had people reminding other people that they had to make a submission. “We had an army of people out there just wanting to save this building.” Continued on page 2.
Wellington’s iconic Begonia House. Photo: Mazz Scannell.
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