About
Why talk about towns?
Our urban environments and transport systems are hugely influential over our lives, and we should be able to shape them too so they work better for everyone.
Quality information is what makes ordinary people into city-shaping forces for good: people can talk, organise, mobilise, and do something to make their place better to live.
But especially around 2014-15, Wellington’s mainstream information diet was pretty deficient in good information about transport and urban form. This isn’t OK: towns and cities are too important.
Good city-shaping information and ideas need to be a regular part of Wellington’s mainstream information diet, so we can shape the places we live.
Talk Wellington stepped into that gap.
The Talk Wellington kaupapa is about fuelling and fostering good discussion and accessible, intelligent debate so that we as citizens can better influence the decisions shaping our streets, neighbourhoods, and towns towards being fairer, more prosperous, and more sustainable.
We’ve had an exciting journey over a few short years – read about it here and our ongoing impact here.
Support us!
Talk Wellington is tiny but mighty: you can read here who’s behind it.
We operate entirely on volunteer power, with small donations from ordinary folks who like what we do.
We make a few hundy a year go a long way, thanks to talented students, volunteers, long-term relationships and great Wellington connections.
Our main costs are the costs for the part-time Talk Wellington intern, and the costs of a basic web presence.
Our towns and cities always benefit from more good kōrero that leads to good change, so we’re always hungry for people who can help get this happening. Whatever you bring, we’re keen to talk!
Please get in touch, or you can just donate here.
