Great news that the Wellington Marine Conservation Trust have abandoned their idea of building on Te Raekaihau Point and are now wanting to use a more appropriate site.
(My preference is the quarry area at the entrance to Red Rocks, but hey!)
The Maranui Depot quarry site they are now suggesting is far less of an insult to the coast.
The downside of the site is claimed to be that it doesn't have direct access to the seashore because of the road. If the Wellington City Council really wants to get behind it, a bit of earthworks would soon enable the road to be diverted *behind* the development, thus actually improving the site by creating another littoral park around the complex which doesn't have the road right by the seashore.
Here's my totally uninformed, but opiniated suggestion:
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