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'Visual Vandalism': Kelburn Residents Oppose Cellphone Tower Next to St Michael's Anglican Church

Residents say the 14.5m tower will damage the village setting, even after Connexa cut the cabinet count from four to two.

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Residents in the upmarket Wellington suburb of Kelburn are campaigning to stop a 14.5m-cellphone tower being built in front of a church.

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Is erecting a cell tower 'visual vandalism'? The residents of this suburb think so

Residents from a leafy Wellington suburb are protesting the “offensive” erection of an “exceptionally ugly” large cell tower next to a century-old church, which they say is vandalism.

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'Visual vandalism': Kelburn residents oppose cellphone tower next to St Michael's Anglican Church

Residents in the upmarket Wellington suburb of Kelburn are campaigning to stop a 14.5m-cellphone tower being built in front of a church.

·Wellington, New Zealand
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RNZ broke the news in Wellington, New Zealand on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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