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Wellington City Schools Collect Movin’March Awards!
Friday, 10 July 2020, 3:20 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Several Wellington schools have made it to the Movin’March honours board this year, with prizes won for art, active travel and in the WOW Passport draw. Charlie from St Benedict’s School was the winner of the Regional Art Challenge for ages ... More >>
Papakowhai School scoops Movin’March awards!
Friday, 10 July 2020, 2:31 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Councilor Jenny Brash and Travel Choice Coordinator at Greater Wellington Kirsty Barr visited Papakowhai School last week to present Movin’March WOW Passport winners Adam and Adrian with a $400 MYRIDE voucher each courtesy of ... More >>
Greater Wellington Wetland And Rivers Get $10 Million Boost
Sunday, 5 July 2020, 6:52 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington wetlands and rivers are getting a vital $10m boost from the Government’s post-Covid-19 jobs for nature programme. The Ruamāhanga catchment and the Wairarapa Moana Wetlands project will be targeted through the funding, with Greater Wellington ... More >>
Economic Research Charts Sharp Fall Then Slow Growth Until 2030
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 5:21 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
More information is emerging on the likely shape of the Wellington region’s post-COVID-19 economy. New research from economic consultancy BERL paints a picture of the regional economy which, in the short term, shows falling GDP, rising unemployment and lower ... More >>
Metlink To Boost Electric Buses From 2 To 22 Per Cent Of Its Fleet To Meet Climate Change Goals
Friday, 26 June 2020, 2:20 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
The ink has dried on contracts for 98 new electric buses, which will take Metlink’s fleet of electric buses to 108, significantly reducing its carbon footprint and taking Greater Wellington a step closer on its target of carbon neutrality by 2030. More >>
Council Confirms Annual Plan And Reduced Rating Level Increase For 2020/21
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 12:18 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington confirmed that its 2020/21 regional rates increase would be cut from the long term plan proposed average of 6.3% to 3% at a Council meeting around its annual plan today. The decision was made by Council after careful consideration ... More >>
East Harbour Regional Park 6000 Trees, 20 Volunteers, One Goal
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 12:05 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Friends of Baring Head is calling on sustainably-minded locals to help to plant 6000 native plants to restore the East Harbour Regional Park. Managed by Greater Wellington, Baring Head/Orua Pouanui in East Harbour Regional Park is the region’s ... More >>
Greater Wellington Shutting The Door On Invasive Pest Plants
Friday, 19 June 2020, 4:56 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Biosecurity team has announced a 10-year-programme to prevent the invasion of three of New Zealand’s least desirable pest plants. The Surveillance Programme is one of Greater Wellington’s many strategies to ensure ... More >>
Fast Tracking Community Resilience, Growth And Safety Taken Off The Table By Hutt City Council
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 4:40 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Chair Daran Ponter and Councillor Prue Lamason say Hutt City Council’s short sighted decision to block RiverLink from being submitted as one of the Government’s fast track infrastructure projects is slap in the face of a ... More >>
Metlink Asks Canes And Crusaders Fans To Make A Day Of The Rugby This Sunday
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 3:21 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Metlink says that fans should make a day of the rugby and take advantage of free travel, giving themselves plenty of time to beat the crowds and catch the Hurricanes versus the Crusaders at Sky Stadium this Sunday. Scott Gallacher, General Manager ... More >>
Wellington Infrastructure Fast Tracked To Stimulate Economy
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 5:09 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Government is fast tracking two Wellington infrastructure projects to help stimulate the region’s economy post COVID-19. Eleven infrastructure projects will largely bypass the Resource Management Act (RMA) and be referred to Expert Consenting Panels ... More >>
Council Reduces Rating Level In Light Of Covid-19 Community Impact
Thursday, 11 June 2020, 2:53 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council agreed to reduce its 2020/21 regional rates from an average of 6.3% to 3% during discussions around its draft annual plan today. The decision was made by Council after careful consideration of the impact COVID-19 ... More >>
Ecosystem Health In Wellington City Urban Streams
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 5:07 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council joined forces to carry out a four-year monitoring programme of the city’s streams. Greater Wellington Senior Environmental Scientist Dr Evan Harrison says there is an extensive network ... More >>
Metlink Fares Returning Across The Region On July 1
Monday, 8 June 2020, 7:44 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Metlink has announced that full fares will return across the region on July 1 now that New Zealand has moved to alert level 1 and physical distancing restrictions have been lifted. Fares, including the handling of cash, were temporarily suspended ... More >>
Forestry Operators Fined For Damaging A Stream And Discharging Sediment
Saturday, 6 June 2020, 7:39 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Slash left in in stream after harvesting. Farman Turkington Forestry Ltd, AM Forest Harvesting Ltd and the company directors (Guy Farman, Michael Johnstone and Anthony Johnstone) have all been convicted and fined for damaging a tributary of the Taueru ... More >>
Belmont Park restoration hosts kārearea, a rare guest
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 9:41 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
For the last eight years, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Belmont Area Mountain Bike Association (BAMBA) have been restoring 24 hectares of Belmont Regional Park’s native ecosystem. To date, 1685 wilding pine trees have been removed by hand to make ... More >>
Fallen Tōtara Extracted For Wairarapa Whakairo
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 9:37 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
A fallen 900-year-old Tōtara tree extracted from Wakamoekau Creek will be used for whakairo (traditional Māori carving) by Wairarapa artists to be displayed at Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre’s education building. Thanks to a joint funding ... More >>
$5m In Funding For Regional Trains Case To Tackle Sardine Scenario
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 12:30 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington and Horizons Regional Councils have secured $5m in funding from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to pursue a detailed business case, and commence procurement for regional trains which if delivered would prevent passengers from ... More >>
Drowning At Petone Beach
Monday, 11 May 2020, 2:23 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
A man is his mid-30’s died while tending to a fishing net just off Petone beach yesterday evening. This was a tragic accident and our sympathy goes out to the man’s family. He was in a very small inflatable boat, was not wearing lifejacket and ended ... More >>
Covid-19: Metlink Details Physical Distancing And Capacity For Alert Level 2
Monday, 11 May 2020, 1:44 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
With alert level 2 imminent, Metlink has announced updated plans for physical distancing and the impact on capacity across the region’s network. There will be no standing on services, physical distancing will remain at two metres for queuing and be reduced ... More >>
