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Metlink Rolls Out New Fares For Children And Young Adults On 1 September
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 3:50 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Metlink will be rolling out new fares for children and young adults on 1 September and is encouraging people to learn about and apply for the fares they are eligible for in advance. The new fares, part of the Government’s Budget 2023 announcements, ... More >>
Greater Wellington Welcomes Government’s Comprehensive Biodiversity Protection Measures
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 4:10 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington welcomed news on 7 July that the Government is launching “a suite of measures” aimed at protecting Aotearoa’s native wildlife and habitats from the impacts of human activity. The measures, which include clearer rules on ... More >>
Drop-in Sessions Supporting Community Services Cardholders To Receive Cheaper Public Transport Fares
Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 1:27 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Drop-in sessions supporting Community Services Cardholders to register for the ‘Community Connect Concession’, which halves public transport fares for the holder, have started this week. Greater Wellington Transport Chair Thomas Nash said the Metlink-run sessions ... More >>
Greater Wellington Sweating To Top The Fundraising Leaderboard For Burnett Foundation Aotearoa
Friday, 30 June 2023, 4:00 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington has fundraised over $19,000 for Sweat with Pride, launching the council towards the top of the leaderboard for the discrimination-defeating, perspiration-producing fundraiser for Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (formerly the New Zealand AIDS Foundation). ... More >>
Rates Rise Lower Than Expected As Greater Wellington Adopts 2023/24 Annual Plan
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 3:03 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Regional councillors approved the funding of key projects and a rates rise of 16.94% at a council meeting today, as they voted to adopt Greater Wellington’s 2023/24 Annual Plan. The increase is lower than the 17.8% rates hike proposed in April ; ... More >>
Report Positive About Drop In Emissions, Highlights Key Sectors For Continued Action
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 4:01 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greenhouse gas emissions in the Wellington region fell by 9% since 2019, a newly released report commissioned by eight of the regions’ councils including Greater Wellington shows. Between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022, the regions’ gross emissions ... More >>
Golden Mile Transformation Will Bring More Life Into The City Says Greater Wellington
Monday, 26 June 2023, 11:19 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington says Golden Mile rejuvenation plans from Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) will make Wellington City and public transport more attractive and bring more life into the CBD. The plans are ambitious, clear, and unapologetic about ... More >>
Wairarapa Farmer Fined For Taking Water In Breach Of Consent
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 12:24 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
A South Wairarapa farmer has been convicted and fined for taking groundwater from a bore in breach of resource consent conditions, and for breaching an abatement notice requiring him to cease this unauthorised extraction of water. Greater Wellington ... More >>
Greater Wellington To Consider Extending Half Price Fares
Friday, 16 June 2023, 5:07 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington will consider extending half price fares while it works towards implementing age-based public transport discounts announced on 18 May in Budget 2023. The discounts, which let children under-13 ride for free, and under 25-year-olds ... More >>
Go Green This Winter With Greater Wellington’s Planting Days
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 1:31 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Communities keen to restore our region’s biodiversity are invited to get out their green thumbs. Greater Wellington’s winter planting season is underway, with a goal as lofty as the treetops: to get one million plants in the ground. The winter planting ... More >>
Marine Exclusion Zone Established In Shelly Bay For Harbour Safety
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 3:53 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
A marine exclusion zone has been established around the area where a Shelly Bay wharf building caught fire early Wednesday morning. This exclusion zone was established by a Direction from the Wellington Harbourmaster, Grant Nalder, to ensure the safety ... More >>
Restoration Day Becomes Restoration Week As The Wellington Region Celebrates Community Conservation
Friday, 19 May 2023, 3:09 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington is inviting people to learn about restoration and connect with conservationists for the first ever Restoration Week, from Sunday 21 – Saturday 27 May. For over 20 years, Restoration Day has given people the opportunity to learn ... More >>
Greater Wellington Welcomes Free Fares For Under 13-year-olds & Half Price Fares For All People Aged 13-25
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 3:21 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council welcomed news today that free fares for under 13-year-olds and half-price fares for anyone 25 and under, will be funded as part of the Government’s Budget 2023 announcements. Chair of Greater Wellington, Daran ... More >>
Greater Wellington Awarded Funding To Secure Hillsides
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 2:24 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
15 May Greater Wellington has been awarded $3.6 million from the Ministry for Primary Industry’s (MPI) Hill Country Erosion Fund for the regional council’s Wellington Erosion Control Initiative (WRECI). “This is great news for the stability of erosion ... More >>
Metlink Looking Forward To Resuming Full Week-day Rail Timetable On Thursday
Monday, 1 May 2023, 4:36 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Metlink is looking to resume its full week-day rail timetable on Thursday 4 May following KiwiRail’s commitment to finish track inspections on Wednesday after a fix was found for its specialist equipment at the 11th hour. Metlink General Manager ... More >>
KiwiRail Equipment Failure Holds North Island Rail Network Hostage And Leaves Metlink Passengers In The Lurch
Friday, 28 April 2023, 3:52 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
A KiwiRail equipment failure in Auckland is forcing Metlink to run fewer passenger rail services across the Wellington region during May. KiwiRail’s one-and-only specialist rail track evaluation car, which measures tracks so trains can operate ... More >>
Tracey Martin Thanked By Wellington Regional Leadership Committee For Leadership
Friday, 21 April 2023, 11:15 am | Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Honourable Tracey Martin was today thanked by the Wellington Regional Leadership Committee (WRLC), for her role as Independent Chair of the Committee which the former MP is leaving after two years. “On behalf of the Wellington Regional Leadership ... More >>
Greater Wellington Proposes 17.8 Percent Rates Increase
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 4:20 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Public feedback is being sought on Greater Wellington’s Annual Plan 2023/24, which proposes a rates increase of 17.8 percent. This equates to an extra $1.99 per week for the average residential ratepayer. Greater Wellington Chair Daran Ponter says ... More >>
Bus Driver Wages Increased By Greater Wellington
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 1:10 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
Metlink bus driver wages will increase to an average of $30/hour in urban areas and $28/hour in the regions, following a decision today by Greater Wellington. Chair Daran Ponter says the increase, which will be back paid to 1 April once documentation ... More >>
Sky Stadium Lights, Train Station Solar Panels Powered By Greater Wellington
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 12:25 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council
More than 6,000 energy efficient lights are on track to be installed at Sky Stadium after a grant application was partially approved by Greater Wellington at today’s Council meeting. The Wellington Regional Stadium Trust will receive $750,000 to partly ... More >>
