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Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao - Latest News [Page 3]

Greater Wellington An Accredited Living Wage Employer

Monday, 10 November 2025, 3:48 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Greater Wellington chief executive Nigel Corry describes the council’s decision to adopt the Living Wage as “the right thing to do”. More >>

Phoenix Fans – Catch A Ride With Metlink On Game Day

Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 2:20 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

The Phoenix women will kick off their season with a 4pm game against Canberra United, followed by the Phoenix men’s derby against Auckland FC, at 7pm. More >>

Greater Wellington Balances Funding Constraints With Value For Money Services

Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 11:24 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

“We’ve navigated significant uncertainty, including changes to the Resource Management Act and I’m proud of how we’ve stayed the course and committed to making considered, transparent decisions. More >>

Greater Wellington Re-Elects Chair And Deputy Chair And Warns Of Fiscal Challenges Of Next Three Years

Thursday, 30 October 2025, 3:59 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

As part of the proceedings, Councillor Daran Ponter was re-elected by his peers as chair of the regional council and Councillor Adrienne Staples was re-elected as deputy chair. More >>

Catch Metlink Services To Blackcaps Vs England

Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 5:10 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

The Hutt Valley, Kāpiti and Johnsonville lines will have extra capacity before and after the game. More >>

Severe Weather Impact On Public Transport Services – Update As Of 11:30 am

Thursday, 23 October 2025, 11:52 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

The Wellington Regional Emergency Response Office (WREMO) is strongly advising people in the region to avoid non-essential travel and MetService have extended the Strong Wind Warning (Red) to 7pm today. More >>

Metlink Train Services Cancelled Due To Severe Wind Warning

Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 5:36 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

WREMO and MetService are advising people in the Wellington Region to avoid non-essential travel on Thursday, due to forecasted gale north westerlies with damaging gusts of 140 km/h in exposed places in Wellington and south of Carterton. More >>

Pests Not Pets – Greater Wellington Calls For Community To Support Pest Management

Monday, 20 October 2025, 3:12 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Greater Wellington’s Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) provides the strategic direction for managing pest plants and animals in the region for the next 20 years. More >>

Metlink Prepared For National Strike Action

Monday, 20 October 2025, 10:19 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

To ensure our public transport system functions with and around the planned protest, we will stand up our usual disruption response and will receive regular updates from officers on the ground, says Gain. More >>

Greater Wellington Confirms 45.8% Turnout In Preliminary Results

Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 11:20 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Nigel Corry, Chief Executive of Greater Wellington, says voters right across the region have had their voice heard with over 182,000 people turning out for their chance to shape the next three years and beyond. More >>

Bendy Buses Coming To Wellington In 2027

Thursday, 25 September 2025, 2:48 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

With 65% more capacity than standard single-decker buses, the EAVs will work between Karori and Courtenay Place on Wellington’s busiest bus route, used by about 10,000 passengers each workday. More >>

Greater Wellington Close To Ridding The Region Of Rooks

Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 3:25 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Greater Wellington senior biosecurity officer, Steve Playle, says the region is on the cusp of eradicating the species completely, with only a handful of nests or ‘rookeries’ left to target. More >>

Greater Wellington Warns Dog Owners To Avoid The Orongorongo River And Wainuiomata Beach Following Heavy Rain

Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 10:48 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Greater Wellington Environmental Operations Manager Myfanwy Hill said that any dead possums are not a threat to people but would still be poisonous to dogs. More >>

Greater Wellington Wading Behind Kōtuku-Ngutupapa/Royal Spoonbill For Bird Of The Year 2025

Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 12:15 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Six species of spoonbill exist across the world, but just one – the regal kōtuku-ngutupapa/royal spoonbill – lives and breeds here in Aotearoa. The first recording of royal spoonbills in New Zealand was in the Wellington Region, seen at Castlepoint in 1861. More >>

Greater Wellington Welcomes Independent Review Recommendations For National Ticketing Solution

Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 4:51 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

The independent review found that the NTS programme had found it challenging to accommodate a range requirements into the national technical solution. More >>

New Trains For Lower North Island To Be Built By Alstom

Monday, 8 September 2025, 11:15 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

After a worldwide procurement process, Greater Wellington today entered into a Design, Build and Maintenance agreement with Alstom for the Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility (LNIRIM) programme. More >>

Metlink’s ‘Team In Green’ Help Protect A Fair Share Of Fares

Friday, 5 September 2025, 10:31 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Metlink will be launching an information campaign to help inform passengers of the importance of paying the correct fare, having the appropriate ID for the concessions they are travelling under, as well as the infringements notices that can be issued. More >>

Bigger Buses And More Trains To Get Fans To All Blacks Vs South Africa Game

Monday, 1 September 2025, 1:56 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Buses and trains will operate on the standard Saturday timetables with increased capacity before the game and extra services after the game. More >>

Wairarapa Line Rail Services Return To Full Schedule

Monday, 25 August 2025, 2:03 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

A full schedule of rail services resumed on Monday 4 August, after four services had been regularly replaced by buses while Transdev worked to rebuild its roster of qualified train managers. More >>

Buses To Replace Off-Peak Trains During Rail Union Meeting

Friday, 15 August 2025, 11:31 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Rail passengers intending to travel during the meeting are advised to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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