Conservation and Government
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Turning the tide on pests: Wellington’s predator-free mission
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was original shared in Tō Tātou Pōneke Our Wellington by Wellington City Council. Predator Free Wellington is leading the way in conservation with a citywide project working to remove invasive predators while building communities. The idea began in 2016 with the launch of the nationwide…
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Strong support for Predator Free Wellington among local election candidates
- Predator Free Wellington
- A survey of local election candidates found overwhelming support for Predator Free Wellington. 98% saw biodiversity as central to the city's identity while 86% backed the funding we receive. These numbers echo Wellington City Council surveys which found 98% of Wellingtonians support a predator free city.
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Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council win Supreme Award at Local Government Excellence Awards
- Predator Free Wellington
- Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council have won the Supreme Award at the LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards held at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre this evening. The LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards celebrate programmes, projects, and approaches…
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Upper Hutt's First-Ever E-Day: A Community Recycling Event!
- Upper Hutt City Council
- We’re thrilled to partner with Echo, New Zealand's largest e-waste recycling company, to bring you Upper Hutt's first E-Day event! This event offers a convenient and environmentally responsible way to recycle your unwanted electronics. Join us for a drive-through event that makes recycling easy and accessible for everyone!
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Upper Hutt gets involved with the Caps and Lids Recycling Scheme
- Upper Hutt City Council
- Did you know that one in 10 pieces of litter consists of caps and lids? To tackle this, the Caps and Lids Recycling Programme was launched in September 2024, with the goal of recovering these small items and helping protect the environment.
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Community Calendar
- Upper Hutt City Council
- For over 24 years we've run the competition, where each year schools from around Upper Hutt enter artwork around themes such as recycling or statements on why they love Upper Hutt.
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Submission on the WCC LTP, 2024-34
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The key issues for the Long-term Plan for the next 10 years are described in the consultation documents as being how much to spend on the three waters network to fix the pipes, how to manage waste collection and recycling, and whether or not to sell the WCC Airport shares to set up a ‘resilience … Continue reading Submission on the WCC LTP, 2024-34 →
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Roadkill and official information release shows growing mustelid pest problem for region
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- In bad news for birdlife, roadkill and trappings have shown that Transmission Gully is a mustelid highway - with stoats, ferrets and weasels among the animals using it to get around. An official information release from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport agency shows 226 pests were trapped between November 2022 and January 2024, with rats, stoats, weasels, hedgehogs, mice, ferrets, possums, and rabbits all making the list. Chair of Greater Wellington, Daran Ponter, says that the news is worrying for conservation efforts like Capital Kiwi and Predator Free Wellington and that current central government budgets are wholly inadequate.
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Restoration Day becomes Restoration Week as the Wellington Region celebrates community conservation
- 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 restoration skills from experts and each other. This year, in a collaborative effort, Greater Wellington, mana whenua, territorial authorities and conservation partners will provide an entire week of free events dedicated to helping curious conservationists make a difference.
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Botanical vandalism: How old man’s beard is defacing Wellington
- Capital Magazine
- There’s a slow creep of beards spreading through Wellington. No, it’s not gentrification, it’s Clematis vitalba! The post Botanical vandalism: How old man’s beard is defacing Wellington appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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Glass collections to resume
- Island Bay Residents' Association
- From WCC: After a two-week break due to the impacts of COVID-19, glass collections will resume on Monday 11 July. Collections are fortnightly, so please check the recycling calendar for your next collection date. There may be a backlog of glass as people have been stockpiling. Please put it out in stages, only in glass crates, soContinue reading "Glass collections to resume"
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Free eradication programme helps wipe out region's worst threats
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington is urging the community to make good use of its free pest plant identification services this autumn by contacting the regional council if they spot a potential pest plant in their midst.
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Final planting just the beginning for Queen Elizabeth Park conservation showcase
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The third and final wave of planting is about to go ahead in a conservation project that will transform 25 hectares of Queen Elizabeth Park from highly modified peatland into forest and wetland supporting native plants and animals while absorbing greenhouse gases.
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World Wetlands Day celebrated at ZEALANDIA
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Locals got the chance to learn more about the freshwater in their own back yard thanks to a World Wetlands Day event at ZEALANDIA on Sunday 2 February.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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ZEALANDIA book celebrates the “Valley that Changed a Nation”
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- One of the founders of Wellington’s beloved ZEALANDIA Eco-sanctuary, Jim Lynch, gave a talk at the Greater Wellington Regional Council on Thursday discussing how the ambitious idea came to life, and his new book ZEALANDIA: The Valley that Changed a Nation.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tītipounamu chicks hatched at ZEALANDIA
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Tītipounamu chicks have hatched at ZEALANDIA, a great start for the hopeful establishment of a viable population of Aotearoa’s smallest native bird in Wellington.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tītipounamu at home in ZEALANDIA
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The translocated tītipounamu are at home in ZEALANDIA ecosanctuary.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Possum control underway in Kaitoke/Hutt River Catchment
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council Biosecurity Officers began a key stage of a planned possum control operation today.
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Kaitoke Regional Park, Swingbridge Track, Rivendell, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Shock as more people visit Zealandia when admission prices cut
- WCC Watch
- The Wellingtonian report: Zealandia enjoyed a bumper weekend after drastically reducing its admission prices. Zealandia marketing and sales manager Peter Laurenson announced last Thursday that the cost of an adult […]
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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WCC Revists Earlier Assessment Not to Provide RECYCLING WHEELIE BINS to Hobson St
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- Recycling wheelie bins were introduced across the city in 2011; but not to the properties in Hobson St, situated on the Thorndon Flat. Residents from Hobson St recently re-approached the Council regarding the earlier assessment of their street as being not suited to Council supplied recycling wheelie bins. The early assessment had indicated that Hobson St had a high volume traffic flow (similar to Tinakori Rd), and that due to the road width there was potential to block access to emergency services.
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Hobson Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand
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Smart but not green
- Wellington Scoop
- You need to compare two different sources to find out what happened to the word “green” at last night’s Wellington City Council meeting.
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Morrison: Zealandia a ‘bottomless pit’
- WCC Watch
- Interesting story in the Dom Post today, it looks like the Zealandia board are going to go crawling back to council asking for up to $700,000 in extra funding.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Zealandia: The sky has not fallen
- WCC Watch
- It’s been almost a year since the rebranding, opening of the visitor’s centre and hefty ticket price increases at the Karori Sanctuary, now know as Zealandia (brand guidelines be damned – I refuse to use all caps).
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Recycling changes
- WCC Watch
- Many households over Wellington will have got a letter from the council this week asking if they would like their regular green recycling bin to be replaced with a 140 litre wheelie bin (or plastic recycling bags if you’re property isn’t “accessible”).
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The politics of urinating
- Wellington Scoop
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Why I voted against Mayor Prendergast for Local Government New Zealand
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- The position of president of Local Government New Zealand is too important to be held by a peak oil denier. That is why I would not support Mayor Prendergast in her bid for the position. Peak oil is the most serious issue that we face on a local and global level. I made that clear while the Dompost reporter was recording proceedings. Furthermore, the mayor has shown nothing of the balancing qualities needed in a democratic role. Democracy is much bigger than one person getting their way. Majority rule is always to be balanced with minority protection and sharing the benefits.Bryan Pepperell Wellington City Councillor for Southern
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A week in the capital's politics
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Thinking there was political capital to be made in riding climate change Mayor Prendergast attempted to change the window dressing on her watch in the run up to the October election.
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Neutral aspirations
- WellUrban
- Thanks to ShoppingFix for pointing out that at tonight's Strategy & Policy meeting, Wellington City Council will consider becoming carbon neutral. At first I thought that this just referred to the council's own operations, but on reading the report it turns out that they also intend for the whole city of Wellington to become carbon neutral.
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