Conservation and Government
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Library sowing the seeds of love
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Libraries’ (WCL) latest service is spreading its roots in Newtown with an exciting new kākano seed library.
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Newtown Library, Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Reducing and recycling the Civic Administration Building
- Wellington City Council
- Nearly 80 percent (by weight) of the waste being created through the demolition of Wellington City Council’s Civic Administration Building (CAB) is being recycled instead of being sent to landfill.
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tips for recycling in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- While recycling may initially seem daunting, when we get it right it’s an easy way to reduce our waste and negative environmental impact. Our Waste Minimisation Team have shared some things you may not know about recycling in Wellington.
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From the Archives: Inspector of Nuisances
- Wellington City Council
- Before we had street cleaning teams, sewerage systems, waste and recycling services, and a Public Health team, Wellington relied on one person to monitor the sanitation for the whole city – the Inspector of Nuisances. Read on to learn more about this interesting role from back in the day!
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Speedy kiwi races Mākara Peak Mountain biker
- Wellington City Council
- Earlier this month a Mākara Peak Mountain biker got to meet a new type of trail runner – a large female kiwi!
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Makara Peak Information Centre, Koru, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Let’s crow about soaring bird numbers in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- The eagerly anticipated annual bird monitoring survey results are in, and our native species are flying high in the capital thanks to years of collaboration, volunteer work and decreasing predator activity.
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Free tyre recycling facility to open at Spicer Landfill
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua City Council has partnered with Tyrewise for this recycling initiative.
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Spicers Landfill, Tawa, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Recycling myths – busted!
- Wellington City Council
- We’re taking the guess work out of recycling by debunking some of our most common recycling myths and mistakes.
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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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To feed or not to feed? Bringing birds to your backyard
- Wellington City Council
- With the urban location of Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, manu (birds) of all kinds are visiting backyards around Wellington.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Proposal aims to get glass recycling back on track in Porirua
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua City Council is planning changes to its recycling system to ensure its glass can be recycled.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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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Wild Wellington at heart of artist’s cover-art inspiration
- Wellington City Council
- Meet Carrie Carey, the Pōneke artist behind the lovely screen print of Zealandia which adorns the cover of the latest Our Wellington – Tō Tātou Pōneke.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The tale of Wellington's recycling history
- Wellington City Council
- When Wellington was first settled in the 1840s, there was no public collection of rubbish so waste gathered outside homes and businesses and littered the streets.
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Porirua City Council reminding residents how to recycle right at the kerb
- Porirua City Council
- Nationwide standardisation is a chance to make sure we're all recycling right.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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No change needed to recycling system in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- The Ministry for the Environment is introducing nationwide recycling standards to make sure each council is collecting the same recyclables from homes across the motu – with no change needed in Pōneke.
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Re-framing old timber from local college
- Wellington City Council
- Ceres Demolition recently knocked down the Wellington Girls College auditorium and was faced with the prospect of trashing great quality timber. Instead of throwing it out, they turned to a local framing business, JW Framing, to salvage it – a move that diverted 8 tonnes of wood from the landfill!
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Wellington Girls' College, Pipitea Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The history of Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington city is brimming with wildlife as native birds flourish in the city, adding to the vibrancy of our capital. This is largely to do with the work done by Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, the first fully-fenced sanctuary in Aotearoa, which has been named 2023's top tourism operation in the country. But do you know how Zealandia came to be?
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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World-leading ecosanctuary Zealandia takes top prize at NZ Tourism Awards
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s ecosanctuary Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne has been named the top tourism operation in Aotearoa New Zealand as winner of the prestigious Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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How to talk to your flatmates about recycling
- Wellington City Council
- If you’re sick of fishing recyclables out of the flat rubbish bin but smart enough to know that passive-aggressive notes aren’t going to cut it - read on for some tips on how to talk to your flatmates about recycling.
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Submissions for the Wellington City Council Dog and Cat Bylaw Update
- Zealandia
- Wellington City Council are in the formal consultation phase for their Animal Bylaw, Dog Policy, and Domestic Animal Policy. Your input is highly valued, and they encourage everyone, whether you own ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fresh new trucks coming to a bin near you
- Wellington City Council
- Our rubbish and recycling trucks are workhorses and can collect up to 1,000 bins and bags a day, so we’ve revamped them to keep them in good nick.
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Second-hand bike programme saves 3000 bikes from landfill
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua Green Bikes Trust working hard to give bikes a new life.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council to consider revamp of recycling and rubbish systems
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council will decide next week whether options to revamp rubbish and recycling collections go to consultation as part of the city’s Long-term Plan process next year.
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99 percent of Ahi Kā event waste saved from landfill
- Wellington City Council
- During the four-day Matariki Ahi Kā event in July, a whopping 687kgs of waste was generated from the kai court as people flocked to the city to celebrate, eat, and drink. But a recent waste audit report shows that 99 percent of the event waste was able to be diverted from the landfill – meaning only 8kgs of rubbish had to go to the tip!
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Welcome to new partners for Upper Hutt Bike Recycling Project
- Upper Hutt City Council
- Following six successful years in partnership with Rimutaka Prison, Upper Hutt City Council today farewelled one of its founding partners from the Upper Hutt Bike recycling project and thanked them for their efforts.
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Waste Auditor with the gift of the gab
- Wellington City Council
- The cat’s out of the bag – and its body was shoved into a bin. That’s one of the worst things Merv has found in a Council recycling bin in his time as a Wellington City Council Waste Auditor.
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Hundreds of students get planting in Porirua
- Porirua City Council
- Schools from Porirua and Wellington have been getting involved.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Help fine tune climate-friendly street changes for Brooklyn
- Wellington City Council
- A safer bike connection up Brooklyn Road to the shops and lots of safer new crossings for people on foot are among the latest climate-friendly street changes open for feedback from today.
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Brooklyn Road, Fitchettown, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Friday Five: Ways to protect native birds in your backyard
- Wellington City Council
- In Pōneke, we’re lucky to see manu/birds of all shapes and sizes visiting our backyards. From the loud kākā to the iridescent kererū, it can be super exciting to see these birds but we need to be conscious of how we interact with them. Here are five tips from Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne to take care of birds in your garden.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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