Government / February 2016
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Proposed Natural Resources Plan summary of submissions is now searchable online
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The summary of submissions made on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region is now available online in our Summary of Decisions Requested database.
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Dive into Seaweek 2016
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Celebrate our marine environment around the Greater Wellington Region as New Zealand’s annual ‘Seaweek’ gets underway this weekend.
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Recent rain flushes away toxic algae
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Significant rain at the end of last week has flushed toxic algae from the Hutt River.
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No public transport fare increase proposed for next year
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council is proposing not to increase public transport fares next financial year.
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Wairarapa Moana Kakahi Sampled
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Twenty volunteer Citizen Scientists took to the water alongside Greater Wellington Regional Council staff to collect, record and replace kākahi (native freshwater mussel) last weekend.
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Talking flood protection at Masterton A&P
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Members of the Greater Wellington Regional Council Flood Protection Department will be at the Masterton A&P Show tomorrow discussing floodplain management planning (FMP) for the Wairarapa.
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New regional fund supports Wairarapa Moana restoration projects
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Four lucky community groups are receiving funding from Greater Wellington Regional Council to restore native plants to areas around Lake Wairarapa.
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Could Young be caught offside in sports funding debate?
- WCC Watch
- Sports funding for teams such as the Hurricanes, Lions, Phoenix, Pulse and Saints could shape as a key battleground this campaign.
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Helene – even the parking wardens say time’s up
- WCC Watch
- After being first elected before the Beehive was finished, before God Defend New Zealand was even officially our second anthem, before the Erebus disaster and even before carless days, Helene Ritchie is once again grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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Hutt City Councillor calls out budget ‘trickery’
- WCC Watch
- It wouldn’t hurt a few of Wellington’s supposedly opposition Councillors to take a leaf out of Wainuiomata Ward, Hutt City Councillor, Campbell Barry’s book and actually put a spotlight on Council finances.
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Coughlan to make a run from Right-Field?
- WCC Watch
- While Onslow-Western Councillor, Jo Coughlan, has taken a somewhat lower profile this term, we have heard that she is taking soundings on whether or not to make a run for Mayor.
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Sarah Free opens a can of worms
- WCC Watch
- Island Bay’s Green Eastern Ward battler, Sarah Free, may not have attracted a whole heap of attention in the last term – but she knows how to build a mean worm farm. Green credentials: TICK! Bottled worm piss: TICK!
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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New ways to waste money – it’s the #wadebrownwccway
- WCC Watch
- We got a little bored with the Island Bay cycleway debacle – and judging by the Mayor’s lack of support in the media Celia Wade-Bicycle is also giving her troubled Island Bay project a wide berth.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Take a ride on a double decker bus this Wednesday
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A double decker bus is coming to Wellington next Wednesday and Wellingtonians are encouraged to get on board for a free ride and a taste of the new bus future, says Paul Swain, Greater Wellington Regional Council’s public transport portfolio leader.
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