Greater Wellington Regional Council / June 2015
Greater Wellington promotes Quality for Life by ensuring our environment is protected while meeting the economic, cultural and social needs of the community. Our specific responsibilities include environment management, flood protection and land management, provision of regional parks, public transport planning and funding, and metropolitan water supply.
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Chris Laidlaw elected GWRC Chair
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- Chris Laidlaw was today elected chair of the Greater Wellington Regional Council at a Council meeting.
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Natural Resources Plan provides certainty for resource use
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- Greater Wellington Regional Council today approved a ground-breaking new Proposed Natural Resources Plan that sets out rules and guidelines for protecting and sustainably using natural resources in the region.
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10 Year Plan to boost resilience, public transport
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- An ambitious new 10 Year Plan adopted by GWRC today includes a significant investment in infrastructure to boost resilience in the region as well as new money to continue to improve public transport.
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Regional Council secures extra funding for Hutt rail line
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- GWRC today announced it has secured an additional $2.
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Collaborative approach to flood protection in Masterton
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- A collaborative approach to flood protection in Masterton, with the long-term objective of achieving a 100-year level of protection, plus allowance for climate change, has been has been agreed by Masterton District Council (MDC) and Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).
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Coast and rivers users lap up information
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- Wellington’s coast and rivers users are lapping up information on water quality and want more, according to a recent online survey.
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More Park & Ride to meet Waikanae commuter demand
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- An end to parking woes at Waikanae Station is in sight with a decision today by Greater Wellington Regional Council to buy the land on which the Waikanae Hotel currently stands.
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Information flows at River Scheme AGMs
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- Last week eight of Wairarapa’s ten river scheme committees met in in Masterton to discuss work programmes for 2015/16, elect chairmen, agree scheme rates and understand more about riverworks resource consent renewals and developments with the Te Kauru Upper Ruamahanga Floodplain Management planning process that is ongoing in the region.
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Sign up for carpooling this week - there's no better time!
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- If you’re keen to save money, be a little kinder to the environment and meet some new people, then carpooling could well be the way to go - and there’s no better time to start carpooling than during Kiwi Carpool Week, June 8 – 14.
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