Greater Wellington Regional Council / March 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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Heretaunga’s Silver Success
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Heretaunga Kindergarten, Upper Hutt, celebrates becoming a Silver Enviroschool, next Monday 30 March 2015, 11am-12pm.
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Options for keeping livestock from waterways to be discussed
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Protecting the region’s lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands from livestock damage will require an all-out effort by landowners, councils and the community.
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10 year plan for Wellington region released for consultation
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Residents from the greater Wellington region are being urged to have their say about what major projects should be funded in their communities over the next 10years.
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Have your say on the Wellington region’s response to climate change
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- The Greater Wellington Regional Council is seeking public comment on its draft Climate Change Strategy for the Wellington region.
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Regionally rare yellow-crowned kakariki on the increase
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- A flurry of yellow-crowned kakariki (parakeet) sightings across the region is ‘extremely pleasing’, says Greater Wellington Regional Council Environmental Scientist Nikki McArthur.
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Plan to identify region’s significant wetlands
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Significant natural wetlands will be listed in the Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington region in response to feedback from landowners and groups representing the dairy sector and other farming organisations.
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Grab some gravel
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Take some hard fill for your home and garden projects this weekend - and help protect your community from flooding.
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Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Take to the park in the dark
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Walkers seeking another-worldly experience should join regional council rangers for a night time walk in the Pakuratahi Forest’s Tunnel Gully Recreation Area on Wednesday 11 March.
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Sprinkler ban for region’s four cities in force from Saturday
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Sprinkler ban for region’s four cities in force from Saturday A ban on the use of garden sprinklers and irrigation systems will come into force from 12am, Saturday 7 March in Porirua, Hutt, Wellington, and Upper Hutt.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Flood management subcommittee endorses audit
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The Hutt Valley Flood Management Sub-committee has unanimously endorsed undertaking an independent audit of the hydrology, hydraulic modelling and the application of freeboard in the Pinehaven catchment flood maps.
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ecological survey for Pinehaven Stream
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Work on mapping the fish and bird populations in Pinehaven and Silverstream will go ahead between 13-20 March, during which time Greater Wellington Regional Council contractors will be counting and recording the wildlife in the vicinity of the Pinehaven Stream.
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