Greater Wellington Regional Council / September 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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Porirua Stream Clean-up finished well ahead of schedule
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- A huge clean-up operation in the Porirua Stream finished last week, well ahead of schedule.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Submissions called for on Pinehaven Stream Flood Management Plan
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- Greater Wellington Regional Council is resuming formal consultation on the Pinehaven Stream Flood Management Plan, which is designed to manage flooding in the Pinehaven/Silverstream catchment, and inviting the public to make submission by 16 October 2015.
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El Nino? No worries - at Melling Station
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- A wetter, windier El Nino summer won’t be a problem for Melling commuters with a new shelter set to be installed at the station to protect people from the elements as they wait for their train.
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Rookery identification essential to eradication programme
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- Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is asking for landowners, contractors and those out and about in the back blocks to help in the effort to eradicate the region’s rook population.
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Last chance to submit on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region
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- The submission period for the Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region closes next Friday.
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Yellow sludge - just nature doing it’s thing
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The yellow sludge you see on top of the water or lining the shores could well be a sign that plants are feeling spring in the air.
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Keeping Wellington moving
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- Wellington Transport Leaders are committed to working with the regional community to find a solution to the Basin Reserve traffic issue now that the Basin Bridge project has been abandoned.
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Understanding a valuable resource
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The community is encouraged to attend a meeting of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Whaitua Committee on Monday night to learn about the state of natural water in the catchment.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Last opportunity for feedback on flood protection options
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- With consultation closing on Monday 14 September this is the last week in which to provide feedback on the two flood protection options proposed between the Ewen and Kennedy-Good bridges on the Hutt River.
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Shore-bird census surprise on Lake Wairarapa
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A record number of nationally vulnerable shore bird has been counted on the shores of Lake Wairarapa in a recent survey.
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Wellingtonians highly satisfied with public transport
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- Customer satisfaction with the Wellington public transport network remains high, according to the Regional Council’s latest annual Metlink customer satisfaction survey.
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Director Appointed to WRC Holdings
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Wellington solicitor and business executive, Samantha Sharif, has been appointed as external director for WRC Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).
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Regional council may get tough on trespassers
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Regional council park rangers are becoming increasingly frustrated at the behaviour of people ignoring closed signs on the new Te Ara o Whareroa cycleway and putting themselves and others in danger.
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Whatever it takes to protect our water
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- We need to do whatever it takes to prevent pollution including upholding rules and bylaws that prohibit the discharge of contaminants to the stormwater network.
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