Greater Wellington Regional Council / December 2019
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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Harbour wastewater overflow
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- Update from Wellington Water: Posted at 11.
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Cockle count indicates health of Pāuatahanui Inlet
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- About 90 people of all ages gathered at the Pāuatahanui Inlet recently, donning gumboots in preparation to take part in the tenth cockle count in the area.
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Care urged for swimmers and dog walkers as toxic algae blooms in Waipoua River
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- A severe toxic algal bloom has developed along the whole of the Waipoua River in Wairarapa, with algae and detached mats building up at the river margins.
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Greater Wellington boosts climate change committee
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- Following its declaration of a climate emergency, Greater Wellington Regional Council will further sharpen its focus on addressing climate issues by appointing a climate specialist to advise its newly-formed climate change committee.
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Climate change impacts accelerating in the Wellington region
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- A new report on emerging climate extremes points to a potential future for the region of increasingly warmer days and nights, more drought driven by extreme heatwaves and more frequent downpours, potentially leading to severe social and environmental impacts.
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4WD Clubs fined for damaging a stream and discharging sediment
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- Valley 4WD Club and the NZ Four Wheel Drive Association (NZFWDA) have both been convicted and fined for damaging a tributary of the Mangaroa River and discharging sediment.
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Waterloo Park & Ride opening provides an extra 160 spaces
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- Waterloo Park & Ride officially opened on Friday 13, combatting the growing demand for more parking spaces as more people opt to leave their cars at the station and train to work.
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Dutch Ambassador trades four wheels for two by cycling to work each day
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The Dutch Ambassador to New Zealand Mira Woldberg is walking the sustainable talk by swapping her embassy car for an e-bike and cycling to work from Wadestown each day.
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Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Greater Wellington buys land to manage Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River flood risk and improve the Hutt River trail
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- Greater Wellington Regional Council has purchased the land on which Manor Park Golf Club sits and leased it back to the club in a deal which manages flood risk, provides opportunities to improve the amenities of the Hutt River Trail while enabling the club to continue operating for the foreseeable future.
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Partnership will drive LGWM programme forward
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- Greater Wellington Regional Council has voted in favour of a new relationship and funding agreement with Wellington City Council and the New Zealand Transport Agency to take the next phase of the $6.
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Greater Wellington shares key initiatives for bus, rail, and ferry amid growing patronage
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- A roadmap for the region’s bus, rail and ferry network was shared with the Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee at Parliament during an update from Greater Wellington Regional Council and the NZ Transport Agency today.
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Helping hands at Hutt River
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- Local groups have been out and about looking after Te Awa Kairangi/ Hutt River recently, helping care for native plants and getting involved in rubbish clean-ups.
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Movin’March registrations open: encourage students to get active in 2020
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- Earlybird Registrations for Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Movin’March are open and schools are being encouraged to sign up to the month-long initiative to encourage students to walk, cycle and scoot to school.
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Local developer chosen in a build/leaseback agreement on regional council’s new Masterton building
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- Greater Wellington Regional Council has agreed in principle to sell its former Masterton office to local property development company Endeavour Concepts Limited, which will develop a new building and lease it to Greater Wellington.
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Bus drivers fundraise for Samoa’s measles outbreak
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Metlink bus drivers across the region are donning colourful shirts today in a bid to raise money for those suffering from the measles outbreak in Samoa.
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Hui focuses on driving regional Māori economy
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- A series of community hui on the development of a strong and sustainable Māori economy in the greater Wellington region will conclude in Plimmerton today ahead of next year developing an economic strategy and action plan designed to boost the economic and social well-being of Māori in the region.
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Region’s emissions growing, monitoring report shows
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- While there are more people taking public transport across the Wellington region than ever before, transport-generated emissions continue to grow, a Greater Wellington Regional Council report says.
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Care urged for swimmers and dog walkers as toxic algae returns
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Toxic algae is once again causing problems as the summer starts to take hold, and swimmers are urged to take care, especially at the Waipoua River in Wairarapa.
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