Greater Wellington Regional Council / July 2020
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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Councils urge Kiwirail to focus on kiwis and reinvent Northern Explorer trains
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Councillors from Greater Wellington appeared at Parliament’s Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee today, representing 16 regional, district and city councils along the Northern Explorer route, calling on KiwiRail to reopen and refocus the service on connecting regions as well as tourism.
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Metlink drivers and cyclists share wheels for a day
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A Greater Wellington Regional Council Road User Workshop, that encourages cyclists and bus drivers to share their perspectives with the aim of improving road safety, began with smiles and laughter.
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Iwi and East Harbour Regional Park celebrate partnership with planting day
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika iwi, MIRO and other local volunteer groups have begun planting 2000 natives plants to celebrate eight years of partnership in the co-management of Parangarahu Lakes area.
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Vigilance vital in the war against pest plants and animals
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Smothering, strangling, displacing, infecting, browsing, killing.
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Cockle count shows positive results in Pāuatahanui Inlet
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Pāuatahanui Inlet, north of Wellington, has recorded a 32 percent increase in its cockle population according to a three-yearly cockle count undertaken by the Guardians of Pāuatahanui Inlet with the help of Greater Wellington staff.
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Local school’s bike track ramps up community resilience
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Yesterday, Evans Bay School opened a school and community funded pump track that will be available to 435 Evans Bay School students, and to the wider community outside of school hours.
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External chair sought for key Greater Wellington committee
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council is seeking an independent external chair for its Finance, Risk and Assurance Committee (FRAC).
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Greater Wellington wetland and rivers get $10m boost
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington wetlands and rivers are getting a vital $10m boost from the Government’s post-Covid-19 jobs for nature programme.
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Final planting just the beginning for Queen Elizabeth Park conservation showcase
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The third and final wave of planting is about to go ahead in a conservation project that will transform 25 hectares of Queen Elizabeth Park from highly modified peatland into forest and wetland supporting native plants and animals while absorbing greenhouse gases.
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Economic research charts sharp fall then slow growth until 2030
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- More information is emerging on the likely shape of the Wellington region’s post-COVID-19 economy.
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