Regional Council related newsitems

• • Inspiring students to explore environmental careers

    • 14 Oct 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • A community planting programme is a win-win for students by helping them gain conservation industry insights and enhancing their local river knowledge.
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• • Multiparty Action Group on the Owhiro Catchment established

    • 7 Oct 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Solving the water contamination issues in the Owhiro Catchment is the ambitious goal of a new multiparty working pilot group.
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• • Lifestyle block wetland creates a pathway for growth and opportunity

    • 5 Oct 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • A Te Horo lifestyle block owner is achieving her wetland restoration vision by creating an ecological corridor for native birds, through Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Healthy Waterways programme.
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• • More green jobs for stronger environmental health

    • 4 Oct 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Last week marked the successful wrap up of a trial programme which boosts job opportunities that benefit the health of the community and te taiao, an initiative funded by Ministry of Social Development (MSD), Department of Conservation (DOC) and Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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• • Every kererū counts – how our native bird holds the key to biodiversity

    • 4 Oct 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • This year marks the 17th year that Greater Wellington Regional Council has monitored kererū in Kaitoke Regional Park to track their health, which is essential to our native bush regeneration and wider biodiversity.
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• • Independent chair appointed to role at Greater Wellington

    • 24 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council has appointed Martin Matthews as independent chair of Greater Wellington’s Finance, Risk and Assurance Committee (FRAC).
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• • Reconnecting with nature is vital to our health and wellbeing

    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Mental Health Awareness Week is a timely reminder of the invaluable role te taiao plays in maintaining a balanced mental health and general wellbeing, advocates Greater Wellington Councillor Prue Lamason.
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• • Greater Wellington on the pathway to lower carbon emissions

    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Climate Committee has supported two proposals to retire grazing and restore rare wetland and forest ecosystems in its Queen Elizabeth and Kaitoke regional parks, a decision that will accelerate the regional council’s move to become climate positive by 2035.
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• • Pedal, pump, jump – Bike Fest is your carbon reduction month

    • 21 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Locals are checking their brakes, pumping up tyres and fastening helmets for this October’s Kia Eke Paihikara Tātou Greater Welly Bike Fest, a month that celebrates climate friendly forms of transport.
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• • Kōwhai, ngaio, and swamp flax – key to the region’s ‘well-bee-ing’

    • 18 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Bee Aware Month is the buzz word on the region’s streets; the perfect time to sweeten up your native planting skills and support bees which are key to our community health and resilience.
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• • Greater Wellington investigating Snapper on rail services in preparation for national ticketing

    • 17 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington is investigating rolling out Snapper payments on rail services across the region following decisions made at Council today to help pave the way for national ticketing.
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• • Wairarapa school nurtures muddy paddock into thriving wetland

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Kahutara School is fostering students’ connection with te taiao (nature) by developing a wetland to encourage biodiversity back to the local area, following the school’s participation in the Whitebait Connection programme.
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• • Call for feedback on new by-laws to ramp up harbour safety

    • 10 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council is seeking to make our regional harbours safer for communities following approval by its Environment Committee’s proposed amendments designed to ensure national consistency, reduce risk and improve safety measures on the water.
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• • Jobs for Nature to expand Predator Free Wellington

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Predator Free Wellington is expected to be achieved much more quickly, thanks to a major funding boost announced today by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.
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• • Predator Free Wellington to get fast tracked with $7.6 million funding boost

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Predator Free Wellington has been given a $7.
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• • Proposed amendments to the Wellington Regional Navigation and Safety Bylaws 2009

    • 9 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council Have Your Say
    • We’re seeking to make our regional harbours safer by ensuring national consistency, reducing risk and improving safety measures on the water. Public feedback is being sought on the proposals, which would amend the Wellington Regional Navigation and Safety Bylaws 2009. These updated bylaws establish basic foundations for water safety, so you can look after yourself and your whanau.
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• • Parkside Article August 2020

    • 7 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Unfortunately at the time of writing we all find ourselves back at COVID level 2, this may change by the time we go to print.
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• • Greater Wellington urges farmers, landowners and developers to bone up on new regulations

    • 4 Sep 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Regulations that came into force yesterday (3 September 2020) set new directions and standards for freshwater management, and Greater Wellington Regional Council is urging farmers, landowners and developers to familiarise themselves with their new provisions.
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• • Titahi Bay community plant the seeds for environmental leadership

    • 26 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Whānau in Titahi Bay have been planting native seedlings to enhance their local environment as a part of the Kahotea Stream Restoration Group, funded by Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Community Environment Fund.
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• • Prosperity for Māori a key goal of new Māori regional economic development strategy

    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • A regional Māori strategy designed to contribute to a more prosperous whenua, wai and whānau environment for the wider Wellington region has just been launched.
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• • Taita College students do the hard environmental mahi

    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Earlier this week, Taita College students and Greater Wellington Regional Council staff got stuck in planting 1000 trees and shrubs at Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River in a positive effort to regenerate native bush alongside the river.
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• • Have you say on our regional parks

    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington is urging people to join a conversation about the future of its regional parks network through getting involved in consultation on its draft Toitū Te Whenua Parks Network Plan, 2020-2030.
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• • Parks Fees Consultation

    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council Have Your Say
    • Public feedback is sought about the Draft Greater Wellington Parks concession guideline and fee schedule 2020. The fee schedule and guideline outline fees and concession application guidance for a range of commercial and non-commercial activities in regional parks and forests. The current schedule was set in 2013. Since then costs of service provision have increased so the fee schedule has been updated. See the summary document for an explanation of changes.
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• • Greater Wellington calls for post COVID-19 public transport protection

    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • In a remit to the 2020 Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) Annual General Meeting, the Greater Wellington Regional Council, acknowledges the Government’s strong support for public transport during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.
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• • Draft Toitū Te Whenua Parks Network Plan 2020-30

    • 17 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council Have Your Say
    • Greater Wellington has drafted a new management Plan for eight regional parks and forests and we would like your feedback on it.
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• • Greater Wellington proposes operation to save old growth forests

    • 14 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • An operation to save approximately 11,400 hectares of pristine old growth forest, including 3000 hectares of plantation forestry, from damage caused by predators in the Akatarawa Forest is being proposed by Greater Wellington.
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• • Seasonal sniffing no fun

    • 12 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Hay fever season is here again, cunningly enough disguised as pollution to cause people to call Greater Wellington’s Pollution Hotline in the mistaken belief that discoloured water is pollution.
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• • Park events spark night ‘n’ day environmentalism

    • 7 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council has created a series of Dark Sky events at Wainuiomata Recreation Area to celebrate and emphasise the importance of protecting our night skies and biodiversity.
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• • Region gets $11m flood protection, resilience and jobs boost

    • 4 Aug 2020
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington’s flood protection and resilience is getting a vital $11m boost from the Government’s post-Covid-19 infrastructure fund, which will lead to more jobs and better protection for flood prone communities.
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• • Councils urge Kiwirail to focus on kiwis and reinvent Northern Explorer trains

    • 30 Jul 2020
    • 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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