Regional Council / December 2019
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January 2020 | November 2019-
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Harbour wastewater overflow
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Update from Wellington Water: Posted at 11.
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Cockle count indicates health of Pāuatahanui Inlet
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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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Waterloo Park & Ride opening provides an extra 160 spaces
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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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4WD Clubs fined for damaging a stream and discharging sediment
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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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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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Partnership will drive LGWM programme forward
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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 buys land to manage Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River flood risk and improve the Hutt River trail
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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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Greater Wellington shares key initiatives for bus, rail, and ferry amid growing patronage
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- 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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