News from Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Regional Council is urging dog owners to keep their dogs away from the Hutt River and Wellington Harbour beaches until staff have checked these areas for dead possums poisoned with 1080.
Dead possums poisoned with 1080, from a possum control operation on Friday 2 July in the Akatarawa Forest, may have been washed down the Hutt River and into Wellington Harbour during today’s heavy rain.
On Sunday, the council Greater Wellington will be erecting warning signs and checking beaches from Petone through to Pencarrow. Once the level of the Hutt River has gone down, staff will check both sides for possum carcasses from Upper Hutt to Petone.
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Some Wellington bus customers will face disruptions to their travel on Tuesday 13 July between 9.30am and 1.30pm as Tranzurban drivers attend a Tramways Union meeting. Metlink general manager, Scott Gallacher says, This disruption only affects a …
Some Wellington bus customers will face disruptions to their travel on Tuesday 13 July between 9.30am and 1.30pm as Tranzurban drivers attend a Tramways Union meeting.
Metlink general manager, Scott Gallacher says, “This disruption only affects a part of our network, so customers can rest assured that the vast majority of our bus services will run as usual.”
The Union meeting will not affect school services, but customers using off-peak services that are on Tranzurban routes will face service cancellations.
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Greater Wellington welcomed news today that the Government is investing $1.3 billion in the national rail network over the next three years. Chair of Greater Wellington Daran Ponter says the investment news comes at a crucial time with the regional council …
Greater Wellington welcomed news today that the Government is investing $1.3 billion in the national rail network over the next three years.
Chair of Greater Wellington Daran Ponter says the investment news comes at a crucial time with the regional council preparing its business case for new inter-regional trains.
“It’s great to see the Government putting real value back into rail network assets. We need resilient rail corridors to get value out of the new rolling stock that Greater Wellington and Horizons are planning to introduce. There’s no point having fancy new trains connecting more passengers in the Lower North Island if they are being held up by the same c
News from Greater Wellington Regional Council
Tamariki from three Kāpiti schools took the future of our environment into their own hands by getting them dirty at a tree planting event in Queen Elizabeth Park (QEP) as part of the regional council’s winter planting programme.
Over a hundred students from Te Rā Waldorf School, Raumati South School, and Paekākāriki School planted 1,000 native species on the bank of Whareroa Stream. Their efforts put a significant dent in the council’s mission to plant 400,000 trees across the region this winter.
The day kicked-off with a welcome from the council’s Environment Chair and Kāpiti coast local Councillor Penny Gaylor and QEP Rangers.
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 12:23 pm
Tamariki from three schools across Kāpiti took the
future of our environment into their own hands by getting
them dirty at Greater Wellington’s tree planting event in
Queen Elizabeth Park (QEP) as part of the regional
council’s winter planting programme.
Over a hundred
students from Te Rā Waldorf School, Raumati South School,
and Paekākāriki School planted 1,000 native species on the
bank of Whareroa Stream. Their efforts put a significant
dent in Greater Wellington’s mission to plant 400,000
trees across the region this winter.
The day
kicked-off with a warm welcome from Greater Wellington