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
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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.