Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Greater Wellington is urging the community to make good use of its free pest plant identification services this autumn by contacting the regional council if they spot a potential pest plant in their midst. Under the Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP), …
Greater Wellington is urging the community to make good use of its free pest plant identification services this autumn by contacting the regional council if they spot a potential pest plant in their midst.
Under the Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP), Greater Wellington hones in on a hit-list of pest plants dangerous to our region’s environment and primary industries. Greater Wellington will control the plants identified as pest under the RPMP at no cost to landowners. Plants not declared as pests in the RPMP, like pampas grass, are only controlled by the council in critically valuable areas but Greater Wellington will provide free identification and advice on how to co
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The council is urging the community to make good use of its free pest plant identification services this autumn by contacting the regional council if they spot a potential pest plant.
Under the Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP), the council hones in on a hit-list of pest plants dangerous to our region’s environment and primary industries. The council will control the plants identified as pest under the RPMP at no cost to landowners. Plants not declared as pests in the RPMP, like pampas grass, are only controlled by the council in critically valuable areas but the council will provide free identification and advice on how to control these pests.
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Wellington bus drivers picketed the Kilbirnie depot during their 24-hour strike in April after pay negotiations with NZ Bus reached an impasse. The policy was intended to improve efficiency and reduce the need for government funding of public transport. But many in the industry say it has given an advantage to companies which pay drivers less. “They have to compete on labour, because it’s the only cost that isn’t fixed,” Tramways Union secretary Kevin O’Sullivan said. The petition calls on the Government to establish regional collective agreements, to ensure drivers are paid equitably regardless of which company wins public transport contracts.
Source: NIWA â National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the KÄpiti Marine Reserve that went missing in late March.
On Friday afternoon, the buoy was successfully hauled to the surface in a joint effort by NIWA, DOC and the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).
NIWA physical oceanographer Dr Joe OâCallaghan describes the recovery as a âhuge reliefâ following several attempts to retrieve the buoy.
WRIBO-KÂ (Wellington Region Integrated Buoy Observations â KÄpiti)Â
]â title=ââ>After an initial inspection, Dr OâCallaghan believes the buoy was not hit by a vessel.
âWe will do some further forensics over the next few weeks but it appears that the depth and swift currents at the KÄpiti location made for challenging conditions for the mooring.â
• Source: 1 NEWS
There are concerns 98 new electric buses on order for Wellington may be linked to forced labour in China.
Your playlist will load after this ad Greater Wellington Regional Council has 98 new electric buses on order from Chinese manufacturer CRRC. Source: 1 NEWS
The Greater Wellington Regional Council said it would be investigating whether the buses, from Chinese manufacturer CRRC, were made by Uyghur Muslims forced into work.
Councillor Roger Blakeley, chair of Greater Wellington’s transport committee, told 1 NEWS advice was sought from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).
He said “no prohibition was noted” by MFAT. The first of the buses were set to hit Wellington s streets in July.