Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Over 20 schools from across the region claimed prizes for MovinMarch 2021, an annual Greater Wellington initiative that encourages kids and their whnau to walk or wheel to school and reduce carbon emissions. MovinMarch hosts four competitions …
Over 20 schools from across the region claimed prizes for Movin’March 2021, an annual Greater Wellington initiative that encourages kids and their whānau to walk or wheel to school and reduce carbon emissions.
Movin’March hosts four competitions to reward students for contributing to Greater Wellington’s targets to reduce transport-generated carbon emissions by 30 percent and achieve a 40 percent increase in ‘mode share’ to active and public transport by 2030.
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 3:58 pm
Greater Wellington’s Low Carbon Acceleration (LCA)
Fund, established to accelerate the action required for
Greater Wellington to meet ambitious climate goals, received
national recognition at the 2021 LGFA Taituarā Local
Government Excellence Awards.
LGFA Taituarā Local
Government Excellence Awards seek to showcase and celebrate
the outstanding people and mahi that contribute to the
success of the local government sector.
Greater
Wellington won a Highly Commended Citation for Environmental
Leadership for the LCA Fund - a pool of money set aside to
boost activities or initiatives that reduce emissions faster
or at a greater scale than would otherwise
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council
The Regional Council welcomed today’s Fair Pay Agreement announcement from the Government, calling it a step change for essential workers across the region.
Chair Daran Ponter described the move as an crucial tool for economic recovery and vital to improving the wages and conditions for people in low paying industries.
“Overseas evidence shows that Fair Pay Agreements not only lead to improved wages, conditions and training for employees, but they also provide real benefits for employers too, with worker satisfaction, productivity, and recruitment all getting a boost,” said Cr Ponter
The Government has pledged $250,000 a year to help BusinessNZ, the Council of Trade Unions and employers agree and set minimum standards for employees and employers in an industry or occupation.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 4:16 pm
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
Press Release – NIWA Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the Kpiti 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 …
Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the Kāpiti 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 O’Callaghan describes the recovery as a “huge relief” following several attempts to retrieve the buoy.