Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 3:30 pm
Primary school teachers recently jumped on bikes to
upskill and advocate for safe active travel among students
and the wider community, through a partnership with Greater
Wellington, the Bike On New Zealand Charitable Trust, Waka
Kotahi, and local and regional councils.
Around 40
schools and communities in the Wellington region have
implemented their own Bikes in Schools
project.
Greater Wellington Bikes in Schools
Facilitator and Pedal Ready Cycle Skills Instructor, Sean
Linton says, the teacher training workshop encouraged
teachers to put themselves in the student’s shoes and play
games to learn different skills.
“We’re using a
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Primary school teachers recently jumped on bikes to upskill and advocate for safe active travel among students and the wider community, through a partnership with Greater Wellington, the Bike On New Zealand Charitable Trust, Waka Kotahi, and local …
Primary school teachers recently jumped on bikes to upskill and advocate for safe active travel among students and the wider community, through a partnership with Greater Wellington, the Bike On New Zealand Charitable Trust, Waka Kotahi, and local and regional councils.
Around 40 schools and communities in the Wellington region have implemented their own Bikes in Schools project.
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Eugene Doyle, the Ōwhiro Bay resident who led the charge to remove the naturally formed sand and gravel ramp, said the Regional Council needed to fast-track consent for the city council to send contractors in. Regional council environment management general manager Al Cross said his council would give the application as much priority as it could.
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Debris at Ōwhiro Bay on Wellington’s South Coast in June. “The immediate focus for Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington is ensuring that the outlined effects of the work are managed appropriately,” Cross said. “Obviously, getting on with the work relies on the strength of the application. We’ll keep the community informed of progress.”
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 12:56 pm
Greater Wellington has identified 660 fish passage
barriers in Kāpiti Coast waterways across public and
private land, a project that involved active involvement
from local iwi to ensure our native freshwater fish can
migrate and spawn.
Our region’s waterways are home
to around 20 species of native freshwater fish, and most of
these species need to be able to move freely between the sea
and freshwater in order to complete their lifecycle.
Unfortunately, some man-made barriers in waterways can stop
fish from accessing suitable habitat, resources and
completing their lifecycles.
This project employed
seven rangatahi to work alongside a field expert to gain