Funding and awards

Encore Awards

Greater Wellington Regional Council, the Department of Conservation's Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservancy and the Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservation Board developed the Encore Awards to honour individuals, groups, school communities and landowners whose sustained commitment to environmental restoration, biodiversity and conservation is making the Wellington region a better place to live. More...

Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Greater Wellington supports the Ballance Farm Environment Awards in the Wellington region. The annual awards give farmers and lifestylers in the Wellington region the opportunity to find out how well they are sustaining their land. More...

Warm Greater Wellington

Greater Wellington provides each ratepayer a maximum of $2,600 in financial assistance for home insulation. This helps cover the remaining cost over and above the grant provided by EECA's home insulation scheme. It can be repaid through a targeted rate over nine years. More...