News releases
GW investigating new water storage options at Kaitoke
Greater Wellington has secured an option to buy land owned by AgResearch at Kaitoke, adjacent to State Highway 2, with the intention of investigating the land to find out if it’s suitable for a water storage lake.
Repeated pollution incidents in Takapu Stream cause for concern
Milky white discharges, iron oxide-coloured liquid and foam have been entering the Takapu Stream recently and Greater Wellington is keen to hear from anyone who may know more.
This year's final push
Calling all Kapiti residents – this Sunday is the last Queen Elizabeth Park northern wetland planting day for this year and many helping hands are needed.
Pollen blooms are back
Have you seen a fine yellow dust along the coastline or in your local stream recently?
New Matangi train on show
People will be able to get on board and take a look around the first of Wellington’s new trains next month.
10,000 trees planted - in just three hours
Planting 10,000 native plants seems daunting but yesterday at Queen Elizabeth Park volunteers from around the region proved that many hands make light work, completing the task in just three hours.
Get your application in for the ENCORE awards
Is your work benefitting environmental restoration, conservation and heritage in the Wellington region? Do you want to inspire others to help out too?
$1 million of approvals reached for Warm Greater Wellington scheme
Another significant milestone was reached today when the Warm Greater Wellington scheme passed $1 million of approvals.
10,000 trees to mark 10 years of environmental restoration
Queen Elizabeth Park - before
First Matangi heads to Wellington
The first new Matangi train has left on a ship from South Korea and is expected to arrive in Wellington in about three or four weeks.