News releases
Help heal Whitireia Park
Community members, businesses and school children are all invited to help the *Onehunga Bay Restoration Group* plant native trees and shrubs next Sunday (9 May), the first of three major planting days planned for Onehunga Bay this winter.
Warm Greater Wellington scheme heats up
Businesses throughout the greater Wellington region have started work installing insulation and clean heat appliances under the recently launched Warm Greater Wellington scheme, promoted by Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Landowner convicted for illegal stream works
The District Court has convicted and fined south Wairarapa landowner Lloyd Rayner $37,000 for illegal stream works in the Tauherenikau Delta, on the northern fringe of Lake Wairarapa. Mr Rayner and Hauroa Farms Ltd earlier pleaded guilty to two sets of charges laid by Greater Wellington under the Resource Management Act.
Johnsonville Station upgrade starts soon
Work will begin on improvements to Johnsonville Station on Monday 26 April 2010. The station is being extended slightly to the south and the platform re-surfaced, with the addition of safety features such as yellow tactile strips at the platform edge.
Third Gallup survey shows continued improvement
Greater Wellington Regional Council has completed its third staff engagement survey. The results of that survey show a continued improvement in the engagement of Greater Wellington staff.
125-year-old pipe unearthed
Greater Wellington’s Wainuiomata water pipe upgrade project is about to hit the road as it progresses from William Jones Park to Wainuiomata’s Main Road next week.
Students aim to solve environmental issues
*Sir Peter Blake Youth Environment Forum*
Rail improvement works on the Paraparaumu Line
Over the following month a number of improvements will be carried out on the Paraparaumu Line, from replacing overhead wires and poles at some sites, to installing new railway sleepers at others.
Wainuioru students help save threatened native tree daisy
GW's Robyn Smith, left, with Wainuioru pupil Ally Cates potting up Olearia Gardneri seedlings
Protecting Queen Elizabeth Park's sand dunes
A five-year-plan to protect sand dunes at Queen Elizabeth Park will be presented at two community discussions in Paekakariki next week.