Volunteers planted locally sourced natives at Baring Head/Ōrua-pouanui in East Harbour Regional Park on Sunday, the last day of Matariki celebrations, to continue Greater Wellington’s restoration of the dramatic and…
Essential river channel and gravel work will start Monday 7 July downstream from Otaihanga Boat Club to manage erosion within the highly protected and valued Waikanae Estuary. Gravel has built up…
An innovative, nature-based approach to fire protection is being conducted in East Harbour Regional Park using native trees with low flammability as green fire breaks, as Greater Wellington prepares for…
A Happy Valley site has been purchased by Greater Wellington for the development of a bus depot as part of the regional council’s Public Transport Asset Control Strategy …
A mobile air quality monitoring station has been installed at Carterton swimming pool for the winter to measure air pollution levels when there is an increase in wood burned for…
Te pua o te Rēinga, the only parasitic plant endemic to Aotearoa, has been rediscovered in the Wainuiomata water collection area after wild populations of the species were thought to…
Changes to Greater Wellington’s predator control programme will achieve greater environmental outcomes and better value for money, the environment committee heard today. Previously known as the Regional Possum Predator Control Programme,…
A preferred option to protect areas in Masterton at risk of flooding from the Waipoua River has been proposed by Greater Wellington in collaboration with the local community and mana…
A new strategy that aligns public transport improvements with urban development is a key feature of the Regional Public Transport Plan 2025-35, recommended by the Greater Wellington Transport Committee. After hearing…
The completion of five Wairarapa flood protection projects has been marked by a visit of the Regional Development Minister, Shane Jones, to a Greater Wellington project site near Greytown. The five…
