First of Wellington's newest trains arrive
The first pair of two-car units from Wellingtons new batch of Matangi trains arrived by boat from Korea yesterday morning (Sunday 24 May).
Archive: May, 2015
Wairarapa Moana Winter Newsletter
Here's a copy of the lastest issue of the Wairarapa Moana NEWS (Winter 2015) (PDF 615 KB) . Read about recent community events, workshops, surveys and other updates.
Volunteers help with kakahi (freshwater mussel) count
Volunteers got involved in the first annual kākahi survey at Lake Wairarapa in March. They waded into the lake to collect kākahi, then identify, assess and measure them.
Yesterday's rainfall: by the numbers
Yesterday's rain in some places was the heaviest seen for more than 50 years, Greater Wellington Regional Council's rainfall and river level monitoring equipment showed.
Karori School children concerned about what's going into their stream
Students at Karori West Normal School are distressed about the pollutants which are being released into the stream which runs alongside their school after authorities investigated five pollution incidents in…
2014/15 beach and river water quality report
Over the long hot summer Otaki River, Breaker and Princess bays and Waingawa, Waiohine and Tauherenikau rivers were the top spots for swimming.