Upper Hutt's Cannon Point walkway open to the public
People looking to walk Upper Hutt's Cannon Point Walkway can now do so following the re-opening to the public of its zig zag access section following its closure in December last…
Archive: July, 2018
Greater Wellington moves to the sounds of silence
They're whisper quiet, the stealth bombers of the pest management world designed to spring a nasty surprise on the critters that daily degrade our environment and undermine our biodiversity. Greater Wellington…
It's Spade Aid speed planting day in QEP coming up on 29 July
The transformation of Queen Elizabeth Park will continue next weekend (Sunday 29 July) with a mass planting by volunteers from the community, families, corporate teams and Greater Wellington Regional Council…
QEP restoration project one step closer with new approach to native planting.
A long-held dream to return large parts of Queen Elizabeth Park to a forest of native plants and animals will be one step closer this week when a ground breaking…
Public transport the winner in regional plan review
Public transport, walking and cycling and resilience have been prioritised in the mid-term update of the 2015 Regional Land Transport Plan, which has just been endorsed by Greater Wellington Regional…
Pest Management Plan targets healthy environment
Smothering, strangling, displacing, infecting, browsing, killing. There are many ways pest plants and animals can undermine our biodiversity and primary production and, as a consequence, seriously threaten the health of…
Proposed new floodplain management plan ticks all boxes
Free flowing rivers contained within vegetated buffers offering both a more natural environment and greater security from flooding are the twin objectives of the draft Te Kāuru Upper Ruamāhanga Floodplain…