Greater Wellington is urging jet boaters and other river users to report sightings of exposed rail irons in Wairarapa rivers – hidden hazards that can cause serious injury or death. A…
March was the busiest month on record for Metlink bus passengers, with nearly 2.7 million trips across the Wellington region. Overall, Metlink services recorded 3.6 million trips across bus, rail and…
Diggers have been hard at work on Waikawa Beach removing an infestation of Phragmites karka at the mouth of Lake Waiorongomai, an area of environmental importance and cultural significance. In…
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Greater Wellington Regional Council's Biosecurity team has announced a 10-year-programme to prevent the invasion of three of New Zealand's least desirable pest plants. The Surveillance Programme is one of Greater Wellington's…
The inaugural meeting of Greater Wellington's climate committee, delayed by COVID-19, will focus on how regional government can help lead the response to our fast-changing climate, the greatest challenge facing…
Greater Wellington Chair Daran Ponter and Councillor Prue Lamason say Hutt City Council's short sighted decision to block RiverLink from being submitted as one of the Government's fast track infrastructure…
The Government is fast tracking two Wellington infrastructure projects to help stimulate the region's economy post COVID-19. Eleven infrastructure projects will largely bypass the Resource Management Act (RMA) and be referred…
Greater Wellington Regional Council agreed to reduce its 2020/21 regional rates increase from an average of 6.3% to 3% during discussions around its draft annual plan today. The decision was made…
Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council joined forces to carry out a four-year monitoring programme of the city's streams. Greater Wellington Senior Environmental Scientist Dr Evan Harrison says there…
A just-released report from infrastructure consulting firm AECOM commissioned by the region's nine councils shows that the Wellington Region's gross greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5 per cent between 2001…
Farman Turkington Forestry Ltd, AM Forest Harvesting Ltd and the company directors (Guy Farman, Michael Johnstone and Anthony Johnstone) have all been convicted and fined for damaging a tributary of…
"Recognition of the Wairarapa Moana Wetlands under the Ramsar Convention would be a real achievement, and not just for the Moana. It will raise the profile of the value of…