A plant was put in the ground every four seconds around the Wellington Region during Greater Wellington’s 2021 and 2022 winter planting seasons. Numbers released by Greater Wellington show that over…
New rainfall figures from Greater Wellington’s Environmental Science team confirm that last winter was the wettest on record, following the misery of a summer that was also the wettest on…
Porirua City Council is putting in a range of new efforts to help make community members’ odour reports for Spicer Landfill easier and provide greater data for the city council. From…
Greater Wellington is calling on the region’s rural community to ‘look for rooks’, as the birds’ breeding season nears. Recognisable by their glossy, bluish-purple feathers and harsh “kaah” call, rooks cause…
Greater Wellington has rejected a proposal by Port Napier to take over CentrePort’s container shipping business, supporting an earlier decision made by CentrePort. The decision, made in yesterday’s council meeting, follows…
Samantha Gain has been announced as the new permanent Metlink Group Manager following four months acting in the role. Nigel Corry, Chief Executive of Greater Wellington, says Ms Gain brings extensive…
Greater Wellington Regional Council has approved key proposals for change to its Regional Policy Statement which would implement directions required by the Government’s National Policy Statements on Urban Development and…
The dumping of hazardous material including asbestos is part of the growing fly tipping problem in Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River. The Greater Wellington Environment Committee was briefed today on the severity…
Greater Wellington has strongly welcomed the announcement by Transport Minister Michael Wood of the new Sustainable Public Transport Framework. The announcement comes just over a year since Greater Wellington called, in…
Greater Wellington’s Climate Committee has recommended that the regional council fund two projects aimed at lowering the regional council’s carbon footprint. Metlink has applied for funding to reduce bus emissions through…