Akura sale helps fight climate change
Greater Wellington Regional Council calls on locals to help fight climate change by planting more trees. Akura Plant Nursery based in the Wairarapa has been trialling, growing and supplying tree species…
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Greater Wellington welcomes PTOM review announcement
Greater Wellington Regional Council has welcomed the decision by the Minster of Transport, Phil Twyford, to review the Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM). Greater Wellington Chair Cr Chris Laidlaw says it's…
What's living on our land?
Greater Wellington environmental science team members Katherine deSilva and Barrett Pistol measuring a tree on a monitoring plot Environmental scientists have wrapped up year five of a project which allows changes…
Greater Wellington welcomes serious commitment to freeing up city congestion for public transport
GWRC has welcomed a multi-billion dollar transport funding announcement as a serious commitment to freeing up congestion for public transport in Wellington city. Chris Laidlaw, Chair of Greater Wellington says this…
Whaitua Committee elects Co-chairs for Wellington/Hutt Valley water work
Co-chair Kara Puketapu-Dentice Co-chair Louise Askin Te Whanganui-a-Tara Whaitua Committee has elected two "Co-chairs" to reflect the Committee's commitment to taking a partnership approach with Mana Whenua. Co-chair Kara Puketapu-Dentice describes this as…
Flood protection work to go ahead on Waikanae River
Greater Wellington Regional Council is to extract gravel and realign the Waikanae River channel next to the El Rancho campsite in Waikanae to manage flood risks in the area caused…
Metlink kick-starts depot improvements to meet rapidly increasing demand
Metlink, in partnership with Transdev Wellington and Hyundai-Rotem Wellington is kick-starting an improvement programme to increase performance at Wellington's maintenance depot to provide more reliability for rapidly increasing commuter demand. At…
Cycle skills spread countrywide
Greater Wellington Regional Council cycle skills programme lead Matt Shipman (front, middle) leads a BikeReady programme in Blenheim. A keen Greater Wellington Regional Council cycle instructor has put his pedal to…
Greater Wellington lights the way for outbound shipping
An additional navigation light designed to help ships safely navigate their exit from Wellington Harbour will be in place by mid-year. The light, to be installed by Greater Wellington's Harbours Department…
An environmental footprint to be proud of - soil conservator retires after 44 years
After 44 years with the organisation soil conservator Stan Braaksma is hanging up his boots and retiring from the Greater Wellington Regional Council. While many things have changed over Stans career…