It’s hoped a population of about 25 tītipounamu/rifleman, translocated to Waterfall Road Bush near Paraparaumu, will fill a tītipounamu-sized hole in the ecosystem and spread to other important ecological areas…
Red alert level warnings are in place for the Ruamāhanga River at Double Bridges and Te Ore Ore due to widespread toxic algae, with detached mats lifting from rocks to accumulate at…
Metlink public transport fares will increase by 3.1 percent from 15 May, with discounts applied to off peak fares being reduced from 30 to 20 percent. The decision to adjust fares…
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Greater Wellington Regional Council, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika iwi, MIRO and other local volunteer groups have begun planting 2000 natives plants to celebrate eight years of…
Smothering, strangling, displacing, infecting, browsing, killing. There are many ways pest plants and animals can undermine our biodiversity, put our primary production at risk and, as a consequence, seriously threaten…
Pāuatahanui Inlet, north of Wellington, has recorded a 32 percent increase in its cockle population according to a three-yearly cockle count undertaken by the Guardians of Pāuatahanui Inlet with the help…
Yesterday, Evans Bay School opened a school and community funded pump track that will be available to 435 Evans Bay School students, and to the wider community outside of school…
More information is emerging on the likely shape of the Wellington region's post-COVID-19 economy. New research from economic consultancy BERL paints a picture of the regional economy which, in the short…
Greater Wellington Regional Council is seeking an independent external chair for its Finance, Risk and Assurance Committee (FRAC). FRAC oversees, reviews and reports to the council on the management and delivery…
Greater Wellington wetlands and rivers are getting a vital $10m boost from the Government's post-Covid-19 jobs for nature programme. The Ruamāhanga catchment and the Wairarapa Moana Wetlands project will be targeted…
Greater Wellington wetlands and rivers are getting a vital $10m boost from the Government's post-Covid-19 jobs for nature programme. The Ruamāhanga catchment and the Wairarapa Moana Wetlands project will be targeted…
The third and final wave of planting is about to go ahead in a conservation project that will transform 25 hectares of Queen Elizabeth Park from highly modified peatland into…