Fertiliser application at Battle Hill and Belmont Regional Parks
The grazed areas at Battle Hill Farm Forest Park and the western side of Belmont Regional Park will undergo fertiliser application from Wednesday, April 2 as part of the essential…
Archive: March, 2020
COVID-19: Regional park campsites and facilities to close
In accordance with the Prime Minister's announcement today on raised COVID-19 alert levels, Greater Wellington Regional Council is closing all regional park campgrounds and facilities. At alert level 3, regional parks…
Waikanae River catchment restoration programme Waikanae ki Uta ki Tai unfolds
The long-awaited "mountains to sea" project to restore the Waikanae River has appointed its Governance Group and Steering Committee, and will be moving next to develop an Action Plan in…
COVID-19: Greater Wellington closes offices
In line with advice from the Wellington Region Emergency Management Group (WREMO) and the Ministry of Health, Greater Wellington Regional Council is closing its offices to the public and encouraging…
COVID-19: Greater Wellington Regional Council cancels committee meetings
The next cycle of Greater Wellington Regional Council committee meetings will be cancelled due to COVID-19, with more regular full Council meetings taking place. Greater Wellington Chair Daran Ponter says it…
Greater Wellington accepts charges for unconsented maintenance works
Greater Wellington has laid and accepted two charges against itself for unconsented maintenance works on the Birchville Dam in Upper Hutt which caused a discharge of sediment and damage to…
COVID-19: Metlink removes cash sales from buses, trains, and stations
To stay one step ahead of COVID-19 and give our passengers and staff more peace of mind, Metlink will be removing all cash sales from trains, buses and stations as…
COVID-19: Metlink rolls out precautionary cleaning measures across rail, bus and ferry
Metlink is rolling out new precautionary cleaning measures across rail, bus, and ferry today to give passengers further peace of mind as they travel across the region. The measures are in…
COVID-19: Greater Wellington's final three Great Outdoors events cancelled
In light of recent Covid-19 developments, the Greater Wellington Regional Council Crisis Management Team has decided to cancel the remaining events in the Great Outdoors summer programme that have been…
Leading the way for community talks on climate change
Over 250 locals got involved in the weekend's Takutai Kāpiti Summit - a Climate Change Summit run by Kāpiti Coast District Council. Greater Wellington Regional Council Climate Committee Chair Thomas Nash…