Environment

Research has shown that New Zealanders would need at least two Earth planets to sustain our current lifestyles compared with a ‘fair Earth share’ of […]

Large crowds turned out in superb summer weather to enjoy the first day of the Sustainable Home and Garden Show being held in the grounds […]

Former Kāpiti Councillor Peter Daniel delivered a strong message to KCDC this morning (20 March) on the inclusion of fluoride in the Kāpiti water supply. […]

New Zealand’s first electric rubbish truck will have its public debut at the Council-sponsored Sustainable Home and Garden Show this weekend (23-24 March). The compactor […]

The Greater Wellington Regional Council is calling for people to heed the fire bans in the region’s Parks following a small fire at Porirua’s Whitireia […]

Wellington is one of four regional council forest areas that has been registered for carbon credits. Wellington Regional Council has applied to the Ministry for […]

Vendor registrations are now open for the 2013 Kāpiti Sustainable Home and Garden Show. The Sustainable Home and Garden Show for 2013 is shaping up […]

The community is to have much greater say about water quality and allocation limits in the region’s rivers, lakes and aquifers, under a plan approved […]

There is a local call to help save the Waikanae River from what many see as a serious threat from proposals to construct a river […]

A group restoring Queen Elizabeth Park on the Kāpiti Coast, children from Raumati South School, volunteers working on pest trapping and monitoring in the Rimutaka […]