Plenty of fun to be had at the Sustainable Home and Garden Show
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 […]
Environment
Former Kāpiti Councillor delivers Fluoriude message
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. […]
Electric truck’s first public appearance at Kāpiti show
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 […]
Park visitors need to heed fire bans
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 […]
Regional council registers for carbon credits
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 […]
Kāpiti gears up for Sustainable Home and Garden Show.
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 […]
More say for community in regional council’s freshwater plan
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 […]
Save our River – Save our Aquifer – Build a Dam
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 […]
Kāpiti scoops the pool at Encore Awards
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 […]
Water catchments receive only a third of average November rainfall
Regional water news Only a third of the usual rainfall fell in the Wellington region’s main water catchments in November, reinforcing the need to prepare […]