Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Greater Wellington promotes Quality for Life by ensuring our environment is protected while meeting the economic, cultural and social needs of the community. Our specific responsibilities include environment management, flood protection and land management, provision of regional parks, public transport planning and funding, and metropolitan water supply.
WELLINGTON — Witness the transformation of bush in the Cannons Creek Valley, Porirua, and see what a difference restoration makes at Before and After – a guided walk on Saturday 3 March.
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OTAKI — See how a major flood protection project has resulted in stunning environmental enhancement by joining the Explore Chrystalls Bend guided walk along the banks of Otaki River, Sunday 26 February.
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WELLINGTON — Take your 4WD for a tagalong trip through Greater Wellington’s Akatarawa Forest on Sunday 26 February with the Cross Country Vehicle Club – with the option of starting in either Upper Hutt or Kapiti.
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WELLINGTON — River users should avoid parts of the Hutt River due to widespread growth of potentially toxic cyanobacteria, Greater Wellington and Regional Public Health say.
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WELLINGTON — People in the Wellington region are being encouraged to give their feedback on major changes proposed for Wellington bus services from Island Bay to Grenada.
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OTAKI — Greater Wellington is holding the annual Kapiti Great Gravel Grab on the banks of the Otaki River on Sunday 19 February and its Flood Protection team is expecting another big turn out this year.
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PORIRUA — Delve into the rich heritage of Porirua’s Whitireia Park with members of Ngāti Toa Rangatira at Hikoi Ki Whitireia – Whitireia History Walk this Thursday.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Shoe Clinic vouchers, a year’s frequent flyer membership to Zealandia wildlife sanctuary and goody hampers are just some of the prizes to be won in Greater Wellington’s Streets Alive walking challenge.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington and Regional Public Health want people to take care around the Hutt River due to the risk from potentially toxic blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria).
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WELLINGTON — Regional residents are spoilt for choice this week [beginning 6 Feb] with three family-friendly events in Greater Wellington’s Great Outdoors summer events programme.
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WELLINGTON — Family-friendly trails, fun downhills and minimal uphills are some of the hidden treasures to be discovered in Pedalling in the Park, a cycling event in Queen Elizabeth Park on Saturday 28 January.
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WELLINGTON — Find out on Saturday 21 January how Whitireia Park is bouncing back after the devastating fire in 2010.
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WELLINGTON — A strong emphasis on family-friendly events in the Great Outdoors summer programme should keep even the most energetic children (and their parents) happy during the school holidays.
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WELLINGTON — Lower North Island regional councils and the Department of Conservation are developing an action plan to look at a more collaborative approach to the management of natural resources and hazards.
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WELLINGTON — Get 2012 off to a fun and healthy start by taking part in Greater Wellington’s Active a2b summer programme.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington Regional Council is urging people in the region’s four cities to remain careful with their water use over the next few months after a “dry” December in the Hutt water collection area, in spite of the heavy rain at the end of December.
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WELLINGTON — The general public now have access to the upgraded Greater Wellington GIS Mapping Viewer.
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WELLINGTON — A strong emphasis on family-friendly events in the Great Outdoors summer programme should keep even the most energetic children (and their parents) happy during the school holidays.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington and Regional Public Health want people to take care around the region’s rivers over the festive season due to the risk from potentially toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria).
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WELLINGTON — A project investigating the potential for the Wairarapa valley to store water in the winter and distribute it for a variety of community and agricultural uses during the dry season has entered a new phase.
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WELLINGTON — Improving levels of dairy farming compliance in the Wellington region reflect growing collaboration between the regional council, dairy farming organisations and the region’s dairy farmers, Greater Wellington Chair Fran Wilde says.
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WELLINGTON — More than 100 people from around Wairarapa turned out to discuss the future of the Mangatarere Stream in the Carterton Events Centre on Wednesday night (14 December).
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WELLINGTON — Never visited a regional park? The Great Outdoors summer events programme is just the ticket for introducing you to some of the most spectacular landscapes in the region.
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WELLINGTON — A new water supply indicator is available on the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s website for people to check how our water sources are holding up this summer.
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WELLINGTON — Naenae Station on the Hutt Valley line and Kenepuru Station on the Kapiti Line will be closed between Monday 26 December 2011 and Tuesday 24 January 2012 so essential repair and reconstruction work can be carried out.
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WELLINGTON — The public is being given an opportunity to make submissions on a proposal from the Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust to build a railway between Maymorn and the Rimutaka Summit.
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WELLINGTON — Dedication, passion, persistence, innovation and leadership are attributes of the nine 2011 Encore Award winners, committed to making the Wellington region a better place in which to live.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington Regional Council is about to begin a review of how bus, train and harbour ferry fares are calculated.
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WELLINGTON — As people hit their favourite beach and river spots this summer, Greater Wellington, local councils and Regional Public Health will be keeping a close eye on water quality.
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HAMILTON — Greater Wellington’s summer programme, encouraging workers to make the most of their commute to work, has won a national leadership award.
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WELLINGTON — The Greater Wellington Regional Council will continue the restoration of Whitireia Park following the February 2010 fire with a 12-hectare aerial gorse control operation this December.
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WELLINGTON — The Greater Wellington Regional Council has received an application from the Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust for a concession to build and operate a railway between Maymorn (in Upper Hutt) and the Rimutaka Summit.
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PARAPARAUMU — The bus service to Whitireia campus at Lindale, north of Paraparaumu, will end on Friday 18 November 2011 when the campus closes.
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WELLINGTON — One minute Hutt Valley resident Emma Davis was walking to Woburn Station intent on catching her train.
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WELLINGTON — How healthy is Wellington Harbour for the sediment-dwelling animals that live there? Greater Wellington and Wellington City Council’s second survey of contaminants in Wellington Harbour sediments aims to find out.
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WELLINGTON — Centreport’s $14.7 million profit for 2011 underlines that it’s an important strategic asset for the region, Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Fran Wilde says.
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WELLINGTON — Centreport’s $14.7 million profit for 2011 underlines that it’s an important strategic asset for the region, Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Fran Wilde says.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington region’s Genuine Progress Index (GPI) – a barometer showing how well the region is faring – has won the Supreme national excellence award from the NZ Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM).
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WELLINGTON — There was less rain than usual in the region’s main water catchments in October, reinforcing the need to prepare for less water this summer now that we’re down by one storage lake.
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WELLINGTON — Even more of the region’s homeowners will be able to access funding to insulate their homes following a decision to increase the spending cap for the Warm Greater Wellington scheme.
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WELLINGTON — Delta Arrowhead originally hailed from the south-eastern United States and very probably migrated to the shores of Aotearoa to begin a new life as a pond ornamental.
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WELLINGTON — A couple of burnt legs has led to Greater Wellington Regional Council's BioWorks department winning the 3M Silver Award for Innovation in Health & Safety at a national conference held in Wellington last Thursday.
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WELLINGTON — People’s ideas about what a high quality public transport system in central Wellington would look like are being sought as part of a major study being carried out by Greater WellingtonRegional Council, Wellington City Council and the NZ Transport Agency.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington Regional Council today officially accepted its Annual Report for the 2010-11 financial year that ended on 30 June 2011.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington’s new regional plan for the environment is being developed and we would like to hear your ideas for improving the management of the air, water, coasts, biodiversity, soils and landscape.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington (GW) will delay the start of a pine logging operation in Belmont Regional Park in order to address concerns raised at a recent (4 October) drop-in meeting, organised by GW to gather feedback from the public.
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PORIRUA — The Porirua East door-to-door bus service will take its last passengers next Friday ( 28 October 2011).
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Kenepuru Station will undergo a $300,000 platform upgrade which should keep it open for at least the next 10 years.
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WELLINGTON — Residents of Porirua, Wellington, Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt are being asked to prepare for less water from the region’s storage lakes this summer, in a campaign that kicks off tomorrow.
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WELLINGTON — Many Wellington bus and train fares will increase from 1 November 2011 to meet increasing public transport costs.
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The public can find out more about an upcoming Greater Wellington logging operation in Belmont Regional Park at a “drop-in” meeting next week (Tuesday 4 October).
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WELLINGTON — The draining of the southern Stuart Macaskill water storage lake at Te Marua has begun this week, signalling less stored water for Porirua, Wellington, Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt this summer.
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WELLINGTON — Bus commuters around the region will be surveyed about their travel habits next week.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington is getting on top of rooks in Wairarapa, but still need rural residents to be their eyes and ears to help locate the last few breeding populations.
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WELLINGTON — Three of the Wellington region’s mayors and the Chair of Greater Wellington Regional Council have praised the Government for its plans to bring ultra fast broadband to the region in the first year of deployment.
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WELLINGTON — Motorists are advised to drive with caution particularly where ice and grit may be present.
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WELLINGTON — Warm Greater Wellington, Greater Wellington’s home insulation and clean heating scheme, continues to be successful throughout the Wellington region, with over 2,000 homes having taken advantage of the scheme since it was introduced.
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WAIRARAPA — In all Wairarapa districts there are still some road closures in place due to adverse conditions.
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WELLINGTON — At the click of a mouse people can see how the Wellington region’s well-being is faring and how it relates to them.
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WELLINGTON — Fare increases proposed for Wellington's buses and trains, due to take effect from 1 September, have been postponed.
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WELLINGTON — People now have the opportunity to have their say about Exide Technologies’ application to renew consents needed to operate its Petone Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Plant.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington Regional Council has awarded the contract for the Wellington Public Transport Spine Study to transportation and engineering company AECOM, a firm with a strong combination of local and international knowledge and experience.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington Regional Council has decided to change its electoral system for the 2013 local body elections from First Past the Post (FPP) to a Single Transferable Vote (STV).
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WELLINGTON — Eight percent more of Greater Wellington residents used public transport in the three months to April than the same time last year, Metlink's annual customer satisfaction survey has found.
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WELLINGTON — CentrePort’s joint venture with ACC involving a 50% share of three Harbour Quays buildings is a great boost both to the port company and to the region, Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Fran Wilde said.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington’s Gear Island water treatment plant in Petone has received an A1 grading – the Ministry of Health’s highest possible endorsement for drinking water.
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WELLINGTON — Today marks a significant step towards greater protection from flooding for residents and businesses in the Hutt City central area.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington has received an application from Exide Technologies to renew consents needed to operate its Petone Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Plant.
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WELLINGTON — A panel of independent commissioners has today granted an application by Greater Wellington Water (GWW) to vary its resource consent for taking water from the Hutt River, subject to a range of conditions.
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WELLINGTON — The use of insects and diseases to control certain weeds in New Zealand has been around since the 1930’s, but their potential as a realistic option for controlling weeds is only now being realised.
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WELLINGTON — An agreed package of improvements to Wellington’s metropolitan rail network and a change of owner for the metropolitan trains and stations was signed and sealed today.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington’s political leaders have agreed to continue to work closely together in a partnership that supports economic development across the region, through the Wellington Regional Strategy.
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WELLINGTON — A NIWA survey has ranked a coastal lake in Greater Wellington’s East Harbour Regional Park as one of the most outstanding examples of a lowland lagoon found in New Zealand.
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WELLINGTON — In most places and on most days, our region’s beaches and rivers were fine for swimming last summer, Greater Wellington’s recreational water quality monitoring report for 2010/11 On the Beaches shows.
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WELLINGTON — Are you improving and restoring our region's rivers, lakes, wetlands, dunes and coasts, and protecting and enhancing our history for future generations?
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WELLINGTON — People in the Wellington region are being encouraged to have their say on a 10-year plan for the region’s public transport network.
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WELLINGTON — An investigation into the Wairarapa Valley’s underground water resources has provided vital information about the interactions between the valley’s aquifers, rivers and streams and what happens to them when water is taken for irrigation or other purposes.
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WELLINGTON — Five new Matangi trains have been withdrawn from service temporarily today as an electrical fault is investigated.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington Regional Council has appointed a new chairperson and four new directors to the board of the regional economic development agency Grow Wellington.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington is asking people living on Waiohine and Mangatarere River floodplains for their ideas on how best to protect the community from the hazards of flooding.
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WELLINGTON — In order to meet increasing public transport costs, Greater Wellington Regional Council has agreed on a 3% increase in fare revenue from 1 September 2011.
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WELLINGTON — An online forum on Baring Head has begun this week, giving the community an opportunity to share opinions and ideas on the future of the site.
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UPPER HUTT — An application to vary a resource consent for taking water from the Hutt River should be granted subject to rigorous monitoring and management conditions, according to Greater Wellington Environmental Regulation officer’s report.
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LOWER HUTT — Residents and businesses in central Lower Hutt are a step closer to receiving crucial protection from a damaging flood as work begins on the Boulcott/Hutt stopbank next month.
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WELLINGTON — Looking for a great team-building exercise? How about signing up for a corporate planting day in one of Greater Wellington’s regional parks? “Planting season is upon us, and there are thousands of plants just waiting to go into the ground in our regional parks.
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WELLINGTON — Waterways free from sediment, suitable for swimming, with good habitat for fish and insects and a region where you can hear birdsong.
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WELLINGTON — The government’s pre-budget announcement committing an extra $35 million to the investigation of irrigation schemes has been welcomed by the Greater Wellington Regional Council which is currently exploring a potentially major water use scheme in Wairarapa.
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OTAKI — Greater Wellington is seeking public feedback on bus and train services in Otaki, Peka Peka and Te Horo as part of its review of public transport in the area.
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LOWER HUTT — People are being asked to give their feedback on a package of transport improvements contained in the Draft Hutt Corridor Plan 2011.
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WELLINGTON — A Greater Wellington research study of Raumati South air quality indicates that the area has less than ideal air quality on some winter nights.
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WELLINGTON — Unwanted botanical visitors could strangle and smother native bush areas within the region if they are not kept in check says Greater Wellington Regional Council biosecurity officer Ben Winder.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington Regional Council and KiwiRail have announced some more termporary changes to Hutt Valley train operations.
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WELLINGTON — A study of the best options for a high quality public transport route through Wellington City has moved a step closer with government funding approved for the study today.
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WAIRARAPA — Work is almost finished on fixing a partially undermined section of stopbank on the lower Ruamahanga River at West Pukio Road at Kahutara.
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WELLINGTON — Three-quarters of people across the Wellington region are willing to pay to support regionally shared facilities and services, a survey has found.
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WELLINGTON — Real time information has arrived in Wellington, kicking off with GO Wellington buses.
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WELLINGTON — There are very few signs of gorse re-growth in Whitireia Park following last year’s aerial spraying operation, removing the need for follow-up aerial spraying this autumn.
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WELLINGTON — The pest plant Canadian pondweed (Elodea canadensis) has been found in Lake Kohangatera, part of the Parangarahu Lakes Area in Greater Wellington’s East Harbour Regional Park.
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