Lower Hutt Environment

Lower Hutt — From 1 January 2013, the cost of taking your van, ute, SUV or small trailer to the Silverstream Landfill will increase by $1, to $31.

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Lower Hutt — Council staff recently transplanted palm trees from the Laings Rd/High St intersection, moving them to Bloomfield Tce, where they will provide some interest to new and existing trees against the backdrop of the Westfield complex.

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Lower Hutt — Almost 700 people recently took advantage of the free service, at two locations in Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt.

By Hutt City Council
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Lower Hutt — Plenty of businesses these days claim environmentally friendly credentials, but now there’s a council-backed advisor to offer totally independent advice on how to build and renovate without hurting the planet.

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Lower Hutt — The environment needs all the help it can get – which is why Hutt City Council has put together a sizeable package to attract the cleverest “green” ideas in its inaugural Bright Sparks competition.

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Lower Hutt — Markham Meredith has a simple piece of advice for entrants in this year’s Bright Sparks competition: be sure you’ve got plenty of determination to see your idea through to reality.

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Lower Hutt — Proposed Plan Change 23 amends the vegetation removal and remnant nikau palm protection provisions in the City of Lower Hutt District Plan.

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Lower Hutt — Owners of properties in the triangle formed by Daly, High and Margaret streets will be contacted to canvass their views on the council’s riverside promenade project, which aims to revitalise the southern end of the CBD.

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Lower Hutt — From next Tuesday 24 January, parking on Hall Crescent, between Mitchell and Copeland Streets, Lower Hutt may be disrupted as nine poor quality trees are removed along the street and as footpath repairs are undertaken.

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Lower Hutt — Hutt City Council officers recently visited Tyndall Street to inspect footpaths in the area ahead of scheduled repairs and noticed five trees in the street were of poor health and quality.

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Lower Hutt — Clean air monitoring carried out at Baring Head by NIWA will be the theme of a public meeting being hosted by the Baring Head Trust on Thursday 24 November at 7.30pm.

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Lower Hutt — Join us for the Great Green Day Out Let us take you on a free guided tour of projects helping to make Lower Hutt a greener, more sustainable place to live, work and play.

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Lower Hutt — Hutt City Council is the first local council in New Zealand to obtain the international environmental management ISO 14001 accreditation for all areas of business.

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Lower Hutt — Want to learn how to be environmentally self sufficient and more involved in your community? Lower Hutt Transition Towns and Hutt City Council are inviting the public to a free community enviro-forum which aims to connect communities through environmentally sustainable projects.

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Lower Hutt — Eight students from Devon Intermediate School have won a national movie challenge that was held as part of Conservation Week.

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