Weekly column by Kāpiti's Greater Wellington Regional Council representative Penny Gaylor.
Last Thursday was the meeting of Wellington Regional Council's environment committee which I chair.
The 110-page agenda traversed numerous updates, such as the Crown-funded environmental projects (things like Jobs 4 Nature on the Waikanae River), the Regional Pest Management Plan, GWRC's Farming Reference Group, and the Department of Conservation's Regional Pest Management Plan.
You bet there is a theme running through here. Right across our region, make that right across the country, regional councils, DoC, farmers, and increasingly urban property owners, are vexed with the challenges of pests.
And here's the summary of GWRC activities on Kāpiti Coast as they were reported back to the committee: