Category Archives: Natural Environment

JCA Submission on WCC Draft District Plan, December 2021

Posted on 25 January, 2022 by JCA Secretary

The Draft District Plan is Wellington’s first fully revised planning rulebook in more than 20 years. https://planningforgrowth.wellington.govt.nz/district-plan-review The plan deals with the major planning and environmental issues facing the city – including housing supply choice and affordability, protecting biodiversity, integrating … Continue reading →

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JCA Submissions on WCC Initiatives: Having Our Say

Posted on 24 January, 2022 by JCA Secretary

Wellington City Council frequently seeks public feedback on major planning initiatives, to “help make effective and fair decisions”. Each initiative will impact the city and its people for decades to come- your daily commute, your home, and your living environment. … Continue reading →

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Totara Park Grubbers’ Club this weekend!

Posted on 1 March, 2018 by graemesawyer

We are all on for another track build session on this Saturday 3 March from 1 to 3 pm. You will be impressed with the progress!

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Help JCA build a new walking track through Totara Park

Posted on 8 December, 2017 by graemesawyer

This is a shout out for VOLUNTEERS to help build a new walking track through Totara Park this Saturday afternoon.

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Kindergarten over Community Garden?

Posted on 20 February, 2017 by graemesawyer

Wellington City Council proposes to move a kindergarten onto a hard-won and scarce public community garden in Johnsonville. Continue reading →

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Totara Park walkway & replanting picks up pace

Posted on 7 March, 2016 by graemesawyer

  On 4 March, Penny Salmond & Graeme Sawyer from JCA accompanied Anita Benbrook, WCCs Restoration Technical Advisor and native Forrest expert, on a wander through the Totara Park, roughly on the same route as the proposed new walking track through the … Continue reading →

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Trees native to Johnsonville

Posted on 30 September, 2015 by graemesawyer

A List! If you have ever wondered what species were here before our version of Jebidiah Springfield obliterated them all in the late 1840s, here it is! Not an exhaustive list, but for 99.99% of us, as close as you … Continue reading →

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JCA submission on WCC Urban Growth Plan

Posted on 27 October, 2014 by graemesawyer

WCC released its Urban Growth Plan for consultation in September 2014. After the shambolic mess that was WCCs District Plan Change 72, where WCC earmarked areas for “intensification” in outer suburbs that were massively at odds with what residents wanted, … Continue reading →

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