• Long Term Plan 2024-34 Banner

    Long Term Plan 2024-34

    Your chance to help contribute to making our District an even better place to live, work, play and visit.

    Find out more »

  • Recycling types and icons

    Your recycling is changing

    Ka panoni te hangarua

    Find out more »

  • Fix it and report a problem

    Fix It

    Something not right in your neighbourhood? Let us know, and we'll look into it.

    Report a problem »

Whakatāne District Council

The Council serves Whakatāne, Ōhope, Tāneatua, Edgecumbe, Matatā, Murupara and other communities throughout the Whakatāne District.

To contact us directly, please phone 07 306 0500 or email info@whakatane.govt.nz

Long Term Plan 2024-34
Te Mahere Pae Tawhiti 2024-34

The Long Term Plan is like the district's roadmap for the next decade. Consultation closed at 5 pm on Friday, 12 April. What happens next? Formal hearings begin on Thursday, 18 April.

Find out more about the Long Term Plan »

Community Funding Opportunities

The Reorua ki Whakatāne Contestable Fund and Creative Communities Scheme are currently open for applications. Find out more about each fund and get your application in before they close on Wednesday, 24 April at 5 pm.

Access information on properties in the District via the rates property search.
Property search
Find information on rates in the District, including how to pay your rates.
Rates
Thumbnail of Council meeting room
Meetings and Agendas
Read Whakatāne District Council news articles.
News
Information on libraries in the Whakatāne District.
Library
Get information on the Operative District Plan.
District Plan
Find out more about our swimming facilities in Whakatāne and Murupara.
Swimming Pools
Want to work for us? Find our current vacancies and learn how to apply.
Council jobs

I Want To...

A-Z of Council Services

About the Council »

Whakatāne District Council's vision is to be known as the place of choice for people to live, work and play. Find out more about how we set out to achieve that through our people, initiatives, projects and governance.

Mayor and Councillors »

Community Boards »

News
Public Notices
Council People
Council Initiatives
Council Projects
Council volunteers
Council contractors
Job Vacancies
Community Grants
Governance
Sister Cities
Council History
Toitū Envirocare Certification
Government Reform Programme
Whakatāne Reorua

Contact us »

Give us general feedback or make enquiries. Bring attention to problems in your neighbourhood and request a service to fix them. Make a complaint about the Council's standard of service or another issue.

Have Your Say
Complaint Form
Fix It Form
Customer Services Survey
Official Information Request

Phone: 07 306 0500

Online enquiry form

Do it online

info@whakatane.govt.nz