Capital expenditure planned for the 2017/18 year has been brought forward to 2016/17 to allow the planned upgrade of the McAlister stormwater pump station in Whakatāne to proceed.
With the inaugural Whakatāne Oxfam Trailwalker set to kick off on Saturday, organisers and entrants alike were putting the finishing touches to preparations for an event that would see more than 1500 people walking up to 100kms through Whakatāne, Ōhope and Taneatua to raise money for Oxfam causes around the Pacific.
Work is underway to remove swamp cypress trees (Taxodium distichum) growing along The Strand Canal between Pyne Street and the McAlister Street pump station.
Whakatāne District Council is inviting volunteers with a passion for beautiful green spaces to attend its Green Fingers Volunteer Expo on Friday, 8 April from 10am – 1pm at the Whakatāne Rose Gardens.
The Whakatāne District’s solid waste activities will cost less and achieve better environmental and service outcomes when new contract arrangements take effect on 1 October.
The Douglas Street bridge over the Wainui Te Whara Stream in Whakatāne will remain closed over Easter to ensure that predicted bad weather does not damage the new road surface.
The Whakatāne District Council has decided not to extend its current mowing and vegetation control contract with City Care when it expires on 1 October and will deliver the mowing service with its own staff from that date.
A large group of local children and invited guests will gather at the Jack Knowles Reserve in Tāneatua on Tuesday (22 March) to celebrate the official opening of the town's upgraded playground.
A $115,000 Eastern Bay Energy Trust grant has taken the fundraising effort for the planned Wairaka Centennial Park redevelopment past the threshold required to get the project underway.
The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) is holding its annual sustainability event on 30 March at Tūhoe’s magnificent living building – Te Kura Whare in Tāneatua.
The Local Government Commission will hear appeals against the Whakatāne District Council’s representation review proposal on Tuesday, 15 March in the Council Chambers, Commerce Street, Whakatāne commencing at 1 pm.
The Whakatāne District Council has welcomed the Environment Court’s interim decision rejecting an appeal which sought to overturn District Plan Hearing Commissioners’ findings relating to the subdivision and residential development of land at Piripai.
A field trip to investigate two integrated wastewater schemes has confirmed that the proposal to link a new Matatā reticulation system with upgraded wastewater treatment facilities in Edgecumbe and Whakatāne, with a common ocean outfall, would provide an effective solution for all three communities.
The Whakatāne District Council’s Policy Committee has received an update on the mitigation of life safety risks from future debris flows for those living in the Awatarariki Stream fanhead area at Matatā.
The Whakatāne District Council’s Policy Committee has approved draft budgets for the 2016/17 Annual Plan which would see an average rates rise across the District of 3.2 percent.
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