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.
A draft Whakatāne District gambling policy and draft Social Impact Assessment will be available for community input next month, alongside the Whakatāne District Council’s 2016/17 Annual Plan.
The Ministry for Primary Industries advises against the consumption of shellfish gathered in western portions of the Whakatāne District due to the risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning.
Strong accommodation statistics confirm an upswing in the Whakatāne District’s popularity as a tourism destination, particularly with overseas visitors.
More than 70 local government chief executives and their partners, from around New Zealand and Australia, will converge on Whakatāne this week for a two-day conference.
The Whakatāne District Council’s Policy Committee has adopted a notice of motion to revoke its previous decision that “no fluoride be added to any District water supply”.
The Whakatāne District Council’s Policy Committee has voted narrowly in favour of an amended motion that fluoride not be added to any of the District’s public water supplies.
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