Drain View Limited has been engaged by the Whakatāne District Council to carry out an investigation of a small section of the wastewater network at Martin Place.
Whakatāne District residents have the opportunity to recognise the dedication of their local voluntary groups, with entries for the Trustpower Whakatāne District Community Awards now open.
The Whakatāne District Council is expecting to receive a geotechnical report on the ground conditions underlying the town’s central business district by the end of April.
Council’s computer systems were attacked by a crypotolocker virus variant. We believe the situation has been contained and that we will have all of our essential systems back in operation in a relatively short timeframe.
The significance of its World War One commemorative exhibition will see Te Kōputu a te whanga a Toi – the Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre change its normal opening hours later this month.
The Whakatāne District Council’s 2015-25 Long Term Plan (LTP) is out for public consultation, and to mark the occasion, several decals have been applied to busy sections of the town inviting community members to have their say on key aspects of the LTP.
A national campaign has been launched to reduce the amount of household food waste New Zealanders discard each year. The “Love Food, Hate Waste” campaign is being run by councils nationwide and aims to significantly reduce the estimated $872 million in food that Kiwi households waste annually.
With summer now passed, the likelihood of significant rainfall and high winds is increasing, and it’s an opportune time to prepare for the autumn and winter ahead.
A new land-based dredging approach being trialled at the Whakatāne River entrance is providing promising results, with significant improvements in channel depth achieved in the last week.
The second stage of Wainui Road’s safety improvement programme will require the closure of the section of the road between McCoy and Stanley Roads between 9 am and 3:30 pm each day, from Monday, 23 March until Friday, 27 March.
Essential maintenance work on the wastewater system in the north-western area of Whakatāne over the next week will require residents to take action to ensure any pressurisation of sewer lines does not result in water being expelled from their toilet bowls.
A card offering useful information and retail discounts for young Whakatāne District residents has been released by the Whakatāne District Youth Council.
The Whakatāne District Council has delayed a decision to adopt ‘Wharaurangi’ as the name for 136 The Strand – the new pedestrian plaza which forms a visual and physical link between Whakatāne’s escarpment, CBD, riverside area and the coast.
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