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Whakatāne District Council encourages considerate residential behaviour. Being a considerate resident requires a bit of give and take. But what can residents reasonably expect of each other? What are neighbours required to do, and what would be nice for them to do?
We host up to six citizenship ceremonies a year to formally welcome new citizens.
The Whakatāne District Council has replaced all rural distance-based address (formerly RAPID) numbers in the district. Accurate numbers are particularly important for emergency services such as police, ambulance, fire department and Civil Defence.
All dog owners must register their dog(s) with the Council in the district where the dog is kept, and all dogs must be registered by 1 July every year.
Before you fly a drone (also known as "unmanned aerial vehicle" or UAV) in the Whakatāne District, there are a few things you need to know.
We aspire to show leadership by actively considering climate change in all of our decisions, and working to mitigate and adapt to climate change throughout our activities across the district.
We’re working hard to deliver quality facilities and services while keeping rates as affordable as possible through prudent financial management.
Request information on a property. As Council is in the process of digitising all its hardcopy files, an electronic version of the requested file will be sent to the email address you supply. This will generally occur within 24 hours.
Property owners in the Whakatāne District are responsible for mowing the grass verges outside their own properties. The Council mows grass on rural roadsides, bridge approaches and some corners for safety purposes only.
Find out when rubbish, recycling and greenwaste is collected.
The purposes of the Awatarariki Managed Retreat Programme are to mitigate the risk to life and property from any future debris flow events from the Awatarariki Stream catchment, and to build disaster resilience factors for the Matatā community.
Whakatāne District Council is responding to the potential and very real impacts of COVID-19. We're taking advice from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Civil Defence which are the lead agencies and information sources for this nationwide response.
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.
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.
Whakatāne District Council has a number of documents available for public viewing, including:
This section contains information relevant to residents of the Whakatāne District and shortcuts to commonly-accessed services in other sections of this website.
Whakatāne District Council provides a wide range of services to its residents and ratepayers. In this section, you will find information on these services.