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    Long Term Plan 2024-34

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

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    Your recycling is changing

    Ka panoni te hangarua

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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. This consultation is your opportunity to weigh-in on what's been proposed. It outlines key decisions that our Council needs to make for the years ahead, and what it means for rates.

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Climate Change Strategy Review

We have been on a journey, collaborating to develop a draft Whakatāne District Climate Change Strategy - Whakatāne Climate Pathway, that carves a pathway to work together to shape sustainable, low-emission, climate resilient communities.

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Financial Policies

The budgets in the Long Term Plan have been developed according to these draft policies.

  • Draft Development Contributions Policy
  • Draft Rates Remission and Postponement Policies (All Land and Māori Freehold Land)
  • Draft Revenue and Financing Policy
  • Draft Fees and Charges Schedule 2024/25

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