Modcom Portable Buildings Limited has been awarded the contract to supply 10 relocatable homes for use by people displaced from their flood-damaged homes.
The symbolic ‘first sod’ will be turned at a special ground-breaking ceremony in Burgess Park on Wednesday to mark the start of the construction phase of the Whakatāne Museum and Research Centre’s redevelopment.
The Whakatāne District Council has adopted the updated 2017/18 Annual Budget (Annual Plan) and approved a Rates Resolution which puts in place the general and targeted rates required to fund planned activities and services for the financial year starting on 1 July.
Plans to establish a ‘demonstration forest’ at the Whakatāne District Council’s Onepū Forest have been revised, and the 30-hectare block will now be replanted in pinus radiata.
A mobility scooter challenge through Kopeopeo has helped highlight issues – and some possible resolutions – around the concerns of many disabled members of the community.
The Whakatāne District Council is launching an online building consents system next week, which will make the process of applying for and receiving consents faster and more convenient for all concerned.
Eighteen new citizens were welcomed to New Zealand and to the Whakatāne District in a ceremony held at the Whakatāne Civic Centre on Tuesday, 13 June 2017.
Whakatāne District Council’s paper-based property files are undergoing digitisation. The extensive file archive comprises 32,000 files and an estimated 5.5 million documents.
The Whakatāne Ki Mua project is asking residents what they want to see in the District, and People First New Zealand has answered the call by inviting members of Whakatāne District Council to a mobility scooter challenge.
Applications to the Whakatane District Mayoral Relief Fund are now open. Any Whakatāne District residents affected by flood or storm damage as a result of the April cyclones are eligible to apply to the fund for financial assistance.
The previously announced move to charge water rates for Edgecumbe properties according the usage recorded on each property’s water meter has been delayed by 12 months.
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