Council Reports

Download the Council's Annual Report and Annual Summary here.

Reports on the communities' experiences and perceptions of the Council's performance.

This assessment places emphasis on the identification and proposals for resolution of any adverse health or environmental impacts arising from existing and future demand for water and sanitary services.

Whakatāne District Council and 25 other NZ councils joined the Local Government Operational and Management Effectiveness Programme beginning with the survey covering the 2014/15 financial year.

A condition assessment report on the Whakatāne Wharf has confirmed additional deterioration since it was last inspected in 2009 and sets out a number of options for repairing the structure and carrying out the required level of seismic strengthening.

Whakatāne District Council employed Opus International Consultants to undertake a CPTED assessment of the Awatapu Lagoon Reserve and Causeway in response to a perceived risk to health and safety from the local residents and users of the reserve causeway.

Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) runs a CouncilMARK programme, which evaluated Whakatāne District Council in March 2017.

This review report has been prepared in response to a request by the Chief Executive of the Whakatāne District Council (WDC) to review the actions taken by the Council in relation to the adverse weather and flooding events affecting the district in April 2017.