Our main offices will be closed Easter Weekend. Refuse collection will not take place on Good Friday, 29 March. Areas, where refuse is collected on Fridays, will instead have collections on Saturday, 30 March. This affects the Te Teko, Edgecumbe, Poroporo and White Pine Bush areas. Refuse will be collected on all other days as normal.
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Have Your Say

The Council offers numerous opportunities for the community to participate in its decision-making processes throughout the year. Whakatāne District residents are informed of when proposed plans and policies are available for public submissions through various media mechanisms.

This page contains the consultations that are currently being undertaken by the Whakatāne District Council. Each consultation sets out the purpose, key issues and the timescale. Also provided are any documents relevant to the consultation.

If you would like to make a submission regarding any of the consultations listed here, please refer to the feedback details provided for each consultation.

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Long Term Plan 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.

People walking in the bush

Climate Change Strategy Review

Responding to the impacts of climate change on the district and doing our bit to reduce future climate change is the responsibility of each of us, individually and collectively.

Ohiwa Harbour

Financial Policies (Long Term Plan 2024-34)

 The budgets in the Long Term Plan have been developed according to these draft policies. If the policies change as a result of consultation, we may need to make some changes to the Long Term Plan budgets.

Mā Koutou, Mā Tātau - Our People, Our Spaces Tile

Mā Koutou, Mā Tātau - Our People, Our Spaces

Whakatāne District has an abundance of amazing spaces and places that our communities enjoy in a heap of different ways. Demands on these spaces and places are evolving from users of the whenua / land and facilities for sporting, community, social, and cultural activities and events as individuals and in groups large and small.