A great opportunity for creative projects in our communities to get much needed funding is available through the Creative Communities Whakatāne Scheme, now open for applications.

Online booking will be available for all Whakatāne District Council community halls from 1 May 2022. 

A chance for school pool operators to gain a day’s free training on best practice in pool water quality compliance and monitoring is being offered by Whakatāne District Council next month.

From Tuesday, 5 April, vaccine passes will not be required to enter Whakatāne District Council public facilities.

Whakatāne District Council is proposing some price adjustments to its Fees and Charges Schedule and wants to hear from the public on those changes.

Whakatāne District Council is advising its communities that there will be ongoing impacts to levels of service from the current Omicron outbreak and is asking for patience and understanding.

As part of Whakatāne District Council’s COVID-19 Business Continuity Plan, Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre / Te Kōputu a te Whanga a Toi (Te Kōputu) will be temporarily reducing their operating hours.

Whakatāne District Council is on the lookout for the next group of rangatahi who are passionate about uplifting the lives of young people in their communities and keen to bring forth the ideas they have for dealing with youth issues.

Whakatāne District Council has activated a plan to safeguard service delivery to its communities in the face of the anticipated impacts of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.