School lunch providers can concentrate on what they do best, feeding tamariki, with Whakatāne District Council taking care of the admin. 

Council’s Environmental Health Team has been working alongside tangata whenua to support them in getting their Food Control Plan verifications so they can participate in the Government’s Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches Programme.

Team Leader Environmental Health Nancy Elliott said getting verified to provide lunches in kura can be daunting for food providers new to the verification process.

All those ideas and don’t know what to do with them? Time is running out to throw your hat in the ring for the 2022 Whakatāne District Elections.

Nominations for a seat at the table are currently open and close 12noon sharp this Friday, 12th August.

The Hon Minister Stuart Nash today joined Mayor Judy Turner, Councillors, Ngāti Awa leaders, and dignitaries, in celebrating the completion of the Whakatāne Town Wharf Remediation Project.

Whakatāne now has 23 more reasons to ditch the car and cycle instead.

A spate of recent vandalism targeting community reserves and established gardens has local residents and Council staff shaking their heads. 

Whakatāne District Council is reminding people who live or work near cliffs and steep slopes (escarpments) of the need to take a precautionary approach to landslide risks.

Whakatāne District Council today launches its ‘Be a Gamechanger / Auahatia ngā rā e tatū iho nei’ campaign. 

The campaign calls on people from all walks of life to ‘Be a Gamechanger’; by standing for Council and local Community Boards in the upcoming Whakatāne District elections, whilst also encouraging residents and ratepayers to contribute to change by voting.

Our main office will be closed Friday, 14 July in observance of Matariki. Most Council services will either have reduced opening hours or be closed entirely.