Heavy Rain Warning - 21-22 January

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Community Boards

Whakatāne District Council has four Community Boards covering the entire district. 

Community Boards meet every eight weeks.

Whakatāne-Ōhope Community Board

This Board covers the Whakatāne-Ōhope General Ward and Kapū te rangi Māori Ward areas that includes communities in Ōhope, Whakatāne and Piripai/Coastlands.

Tāneatua Community Board

The Tāneatua Community Board covers the Te Urewera General Ward and Toi ki Uta Māori Ward areas that includes the communities of Tāneatua, Ruatoki, Waimana, Nukuhou and Cheddar Valley.

Rangitāiki Community Board

This board covers the Rangitāiki General Ward and Rangitāiki Māori Ward and includes the communities of Edgecumbe, Matatā, Te Teko, Awakeri and Te Mahoe.

Murupara Community Board

This board covers the Te Urewera General Ward and the Toi ki Uta Māori Wards areas and includes the communities of Waiohau, Galatea, Murupara, Te Whāiti, Minginui and Ruatāhuna.

Register of Members' Pecuniary Interest

This register of pecuniary interests is published pursuant to section 54A of the Local Government Act 2022.

The register provides a summary of elected members' financial, business and personal interests and business associations.

Community Board boundaries

About the Council »

Whakatāne District Council's vision is to be known as the place of choice for people to live, work and play. Find out more about how we set out to achieve that through our people, initiatives, projects and governance.

Mayor and Councillors »

Community Boards »

Te Kōwhiringa pōti 2025 - Local elections 2025 »

Contact us »

Give us general feedback or make enquiries. Bring attention to problems in your neighbourhood and request a service to fix them. Make a complaint about the Council's standard of service or another issue.

Phone: 07 306 0500

Online enquiry form

Do it online

info@whakatane.govt.nz

Documents »

Whakatāne District Council has a number of documents available for public viewing, including:

Operative District Plan - 2017 »

Long Term Plan 2024-34 »

Residents »

This section contains information relevant to residents of the Whakatāne District and shortcuts to commonly-accessed services in other sections of this website.

Services »

Whakatāne District Council provides a wide range of services to its residents and ratepayers. In this section, you will find information on these services.

Online services