The Rangitāiki River Scheme Review panel is making good progress but has requested more time to process and interpret a large quantity of information before finalising the review report.
Applications are being called for the Whakatāne District Annual Grants Scheme, which provides financial assistance to community-based, non-profit organisations providing a service to the general public in the Whakatāne District.
Affordable community facilities and services with a “unique local edge” will be a key focus for the Whakatāne District Council’s newly-appointed Community Services General Manager, Mike Naude.
Following the resignation of a member of the Murupara subdivision of the Murupara Community Board, an extraordinary vacancy has occurred, and a by-election is now being held to fill the vacancy.
Your Library wants to know: what's your favourite book? What do you want to see more of? Answer a short survey and enter a draw to win $50 worth of vouchers.
Streetlights throughout the Whakatāne District are to be converted to LED (light emitting diode) technology during the next 12 months, thanks to substantial funding from the NZ Transport Agency.
Community feedback is to be sought on a draft policy which could allow the freeholding of some Whakatāne District Council commercial and industrial leasehold land in the Whakatāne town centre to be considered, where there are compelling circumstances.
The sad story of a whale found in Norway with 30 plastic bags in its stomach has helped motivate Whakatāne Intermediate School students to find out more about reducing plastic bag use.
Whakatāne District Council has adopted an Electronic Surveillance (CCTV) Policy that will enable greater use of CCTV cameras for crime prevention and identification of offenders, as well as for the ongoing monitoring of Council assets.
Whakatāne has joined more than a dozen other Districts throughout the country in an initiative to reduce the number of single-use plastic bags in circulation.
The Whakatāne District Council’s Policy Committee is keen to understand all viewpoints on the possibility of creating Māori Wards, prior to the next local government elections in 2019.
Connections reached back through the decades at a ceremony in Burgess Park last week to mark the beginning of the building stage of the Whakatāne Museum Research Centre Redevelopment Project.
The Whakatāne District Council’s Policy Committee has agreed that a private plan change application should be prepared to the Regional Water and Land Plan to address the high loss of life risk to people living in the Awatarariki Stream fanhead area.
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