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MEDIA RELEASE: Community feedback helps SWDC with next steps for the Featherston wastewater to land proposal

POSTED ON: 24 July 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

24 July 2019 Feedback gleaned from six community engagement sessions on the Featherston wastewater to land proposal will help South Wairarapa District Council determine the best way forward in cleaning…

MEDIA RELEASE: Action for Featherston’s vacant lot

POSTED ON: 14 July 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

15 July 2019 South Wairarapa District Council is in the process of having two easements extinguished on its vacant commercial lot at 57 Fitzherbert St in Featherston. This…

Media release: SWDC launches spatial planning community engagement

POSTED ON: 9 July 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

9 July 2019 How do you want South Wairarapa to look in the future? That question, along with many more, is what South Wairarapa District Council is asking the community…

SWDC’s Annual Plan for 2019/20 out now

POSTED ON: 8 July 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council has today released its Annual Plan for 2019/20. The Plan was adopted by Council on June 26, following a submissions process in which almost 180 ratepayers…

SWDC’s Annual Plan for 2019/20 out now

POSTED ON: 8 July 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council has today released its Annual Plan for 2019/20. The Plan was adopted by Council on June 26, following a submissions process in which almost 180 ratepayers…

MEDIA RELEASE: Featherston Wastewater upgrade community engagement

POSTED ON: 1 July 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

1 July 2019 South Wairarapa District Council will start a new round of community engagement on the Featherston Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade proposal. Over the coming weeks Council will carry…

MEDIA RELEASE: Greytown wastewater to land scheme goes live

POSTED ON: 19 June 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

19 June 2019 UPDATED 21 June with link to video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKZBP1IRX1o Switching on Greytown’s wastewater to land irrigation scheme is a major milestone in South Wairarapa District Council’s journey to…

MEDIA RELEASE: Do “just one thing” for your environment today

POSTED ON: 5 June 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

Thursday 5 June 2019 The three Wairarapa councils are asking you to join them in doing “just one thing” for the good of the environment today to celebrate World Environment…

SWDC’s new Chief Executive to start 4 June

POSTED ON: 28 May 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council’s new Chief Executive Harry Wilson will start on Tuesday 4 June. Harry has extensive Chief Executive and executive leadership experience as the current Director of Safety and…

MEDIA RELEASE: Wairarapa Water Ltd secures PGF funding

POSTED ON: 23 May 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

24 May 2019 Wairarapa Water Ltd has scored a substantial win for the region by securing $800,000 of funding from the government’s Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) for its Wakamoekau community water…