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Consultation opens for bylaw to protect Cape Palliser coastal taonga

POSTED ON: 24 July 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

Consultation for South Wairarapa District Council’s Paper Road Access Bylaw 2025 is now open. Beyond the Cape Palliser Lighthouse is an unformed paper road. This stretch of coastline crosses both…

2025 Pre-Election Report now available

POSTED ON: 17 July 2025 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

South Wairarapa District Council’s 2025 Pre-Election Report is now available. The Local Government Act 2002 requires the Chief Executive of each local Council to prepare a pre-election report for voters…

Water invoices sent throughout July

POSTED ON: 16 July 2025 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Water is an incredibly precious resource and providing a clean, safe supply for our community to use is one of our Council’s highest priorities. We put a lot of leg…

High score for new South Wairarapa Sports and Recreation Service

POSTED ON: 11 July 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council is delighted to invite sports minded groups and individuals to put their best foot forward with an Expression of Interest to spearhead transformational change in people’s…

Council and Wellington Free Ambulance boost community resilience

POSTED ON: 11 July 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council (SWDC) is humbled to have worked closely with Wellington Free Ambulance to install new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) throughout 2025 and 2024, which strengthens communities across…

Reception and libraries to open late on Thursday 10 July

POSTED ON: 8 July 2025 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Council reception (currently based out of Martinborough Library) and the Featherston Library, Greytown Library and Martinborough Library will open at 11am on Thursday 10 July, due to an all staff…

Wheels Park rolls into action in July

POSTED ON: 4 July 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council’s Community Operations Team is excited to announce a start date for phase one for the construction of Greytown Wheels Park of late July. The Wheels Park…

Featherston road closure on Revans Street

POSTED ON: 2 July 2025 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Revans Street in Featherston is scheduled to be closed for three days between Monday 14 July and Wednesday 16 July from 7am to 5pm. The road will be usable outside…

Coastal dumping site cleared by Council at cost to ratepayers

POSTED ON: 27 June 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

Over 26 tonnes of illegally dumped waste has been cleared from a site along the South Wairarapa coast at an enormous cost to the Council and ratepayers. The work took…

Council launches trial to combat wind strewn recycling

POSTED ON: 26 June 2025 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Windy days may be a fact of life in the South Wairarapa but help is now at hand to prevent the contents of our recycling bins from spilling out and…