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Greytown Community Board 2023 By-Election Final Result

POSTED ON: 27 February 2023 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

The Final Result for the Greytown Community Board 2023 by-election is now available.

Recovery effort receives major boost

POSTED ON: 27 February 2023 | IN: News, Media Releases

Communities near and far have shown their generosity, with healthy support being offered to Wairarapa recovery efforts in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. The recently established Wairarapa Mayoral Relief Fund…

Tributes flow at 80th anniversary of the Featherston Incident

POSTED ON: 27 February 2023 | IN: News, Media Releases

Just outside the Wairarapa town of Featherston (Messines Layby near Tauherenikau), a memorial garden serves as a reminder of a Second World War incident that resulted in the deaths of…

Greytown Community Board 2023 by-election progress result

POSTED ON: 24 February 2023 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

The progress result for the Greytown Community Board 2023 by-election is now available. This result is based upon the counting of approximately 97% of the returned votes. This progress result…

South Wairarapa ‘adopts’ Whangārei to aid its recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle

POSTED ON: 24 February 2023 | IN: News, Media Releases

MEDIA STATEMENT South Wairarapa District Council is “adopting” Whangārei District Council in Northland to support its recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle. We’ve all been seeing the cyclone’s aftermath and wanting to…

2022 Residents’ Perception Survey results released

POSTED ON: 22 February 2023 | IN: News, Media Releases

MEDIA STATEMENT South Wairarapa District Council’s 2022 Residents’ Perception Survey results have been released and can be viewed on Council’s website. The report was tabled at the Council meeting today,…

Emergency Operating Centre (EOC) update

POSTED ON: 20 February 2023 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Access has been restored to communities around the region. Teams and assets from Fire and Emergency NZ have been deployed to where they are needed. Rural welfare checks continue to…

Cyclone Gabrielle Mayoral Relief Fund for Wairarapa

POSTED ON: 20 February 2023 | IN: News, Media Releases

A Wairarapa Mayoral Relief Fund is being set up by the three Wairarapa mayors in response to the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle. Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa District Councils are…

Important information on Cyclone Gabrielle

POSTED ON: 16 February 2023 | IN: News, Media Releases

16 February 2022 The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle continue to be felt across the region with local communities, particularly our coastal and eastern communities. There is no local state of…

Resurfacing Wairarapa Highways

POSTED ON: 16 February 2023 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is conducting a programme of resurfacing in February and March that willinvolve several sections of State Highway 2 and State Highway 53 in Wairarapa. Road…