Archive: News

Wairarapa event cancellations due to COVID-19

Below are the Wairarapa event cancellations, we are aware of: Round the Vines, Martinborough, Sat 21 March National Drag Racing Championship, Sat 21 March Children's Day 22 March Wairarapa Balloon…

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Featherston wastewater options to be considered by Council

26 February 2020 SWDC originally lodged its resource consent application for the Featherston Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade in 2017. It set out a proposal to progressively discharge the town’s treated…

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MEDIA RELEASE: SWDC sells Featherston Town Centre land for commercial development

30 January 2020 Council-owned land at 57 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston, has been sold to owners of the neighbouring supermarket for commercial development. This is a positive outcome for the Council…

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MEDIA RELEASE: SWDC’s response to COVID-19, following Government advice

20 March 2020 South Wairarapa District Council is taking all sensible precautions following Ministry of Health guidelines about the COVID-19 pandemic. SWDC Chief Executive Harry Wilson says the Councilis working…

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Media release from Wellington Water: Wastewater overflow at Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant

18 August 2020 Between 3:15 and 8:30am this morning, a valve operation failure at the Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant resulted in the possible overflow of partially treated wastewater from one…

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Council to consider government water reform MoU at extraordinary meeting, Wednesday 19 August 2020

17 August 2020 The government’s Three Waters Reform Programme will be the topic of the extraordinary meeting to be held at the Waihinga Centreat 3.30pm on 19 August. Council will…

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Council will enter into government water reform MoU and funding agreement

Post-meeting update Council agreed unanimously to enter into the MoU and Funding Agreement and authorised the Mayor to sign these documents on behalf of the Council. Meeting minutes available here.…

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Move to COVID-19 Level 2 from noon 12 August 2020

9am 12 August 2020 Government key messages to people outside Auckland: · Auckland has at least onenew case of COVID-19 and moves to Alert Level 3 · The rest of…

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MEDIA RELEASE: $1M funding granted for construction of the Tauherenikau suspension bridge

Joint media release SWDC, CDC & The Greytown Trails Trust 4 August 2020 The Wairarapa Trails Action Group and Greytown Trails Trust are delighted at today’s funding announcement made by…

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FREE Business Resilience Workshop series

This ongoing series of Business Resilience Workshops isfor ALL Wairarapabusiness owners and operators. It’s brought to you by Marie-Claire, the Wairarapa Economic Development Strategy Programme Manager. And it’s free!Visit the3Mile…

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