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Dog Control Policy and Practices Report for 2018/2019

POSTED ON: 27 January 2020 | IN: News

To enable Council to adopt the report on dog control policy and practices so as to meet the requirements of Section 10A of the Dog Control Act 1996. Dog Control…

MEDIA RELEASE: Love it or Lose it – Martinborough must use less water

POSTED ON: 23 January 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

24/01/20 South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen is urging the community to immediately use less water outside and to conserve water generally as the summer heat kicks in. “We simply don’t…

Changes to rubbish and recycling kerbside collection days due to public holidays

POSTED ON: 23 January 2020 | IN: News

23 January 2020 All South Wairarapa urban residents who receive the kerbside service have collections for rubbish weekly and for recycling weekly, but alternating between wheelie bin (red week) and…

MEDIA RELEASE: Water Resilience Strategy, Wakamoekau community water storage scheme secures over $7m

POSTED ON: 15 January 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

15 January 2020 An announcement from Under-Secretary Fletcher Tabuteau today of over $7m in Provincial Growth Fund [PGF] funding will see Wairarapa’s much needed Water Resilience Strategy and the Wakamoekau…

MEDIA RELEASE: Partially treated wastewater discharged to Ruamahunga River

POSTED ON: 15 January 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

15 January 2020 A discharge of partially treated wastewater has occurred from the Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant. We estimate that about 90,000 litres – three rainwater tanks-worth – of partially treated…

SH53 road reconstruction works near Phillips Line

POSTED ON: 10 January 2020 | IN: News

10 January Capital Journeys on behalf of NZTA will be undertaking road reconstruction and resurfacing as follows: SH53 north and south of Phillips Line, for 500 metres (see map below)…

Media release: Featherston and Greytown join Martinborough on tighter water restrictions

POSTED ON: 7 January 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

8 January 2020 Water restrictions in Featherston and Greytown are today being tightened to hand-held watering devices only. This means that, in all three South Wairarapa towns, sprinklers, irrigation systems…

FURTHER NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION

POSTED ON: 23 December 2019 | IN: News

Nominations have now closed for the Featherston and Greytown Community Boards and as the number of nominations exceed the number of vacancies elections will be conducted by using the First…

MEDIA RELEASE: $120,000 funding to progress region-wide trail idea

POSTED ON: 16 December 2019 | IN: News, Media Releases

Monday 16 December, 2019 More than $100,000 has been secured to progress a community-initiated project to develop a region-wide recreation trail linking the five main Wairarapa towns. The Wairarapa Trails…

Important information for residents on Martinborough water supply – Total Outdoor Water Ban lifted

POSTED ON: 15 December 2019 | IN: News

9.45am, Monday 16 December 2019 The Total Outdoor Water Ban in Martinborough has now been lifted. Thank you to the Martinborough community for their water conservation efforts over this past…