Archive: Notices & Updates

Featherston community strengthened with new water tanks

South Wairarapa District Council is pleased to announce the installation of two 25,000 litre water tanks at ANZAC Hall in Featherston in July. “These tanks add huge strength the resiliency…

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Road closure notice – 26/27 July – Featherston

KiwiRail will install new surface and sub-surface infrastructure to allow for safety upgrades to the Brandon Street rail crossing. The road closure will be closed Saturday 26 July and Sunday…

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2025 Pre-Election Report now available

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…

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Water invoices sent throughout July

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…

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Reception and libraries to open late on Thursday 10 July

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…

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Correction to information in Strategy Working Committee report

South Wairarapa District Council would like to make a correction to information published in its 2 July 2025 Strategy Working Committee (SWC) paper, and subsequently reported on in the 1…

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New South Wairarapa District Council Libraries structure in place

South Wairarapa District Council has recently concluded a process to review the library structure to ensure it is fit-for-purpose to deliver high-quality service to customers across the Greytown, Featherston and…

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Featherston road closure on Revans Street

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…

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Notice of 2025 Triennial Local Authority Elections and Poll

The following elections and poll will be held by postal vote on Saturday 11 October 2025. South Wairarapa District Council (First Past the Post electoral system) Election of the mayorElection…

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Rates search tool currently unavailable

This function is temporarily unavailable while we update the rates for the new financial year. We anticipate the updated version will be available by approximately the 18th of July 2025.…

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