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 and candidates independently of elected members. This report should be especially helpful for anyone thinking about standing for South Wairarapa District Council, any of its three Community Boards, and for everyone voting this September and October. It is an opportunity to describe the role of Council, its opportunities, the challenges we face, our priorities, and high level finances.

We hope that by reading it you’ll get a better picture of where we are now, where we want to be and how we are going to get there.

Note: while this report has not been audited, most of the financial information in it has been reviewed by independent auditors either as part of previous Annual Reports or the 2025/34 Long-Term Plan (which informs the Annual Plan forecasts for the next nine years). The 2025/34 Long-Term Plan needs to be published before 25 July and the 2024/25 Annual Report will be available later this year. Please read this document in conjunction with those base documents for a full picture of Council’s priorities.