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MEDIA RELEASE: Council voted unanimously for lighting rule change for International Dark Sky Reserve

4 September 2020 At the council meeting on Wednesday, members unanimously approved to proceed to public notification of the proposed ‘International Dark Sky Reserve – Outdoor Artificial Lighting’ Plan Change.…

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Public opening of Pain Farm Homestead – free event, please register in advance

27 August 2020 Date: Thursday 10 September 2020, from 2pm. SWDC invites you into view inside the refurbished Pain Farm Homestead, built in the 1920s and nestled in among farmland…

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Free or subsidised agrichemical collection for disposal and recycling

26 August 2020 As part of our waste minimisation efforts, SWDC works with Agrecovery to provide free or subsidised collection of more than 3000 unwanted or expired agrichemical products. Chemicals…

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water reform

SWDCs signs up for South Wairarapa councillors voted unanimously in favour of signing up to year one of central government’s Three Waters reforms on Wednesday, joining Carterton and Masterton. This…

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SWDC offers congratulations on Wairarapa Moana RAMSAR rating

25 Aug 2020 A total of 10,000 hectares of wetlands and open water, known as Wairarapa Moana, have become the seventh wetland area in New Zealand to receive international RAMSAR…

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Online Rates Search – current access limitations

Please note the Rates Search function on the website is currently unable to be accessed via the Google Chrome browser, due to a hardware issue we are working to resolve…

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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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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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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’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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