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South Wairarapa District Council reaffirms its commitment to a Māori ward

POSTED ON: 4 September 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District councillors have voted unanimously to reaffirm their decision to create a Māori ward for the local elections in 2025. The decision to create a Māori ward for the…

Greytown Wastewater Treatment Plant – leakage

POSTED ON: 3 September 2024 | IN: Notices & Updates

Wellington Water (WWL) are encouraging Greytown residents and visitors to please follow signage and not fish, swim, drink or collect food along the Papawai Stream, near the Greytown Wastewater Treatment…

Office and library update: 5 September

POSTED ON: 2 September 2024 | IN: Notices & Updates

Due to an all staff meeting, the Martinborough Council office and Featherston Library will open at 11am on Thursday 5 September. All calls will be diverted to our afterhours line…

Community Wellbeing Fund – timeframe adjustment

POSTED ON: 2 September 2024 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

We have been overwhelmed with a large number of applications for the second of three rounds of the Community Wellbeing Fund, with submissions to date that total nearly one million dollars of…

Martinborough Community Board awarded by Local Government NZ

POSTED ON: 27 August 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

Martinborough Community Board was awarded the Partnering with Councils Award at this year’s Local Government New Zealand’s annual conference last week in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington. The award is for the…

Need help to find funds? Pop into our pop ups

POSTED ON: 21 August 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

Free fund finding events are popping up in three locations in the South Wairarapa this week and next to help the community learn how to get started with the new…

New citizens welcomed to Aotearoa by South Wairarapa

POSTED ON: 16 August 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council Mayor Martin Connelly and Chief Executive Officer Janice Smith welcomed 17 new citizens to Aotearoa New Zealand on Thursday 15 August at the Waihinga Centre in…

Free Fund Finder launches for the South Wairarapa Community

POSTED ON: 16 August 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

Do you need funds and help to find them? If so, help is at hand thanks to the powerful new free Fund Finder, which launched online this monthon the South…

Do you love art and want to see it grow in South Wairarapa?

POSTED ON: 6 August 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

Calling art lovers to join a panel to distribute funding for local arts (Ngā putea mo ngā toi o te haukainga) to young, upcoming and experienced artists in the South…

SWDC Representation Review Public Notice

POSTED ON: 5 August 2024 | IN: Other

https://swdc.govt.nz/wp-content/uploads/Public-notice-for-SWDC-Representation-Arrangement.pdf