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Arts alive and thriving – and need more funding

POSTED ON: 15 October 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

Budding young actors, film makers and musicians in the South Wairarapa received a boost fromCreative NZ this month with three grants awarded after being assessed by an independent panel ofarts…

Greytown Swimming Pool upgrades

POSTED ON: 14 October 2024 | IN: News

Upgrades to the Greytown Swimming Pool changing rooms will improve safety (non slip flooring tiles), hygiene (easier surfaces to clean) and versatility with showers. This project, which is being…

Exciting new Greytown Pavilion nears completion

POSTED ON: 3 October 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

Hundreds of sports fans will soon be enjoying new facilities at the freshly constructed Greytown Pavilion at Soldiers Memorial Park, which will cater for growth in the district’s sports community…

Teamwork is the dreamwork to help young people find work

POSTED ON: 3 October 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

The three Wairarapa mayors struck the first partnership of a kind in Aotearoa in July 2023 when they joined forces in the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) programme, which finds…

Public notification of Featherston wastewater treatment plant consent opens

POSTED ON: 3 October 2024 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

South Wairarapa District Council (SWDC) has made an application to the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) for resource consent to continue the discharge of treated wastewater into Donalds Creek and…

Opportunity of a (coastal) lifetime

POSTED ON: 2 October 2024 | IN: News

Can you give Lake Ferry Holiday Park a new lease of life? The Lake Ferry Holiday Park is ready for an energetic, experienced and friendly operator to take over its…

Wairarapa survey highlights ongoing impacts of 2023 cyclones

POSTED ON: 18 September 2024 | IN: News

A survey has highlighted the significant ongoing property, financial and social impacts of Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle on people and communities in Wairarapa. Run by the Wairarapa Recovery Office (WRO),…

Physical review of South Wairarapa urban property information

POSTED ON: 17 September 2024 | IN: Notices & Updates

South Wairarapa District Council will be undertaking a physical review of property information to build on the data provided to us by Quotable Value (QV) in relation to Separately Used…

Space for everyone as libraries open for longer hours and more days

POSTED ON: 10 September 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

Summer is coming and so are three new staff and longer hours at the Wairarapa Library Service (WLS). Libraries in Featherston, Greytown and Martinborough will open for longer hours…

New defibrillators equip remote communities for medical emergencies

POSTED ON: 10 September 2024 | IN: News

New Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) were installed in a number of rural and isolated locations around South Wairarapa recently, including in some of our community halls. The addition of the…