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Council in Strong Financial Position

Monday, 2 September 2013, 4:21 pm | South Taranaki District Council

Interim Year End Results Shows Council in Strong Financial Position The South Taranaki District Council is on track to deliver a healthy $12 million surplus for the 2012/13 year compared to a budgeted surplus of $1.57 million according to its Interim Annual ... More >>

Hunter Shaw Building Closed for Assessment

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 2:26 pm | South Taranaki District Council

The Hunter Shaw Building in Patea has been closed to the public while an engineer’s assessment is undertaken to determine whether the building could withstand a moderate earthquake. More >>

Annual Plan sees lower than forecast rates rise

Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:56 pm | South Taranaki District Council

Thanks to tight control on expenditure and an innovative solution to wastewater, South Taranaki urban ratepayers will see a very modest 1-2% total rates increase for the 2013 -2014 year after the South Taranaki District Council adopted its Annual ... More >>

Residents Rate Council Service Highly

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 12:35 pm | South Taranaki District Council

The National Research Bureau (NRB) telephone poll of 403 residents across all five South Taranaki wards found that 91% of residents were happy with the overall service the Council provides, while 4% were not satisfied and 5% were unable to comment. More >>

Help Celebrate Water Tower Centenary

Monday, 22 April 2013, 10:00 am | South Taranaki District Council

MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 22 April 2013 Help Celebrate Water Tower Centenary The Hawera Water Tower, which has stood sentinel over the town for almost 100 years, will be celebrating its centenary in 2014. Hawera Community Board chair, Fiona Hicks says ... More >>

Total Fire Ban Lifted in South Taranaki

Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:47 am | South Taranaki District Council

Principal Rural Fire Officer, John Gunn, announced today that the Total Fire Ban that has been in place in all areas of the South Taranaki District will be lifted at Midnight on Sunday 21 April and will be replaced by an Open Fire Season for most ... More >>

Annual Plan Proposal sees reduced rate increase

Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 9:02 am | South Taranaki District Council

A lower than projected rate increase and strong investment projections were two key features of the South Taranaki District Council’s 2013/14 Annual Plan proposal, which was approved for public consultation at last night’s (Monday 8 April) Council ... More >>

Big savings for ratepayers in South Taranaki

Thursday, 14 March 2013, 1:05 pm | South Taranaki District Council

The South Taranaki District Council’s decision to join the Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) has proven to be a good one which will save around $700,000 in loan repayments over the next five years. More >>

Free Concert for Folk Music Lovers

Monday, 4 March 2013, 10:46 am | South Taranaki District Council

Hungry for some good old fashioned folk music with a modern twist? Then head on down to Hawera LibraryPlus on 12 March, at 1:30pm for a free concert from renowned American folk musicians, Hungrytown. More >>

Bugs save ratepayers millions

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 2:28 pm | South Taranaki District Council

They saved the world from Martian invaders in H.G. Well’s 1898 classic ‘War of the Worlds’ and they are at it again – this time saving the ratepayers of South Taranaki millions of dollars! More >>

Getting Out Of Your Artistic Comfort Zone

Friday, 22 February 2013, 1:29 pm | South Taranaki District Council

MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 22 February 2013 Getting Out Of Your Artistic Comfort Zone A new exhibition opening soon at Hawera’s Lysaght Watt Gallery offers a challenge to artists to explore something new or pick up a creative thread from the past. Out ... More >>

Proposal to set up combined Taranaki Rural Fire District

Monday, 21 January 2013, 3:45 pm | South Taranaki District Council

Just over a week remains for public input on proposed changes to the way Taranaki’s rural fire services are governed, managed and administered. More >>

Council takes health advice to Fluoridate Patea/Waverley

Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 11:28 am | South Taranaki District Council

The South Taranaki District Council (STDC) voted 10 - 3 in favour of introducing fluoride into the Patea and Waverley water supplies at today’s (Monday) special Council Meeting. More >>

Rotokare Lake closed

Monday, 26 November 2012, 10:22 am | South Taranaki District Council

Due to an outbreak of a potentially toxic blue-green algal bloom, the lake at Rotokare Reserve is closed to all users until further notice. The grounds at Lake Rotokare Reserve remain open for visitors. More >>

Arts in the Park returns

Thursday, 22 November 2012, 3:16 pm | South Taranaki District Council

The popular ‘Arts in the Park’ festival returns to Hawera’s picturesque King Edward Park, next Saturday 1 December. More >>

Help Needed to Solve Mystery of Missing Books

Thursday, 22 November 2012, 9:20 am | South Taranaki District Council

Moriarty has stolen the best library books to read this summer but Sherlock, Watson and Mycroft are on the trail! More >>

District value increases, but residential value drops

Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 3:56 pm | South Taranaki District Council

The capital value of South Taranaki has risen by 4% to $8.6 billion according to the latest district wide rating valuation conducted by Quotable Value NZ. However the increase was largely driven by the rural sector with dairy properties seeing ... More >>

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