Waikato District Council - Latest News [Page 5]
Waikato District Council Formally Adopts Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Monday, 28 June 2021, 3:45 pm | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council has formally adopted its Long Term Plan. With the vision of liveable, thriving, and connected communities guiding its decisions, the Council now begins implementing its 10-year budget and plans. The decisions include ... More >>
$1 Billion Ohinewai Development Gets The Green Light
Monday, 24 May 2021, 12:00 pm | Waikato District Council
Independent commissioners have given the green light for the company behind well-known Kiwi brand Sleepyhead to develop a $1 billion manufacturing and housing community on its 178-hectare rural site in Ohinewai, north Waikato. The proposed ... More >>
Waikato District Council Approves Maaori Wards For Next Local Body Elections
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 1:35 pm | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council has voted to establish Maaori wards for the 2022 and 2025 local authority elections. Mayor Allan Sanson says that today’s historic decision builds on Waikato District Council’s commitment to strengthening the Maaori voice ... More >>
Beautiful House Numbers Bring Meremere To Life
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 10:09 am | Waikato District Council
Houses in the small Waikato town of Meremere now have a very distinguishing feature – house numbers! <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2105/7b01ea613b9f4a6fffa8.jpeg" width="540" height="720"> House numbers are important ... More >>
Waikato District Council Long Term Plan Moves To Hearings Stage
Friday, 14 May 2021, 10:18 am | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council’s Long Term Plan engagement period concluded on Friday 7 May 2021 after a month of consultation with communities throughout the district. Council received over 600 submissions on a range of topics, including feedback on ... More >>
Auckland And Waikato Closer Economic Relations
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 10:18 am | Waikato District Council
Auckland and Waikato District’s economic development arms are working together on joint economic development opportunities, outlined in an agreement signed today. Auckland Unlimited, the economic and cultural development agency for Tāmaki Makaurau, ... More >>
General Rate Options Up For Debate During Consultation On Our Plan For The Next Ten Years
Friday, 16 April 2021, 10:59 am | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council is proposing a ‘hard and fast’ general rate increase in year 1 of 9% and then 3.5% for year 2 and 3 of the plan. The other option sets the general rate increase at 7% in year 1, 6% in year 2 and 4% in year 3. More >>
Have Your Say On Our Plan For The Next Ten Years
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 2:59 pm | Waikato District Council
Feedback opens today on Waikato District Council’s consultation document as it looks to prepare the 2021-31 Long Term Plan, which is the district’s plan of attack for the next 10 years. Our plan, which is reviewed and updated every three ... More >>
New Mapping Tool To Help With Representation Review
Friday, 12 March 2021, 4:32 pm | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council is asking for input on potential representation arrangements for the 2022 local government elections as part of its representation review. This is a chance for the community to put forward suggestions on how they want wards, ... More >>
Waikato Mayor Pushes For Port Waikato Inclusion In Auckland’s COVID Alert Level 3 Area
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 11:25 am | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council Mayor Allan Sanson is advocating for an Auckland Level 2/Level 3 border change in the North West of the Waikato district to allow Port Waikato residents access to facilities in their nearest towns of Tuakau and Pokeno. Currently ... More >>
PopUp Business School Aotearoa To Pop-up In Waikato District
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 7:36 am | Waikato District Council
Budding entrepreneurs living or working in the Waikato district will have the opportunity to attend a free ten-day business course this March Waikato District Council and Ministry of Social Development is working together to bring the PopUp Business School ... More >>
New Bus Service For The Pokeno And Tuakau Communities
Friday, 11 December 2020, 12:55 pm | Waikato District Council
A dedicated bus service will launch in the new year, linking the north Waikato communities of Tuakau and Pokeno to Pukekohe. Waikato Regional Council’s regional connections committee chair Angela Strange said: “We’re excited to be ... More >>
New Bus Service For The Pokeno And Tuakau Communities
Friday, 11 December 2020, 9:23 am | Waikato District Council
A dedicated bus service will launch in the new year, linking the north Waikato communities of Tuakau and Pokeno to Pukekohe. Waikato Regional Council’s regional connections committee chair Angela Strange said: “We’re excited to be rolling out with this ... More >>
Groundbreaking Waikato Hospital Cancer Treatment Offers New Options For Patients
Monday, 7 December 2020, 11:24 am | Waikato District Council
A pioneering radiation treatment has been used to treat kidney cancer for the first time in New Zealand by a team at Waikato Hospital, opening new possibilities for some patients. The stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) technique is a non-invasive, ... More >>
Energy Company Fined For System Failure
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 4:22 pm | Waikato District Council
Contact Energy Limited has been convicted and fined $162,500 over a major incident at their Wairakei geothermal field, impacting on the Huka Falls and Waikato River in February 2019. Judge David Kirkpatrick released his sentence for the company’s ... More >>
Keeping Of Animals In Urban Areas – Have Your Say And Shape The Future Of Our District
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 3:30 pm | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council is asking for feedback on its proposed Keeping of Animals Bylaw. The purpose of the bylaw is to avoid or prevent nuisance issues that occur from keeping animals on private property in the Waikato district. “Our current ... More >>
Council Calls For Further Submissions On The Proposed District Plan (Stage 2)
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 4:40 pm | Waikato District Council
Interested in making a further submission on the Proposed Waikato District Plan (Stage 2)? Stage 2 of the proposed district plan, which covers natural hazards and climate change, was notified in July 2020. Those wanting to make a further submission ... More >>
Health Notice Lifted For Pukemiro And Glen Afton Residents
Friday, 27 November 2020, 3:30 pm | Waikato District Council
A precautionary health notice has today been lifted for residents living within three kilometres of Puke Coal’s construction and demolition landfill in Pukemiro. This follows evidence there is currently no active fire at or near the surface. A ... More >>
Appeal For Information After Dog Shot Multiple Times With An Air Gun
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 4:13 pm | Waikato District Council
Waikato District Council’s Animal Control team are appealing for information after finding a dog in Whatawhata that has been shot multiple times with an air gun. Animal Control Team Leader Tracey Oakes says the dog has been shot more than 10 times. “We ... More >>
Raglan Youth Make Music And Soundsystem Which Brings Everyone Together
Friday, 16 October 2020, 1:55 pm | Waikato District Council
Funding from Waikato District Council’s Creative Communities Scheme has resulted in a project that has brought youth together through music. In February, fifteen 13-18 year olds from Whaingaroa/Raglan took part in The Soundsystem Project's first ... More >>