Community Link 22 January 2020 Whanganui District Council

Restricted fire season – Whanganui coast and urban area

Fire and Emergency NZ has advised that the Manawatū-Whanganui Coastal Zone will move to a restricted fire season from 8am on Friday 12 January until further notice due to warm temperatures, drying winds and a lack of rainfall.
A restricted fire season means anyone planning on lighting an open-air fire will need a permit.
Please be aware of the fire risk conditions – if in doubt, don't light!

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Apply for rates remission

For the 2023/24 financial year (starting in July 2023) the council is making a one-off rates remission (reduction) of up to $500 available for households facing a rates rise higher than $700.

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Community Link 22 January 2020

Published on 22 January 2020

This week’s Community Link(PDF, 3MB) features the tribute for the late Sir Peter Snell at Cooks Gardens next Monday (27 January), the screening of two New Zealand-made documentaries – including one on noted Whanganui-born physicist, Sir Paul Callaghan – at Sarjeant on the Quay and the Davis Lecture Theatre respectively next week, and Waitangi Day celebrations at Pākaitore Moutoa Gardens on Thursday, 6 February, with the Picnic at the Pā event.