Community Link 5 October 2022 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.

More information here

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Community Link 5 October 2022

Published on 05 October 2022

Free community computer gaming day on Wednesday, 12 October

Community Link Te Hononga a Hapori(PDF, 3MB) this week features the locations of orange ballot bins around Whanganui (local election voting ends this Saturday, 8 October at 12 noon), the completion of upgrades to Whanganui's water network under $6m of central government stimulus funding, a free school-holiday computer gaming day next Wednesday (12 October) at Hakeke Community Centre and Library in Whanganui East, and the welcome return of Whanganui Heritage Month during October.