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New Council CEO enters revolving door

SWDC in mid-October announced the appointment of Janice Smith, formerly Group Corporate Services Manager at Far North District Council, to fill its…

SWDC is considering a major change to its rating system _ to move from land value as the basis of its annual…

A new bylaw to place some control on where freedom camping can occur is out for community input/consultation. At times the bane…

The popular Ngawi campsite has been chosen as the only one of five South Wairarapa beach campsites where dog owners can take…

I feel as if this is the first of these articles that I have written when the weather was fine. The recent…

It’s hard to believe that it has been one year since the local body elections, where that time has gone, as well…

By Adrienne Staples, Regional Councillor for Wairarapa In the August Star I posed the question what does the Regional Council ‘really’ do?…

South Wairarapa has pulled out of the region’s tri-council talks which, according to deputy mayor Melissa Sadler-Futter, was to look at key…

Review of rates under way The first comment I make is intended to be helpful for people who are concerned about rates.…

Things are busy as usual here at the Council. We have many projects on the go, with staff making progress on some…

On Wednesday, 23 August the Wairarapa Times Age ran the front page headline “Calls for Amalgamation” and discussed how there was a…

The community spoke AND the South Wairarapa District Council responded – partly. After weeks of anguish over reduced and puzzling library open…