$15.6 million dollar question for Council Published on 20 February 2025 At next weeks meeting of the Waitaki District Council, the Mayor and Councillors will consider how best to use the $15.6 million dollars returned to Council from Observatory Village in January.
$3 million in grant funding secured for Project Reclaim Published on 17 June 2025 Waitaki District Council is delighted to announce that the Government has provided $3 million in grant funding to support the now completed Project Reclaim. Project Reclaim removed 67,000 tonne of fly-tipped and oceanside landfill waste from three sites along the East Otago coastline in 2024, safely securing it 8km inland at a purpose-designed landfill cell near Palmerston.
$400k in rates rebates returned in July and August Published on 11 September 2025 511 rates rebates processed by end of August, 188 more than in 2024/25. Changes to the Government’s Rates Rebate Scheme this year has seen a rise in the number of applications for a rate rebate, with over $400k in rebates processed in July and August this year.