Category: WDC Councillors updates

Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update June 2023: Improving the dialogue between Council and community

As we look forward to a new financial year, Waikato District Council is examining how it can improve the dialogue between Council and community through our locally elected community committees. Planning for the right community outcomes The Council has, so far, invited representatives of local community committees to attend workshops to help set the goals… Read More Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update June 2023: Improving the dialogue between Council and community

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Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update May 2023: Challenges ahead and our ANZAC traditions

Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update May 2023: Challenges ahead and our ANZAC traditions We are facing challenging times. Economic conditions have changed dramatically since the Council adopted its last “Long Term Plan” covering the year ahead. General rates rising With high inflation and rising interest rates, higher than expected depreciation on our assets, and disaster recovery costs… Read More Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update May 2023: Challenges ahead and our ANZAC traditions

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Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update April 2023: Telephone Rd closure, Council budgets and natural burials!

A final decision on the future of the SH1B Telephone Rd rail crossing has been put off for another year, but its ongoing closure is deeply disappointing for the community including your local Waikato District Councillors Mike Keir and I (Crystal Beavis). In a report published on its website, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says… Read More Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update April 2023: Telephone Rd closure, Council budgets and natural burials!

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Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update March 2023: Cyclone clean-up, progress on local government reform, and more!

Restoration of the damage caused by two major weather events in just two weeks in our District in the past month is ongoing and – at the time of writing – may have an impact on the Council’s work programmes for a while. Waikato District Council was one of 11 Councils to declare a State… Read More Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update March 2023: Cyclone clean-up, progress on local government reform, and more!

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Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update December 2022: Looking to the future for local government

A new Sustainability and Wellbeing Committee has just been added to the Waikato District Council committee structure. It will become one of the Council’s main committees alongside the Policy & Regulatory, Strategy & Performance (formerly Strategy & Finance) and Infrastructure committees which all councillors attend. The new committee will handle decisions on Council work that… Read More Tamahere-Woodlands Councillors’ update December 2022: Looking to the future for local government

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