Westland District Council - Te Kahui o Poutini

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The Westland District Council is the local authority for the Westland District. This page is for discussion about Council activities and projects. www.westlanddc.govt.nz

Useful Numbers:

After Hours Water Break 03 756 9010
Dog Ranger 027 514 4539
Hokitika Refuse Site 03 755 7594
Information Office (i-SITE) 03 755 6166
Library 03 755 6208
Museum 03 755 6898
Noise Control 03 756

9010
Swimming Pool 03 755 8119

This page is not regularly monitored outside of normal office hours and public holidays. If your issue is urgent please call 03 756 9010 and follow the prompts. Moderation: We reserve the right to remove comments which are not on topic or relevant, disrespectful, rude, abusive, or considered spam. We wonโ€™t comment on political issues or get involved in debates. Subject matter outside the jurisdiction or control of Westland District Council may be removed.

๐Ÿ•๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐Ÿ•Westland District Council dog registration is now openFees apply to dogs aged 3 month...
02/06/2026

๐Ÿ•๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐Ÿ•
Westland District Council dog registration is now open
Fees apply to dogs aged 3 months and over for 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 registration period.
Find more information about fees and how to register belowโฌ‡๏ธ

Westland District Council dog registration is now openFees apply to dogs aged 3 months and over for 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 registration period.

๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž & ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”The Animal Control Team will be visiting the following locations to...
02/06/2026

๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž & ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
The Animal Control Team will be visiting the following locations to assist with dog registration. They will be available to process registrations and help anyone who is unsure about completing the online registration.
https://www.westlanddc.govt.nz/notices-news-and-events/animal-control-registration-visit-june-july-2026/
Westland District Council Dog Control

28/05/2026

๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ - ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ 
Please be advised that borehole drilling will be undertaken on Livingstone Street, Hokitika as part of a geotechnical investigation.

๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: Tuesday 2 June to Thursday 4 June
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 9:00 AM โ€“ 5:00 PM daily

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation while this work is carried out.

๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌWestland District Council confirms $10,170.30 in...
26/05/2026

๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ
Westland District Council confirms $10,170.30 in funding to six local creative groups, a fund provided by Creative New Zealand to the Westland District. The fund supports opportunities for local communities to engage with and participate in arts activities, supports diverse arts and culture traditions, and young people to engage with and actively participate in the arts.
Read more see which groups received funding here: https://www.westlanddc.govt.nz/notices-news-and-events/westland-district-council-creative-community-scheme-supports-local-clubs/

๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง - ๐…๐จ๐ฑ ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ซA water shut down is planned for areas of Fox Glacier on Thursday 28th May 2026 betw...
26/05/2026

๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง - ๐…๐จ๐ฑ ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ซ
A water shut down is planned for areas of Fox Glacier on Thursday 28th May 2026 between 10am and 12.30pm.

Affected areas are as follows:
- All of Cook Flat Road
- Main road from number 29 - 55
- All of Frames Road
Thank you for your co-operation as we carry out this necessary repair!

๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐“๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌWest Coast councils will, over the next two weeks,...
21/05/2026

๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐“๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
West Coast councils will, over the next two weeks, consider a coordinated regional approach to enter into the Governmentโ€™s Head Start local government reform process.
Read the full release below โฌ‡๏ธ

West Coast councils will, over the next two weeks, consider a coordinated regional approach to enter into the Governmentโ€™s Head Start local government reform process.

๐‡๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐š ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญWestland District Council has confirmed that tenders for the Hoki...
20/05/2026

๐‡๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐š ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
Westland District Council has confirmed that tenders for the Hokitika Swimming Pool heating upgrade have now closed, with submissions currently being assessed and evaluated ahead of a report to Council on June 4th.

Westland District Council has confirmed that tenders for the Hokitika Swimming Pool heating upgrade have now closed, with submissions currently being assessed and evaluated ahead of a report to Council on 4 June.

๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง - ๐‡๐š๐š๐ฌ๐ญA planned water shutdown for areas of Haast is scheduled on Thursday 21 May 2026 between 10am and ...
18/05/2026

๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง - ๐‡๐š๐š๐ฌ๐ญ
A planned water shutdown for areas of Haast is scheduled on Thursday 21 May 2026 between 10am and 1.30pm. Affected streets are as follows:

- Pauareka Road
- Awarua Place
- Opuka Place
- Nyhon Place
- Tahutahi Road

This is for essential works, and we thank you for your patience

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐Ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐งWestland District Council has concluded deliberations on its Draft Annual Pl...
13/05/2026

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐Ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง
Westland District Council has concluded deliberations on its Draft Annual Plan 2026/2027, following strong community engagement that saw 81 submissions received and seven members of the public speaking directly to Council during hearings.

Westland District Council has concluded deliberations on its Draft Annual Plan 2026/2027, following strong community engagement that saw 81 submissions received and seven members of the public speaking directly to Council during hearings.

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ An agenda for the meeting is available on council's website.The meeting will be live streamed to the pu...
11/05/2026

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
An agenda for the meeting is available on council's website.
The meeting will be live streamed to the public on the Westland District Council YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDZM4JZcLWY

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36 Weld Street
Hokitika
7810

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Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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