Summer Essential Information

See our special rules for summer, including our opening hours, rubbish & recycling info, dogs on beaches, freedom camping, visitor information processing times and more.

Summer essential info

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Alcohol

Find out about alcohol licensing, permits and certification to operate your business.

Food premises

Find out about the registration of food businesses and when you need a licence.

Food premises grading search

Use our food premises grading search to make informed decisions about where you eat.

Health Licences

We register hairdressers, camping grounds, offensive trades (such as septic tank and grease trap cleaning), and funeral homes.

Stalls and mobile businesses

Find out about getting a permit for and setting up a stall, mobile shop and hawkers, and apply to trade in the Cameron Street Mall.

Report food, alcohol and health issues

Report food, alcohol licensing and health issues.

Congratulations to award recipients

Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s Civic Honours, Hilary Gittos, Robin Lieffering, Elizabeth Shepherd (Auntie Bess) and Beryl Wilkinson.
Through tireless work, commitment and generosity of spirit, each of these nominees has made our District a better place.

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Temporary road layout changes

The roundabout has reduced to a single lane each way. We are advising people to choose alternate routes to avoid congestion during peak hours.

Port Road temporary layout changes

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Land Information Memorandum (LIM) applications closedown period

Close-down period for LIM applications is from 20 December 2023 to 10 January 2024. Any LIM application received during this time will be deemed as received on 11 January 2024.
If you require a LIM before 20 December 2023, you will need to order prior to 7 December 2023.

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RMA and Building Act applications closedown period

Please allow for extra days that statutory holidays can add to processing times for applications. Get your applications in on time to avoid disappointment.
The close-down period for processing Resource Management Act and Building Act applications is from 20 December 2023 to 10 January 2024, inclusive.

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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act closedown period

Closedown period for processing alcohol licence applications is from 20 December 2023 to 15 January 2024.
To ensure your alcohol licence applications are received and processed before our statutory closedown period (20 December to 15 January), the applications must be received by 11 November 2023.

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Official Information Act requests closedown period

Please allow for extra days that statutory holidays can add to processing times for requests.
The close-down period for processing Official Information Act requests is from 20 December 2023 to 10 January 2024.

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Recycling and rubbish collections on Christmas

There will be no kerbside rubbish collection on Monday 25 December. All collection days will be delayed by one day. The normal collection schedule will resume on Monday 1 January 2024.

Rubbish collection

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All transfer stations closed on Christmas day

All transfer stations are closed on Christmas Day.
On other days, summer hours apply for rubbish and recycling stations.

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