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Central City Revitalisation

The James St Laneway in central Whangarei.

We have a strategic programme aimed at creating quality public spaces for people to enjoy shopping, eating out, working and living in the central city.

Having strategic plans in place enables us to prioritise our spending and also provides certainty for business owners about what investment we are making in the city.

The following plans, strategies and information form part of the key information for the Central City revitalisation programme.

Central Business District (CBD) Regeneration Information

There has been a lot of discussion recently on the state of our inner city. Issues such as the amount of car parking spaces and the number of vacant shops are important to our district.

To help inform this discussion, Whangarei District Council have compiled information on our central area. This includes:

Vacant premises
Land use
Car parking areas.

We have also looked at other towns and cities in New Zealand to see how we compare in relation to retail vacancy.

Central Business District (CBD) Regeneration Information Pack(PDF, 1MB)

Inner City Living Programme

We have identified inner city living as a strategic priority for the city centre.

To support Council’s vision to enable residential living in the city centre as part of the work to create a vibrant, thriving, and well-designed city centre, we engaged The Property Group to develop a Business Case and a Residential Conversion Toolkit.

Inner City Living

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Longer than usual processing times

Due to a high volume of permit applications for council land leading into the summer season, the processing time is expected to be longer than usual. We appreciate your patience as we work diligently to handle each application with the attention it requires.

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Go paperless!

Receive your land rates, water rates and rating valuation notices by email.

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Changes to community funding

We are changing to a new community funding framework and a new funding platform called SmartyGrants.

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Huitau Pā walkway partial closure

Part of Huitau Pa walkway is closed due to significant erosion. You can still access the track from the parking area, however please do not walk along the cliff and make sure you stay well away from the edge as it is unsafe. Signage is in place.

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Temporary delay to project

Due to changes in our scheduled programming, the start of the Dave Culham Drive project has been postponed and will be integrated into future planned activities. We are committed to beginning this work as soon as possible and enhancing this important infrastructure for our community. We appreciate your understanding as we make the necessary changes to ensure the project's success.

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The Waipū Activity Zone playground is temporarily closed

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Flush water from taps in the mornings

The Ministry of Health recommends flushing a mugful of water from drinking-water taps each morning to remove any metals that may have dissolved from the plumbing fittings.
Although the health risk is small, this simple precaution is one all households on public and private water supplies should take.
For more information please call a Health NZ Drinking Water Assessor on 09 430 4100.

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