The Waimakariri District Council are asking residents to help develop their response to Council managed cemeteries by giving feedback on its draft Cemetery Policy.

Six of Waimakariri’s most dedicated Civil Defence volunteers were recognised recently at a ceremony, following at least 10 years of service from each.

Over the Christmas and New Year period, if your wheelie bins are normally emptied on a Friday, they will be emptied on the Saturday instead as there is no collection on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

On Tuesday 8 December the Waimakariri District Council (WDC) team held a meeting with residents of Cust to provide an update on processes with the local water supply following November’s E. coli detection.

Please note that this article was published in December 2020.

The Waimakariri District returns to open fire season at 8am, Thursday 20 May 2021.

Waimakariri is now in a restricted fire season, along with the rest of Canterbury following the declaration from Fire and Emergency NZ earlier this week.

Swimmers in Kaiapoi will need to visit Rangiora over January, as the Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre will be closing soon for scheduled maintenance.

The Rangiora-Ashley Community Board discussed plans to make Good Street into a great street at their final meeting of the year last Wednesday.

New direct bus services from Waimakariri to central Christchurch, starting Monday 11 January 2021, will be free for the first two weeks.