After a stunning day across the Waimakariri District today, the weather will make a turn overnight, bringing widespread rain and cold southerlies.

26 March 2020

Fire and Emergency is urging New Zealanders to think about fire safety as they self-isolate to prevent spread of COVID-19.

Enterprise North Canterbury (ENC) is the local business support agency working hard to support North Canterbury businesses through these difficult times.

25 March 2020

Kia ora koutou.  Warm greetings to everyone in our community.

In this first of my regular updates on the Covid-19 response, I want to acknowledge that for many of you it’s been a difficult week. I know there’s a high level of uncertainty and things are changing almost on a daily basis.

There will be a few changes to the services our Building Unit can offer under the Level 4 alert period.

To support the Government’s efforts to fight COVID-19, The Waimakariri District Council closed down recycling drop-off facilities at the Southbrook Resource Recovery Park, Oxford Transfer Station and the Cust Recycling Facility from 4.30pm on Tuesday.

24 March 2020

Waimakariri District Council staff are prepared to conduct as much business as possible online for the coming month as the nation moves to alert level 4 as of tomorrow.

23 March 2020

Today the nation-wide COVID19 alert level moved immediately to Level 3 and is moving to Level 4 within 48 hours. This will significantly impact what services the Council can provide.