The Whakatāne District Council has agreed to raise the annual registration fee for ‘entire’ dogs by $15 per dog for the 2017/18 year, to cover an expected increase in the cost of dog control activities. Projected expenditure for dog control across the District is expected to total close to $655,000 […]
Repairs delayed
Repairs to flood-related damage to the Thornton jetty and the western infill at Whakatāne’s Main Commercial Wharf could be delayed for up to another month, while engineers and contractors are deployed on reconstructing vital transport infrastructure elsewhere in the District. Ex-cyclones Debbie and Cook caused considerable undermining of piles at […]