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Buller District Council will come together next week to consider 336 submissions on the Draft Long-Term Plan (LTP) 2025-2034. Council will also take into account 38 funding requests made by a variety of community groups for one-off or annual funding.

Buller District Council has today released the outcome of its 2025 annual review of Chief Executive Simon Pickford’s remuneration.

Buller District Council will soon begin repairs on the collapsing Cobden Street stormwater main, near its outfall to the Buller River at the western end of Cobden Street.

Good progress is being made on the Reefton Campground Accommodation Project, with stage one works involving site preparation and laying out of building pads recently completed by WestReef Services.

Council will ask the community for feedback on how the district’s drinking, storm and wastewater are managed in the future. Consultation runs between Friday, 16 May and 4:30 pm Friday, 13 June 2025.

Buller District Council (BDC) and the Inangahua Community Board (ICB) are working together to ensure that the Inangahua Ward’s community voice is heard when recommending tenants for local senior housing units in the future.

Westport’s iconic Clocktower Chambers in Palmerston Street are in line for a spruce-up this week, with cleaning of the external stone surfaces via drone due to start on Thursday 15 May.

Find out more about the stormwater and wastewater systems in Carters Beach and Westport and the issue of private cross-connections. 

Buller District Council is commencing work on the Southern Peel Street stormwater upgrade to address ongoing stormwater flooding issues in the area.

Emergency Management and Recovery Minister, Hon Mark Mitchell, and senior National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officials will visit Westport on Friday 9 May to officially reopen the Holcim No. 2 and Kawatiri wharves.

A 10-tonne drilling rig is likely to be spotted around Westport in the coming days as it is used for geotechnical investigations for flood protection works.

Buller District Council has confirmed the timeline for its Local Water Done Well consultation.

At a publicly excluded meeting held on 30 April 2025, Buller District Council approved a proposal to progress the formal performance and remuneration review process for its Chief Executive Officer, Simon Pickford.

Council has reconsidered the course for the future of rubbish collection in Buller’s largest refuse and recycling zone. Council has decided to move to a rubbish collection service paid through a targeted rate in Zone 1, rather than the previously proposed pay-as-you-throw model.

Buller District Council is asking the community for feedback on its Draft Long-Term Plan 2025-2034 (LTP) between Friday, 25 April 2025, and 4:30 pm Monday, 26 May 2025.