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Buller District Council has successfully concluded its deliberations on the 2025-2034 Draft Long-Term Plan.

Buller District Council (BDC) is pleased to announce that installation and commissioning of a new wastewater system at the Punakaiki Campground has now been completed.

Buller dog owners who have previously registered their dogs in the district will soon receive their dog registration forms in the mail, towards the end of June.

Buller’s involvement in the Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) initiative will conclude at the end of the current financial year, on 30 June 2025.

Mitre 10, EXPOL, Smart Environmental and Buller District Council’s free polystyrene recycling initiative will grow to include two new collection points, located at the Westport and Reefton Transfer Stations from 9 June 2025.

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.