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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.

Council has re-extended the waste management contract with Smart Environmental for one year, until 30 June 2026.

Buller District Council will consult with the community about the options for separating Westport’s stormwater and wastewater as part of the Draft Long-Term Plan 2025-2034 consultation.

Works to prepare Buller District Council’s five Queen Street homes for senior housing tenants have completed, meaning the units are now ready for their new tenants, most of whom are relocating from council’s older Russell Street senior housing flats.

Buller District councillors have accepted the first version of the Buller District Climate Change Risk Assessment report, presented at the Risk and Audit Committee meeting on 16 April.