Waste Management & Recycling Education
Wairoa District Council provides for waste management through a variety of facilities and services. Council is committed to promoting responsible waste management solutions for the district and is keen to work with groups or individuals to improve their waste management.
Council staff or contractors are happy to talk to schools, community groups, marae or individuals about ways to reduce the amount of waste being produced and better ways to deal with what is produced.
Refuse Collections
Refuse collections are a user pays service provided by Council’s Waste Management Contractor QRS (06) 838 9030. Official refuse bags are available from the following locations:
WAIROA:
- Write Price Supermarket
- New World Supermarket
- De Luxe Ford (Mobil)
- Age Concern
- Māhia Avenue Dairy
- McLean St Store
- Riverview Dairy
MĀHIA:
- Māhia Beach Store
- Fosters Service Station Ōpoutama
- Te Māhia Store
- Nūhaka Garage
Refuse bags are available in 4kg or 7kg sizes. Please ensure you purchase the correct bag for your location (Wairoa Township and Frasertown – Urban, all others locations Rural). Prices are as follows:
RURAL:
- 4kg $2.00 ea (Pack of 5 $10.00)
- 7kg $3.90 ea (Pack of 5 $19.50)
URBAN:
- 4kg $1.50 ea (Pack of 5 $7.50)
- 7kg $2.25 ea (Pack of 5 $11.25)
Domestic refuse collections take place along the following routes:
- SH2 from Wairoa to Kotemaori Settlement Rd.
- SH2 from Wairoa to Mōrere. The collection point stops at Tunanui Road, Mōrere.
- Tiniroto Rd from Frasertown through to Te Reinga and Ruakituri Rd
- SH38 from Frasertown to Onepoto including Tuai Village.
Please note that any households living off the SH may bring their refuse to the State Highway for pick-up.
Refuse Collection days are as follows:
- From Wairoa (but not including Wairoa) to Māhia, including Nūhaka and Māhanga - collections will be weekly on Mondays.
- Wairoa township collection is done on Tuesdays.
- From Frasertown (and including Frasertown) to Onepoto (including Tuai) - collections will be weekly on Thursdays.
- From Frasertown (but not including Frasertown) to Ruakituri, including Te Reinga - collections will be weekly on Thursdays.
- From Wairoa (but not including Wairoa) to Kotemaori Settlement Rd, including Mōhaka and Raupunga, collections will be weekly on Fridays.
Recycling
The kerbside recycling collection for the Wairoa Urban area takes place weekly on Wednesdays.
Recycling Bins are available from Council at a cost of $12.
Recycling in the rural areas is on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month and at the following locations:
- Kotemaori – Kotemaori Hall 10am-11.30am;
- Raupunga – Beside the toilet block 12pm–2pm;
- Mōhaka – Old pub site 2.30–4.30pm; Tuai – Beside hall 9am–12pm;
- Ruakituri – Opposite school 9am-11am;
- Te Reinga – Opposite school 11.30am-12.30pm;
- Nūhaka – QRS metal yard 9am-11am;
- Māhia – 376 Kaiwaitau Rd 11.30am-2pm.
Wairoa Landfill & Recycling Centre
- Eftpos is available at the Wairoa Landfill.
- A $10 petrol voucher will be payable for each car taken to the Landfill for disposal by private individuals. All other charges in relation to car disposal for private individuals have been removed.
- Landfill hours – 11am to 5pm daily, except ANZAC Day when it will be open from 1pm to 5pm and closed 25/26 December, 1 January, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
- Charges for general waste increase are $130 per tonne incl GST. All charges will be rounded to the nearest $0.50. Green waste charges are $45 per tonne incl GST.
The Solid Waste Strategy sets out Council’s commitment to managing solid waste activities within the District over the next 10 years. It has set a clear goal to achieve zero waste by 2010. The intention is for Council to lead the way by enabling the private and community sectors to respond to the zero waste challenge.
Council will continue to monitor the effectiveness of the public sectors response to the zero waste challenge together with community satisfaction and waste generation levels. At present there is limited information regarding the quantity and types of waste generated within the district.
Council acknowledges that waste management is in a time of change and efforts to educate and inform the community will require greater commitment. Key changes will see a greater move towards “user pays” together with a need to encourage more private sector involvement in waste management.
Council will, for the foreseeable future, continue to operate a centralised landfill site in Wairoa to cater for non-recyclable material and also accepts the need to manage “after care” at various closed rural landfills throughout the District.
For more information relating to Waste Management, you can contact Nicky Bradley at Wairoa District Council on (06) 838 7309.
