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 the Wairoa District Council’s Waste Management Contractor QRS (06) 838 9030. If you have any queries please contact Kim O’Gorman at QRS or on 027 250 3860.
Official refuse bags are available from the following locations:
WAIROA:
- New World Supermarket
- Mahia Avenue Dairy
- Riverview Dairy
- Age Concern
- Write Price Supermarket
- McLean Street Store
MAHIA:
- Mahia Beach Store
- Fosters Garage, Opoutama
- Te Mahia Store
NŪHAKA:
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: (Mahia, Nuhaka, Morere, Mahanga, Te Reinga, Ruakituri, Raupunga, Kotemaori, Mohaka)
- 4kg $2.40 ea (Pack of 5 $12.00)
- 7kg $4.50 ea (Pack of 5 $22.50)
URBAN: (Wairoa & Frasertown township)
- 4kg $1.80 ea (Pack of 5 $9.00)
- 7kg $2.70 ea (Pack of 5 $13.50)
Official Wairoa District Council refuse bags are collected by the contractor during refuse collection services.
All other unofficial bags will NOT be collected by the contractor but are accepted at the landfill (normal landfill charges apply).
Domestic refuse collections take place along the following routes:
- WAIROA TOWNSHIP (collection covers main township of Wairoa)
- MAHIA (collection includes Waikokopu, Opoutama, Mahanga, Mahia Beach, Oraka, Te Mahia)
- NUHAKA collection includes Morere and SH2 from Wairoa – Nuhaka
- KOTEMAORI (collection includes Waihua, Raupunga, Mohaka and SH2 from Wairoa – Kotemaori)
- FRASERTOWN (collection includes Frasertown and SH38 from Wairoa – Waihi Road)
- RUAKITURI (collection includes Te Reinga, Ruakituri Road and Tiniroto Road)
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 Waihi Road - 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.
Please note that any households living off the SH may bring their refuse to the State Highway for pick-up.
Official Wairoa District Council refuse bags are collected by the contractor during refuse collection services.
All other unofficial bags will NOT be collected by the contractor but are accepted at the landfill (normal landfill charges apply).
Rural recycling is on the first and third Sunday of each month, at the following locations & times:
- Kotemaori: Kotemaori Hall 10.00am - 11.30am
- Raupunga: Old Fire Station 12.00pm - 2.00pm
- Mohaka: Old Pub Site 2.30pm - 4.30pm
- Ruakituri: Opposite School 9.00am - 11.00am
- Te Reinga: Opposite School 11.30am - 12.30pm
- Nuhaka: QRS Metal Yard 9.00am - 11.00am
- Mahia: 376 Kaiwaitau Road 11.30am - 2.00pm
The kerbside recycling collection for the Wairoa Urban area takes place weekly on Wednesdays.
RECYCLING IS FREE FOR DOMESTIC USERS
We accept the following:
- CANS - Rinsed aluminium & steel cans
- GLASS - Bottles & jars (remove the lids & rinse)
- PAPER - Newspaper, magazines, junk mail, all other clean paper
- CARDBOARD - Flatten all boxes (not milk or drink cartons)
- PLASTICS - Types 1-7 (supermarket shopping bags & bread bags accepted)
Bins for recycling are available for $12 at the Council Administration Building, Queen Street, Wairoa.
Commercial customers please contact QRS to discuss your requirements (06) 838-9030.
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.
- Wairoa Landfill & Recycling Centre is open daily 11am – 5pm except Thursdays when it is open 9am-3pm. Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day.
- Charges for general refuse are $155 per tonne incl GST. All charges will be rounded to the nearest $0.50. Green waste charges are $50 per tonne incl GST. Whiteware $3 per item 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.
