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This page outlines dates of full council and council committee meetings scheduled for each month of the year.
This page also provides links to agenda documents and minutes for each meeting – which are available to the public. See the links below.
Council Agendas are public documents that are made available on this website or from Council or Library reception two working days before the meeting date.
If you require Agendas or Minutes that you can't find by clicking on the button above, please send us an email. Copies of all open agendas and minutes may be inspected during normal office hours at the:
Council is continuing to hold meetings via Zoom video links.
Please email governance@wairoadc.govt.nz for Council and Committee Meeting zoom links.
Full Council, Forums and Committee Meetings are held in the Council Chambers in the Queen Street Offices and are open to the public unless otherwise specified. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend all Council and Committees meetings. However, the Chairperson will ask the public to leave when and if the meeting moves into the public excluded section of the meeting.
You can speak to Council during the public forum section of a Council or Committee meeting – please contact our Governance team governance@wairoadc.govt.nz to arrange this.
Some workshops or meetings may be held in confidential, meaning the public and the media cannot attend. Public Excluded Agendas are not available to the public but where there is a Public Excluded Agenda, the item headings can be seen at the back of the open Agendas.
Extraordinary meetings of Council may be called as and when required to deal with specific issues. Public notification of the meeting must be given as early as is reasonable and must include the general nature of the business to be transacted.
Ordinary Meetings of Council are scheduled four weekly on Tuesdays.
Council Forums are scheduled four weekly on Tuesdays.
No Council Meetings or Forums are scheduled in January of each year.
Special Meetings of Council are scheduled as required.
Matangirau Reserves Board meetings are not yet scheduled.
Ordinary Meeting of Council
Council Forum
Council Forum is every 4 weeks and is an informal public meeting where elected members and attendees hear what members of the public and other organisations have to say on a number of topics. This meeting is open to the public to attend.
If you would like to speak at a Council Forum please email governance@wairoadc.govt.nz to arrange. Typically time slots are 10-15 minutes long; however, you can apply to speak for in excess of 15 minutes.
Council Workshops
Council regularly holds workshops that are intended to enable staff or external presenters to receive appropriate support, input and direction from elected members on certain topics. As workshops are not decision-making forums there are no agendas, and most workshops are open to the public to attend should they wish.
However, when dealing with matters of a sensitive nature or issues that require negotiations, workshops will be held as public excluded with reasons listed as per section 7 of the Local Government & Official Information Act 1987.
Council Workshops are scheduled as required and these dates are posted in the above calendar once confirmed.
Youth Council
The Wairoa Youth Council has been created by the Wairoa District Council to provide an independent youth voice to support the decision-making process at Local Government level. It will provide Council with the opportunity to hear rangatahi thoughts on the impacts of Council’s decisions on their own generation as the future ratepayers of Wairoa.
The Te Rohe o Te Wairoa Matangirau Reserves Board (MRB) forms part of the treaty settlement that has been negotiated with the Crown. The joint board is the administering body of the Te Rohe o Te Wairoa reserves. Te Rohe o Te Wairoa Reserves include:
The Board has three representatives from Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust and three from Wairoa District Council. These are:
Wairoa District Council representatives:
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa representatives:
Māori Standing Committee
Finance, Assurance & Risk Committee Meeting
Strategy, Wellbeing & Economic Development Committee Meeting
Infrastructure & Regulatory Committee Meeting
Chief Executive Performance Review Committee
Conduct Review Committee
For more information please contact the Wairoa District Council.
+64 6 838 7309
customerservices@wairoadc.govt.nz
97-103 Queen Street, Wairoa 4108
PO Box 54, Wairoa 4160
A maximum of 30 minutes is available for members of the public to speak at the Council's public meetings, as indicated on the agenda. You are welcome to speak to Councillors on any item that is listed on the agenda. We ask that you are respectful in your comments to the Council.
Five minutes is allocated for each person speaking; out of courtesy to other members of the public you are asked to stay within the allocated time. If there are a large number of people wishing to speak it may be necessary to reduce the time in order to give each person a fair hearing.
Councillors will listen to what you have to say, however, they will not debate your comments with you during the meeting. Councillors may ask questions if there are any points requiring clarification. If you are not asked a question this does not imply disagreement with, or disinterest in, your comments. It means that your message has been understood. They may refer to your comments when the agenda item is debated.
Councillors or staff may not always be able to answer your questions at the public forum; this may need to be done through a verbal or written response at a later time depending on the complexity and availability of information.
Public Participation at meetings is about Council listening to what you have to say.
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