Newsline 5 November 2026
Annual Report highlights Council’s performance
Waimate District Council has adopted its 2025/26 Annual Report, meeting a range of key targets, adapting to national reforms and investing in infrastructure.
Help brighten Christmas for local children
Mayoress Lyn Stringer’s initiative Waimate Christmas Child is ten years old this year. The milestone marks a decade of our community showing how much they care that no child misses out on Christmas morning.
Welcome to our new citizens
It was a very special day for 13 locals who became New Zealand citizens on Tuesday 20 October at Te Rūnanga o Waihao (Waihao Marae) in Morven. Six countries were represented: Argentina, India, Italy, Philippines, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
New advisor focuses on preparedness
Council appointed a new emergency management advisor in August, the first time the role has been occupied in a full-time capacity. Jaymie Currie has hopped over from Environment Canterbury where she worked in Hazard Operations.
