Waikato District Council

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Inorganic collections

Inorganic collection dates and information is now available here
ANZAC rubbish collections

Rubbish and recycling collections after ANZAC Day will be one day later than usual, except for Port Waikato.
Fitness trail now open!

Waikato District’s first fitness trail featuring outdoor gym equipment will officially open in Ngaruawahia on 5 April.

Temporary Closure of Road – TUAKAU

24 Apr 2018

GEORGE STREET (Between Henderson Avenue and Madill Street) will be closed between 10.45am and 12.30pm on Wednesday 25 April 2018.
ANZAC Day Commemorative Service – TUAKAU

24 Apr 2018

ANZAC Day Commemorative Service to be held in the Tuakau Memorial Hall commencing at 11.00am.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ROADS – NGARUAWAHIA

24 Apr 2018

The following roads will be closed for a short period of time following the ANZAC service: GALILEO STREET, JESMOND STREET, STATE HIGHWAY ONE, WAINGARO ROAD, BROADWAY STREET, MARKET STREET

Gathering the community together after the Ngaruawahia rail bridge tragedy

20 Apr 2018

Following last month’s fatal accident on the Ngaruawahia rail bridge, Waikato District Council is helping facilitate a community gathering at the Ngaruawahia Memorial Hall at 6-7.30pm on Tuesday 1 May.
Waikato school children ‘yarn bomb’ army tanks for ANZAC

19 Apr 2018

A Waikato district-wide ANZAC poppy ‘yarn bombing’ project spread to Waiouru today [Thursday 19 April] when Waikato District Mayor Allan Sanson and the Council’s ‘Placemaking Team’ arrived at the National Army Museum to decorate the museum’s Centurion and Scorpion tanks on State Highway 1 with two yarn ‘camouflage nets’ decorated with hundreds of knitted poppies
ANZAC street art project blossoms again with 8,000 hand-crafted poppies

13 Apr 2018

An ANZAC street art project is blossoming again with more than 8,000 poppies hand-crafted by community groups appearing on trees and walkways across the Waikato District.