Budget Waste will be changing the rubbish collection day for Taihape from Monday to Friday.

The last Monday collection will be 30 November 2009 with the first Friday collection being 4 December (the same week as the 30th).

From Friday 4 December all bags will be collected on Fridays instead of Monday.

Christmas/New Year Period:

As Friday will fall on Christmas and New Years Day the collection days will be the following Tuesday as follows:
Friday 25 December 2009 collection day will be Tuesday 29 December 2009.
Friday 1 January 2010 collection day will be Tuesday 5 January 2010.

After 5 January 2010 the next collection day will be Friday 8 January 2010 and will continue on Fridays from there on.

Council adopted its Annual Report 2008/09 on 29^th October 2009 with an unqualified report from Audit New Zealand.

Links to the report in full or in summary can be found below. Copies can be viewed at the Council offices, District Libraries and Information Centres.

Annual Report 2008/2009 

Annual Report 2008/2009 (Summary)

The Law Commission released a document in late July 2009 called Alcohol in Our Lives. The document is part of the Review of Regulatory Framework for the Sale and Supply of Liquor. The Law Comission had asked for submissions on the document up until October 30 2009.

As part of forming Rangitikei District Council's submission a focus group discussion was held with people in the community who deal with alcohol on a day to day basis were invited.

Please click on the following links to view the Council's submission, Alcohol in Our Lives document or to view the Law Commission website:

Rangitikei District Council's Submission 

Alcohol in Our Lives document (NOTE: this document is quite a large file and may take a while to download. Please click on the following link to open the document in chapters instead of all at once: Projects Page - Alcohol in Our Lives).

Law Commission Website 

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