Solid Waste Services (Dannevirke)

General information

The Tararua District was formed in 1989 in the national rationalisation and amalgamation of local authorities. The district is geographically one of the larger administered by a local authority in New Zealand and includes one of the largest roading networks. The district population however is relatively small; there is a population of 17,634 as at the last census in 2006.

The Tararua stretches from the ridges of the Ruahine and Tararua ranges - to the shores of the Pacific, totalling 424,000 hectares with a rich mix of rugged ranges, remote coastline, bush clad hills, farmland and forestry.