Alcohol & Food Licensing

Here you'll find information relating to Ōtorohanga District's alcohol and food licensing rules and regulations. This includes details on liquor licensing, details about the Ōtorohanga District Licensing Committee decisions, liquor licensing fees and charges, food premises, food premises fees and charges and 'other' licensing information for businesses such as barbers and funeral homes that need a licence to operate.

Animal Education & Control

We are responsible for ensuring that all dogs are registered and that all animals within the District are adequately controlled. Here you'll find practical advice on animal welfare, animal control, animal owner responsibilities, registration, nuisance animals, ranging (policing) and impounding of dogs and stock.

Building Consents & Information

If you're undertaking a building project, you may need a building consent. Here you'll find information you need including application forms and checklists, information brochures and more, as well as details on building consent exemptions and where to get more help with your building consent.

Cemeteries

Find information about the cemeteries in our area, search for a plot or grave, check our cemetary fees and charges or pre-purchase a cemetary plot.

Civil Defence & Emergency

In an emergency situation or event, civil defence is communities, organisations and government working together to get ready and get through it. Here you'll find details about hazards, alerts, our civil defence centres and local and regional civil defence updates.

Fire Rules and Restrictions

See how to check fire season information and whether a fire permit is required.

Housing

Check the eligibility and pricing for Council-managed housing units, that are provided at a lower-than-market cost with lower maintenance.

Maps & GIS

Ōtorohanga District has a web mapping portal where you can find interactive maps showing a variety of themed data sets, such as Utilities (water, stormwater and sewer), Property, District Plan, Cemeteries and others.

Planning & Resource Consents

Find details about Council planning and resource consent requirements, including those for land use, subdivisions, permitted boundary activities, development and financial contributions, our district plan and planning events.

Properties & Rates

In this section you'll find all the information we have digitally about your property, you can search for your rates information, find out about rates rebates, water rates, dealing with neighbour issues, requests rates notices by email, complete a declaration of unused Māori freehold land and more.

Roads & Streets

In this section you'll find details about our roads and streets including maintenance, how to report issues, traffic management, stock crossing permits, vehicle crossings, temporary road closures and more.

Rubbish & Recycling

Council provides services for residents to dispose of, recycle or reuse discarded materials from households or small commercial activities. Here's everything you need to know about rubbish and recycling services.

Water, Wastewater and Stormwater

Council provides a range of water services around water supply, wastewater, storm water & flood protection and water connection. There are also rules around taking water, discharging water and water conservation. Here's what you need to know.

Legislation and regulation changes

The current Government is rolling out a broad suite of legislation and regulation changes across various areas of our regulatory work. While some of these have a potentially minor impact on our work, others are shaping up to be major “whole of system” reform and will involve transition periods before fully coming into effect.

Compliance and Enforcement

Ōtorohanga District Council has several functions relating to compliance and enforcement of our regulatory roles. These span across a range of our operational areas.