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Belgravia Leisure (who are contracted to run council’s swimming pools in Twizel and Fairlie) have amended their policy relating to the supervision of children for the current pool season.
Councillors will be holding a workshop on Tuesday 9 December at 10am in Fairlie.
What’s important to you? We are looking ahead and want to know what’s important to you, your community, and the Mackenzie District.
For the week of 8 December we will be undertaking our yearly maintenance on the Peace Tree avenue.
The December newsletter is out now, covering local area notices and upcoming activities within the Mackenzie District.
The Mackenzie Messenger communicates Council's activities to the wider Mackenzie District.
Twizel Community Board has a vacancy for another committed community-minded person to join their team.
This week the circulation pump for the main pool was repaired and reinstalled, and is working as intended.
Following the discovery of potential asbestos in contaminated play sand and subsequent recall of a variety of products, Timaru District Council are accepting affected play sand carefully wrapped at their waste transfer stations.
A new Infometrics Quarterly Economic Monitor report has been released for the Mackenzie District, covering the Quarterly period up to September 2025.
The Mid-November newsletter is out now, covering local area notices and upcoming activities within the Mackenzie District.
A by-election is required to fill an extraordinary vacancy for the Twizel Community Board.
Consumers on the Albury and Allandale Water Supplies are advised to boil all water until further notice.
Twizel pool will open this Saturday 15 November as scheduled. Unfortunately, during our usual start-up procedures, a major problem has been identified with the circulation pump for the main pool, meaning we are unable to currently heat it to the usual 26.5-27.5 degrees range.
The November newsletter is out now, covering local area notices and upcoming activities within the Mackenzie District.
An Extraordinary Council Meeting, for the Mackenzie District Council Annual Report, is taking place at Council Chambers, Fairlie on Friday 31 October, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm.
While the worst of yesterday’s wind missed the Mackenzie District, we still experienced some pretty wild weather! Heavy rainfall has caused some damage to roads, and the wind has felled and damaged a number of trees.
There has been significant damage on Section 1 of the Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail.
A Boil Water Notice has been issued for Allandale Rural Water Scheme effective immediately.
The Twizel Resource Recovery Park has closed today, Thursday 23 October.
MetService have just updated their RED warning for Canterbury High Country.
🔺Good Morning Mackenzie🔺 Although many of us had a relatively quiet night, the MetService red warning for our district remains in place.
We are expecting a significant weather event to pass over Mackenzie tomorrow, Thursday 22 October.
Back in June 2025, following public consultation the Council made changes to the annual water allocation and excess water charges.
