The Waitangi Day public holiday on Thursday 6 February 2025 will see temporary changes to operating hours at some Council facilities and to some Council services.

The Ashburton library and administration building, Te Whare Whakatere, will be closed but you can still get in touch with us at any time if you have a problem or urgently need to contact us -   the afterhours service will be operating 24 hours-a-day, please phone 03 307 7700.

Rubbish and Recycling

There is no change to kerbside rubbish and recycling collections on Waitangi Day, Thursday 6 February. If Thursday is your usual collection day, please have your bins out as normal by 7.30am, and please use your windstrap, no matter the weather.

Resource Recovery Parks

The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park will be open on Waitangi Day from 8am-6pm.

EA Networks Centre

The centre will open on Thursday from 10am-5pm. Classes on the day are Virtual Bodypump at 12pm, Virtual Body Balance at 1pm and The Trip at 3.30pm.

There will be no learn-to-swim lessons on Thursday, Waitangi Day.

Check EANC’s Facebook page for extra activities.

Ashburton Library

The Ashburton Library will be closed on Thursday, Waitangi Day.

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum

The Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum will be open 10am-4pm on Waitangi Day.

Two exhibitions are in their final weeks at the facility – In View, which features a selection of artworks from the Council’s civic collection and from the gallery’s own collection; and Bridging the Chasm, which features the history of the Great Southern Railway through the district 150 years ago.

Mt Hutt Memorial Hall

The hall will be open 10am-2pm.

Customer Services at Te Whare Whakatere

Council’s customer services at Baring Square East will close at 5pm on Wednesday 5 February, and re-open at 8.30am on Friday 7 February.

If you have a problem or urgently need to contact us, then the afterhours/24 hours-a-day service will be operating - please phone 03 307 7700 at any time.

Emails, Snap Send Solves and website requests will be cleared when the office opens for business as usual on Friday.

Public toilets around the district will be open daily as usual.

All services will return to normal by Friday 7 February.