URGENT ISSUES 24/7 - Phone 07 306 9009 
Select 1 for Noise and Animal Issues
Select 2 for Duty Supervisor (water, refuse, trees, etc.)
Christmas Closures:
Kawerau District Office and AA Services
Kerbside Refuse and Recycling Collections
KAWERAU DISTRICT OFFICE and AA Services
CLOSED 12 noon Tuesday 23 December 2025
CLOSED AA New Zealand Services closed 11am Tuesday 23 December 2025
RE-OPEN 8am Monday 5 January 2026
TRANSFER STATION
CHANGE OF HOURS Wednesday 24 December 2025 8am – 12 noon
CLOSED Thursday 25 December 2025 Christmas Day
OPEN all other days during the holiday period.
KERBSIDE REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS
NOTE: Kerbside collections will continue as usual and will not be affected by the public holidays.
DISTRICT LIBRARY
CLOSED 12 noon Tuesday 23 December 2025
RE-OPEN 10am Monday 5 January 2026
Please note, the District Library is closing for the holiday period. Please, plan ahead and make sure you get all the books you have been wanting to read over the holiday period, before 12 noon on Tuesday 23 December.
MAURIE KJAR AQUATIC CENTRE
OPEN Wednesday 24 December 2025 8am – 12 noon
CLOSED Christmas Day (no private hires)
Usual hours resume 26 December 2025 Monday to Sunday 8am – 6pm (please exit the pools by 5:30pm)
KAWERAU ISITE
CLOSED 12 noon Tuesday 23 December 2025
CLOSED Christmas Eve
CLOSED Christmas Day
OPEN 26 December 2025 9am – 1pm
OPEN 27 and 28 December 2025 9am – 1pm
OPEN 29 December 2025 9am – 4pm
OPEN 30 December 2025 9am – 4pm
OPEN 31 December 2025 9am – 4pm
OPEN 1 and 2 January 2026 9am – 1pm
OPEN 3 and 4 January 2026 9am – 1pm
Keen to visit the beautiful Tarawera Falls, over the Christmas and New Years break?
Permits are available from the Kawerau isite from 12noon 19 December to 5 January (except Christmas Day, the forest is closed, and permits will not be issued) during usual operations hours 9am to 4pm weekdays and 9am to 1pm on public holidays and weekends.