Central Link 2025

Central Link 17 December | Download

Double issue this week!

• 2025 Wrapped-Up
• Merry Christmas from Mayor Volzke
• Holiday hours for council facilities
• Christmas Hunt has begun
• Captain's Log, Stardate: Week 1 of the School Holidays
• Need pressies? Come to Wai o Rua!

Central Link 9 December | Download

• School Holiday Programme dropped!
• Wai o Rua shutdown in January for upkeep
• Fairy tale ending for Scarecrow Trail
• Congrats to Aotearoa's newest citizens
• Give to the Christmas Gift Appeal!

Central Link 26 November | Download

• Mayoral Christmas Gift Appeal starts soon
• Christmas Parade on Friday!
• See us at the Royal Stratford A&P Show
• Scarecrow winners and highly commended
• Annual Plan and Summary adopted

Central Link 12 November | Download

• Green light to retain in-house water services
• Check the water quality before you swim
• $2,000 worth of plants stolen over 6 months
• Rates invoices are out
• Free Hearing Therapy Service

Central Link 28 October | Download

• Claim the crown at Stratford's Royal Christmas Parade
• Rates: dates, support, and easy admin
• Scarecrow Trail opens Friday
• Community Conversations at the library - all welcome
• Join the whānau - new career opportunities

Central Link 1 October | Download

• Save the day y'all! Summer Nights 2026 is going country
• Scale up your business with Venture Taranaki
• Apply to be a youth councillor
• Council's final meeting before the new term
• Run don't walk! Scarecrow registrations closing very soon...

Central Link 15 October | Download

• Special votes to be the decider in close election race
• Thank you to all our candidates and voters
• Margaret at Wai o Rua takes out national swim school title!
• Elected Members thanked for their service
• King Edward park once again features in Taranaki Garden Festival
• Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund closes soon

Central Link 17 September | Download

• Hay-mazing fun on the way! Enter the Scarecrow Trail
• Food recovery bank among six 2025 Waste Levy Fund Recipients
• Level up local youth voices. Youth Council applications open!
• Brecon Road intersection getting glow-up
• Ake, ake, ake! Kia kaha te reo Māori

Central Link 3 September | Download

• Free event to celebrate International Day of Older Persons
• Māori Ward Referendum is coming up
• Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund is open
• News from Council Chambers
• Is your bush getting in everyone's business?

Central Link 20 August | Download

• Prospero Place Project Update
• Stratford kicking recycling contamination to the kerb
• Find your people
• It's not too late to enrol!
• Do you need a kick up the arts?

Central Link 6 August | Download

• Elections heat up as council candidates confirmed
• Recycling clean and got a green? You're in to win!
• Get funded! Creative Community Scheme open now
• Anniversary of Chunuk Bair

Central Link 23 July | Download

• $11k funding boost for local creative projects
• Be prepared with the Antenno app
• Enrol or check your details by 1 August!
• Save on your dog registration
• Meeting Schedule for August

Central Link 9 July | Download

• Council nominations are open!
• Enrolled to vote? Details correct?
• New career opportunities
• 110th anniversary of Chunuk Bair
• Dog registrations discounted if you pay by 31 July

Central Link 25 June | Download

• Putting the prosperous back in Prospero Place
• Feedback wanted on space in Victoria Park
• Close the bin lid
• Time to enrol!
• Welcome to our newest citizens
• Rates Rebates
• Dog registration fees
• Minor changes to council fees and charges

Central Link 11 June | Download

Double page this week!

• New chapter starting for the Central Link
• Free Hydro Hype pool party
• Winter School Holiday Programme launched
• In short - rates rebates, Prospero Place, and Annual Plan
• Dog registration fees for 2025 - 2026
• Close the Lid. From 8 July overfull bins will not be collected

Central Link 28 May | Download

• Join us in June for our celebration of Puanga
• Nominations for Citizen & Youth Citizen Awards close this week!
• Download Antenno for Public Notices
• Filled in the Central Link survey?
• Local Water Done Well consultation closing soon
• King’s Birthday public holiday hours

Central Link 13 May | Download

• Help us set the future direction of the Central Link! Fill in our short survey and be in to win!

Central Link 7 May | Download

• Stratford Youth Week 2025 - Crafternoon, On the Bus, and Pop-Up Cinema events
• What does Puanga mean to you? Street flag competition now open.
• Who will join our Citizen and Youth Citizen Award recipients? Make your nomination!
• Have a waste-busting idea?
• Meeting Schedule - May

Central Link 30 April | Download

• Waste busting ideas? We've got the funds!
• Should water services be delivered by a regional organisation? Have your say.
• Nominate your local champion for a Citizen Award
• Applications for Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund closing soon...
• Meeting Schedule - May
• Have you downloaded Antenno yet?

Central Link 23 April | Download

• Healthy people and warm homes at the heart of free Positive Ageing Forum
• Consultation for future water services delivery starting soon
• Anzac Day 2025
• Anzac Day opening hours: Friday 25 April
• Meeting Schedule - April & May
• Become a Select dog owner

Central Link 16 April | Download

• Be in to win with the Stratford Easter Hunt
• Easter holiday hours for council facilities
• DATE CORRECTION: Anzac Wreath Making Workshop
• Become a Select Owner & $ave on dog rego fees!
• Splash Bash!
• Temporary Road Closure – Anzac Day 2025
• Meeting Schedule - April

Central Link 9 April | Download

• Apply to become a Select dog owner
• Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund open
• From old pool complex to green grass
• Prospero Place upgrades: Draft concepts
• School holiday fun
• Meeting schedule - April

Central Link 2 April |Download

• Stratford's Anzac Day commemorations
• Shakespeare Festival is back!
• Prospero Place upgrades
• Congrats to our newest NZ citizens
• Meeting Schedule - April

Please note, the Anzac Wreath Making Workshop is on Wednesday 23 April and not 22 April as it says in this issue of the Central Link. We apologise for the mistake!

Central Link 26 March | Download

• The April School Holiday Programme is out!
• ImPAWtant info to remember when walking your dog
• Composting workshop - interested?
• Do you need a kick up the arts?
• Get the Central Link by email
• Temporary Road Closure - Flint Road West
• Meeting Schedule - April

Central Link 19 March |Download

• Tougher water restrictions may be on the way, affecting commercial users too
• Overhanging plants? Time to trim!
• Thanks for making Colour in the Park so much fun
• Closure of section of Carrington Walkway Eastern Loop
• Meeting Schedule - March

Central Link 12 March | Download

• Fatbergs lurking under the streets
• Support available to 65 plus community members in need
• Rates rebates for low income homeowners
• Do you need a kick up the arts? Fund open!
• Temporary road closure on Junction Road cancelled
• Open for feedback
• Meeting Schedule March
• Are you up-to-date with water restriction info?

Central Link 5 March | Download

• Safety improvement plans for Stratford Primary School and neighbourhood open for feedback
• It's not too late to register for Colour in the Park!
• Local Water Done Well – Water Reforms update
• Get FUNDS for your next creative project!
• Urban kerb and channel spray round
• Meeting Schedule - March

Central Link 26 February | Download

• Make your final submission on draft Victoria Park Reserve Management Plan
• Bin not being emptied? Check these 2 things
• Free swim for Children's Day this Sunday
• Meeting schedule - March
• Te Matatini rōpū! Haere mai ki Whakaahurangi!

Central Link 19 February | Download

• Stratford celebrates Children's Day with free swim and colour run
• Americarna rolls into town on Friday. Are you ready?
• River is low. Conserve water.
• Temporary road closure - Junction Road
• Meeting schedules - February and March
• Check water quality before you jump in

Central Link 12 February |Download

• TSB Pool Complex demolition starting soon
• New members welcomed into Youth Council
• February Group Fitness timetable is here!
• February meeting schedule
• Are you up-to-date with water restriction info?

Central Link 5 February | Download

• Restricted fire season now in place. Get your permit for open-air fires
• Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga is coming soon. Are you ready?
• Waitangi Day opening hours
• Meeting Schedule for February
• Proposed temporary road closure - Anzac Day
• And more!