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23/11/2023

2023 Christmas Holidays and New Years service updates

December 2023 - January 2024

Changes to service over Christmas and New Year:


BRANCHES


Ashburton Office will be closed – 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st & 2nd Jan 2024

Frontload Services - will operate during the Xmas period 26th Dec – 30th Dec and 2nd Jan – 6th Jan

Gantry Services – will cease from 23rd Dec and resume on 4th Jan 2024.

 

Auckland Office will be closed – 25 Dec 2023 and 1st Jan 2024

Frontload Services – Will not operate on the 25th Dec and 1st Jan, any collections scheduled on either of these days will be completed the following day

Gantry Services and Huka Services – will not operate on the 25th Dec 2023 and 1st Jan 2024, any collections scheduled on either of these days will be completed on the following day

Scheduled Commercial Handybins will be completed as normal

Garden Wheelie service will operate one day delayed between 25th Dec – 6th Jan 2024.


Christchurch Office will be closed – 25th Dec & 26th Dec and 1st Jan & 2nd Jan

All services – Any services for Christmas day will be done on Saturday 23rd or if closed caught up on the 27th Dec.


Dunedin Office will be closed – 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

Gantry Services will not be operating on 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st & 2nd Jan 2024

Frontload and commercial handybin services will not be operating 25th Dec 2023

Residential Handybin services will not be operating 25th Dec 2023 – these services will be moved to Saturday 30th Dec 2023

Residential Handybin services will not be operating 1st Jan 2024 – these services will be moved to Saturday 6th Jan 2024.


Gisborne

Office will be closed - 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

No services will be operating on 26th & 27th Dec 2023 and 1st & 2nd Jan 2024.


Kapiti

Office will be closed – 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

No services will be operating on 25th Dec 2023 and the 1st Jan 2024.

 

Masterton Office will be closed – 25th Dec – 8th Jan 2024

Wheelie Bins – Due for collection on Monday 25th Dec will be done on Tuesday 26th Dec, all other days will operate as normal

– Due for collection on Monday 1st Jan will be done on Tuesday 2nd Jan, all other days will operate as normal

Frontload

– No collections on 26th Dec, normal collection 27th Dec –30th Dec

Gantry Services

– No collection on 27th Dec – 30th Dec, normal collections will resume on 3rd Jan.

 

Nelson

The office will be closed 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

All services will operate as normal.

 

New Plymouth

The office will be closed 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024.

 

Otorohanga

Office will be closed 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

All services will operate as normal.

The recycle centre will be closed on 25th Dec and 1st Jan.


Palmerston North & Wanganui

The office will be closed 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

All services booked for Monday 25th Dec will be completed on Saturday 23rd Dec

All services booked for Monday 1st January will be completed on Saturday 30th Dec.


Taupo

The office will be closed 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

All services will operate as normal with the exception of Christmas day.


Tauranga

Office will be closed – 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

Gantry services will not operate on 25th Dec – 27th Dec and 2nd – 3rd Jan. All other services will operate as normal.


Timaru

Office will be closed 25th & 26th Dec 2023 and 1st – 2nd Jan 2024

For our commercial customers Frontload services will not operate 25th Dec & 1st Jan.

Huka services will not operate between 24th Dec to 8th Jan.

 

Tokoroa

Office will be closed – 25th Dec – 4th Jan.

 

Waikato

Office will be closed – 25th & 26th Dec and 1st Jan & 2nd Jan

Gantry services will not operate on 25th – 26th Dec and 1st – 2nd Jan

All other services will operate as normal.


Lower Hutt, Porirua, Upper Hutt - Commercial and Residential

Monday 25th December – No collections. Please have your bin out Tuesday 26th Dec

Monday 1st January – No collections. Please have your bin out Tuesday 2nd January.


Wellington - Commercial and Residential

Monday 25th December – No collections. Please have your bin out Saturday 30th December

Monday 1st January – No collections. Please have your bin out Saturday 6th January.


Kapiti - Commercial and Residential

Monday 25th December – No collections. Please have your bin out Saturday 23rd December

Monday 1st January – No collections. Please have your bin out Saturday 30th December.



TRANSFER STATIONS


Hokitika

Closed 25th Dec, 26th Dec and 1st Jan


Onehunga (Pikes Point) - Auckland

Closed 25th Dec and 1st Jan


Mairangi Bay

Closed 24th & 25th Dec and 31st & 1st Jan


Patiki Road

Closed 24th & 25th Dec and 31st & 1st Jan


Wiri - Auckland

Closed 25th Dec and 1st Jan


Pukekohe - Franklin

Closed 24th & 25th Dec and 31st & 1st Jan


Palmerston North

Closed 25/26 Dec and 1st Jan

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