Bylaws
Bylaws under review
The following bylaws are currently under review:
- Alcohol Control Bylaw (due to be complete 2026)
Impact of Local Water Done Well
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 came into force in late August 2025. This means the proposed water parts of the 2025 Bylaw must now be reviewed under that Act.
Until such time as that occurs, the water-related Parts of the 2019 Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaw remain in force (Water Supply, Wastewater, and Trade Waste).
Ngā Ture ā-Rohe
Bylaws make sure that our community stays safe, healthy and vibrant. A bylaw controls things like:
- Licensing activities such as serving food, tattooing, and hairdressing that need to be done in a safe and responsible way.
- Making sure everyone knows the acceptable standard of behaviour in public places.
- Promoting a nuisance free environment, i.e. through rules on keeping animals.
- Making sure that the public can safely use public land.
All of our bylaws are available to download below or you can view hardcopies at:
- Masterton District Council, 161 Queen Street Masterton or
- Masterton Library, 54 Queen Street, Masterton.
Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaws
- 1 Introductory Bylaw - Part 1 (PDF, 349.6KB)
- 2 Public Places (including Parks and Reserves) Bylaw - Part 2 (PDF, 342.1KB)
- 3 Sale of Goods in Public Places Bylaw - Part 3 (PDF, 1.1MB)
- 4 Prevention of Nuisance or Health and Safety Risk from Fire or Smoke - Part 4 (PDF, 254.5KB)
- 5 Keeping of Animals Poultry and Bees Bylaw - Part 5 (PDF, 296.7KB)
- 6 Traffic Bylaw - Part 6 (PDF, 312.1KB)
- 6A Traffic Control Schedule Part6A (PDF, 813.9KB)
- 7 Cemeteries and Crematoria Bylaw - Part 7 (PDF, 331.5KB)
- 8 Beauty Therapy Tattooing and Skin Piercing Bylaw - Part 8 (PDF, 345.2KB)
- Trade Waste Bylaw (Part 9 of the 2019 Bylaw) (PDF, 505.8KB)
- Traffic Control Schedule - Part 6A.pdf (PDF, 775.3KB)
- Wastewater Bylaw (Part 8 of the 2019 Bylaw) (PDF, 404.8KB)
- Water Supply Bylaw (Part 5 of the 2019 Bylaw) (PDF, 419.2KB)
