This page is owned by Waitomo District Council and is designed to inform our residents and ratepayers of the business of Waitomo District Council. It will keep you updated on decisions made by Council and provide general information on Council services and activities. We openly welcome your comments and ask that you are polite and respectful with your comments and views. We remind our local residents and ratepayers that this is not our only form of contact and we encourage people to phone, email, or visit us directly to discuss their concerns. If you have a specific query about a Council service or policy, we recommend that you contact us directly by phone or meet with you to help us get the details we need to respond. Once comments are posted, Waitomo District Council reserves the right to delete or ban users for comments, images or links: * abusive/ offensive language or content with malicious intent; * content that promotes discrimination on the basis of race, age, religion, gender, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation * sexual content or links to sexual content * encouragement of illegal activity * overly political statements * information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public system. * spam or include certain links to other sites; * continued effort to make off-topic comments on unrelated posts * personal attacks of any kind; * improper comments that target any ethnic, racial, or religious group; * infringe on copyrights or trademarks; * any other material we deem to be inappropriate; *'TROLLING' - will not be accepted. This is a term used for a person who purposefully attempts to aggravate, blame or direct abuse to get a response from you in order to inflame a situation further. Should a conversation be deemed by Council to be of a slanderous nature, Council reserves the right to remove the entire thread and block those who raise the issue again. We may not always be able to get back to you right away, if you need a faster response please phone our customer service call centre 0800 932 4357 any time day or night. We welcome your comments and encourage discussion. We ask you to remember that Facebook is public and to please be polite and respectful with your comments and views. We won't comment on political issues or get involved in debates. Many of our posts are of value to a wider audience, we encourage you to share on your networks and other local s. Council will block users who have already had one inappropriate post removed and make a second such post. If a comment is made which threatens violence of any sort, the user will be blocked from our page immediately and the threat will be reported to the police.