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Gisborne District Council - Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti

Please phone us for anything urgent

Issues with essential services like drinking water, rubbish collection or to report animal control or excessive noise. 
Phone 0800 653 800 or (+64 06) 867 2049 any time day or night - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 
If you phone outside our business hours our after-hours provider will assist you.

If you're hearing or speech impaired the New Zealand Relay Service can support you to call us

Christmas/New Year hours and services

Contact us online

Contact us - Online Form »  Email us service@gdc.govt.nz » Media enquiry MediaEnquiry@gdc.govt.nz

GDC Fix is a smartphone app, it's the easy way to report issues to us.

If you spot something in our district such as a pothole, vandalism, litter or damaged footpath, you can report it instantly to us from a mobile phone.

The app identifies the location using the phone's GPS. It sends us an email from your email address, includes details about the issue and a photo. The more information that's provided helps us to locate the issue and investigate.

For anything urgent like animal control or noise happening now, please phone us 24/7 on ph: 0800 653 800.

Install the app on your phone

Install GDC Fix from the app store on your device:
Apple App Store or 
Google Play

Then to use the app to report something

Open the app
Tap 'Report it'
Pin the location on the map
Attach a photo
Fill in a few details and hit send.

You can also 'Check it' to see the progress of your report.

Our customer service counter hours are 9am - 4pm Monday to Friday

  • Our main administration municipal centre is Awarua, 15 Fitzherbert Street, Gisborne.

We have a service centre:

  • Te Puia Springs service centre - 4746 Waiapu Road, Te Puia Springs.
    Office hours 9am - 4pm.
Our postal address is:

PO Box 747, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand

Contact us

  • When something needs fixing or our attention
  • Or ask us a question

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