We want to ensure that our site is widely accessible. If you have any problems or difficulties using this site, please let us know by emailing webmaster@whakatane.govt.nz.

Adjusting the text size

You may be able to increase the size of the text on screen.

Internet Explorer 8.0+

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Text Size', and then your chosen size (or if you have a mouse wheel simply hold down CTRL and roll the mouse wheel to alter the text size). Alternatively, on the 'Page' menu select 'Zoom' and select the percentage increase or decrease you require.

Firefox 3.0+, Opera 7.0+

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Zoom', then select the percentage increase or decrease you require. Alternatively, select CTRL + or CTRL -.

Safari 1.2+ (Mac)

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Make Text Bigger' or 'Make Text Smaller'. Alternatively, select Command + or Command -.

Inverting colours

This website's colour scheme has been selected for optimal readability whether you invert the screen's colours or not.

Please note that if you use the "Smart Invert" feature introduced in iOS 11 for iPhones and iPads, this will not invert colours on images within this website. If you prefer to invert the colours on images as well, use "Classic Invert" instead.

Accessing documents

Most information on this website is provided as standard web pages (HTML format). Most documents, including our official publications, are in PDF format. To read and print PDF files, you'll need a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader.

If you have difficulty accessing a PDF-only publication, please email us at webmaster@whakatane.govt.nz to discuss alternative access options. Please include details of the document you want to access and the difficulty you are having.

Information held on external websites

When linking to information on other websites, we endeavour to link to standard web pages. If this is not possible, we may link directly to a PDF or Word document. These links will include the document format and file size in the link text.