Welcome to Wāhi Tukurua - Mercury Bay’s Resource Recovery Centre

Looking for the Whitianga Resource Recovery Centre?
You’ve found us! Wāhi Tukurua is Mercury Bay and Whitianga’s community resource recovery centre. We are located beside the Whitianga Refuse and Recycling Transfer Station on South Highway, Whitianga.

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Got items too good to throw away - Donate to us!

Signs in front of a building for TCDC Recycling and Transfer Station and Wāhi Tukura Resource Recovery Centre at 239 South Highway.

Got items too good to throw away?

Drop items off at our site Tuesday to Saturday 9am - 1pm.

Visit our shop Tuesday to Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm.

We’ve also got a truck ready to collect from your home, whether it’s a few bits or a whole house load. Book a pick up below. Your generosity directly benefits your neighbours and our shared environment.

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Looking for items? - Contacts us

- we might have something stashed away!

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Meaning: The place of reuse.

Wāhi: (noun) location, locality, place, part, piece, portion, section, share, segment, allocation.

Tukurua: (verb) (-tia) to repeat (an operation), do a second time, replicate, recycle, redo.

Text that reads "Wahi Tukura" in bold, white letters on a black background.

Mercury Bay’s Resource Recovery Centre

Many thanks to our partners & supporters

Logo for Pub Charity Limited featuring the words 'Pub Charity' and a four-leaf clover with green and red hearts.
Logo for Thames, Coromandel District Council featuring stylized green hills and blue water waves.
Logo for The Packaging Forum with colored bars in green, blue, light blue, yellow, and red.
Logo of The Mercury with the text 'The Mercury' in large white letters and 'Mercury Bay' in smaller white letters below, set against a blue gradient background.
Logo of the Ministry for the Environment, with their name in English and Māori.
Logo for Mercury Twin Cinemas with film strip design and colorful blocks.
Logo of ACTBAYS.NZ featuring a palm tree and stylized waves in teal and white.
Illustration of a seagull with outstretched wings and the words 'Seagull Centre' underneath.
Logo of CFM Coromandel featuring a stylized fish with headphones, a sun, and blue waves.
Logo for 'All About Whitianga Connected' with stylized text.