Long-Term Plan

Every three years we ask our community to give us feedback on our proposed plan for the next ten years. Your feedback helps us to shape our Long-Term Plan 2024-2034, which sets out our work and budget for the next decade.

In May we asked for your thoughts on a range of topics including:

• How we manage our reliance on external funding
• How we meet future legislative requirements regarding three waters
• Our inability to invest in critical infrastructure
• A potential rate rise

After hearing from you, the Council met to discuss the feedback and deliberate on a final Long-Term Plan. The council then adopted this final plan on 27 June 2024.

Our Long-Term Plan represents a three-year review of our council activities. It's been developed in response to your community's views, legislative changes from central government, and work required to achieve our environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeings.

Download the current Long-Term Plan 2024-34

Long-Term Plan 2021-2031

We remain reliant on external support from central government. Operating within these funding constraints, impacts on our ability to delivery expected services to our community. Our focus for the next ten years is to secure funding for key projects:

• Upgrading our three waters infrastructure at Waitangi for water and wastewater and Kaingaroa for water.
• Extending our waste management and minimisation facilities, including a sludge lagoon and new landfill development.
• Developing our roading infrastructure, including securing funding support for the Owenga wharf loading ramp and Strengthening the Kaingaroa wharf.

Download the Long-Term Plan 2021-31