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WAIKATO PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Waikato Plan Joint Committee to be held at 10:30am on 16 November 2015 at the Don Rowlands Event Centre - 601 Maungatautari Rd, Cambridge. VRJ Payne Chief Executive Officer Waikato Regional Council RECOMMENDATIONS contained in reports are NOT to be construed as Joint Committee decisions. Matters requiring a DECISION (where the Joint Committee does not have power to act) will be reported to the member Councils for RESOLUTION. MEMBERS: OBSERVERS: Ten (10) local government members from the following constituent local authorities within the Waikato region Chairperson Margaret Devlin Hamilton City Council, Mayor J Hardaker, alternate Cr M Gallagher Hauraki District Council, Mayor Tregidga, alternate Deputy Mayor B Gordon Matamata-Piako District Council, Cr L Tisch, Mayor J Barnes Otorohanga District Council, Mayor M Baxter, alternate Cr R Klos South Waikato District Council, Mayor N Sinclair, alternate Cr H van Rooijen Taupo District Council, Cr R Jollands, Cr A Park Waikato District Council, Mayor Sanson, alternate Cr W Hayes Waikato Regional Council, Chairperson P Southgate, alternate Cr B Simcock Waipa District Council, Mayor J Mylchreest, alternate Cr C St Pierre Waitomo District Council Mayor B Hanna, alternate Cr A Goddard Five (5) non-local government members B Gatenby M Spaans S Wilson M Ingle Thames-Coromandel District Council Bob Simcock, Waikato District Health Board Richard Ward, National Infrastructure Unit, Treasury Harry Wilson, New Zealand Transport Agency 1

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WAIKATO PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE

Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Waikato Plan Joint Committee to be held at 10:30am on 16 November 2015 at the Don Rowlands Event Centre - 601 Maungatautari Rd,Cambridge.

VRJ Payne Chief Executive Officer Waikato Regional Council

RECOMMENDATIONS contained in reports are NOT to be construed as Joint Committee decisions. Matters requiring a DECISION (where the Joint Committee does not have power to act) will be reported to the member Councils for RESOLUTION.

MEMBERS:

OBSERVERS:

Ten (10) local government members from the following constituent local authorities within the Waikato region

Chairperson Margaret Devlin

Hamilton City Council,Mayor J Hardaker, alternate Cr M GallagherHauraki District Council, Mayor Tregidga, alternate Deputy Mayor B GordonMatamata-Piako District Council,Cr L Tisch, Mayor J BarnesOtorohanga District Council,Mayor M Baxter, alternate Cr R KlosSouth Waikato District Council,Mayor N Sinclair, alternate Cr H van RooijenTaupo District Council,Cr R Jollands, Cr A ParkWaikato District Council, Mayor Sanson, alternate Cr W HayesWaikato Regional Council, Chairperson P Southgate, alternate Cr B SimcockWaipa District Council,Mayor J Mylchreest, alternate Cr C St PierreWaitomo District Council Mayor B Hanna, alternate Cr A Goddard

Five (5) non-local government membersB GatenbyM SpaansS WilsonM Ingle

Thames-Coromandel District CouncilBob Simcock, Waikato District Health Board Richard Ward, National Infrastructure Unit, Treasury Harry Wilson, New Zealand Transport Agency

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ADVISORS/ STAFF:

Project Advisors (K Tremaine and B Wasley), Democracy Advisor (AWilliams, Waikato Regional Council), Technical Leader (H Windle)

APOLOGIES:

Pages 1 Confirmation of Agenda

2 Disclosures of Interest

Any disclosures of interest relating to the agenda items for this meeting.

SECTION A: (UNDER DELEGATION FOR THE INFORMATION OF COUNCIL)

3 Confirmation of Previous Minutes File: 03 04 32 (Doc # 3511316)

Minutes of the Waikato Plan Joint Committee meeting of 14 September 2015 (Doc # 3511316) to be received for confirmation as a true and correct record.

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4 Waikato Plan Bimonthly Report File: 03 04 32 (Doc # 3605899)

This report provides the Waikato Plan Joint Committee with an update on and seek input into key areas of the Waikato Plan project

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5 Waikato Plan Draft Strategic Direction File: 03 04 32 (Doc # 3605898)

This report provides the Waikato Plan Joint Committee with an overview of the draft strategic direction being developed for the Waikato Plan for discussion.

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Doc # 3604630

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WAIKATO PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE

Minutes of the Waikato Plan Joint Committee held at Council Chambers, Waipa District Council, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu on 14 September 2015 at 9.30am.

VRJ Payne Chief Executive Officer Waikato Regional Council

RECOMMENDATIONS contained in reports are NOT to be construed as Joint Committee decisions. Matters requiring a DECISION (where the Joint Committee does not have power to act) will be reported to the member Councils for RESOLUTION.

MEMBERS:

OBSERVERS:

Ten (10) local government members from the following constituent local authorities within the Waikato region

Chairperson Margaret Devlin

Hamilton City Council,Mayor J HardakerHauraki District Council,Deputy Mayor B GordonMatamata-Piako District Council,Mayor J BarnesOtorohanga District Council,Mayor M BaxterSouth Waikato District Council,Mayor N SinclairTaupo District Council,Cr A ParkWaikato District Council,Mayor A SansonWaikato Regional Council,Chairperson P SouthgateWaipa District Council,Mayor J MylchreestWaitomo District CouncilMayor B Hanna

Non-local government membersB GatenbyS WilsonM Ingle

Thames-Coromandel District CouncilBob Simcock, Waikato District Health BoardRichard Ward, National Infrastructure Unit, TreasuryHarry Wilson, New Zealand Transport Agency

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IN ATTENDANCE

B Bowcott, Susan Henderson (Hamilton City Council), C Mischewski (Hauraki District Council), M Staines-Hawthorne (Matamata-Piako District Council), Cr R Klos (Otorohanga District Council), N Carroll (Taupo District Council), G Ion – Chief Executive, V Ramduny (Waikato District Council), T May, U Trebilco (Waikato Regional Council), G Dyett – Chief Executive, Cr C St Pierre, Gary Knighton (Waipa District Council)

ADVISORS/ STAFF:

K Tremaine (Project Advisor), G Cannon (Democracy Advisor), H Windle (Technical Advisor),

APOLOGIES: M Spaans (Non-local government member), Mayor D Trewavas (Taupo District Council), Mayor J Tregidga (Hauraki District Council), B Wasley (Project Advisor)

Confirmation of Agenda (Agenda item 1)

RESOLVED THAT the agenda of the Waikato Plan Joint Committee meeting of 14 September 2015 be confirmed as the business for the meeting.

Moved Mayor M Mylchreest/seconded Mayor J Barnes

The motion was put and carried (WSP15/24)

Disclosures of Interest (Agenda item 2)

The Chair disclosed her membership of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board in relation to agenda item 4.

There were no other disclosures of interest made.

Confirmation of Previous Minutes (Agenda item 3)

The Chair noted that the minutes of the meeting held on 24 July 2015 had been circulated to members.

RESOLVED THAT the minutes of the Waikato Plan Joint Committee held on 24 July 2015 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

Moved Chair M Devlin/seconded Cr A Park

The motion was put and carried (WSP15/25)

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Update from the National Infrastructure Unit, Treasury (Agenda Item 4)

R Ward (National Infrastructure Unit (NIU)) provided a comprehensive report of the Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan (NIP) and its relevance to the Waikato Plan. The background to this presentation was contained in paragraph 2 of the Waikato Plan: Bimonthly Report (Agenda Item 6). A presentation document was tabled.

In speaking to the presentation, the following points were noted:

The NIU was established in 2009 and was informed by the National Infrastructure Advisory Board of eight, which included the Chair of the Waikato Plan Joint Committee, M Devlin.

There was a clear alignment between the objectives of the NIP and the Waikato Plan (WP).

In the three years to June 2014, Government had added almost $16 billion of assets to its books.

In addition to the NIP, the Business Growth Agenda (BGA) was another key Central Government document relating to infrastructure. The two documents informed how Central Government thought about infrastructure and had a strong evidence base.

The purpose of the NIP was to set a marker for where Government was and map where it wanted to go. The focus was on the better use of existing infrastructure and wise future investment.

The challenges for the NIP and the WP were similar. The NIP identified three areas of focus to address these challenges:

o Determining levels of service. This incorporated a number of elements, including effective collaboration.

o Mature asset management, including a stronger understanding of the resilience of infrastructure networks.

o Optimised decision making. A focus for the Waikato region was the importance of a predictable regulatory system that provided businesses and people with the confidence to innovate, invest in capital, develop skills and take risks.

The NIP was actions focused. Eight ‘Anchor Actions’ were identified. NIU would not lead them all, but would provide support.

The NIP had progressed from being a ‘stock take’ to being a ‘call for action’.It was noted that the NIP was ‘light’ in addressing the role of the Maori economy and its importance to national infrastructure. This was an area of growing importance and would be a focus over the next few years.

During questions, answers and associated discussion, the following points were noted by the Committee:

The point of difference for the NIP was a move away from the previous silo approach. It addressed large and complex systems involving central, regional and local government. The NIP was intended to create a long term, co-ordinated approach for the management of valuable assets and change complex systems in a common sense way.

There were many common themes between the NIP and the WP.

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Waikato Plan: Priority Area Project Plans File: 03 34 32 (Agenda item 5)

Presented by K Tremaine (Project Advisor) this report provided the Committee with drafts of the three project plans which had been identified as the priorities for the Waikato Plan. The report was taken as read.

In speaking to the report, the following points were noted:

The three projects would become the ‘flagship projects’ for the WP. They were aligned with central government thinking, harnessed work that was already underway within the region and identified work that could be done concurrently.

Appendix two of the report had a regulatory focus and looked at how to lower compliance costs and produce better results. The emphasis was on working effectively within existing processes.

There was a focus on the issues and challenges created by population change within the region. The ‘Hamilton as the Waikato Centre Project Plan’ was identified, but it was important to look at this in a spatial context. The focus was not solely on Hamilton.

Connectivity within the region was important.

During questions, answers and associated discussion, the following points were noted by the Committee:

The Committee was well placed to discuss at a national level the need to open up the Southern Links into and out of the region. This was an important consideration in terms of connectivity and spatial planning.

There was a lot of innovation occurring with freight consolidation, including the use of inland ports. It was important to make use of the opportunities that already exist for the intermodal movements of the freight within the region. Hamilton was the centre of the region in terms of freight movements.

There was a need for a piece of work that focused on community engagement to ensure that communities understood that the focus of the new streamlined process was on using existing opportunities. There was a need to clarify the Committee’s focus as it related to population change. Was it to work with the existing trends or try to change them? Itwas important that this discussion was framed correctly. It was commented that the focus should be on ensuring that communities had access to good quality social services, wherever they lived within the region.

The migration from Auckland into the Waikato region was discussed. It was not possible to predict whether the current migration levels would continue as these trends were cyclic. A long term view was required to avoid an overreaction to the issue.

There was a need to focus on how the WP could influence innovation and address challenges by taking advantage of the opportunities that already exist within the region. A work steam focusing on the vision of the WP was required that identified the region’s identity, values and strengths.

It was important to decide on a tool that would encourage conversation between Councils and help to develop a horizontal process for spatial planning within the region.

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There was a concern that iwi planning was not being included at the level contemplated at the Karapiro Workshop in June 2015. Rather than solely focusing on central and local government, strong community/iwi engagement and planning was needed to ensure that the scope of the WP created benefit for the region as a whole. It was likely that many of the ‘solution finders’ within the region did not hold official office or positions.The WP should enable these people.

It was important that the region had one clear voice in its conversations with Central Government. There was a concern that the three Project Plans had an economic focus and did not address all of the four well beings. This would be discussed further when the Committee addressed the scope of the WP. Consideration of the four well beings needed to be taken into account when developing the model of engagement with stakeholders.

RESOLVED THAT the Waikato Plan Joint Committee: 1. Notes the context of the three Project Plans attached at Appendix 1 to the

report. 2. Discuss the Project Plans attached as Appendices 2-4 to the report. 3. Agree to the three priority areas proceeding in accordance with the

Project Plans.

Moved Mayor B Hanna/seconded Mayor M Baxter seconded

The motion was put and carried (WSP15/26)

Waikato Plan: Bimonthly Report File: 03 04 32 (Agenda item 3502401)

Presented by K Tremaine (Project Advisor) this report provided the Committee with an update on and sought input into key areas of the Waikato Plan Project. The report highlighted the activities to date including a revised project timeline. The report was taken as read.

During questions, answers and associated discussion, the following points were noted by the Committee:

The need for an iwi forum was noted. In a post-settlement environment, it was important to work with iwi to ensure that investment remained within local communities. Chair Devlin advised that she had been in discussion with Waikato Tainui regarding a hui to discuss iwi engagement.

Forum members would be appointed by the Chief Executives Steering Group. The Committee would be advised of the appointments to the fora with an invitation for feedback on any perceived gaps.

There would be engagement with the “Waikato Means Business” forum.

RESOLVED THAT the Waikato Plan Joint Committee: 1. Note the emphasis and direction of the 30 Year National Infrastructure

Plan and the future opportunities it provides us to achieve Waikato Plan Central Government alignment.

2. Agree the approach proposed for communications.

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3. Note the update on the Forums. 4. Agree the scope of the risks and note the additional work required before

these can be effectively monitored. 5. Note and agree the proposed timeframes for the Waikato Plan project set

out in section 6 of the report. 6. Note the funds available for project completion as set out in section 7 of

the report.

Moved Mayor A Sanson/Chair M Devlin seconded

Mayor J Hardaker did not support the timeframes referred to in section 6 of the report.

The motion was put and carried (WSP15/27)

Meeting closed at 10.55am

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TO: Waikato Plan Joint Committee

FROM: Bill Wasley and Ken Tremaine (Independent Advisers)

DATE: 16 November 2015

SUBJECT: Waikato Plan Bimonthly Report

1. Purpose

The purpose of this report is to provide the Waikato Plan Joint Committee with an update on and seek input into key areas of the Waikato Plan project.

2. Update on the Project Plans

Project Plans have been developed for the following priority areas which were taken from the headline strengths, challenges and opportunities:

1. Maximising opportunities, including investment, through aligned planning2. Population Change – Growth and Decline3. Hamilton as the Waikato centre for innovation, employment and services, with a mutually

beneficial economic relationship with the region’s rural areas

The project plans were approved by the Joint Committee at its 14 September 2015 meeting.

The three project plans have determined particular short-term areas of focus as well as some medium and longer term initiatives.

The Aligned Planning project will concentrate on resource consent processing as a short term action with other areas for further investigation in the medium to longer term identified through an action plan.

The Population Change project is focussed on rural decline with identified short term options of local government service delivery funding in areas of decline and key Government service retention and development in the Waikato. The key project to be advanced is still being confirmed but is likely to involve using the full potential of Ultra-Fast Broadband. This will look at South-Waikato District in the first instance before considering what is happening in other areas of the region. Our aim is to have South-Waikato District Council scoping and leading this work with our assistance. It is important with this particular priority area that we have one of the Waikato Plan partners leading it.

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The Hamilton as the Waikato Centre project is focussing on opportunities to enhance Hamilton’s role set within the context of the wider region. The short term initiatives include consideration of freight hubs, key infrastructure projects (Southern Links, road/rail integration) and other innovation projects linked to the rural economy. All projects are expected to have draft actions and a plan for moving forward by the end of the year. It is anticipated that these reports will be reviewed and adopted by the Joint Committee at its February 2016 meeting.

3. Background Research Two significant pieces of work have been completed for the Waikato Plan project, these are:

Strategic Interventions to Population Decline (including a separate report on the Waikato Scenario) – Rachael McMillan Rural-Urban Linkages – Dovetail

These two pieces of work form important background information for two of our priority area projects. A short summary of these two research projects is provided below. This was requested at the previous meeting.

Strategic Interventions to Population Decline1

This research paper outlines how depopulation typically occurs at a subnational level before becoming a national issue and that it has profound impacts at the regional level. Decline presents both threats and opportunities to regional areas. The causes are often a complex interplay of local, regional, national and international influences and drivers. Governments and planners have yet to learn how to manage population decline as it does not occur in a uniform manner at the local level, and institutional arrangements and the legal framework are geared for a growth paradigm.

There is a symbiotic relationship between the regions and the cities. Regional policy trends are shifting away from single sectors to cooperative, multi-actor approaches that deal with place-based issues.

There are only three possibly policy responses to population decline:

Non-intervention – choosing not to acknowledge population decline or being aware but doing nothing

Countering or strategic intervention – trying to stimulate population growth

Accepting the decline and managing both it and the consequences

Strategies can cover five main policy sectors: governance, planning, economic, promotion and social.

1 McMillan R (2015), University of Waikato, Hamilton

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The key findings for countering strategies are that they are able to slow population decline but this is dependent on the location, economic and demographic context of each community. Population decline is unbeatable in places where the underlying economic and demographic drivers are too strong. None of the accepting strategies that were identified were able to stop population decline; it is easier to achieve improved quality of life than to slow population decline.

The key strategies for success outlined in the literature and case studies, which were apparent across all countries, are as follows:

The report has found that the most appropriate response to a scenario where places are growing and peripheral areas are not, is to adopt a pragmatic response that uses elements from both countering and accepting initiatives. For some areas both the long term and short term drivers of decline can be too strong to adopt a plan of regeneration.

A pragmatic plan uses the best of both countering and accepting strategies in an approach that focuses on positive change while acknowledging that success may be measured in quality of life, a healthy environment and high quality amenities rather than increasing economic outcomes.

Rural-Urban Linkages2

The report explores the relationships between urban and rural economies and has found that for the Waikato region, there are a range of relationships between Hamilton, smaller towns and rural areas.

The key findings are:

Rural and urban production may be more independent of each other in regions such as the Waikato than is the case in Europe.

Links between the Waikato and other regions may be at least as important as rural-urban linkages within the region.

2 Rural-Urban Linkages – Literature Review for the Waikato Spatial Plan, Dovetail, March 2015

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There are major global forces impacting on rural and urban areas that local people cannot change

The report notes that there is currently an interest in ‘place-based development’, which has broadened the previous focus of policy makers on competitive cities, and has moved away from the traditional redistributive emphasis on trying to lift up lagging regions.

Place based development includes policies designed to strengthen the institutional links between regions (such as the Upper North Island Strategic Alliance) and between rural and urban areas within regions (such as the Waikato Spatial Plan). Such institutional partnerships are particularly useful in developing joint policies and decisions across rural and urban development, where there are:

Common issues facing all areas Network infrastructure issues that are intrinsically regional or even national Spillover issues (where activity or policy in one area impacts other areas) Benefits in having consistent policies

However, the report notes that inter-regional and regional approaches will not be suitable for everything. Different policies are required to “unshackle” the benefits of high growth areas, than are needed to grow the productivity of middling areas. Meanwhile for some local areas facing de-population, policies to “manage decline” while maintaining quality of life will be most helpful. Waikato’s different sub-regional areas may wish to group together around such packages of policy (such as the Future Proof strategy).

Many place based policies are custom designed at a much smaller scale by local people to address unique local challenges and opportunities. Such policies are just as important to the Waikato, with its 11 local bodies and the diversity of their circumstances.

Growth Scenarios

At the last Joint Committee meeting the issue of different future growth scenarios for the Waikato was raised. If undertaken properly this is a significant piece of work. We are of the view that this should be considered as part of the Connections and Relationships focus area in the Strategic Directions document. This focus area looks at the impact of Auckland’s growth on the Waikato as well as other inter-regional, national and international influences.

4. Communications The Waikato Plan website is in the process of being updated to reflect the new direction of the project.

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A decision has been made that at this stage we will not actively release comms material unless we have something specific to report on and communicate with the public and our stakeholders about. A newsletter is also being worked on. This is likely to be released following the 11 November Joint Committee meeting. It will also cover the three project plan areas from the 14 September meeting.

5. Forums A Strategic Partners Forum is in the process of being set up. Invitations to the first Forum meeting have been sent out for the first meeting in December.

At the last Joint Committee meeting it was also agreed that a Government Advisory Forum would be set up. There is already an Intersect Waikato group which involves the Chief Executives and managers of various Government departments and a Waikato local government Chief Executive representative. We will use this group initially rather than setting up a whole new forum in order to seek input into the Waikato Plan and to advise Government departments on the project.

6. Recommendations That the Waikato Plan Chief Executives Steering Group:

1. Note the update on the priority area project plans. 2. Note the summary provided of the two recent background research documents. 3. Note the update on communications. 4. Note that a Waikato Plan Strategic Partners Forum will have its first meeting in December. 5. Agree that the Intersect Waikato group be used initially instead of setting up a new

Government Advisory Forum.

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TO: Waikato Plan Joint Committee

FROM: Bill Wasley and Ken Tremaine (Independent Advisers)

DATE: 16 November 2015

SUBJECT: Waikato Plan Draft Strategic Direction

1. Purpose

The purpose of this report is to provide the Waikato Plan Joint Committee with an overview of the draft strategic direction being developed for the Waikato Plan. A separate presentation will be given which will overview the strategic direction. At this stage the draft is for early discussion and input only and it is still a work-in-progress, however in order for us to meet our drafting timeframes we need a confirmation from the Joint Committee that we are heading in the right direction.

2. Context and Background

At the Karapiro workshop and at the subsequent Joint Committee meetings in July and September, it was agreed that a Strategic Direction for the Waikato Plan would be developed as part of stages 1 – 3 of the project. Attached as Appendix 1 is the Waikato Plan process jigsaw which demonstrates the various project stages and timeframes.

The project team has been working on a draft strategic direction. This has been discussed with the Chief Executives Steering Group as well as the council staff Technical Group.

We are now at the stage where we want to have informal commitment from the Joint Committee members on the scope of the Strategic Direction.

A draft Waikato Plan contents outline has also been prepared so that the Committee can see how everything fits together. We would like the Joint Committee to resolve in principle on the way forward so that we can start drafting the strategic direction component of the Waikato Plan document. This can then be presented to the February 2016 meeting of the Joint Committee.

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3. Waikato Plan Strategic Direction Attached to this report as Appendices 2 and 3 is the draft Strategic Direction which will form a major part of the Waikato Plan.

The Strategic Direction contains five focus areas:

Our People and Communities Our Connections and Relationships (including urban-rural connections) Our Environment Our Economy Iwi

The first page in Appendix 2 is an overview document which provides a summary of the Strategic Direction by setting out:

A high level aim for each focus area ‘What we are aiming for’ – these are the long-term outcomes we are seeking ‘What will we do to get there?’ – the broad actions that will need to be undertaken ‘Making it happen’ – the things that will enable the implementation of our outcomes (eg infrastructure investment, leadership / partnerships)

The second document in Appendix 3 is the detail which sits behind the summary sheet. This includes other information such as current trends, how we will develop the broad actions, who will do it, what is already happening and links to the evidence base. This document is still being worked on but is intended to provide a guide to the Joint Committee on the type of initiatives we are looking at. The ‘How?’ column in particular is still evolving and will be a work in progress as this will eventually lead to the actions for the Waikato Plan. It is the ‘what we are aiming for’ and ‘what we will do to get there’ columns that we would like the Joint Committee to concentrate on.

Attached as Appendix 4 is a draft Waikato Plan contents outline. This has been divided into two parts – the first being the Strategic Direction and the upfront contextual material, the second being the implementation of the Waikato Plan with more detail on how the Strategic Direction will be delivered.

We have also been having discussions with colleagues on how the Waikato Plan best reflects the aspirations of the Waikato Story and Waikato Means Business. It is important that we add value to both of these initiatives without duplicating. Care will be taken during the strategic directions drafting to ensure that this doesn’t happen.

4. Recommendations That the Waikato Plan Joint Committee:

1. Discuss the draft Waikato Plan Strategic Direction approach and the proposed contents outline attached as Appendices 2, 3 and 4.

2. Agree in principle that the Strategic Direction will be used as the basis for the project team to start drafting the Waikato Plan.

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Stage 4: Spatial Plan Draft for Consultation, Hearings and Final Adoption

February – April 2017

Stage 5: Waikato Plan Implementation Arrangements

and Actions

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Stage 3: Spatial Plan Dvlp & Adoption of

Strategic Direction Doc Parallel Implementation

March – September 2016

Stage 2: Wider Plan Structure & Agreeing Strategic Direction Document November 2015 – February 2016

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2013 - 2015

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Stage 1: Project Scope,

Priorities & Strategic Direction

July – December 2015

Appendix 1: Waikato Plan Process Jigsaw

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ds

are

met

for h

ealth

y an

d ha

ppy

lives

” “M

axim

ise

the

valu

e of

our

loca

tion

and

rela

tions

hips

” “P

rote

ct a

nd u

tilis

e ou

r uni

que

envi

ronm

ent b

oth

for i

ts in

trin

sic

and

econ

omic

val

ue”

“Pro

mot

e a

stro

ng a

nd g

row

ing

cent

re

surr

ound

ed b

y su

stai

nabl

e co

mm

uniti

es a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ru

ral l

and”

“Suc

cess

fully

par

tner

ing

with

Mao

ri/Iw

i to

ens

ure

that

thei

r asp

iratio

ns a

re

give

n ef

fect

to”

Wha

t thi

s mea

ns:

Com

mun

ities

ack

now

ledg

e an

d ta

keop

port

uniti

es to

ada

pt to

thei

r agi

ngan

d ch

angi

ng p

opul

atio

ns.

Com

mun

ities

hav

e ac

cess

to th

ese

rvic

es th

ey n

eed.

Com

mun

ities

add

ress

the

need

s of a

llpa

rts o

f soc

iety

.Co

mm

uniti

es id

entif

y, p

rom

ote

and

enha

nce

thei

r uni

que

loca

l ide

ntiti

es.

Com

mun

ities

hav

e a

rang

e of

qua

lity

and

affo

rdab

le h

ousin

g ch

oice

s.O

ur a

rts a

nd c

ultu

res a

re e

mbr

aced

, and

ther

efor

e th

rive,

uni

te a

nd e

nhan

ce th

eco

mm

unity

.

The

regi

on m

axim

ises t

he e

cono

mic

and

soci

al b

enef

its o

f our

urb

an-r

ural

conn

ectio

ns (i

nclu

ding

opp

ortu

nitie

s and

syne

rgie

s bet

wee

n pl

aces

).In

vest

men

t is a

ligne

d w

ith o

ur lo

cal

stre

ngth

s and

opt

imise

d th

roug

h th

epr

ovisi

on o

f ser

vice

s and

faci

litie

s.Th

e re

gion

’s ro

le in

the

Upp

er N

orth

Isla

nd’s

‘gol

den

tria

ngle

’ is e

xpan

ded.

The

Wai

kato

’s n

atio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal

conn

ectio

ns a

re e

xpan

ded.

The

Wai

kato

’s re

puta

tion

as a

wel

com

ing

and

reso

urce

ful h

ub is

enh

ance

d.Th

e W

aika

to is

kno

wn

for i

ts e

ffect

ive

colla

bora

tion

and

part

ners

hip

build

ing

appr

oach

.Th

e re

gion

’s ro

le in

the

prov

isio

n of

spor

tsan

d re

crea

tion

faci

litie

s is e

nhan

ced

and

expa

nded

Wai

kato

’s b

iodi

vers

ity a

nd u

niqu

een

viro

nmen

ts a

re v

alue

d by

our

com

mun

ities

.N

atur

al re

sour

ces a

nd fu

nctio

ns v

ital t

oth

e cu

rren

t and

futu

re e

cono

my

(and

peop

le’s

wel

lbei

ng b

oth

now

and

in th

efu

ture

) are

pro

tect

ed a

nd e

nhan

ced.

Uni

que

and

icon

ic fe

atur

es a

re v

alue

d,m

anag

ed, m

arke

ted

and

expe

rienc

ed.

Wat

er is

reco

gnise

d as

a sc

arce

reso

urce

and

is p

rote

cted

, man

aged

, its

qual

ity im

prov

ed a

nd sh

ared

with

in th

eW

aika

to.

Clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd n

atur

al h

azar

ds a

rem

anag

ed c

onsis

tent

ly a

nd is

sues

addr

esse

d.Pr

oduc

tive

rura

l lan

d is

prot

ecte

d fo

rpr

oduc

tive

use.

Wai

kato

is a

resp

onsiv

e re

gion

that

supp

orts

exi

stin

g bu

sines

ses t

o gr

ow, a

ndat

trac

ts n

ew b

usin

ess.

A pr

ospe

rous

and

gro

win

g Ha

milt

on is

supp

orte

d as

the

cent

re o

f a st

rong

Regi

on.

Prod

uctiv

e ru

ral l

and

is pr

otec

ted

and

rura

l ind

ustr

ies a

re su

ppor

ted

as th

eec

onom

ic d

river

for t

he re

gion

.W

aika

to’s

tow

ns, v

illag

es a

nd ru

ral

com

mun

ities

are

eco

nom

ical

lysu

stai

nabl

e.Th

e re

gion

’s g

row

th c

ontr

ibut

es to

impr

oved

livi

ng st

anda

rds.

Mor

e pe

ople

trav

el to

the

Wai

kato

toen

joy

our u

niqu

e va

lue

prop

ositi

on.

Iwi h

ave

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

retu

rnho

me

to th

eir r

ohe.

Part

ners

hips

with

Māo

ri/Iw

i are

deve

lope

d, a

s Māo

ri/Iw

i hav

e un

ique

adva

ntag

es a

s Tān

gata

Whe

nua,

acco

mpa

nied

with

a lo

ng-t

erm

com

mitm

ent t

o th

e fu

ture

of t

here

gion

and

its p

eopl

e.As

pira

tions

of M

aori/

Iwi a

rere

cogn

ised

and

supp

orte

d.

Wha

t will

we

do to

ge

t the

re?

(Bro

ad A

ctio

ns –

pr

ojec

t lev

el si

ts

unde

r the

se a

nd is

de

taile

d on

the

indi

vidu

al A

3s –

se

e Ap

pend

ix 3

)

Prov

ide

acce

ss to

dur

able

and

fit-

for-

purp

ose

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd se

rvic

es: T

he

natu

re a

nd sc

ale

of d

eman

d, a

nd

com

mun

ities

’ abi

lity

to p

ay, a

re li

kely

to

chan

ge o

ver t

ime

and

we

need

to a

dapt

to

this.

Targ

et in

vest

men

t app

ropr

iate

ly: D

eter

min

e an

d ag

ree

whe

re c

entr

al g

over

nmen

t, lo

cal

gove

rnm

ent a

nd co

mm

unity

inve

stm

ent i

s bes

t sp

ent t

o m

axim

ise it

s ben

efit

to th

e en

tire

regi

on.

Prot

ect e

cosy

stem

s: N

atur

al re

sour

ces a

re

prot

ecte

d to

gro

w th

e ec

onom

y an

d en

hanc

e th

e w

ellb

eing

of t

he W

aika

to

peop

le a

nd p

lace

s.

Be b

usin

ess f

riend

ly: R

egul

ator

y sy

stem

s are

st

ream

lined

and

eas

y to

use

, and

loca

l and

ce

ntra

l gov

ernm

ent a

re e

asy

to w

ork

with

.

Iwi a

re e

nabl

ed to

live

, wor

k, le

arn

and

play

with

in th

eir o

wn

rohe

.

Alig

n pl

anni

ng: b

etw

een

serv

ice

prov

ider

s, no

n-go

vern

men

t org

anisa

tions

, loc

al a

nd

cent

ral g

over

nmen

t.

Leve

rage

our

loca

tion:

Mak

e th

e be

st u

se o

f ou

r loc

atio

n in

the

Uppe

r Nor

th Is

land

. Re

cogn

ise

and

prot

ect o

ur p

oint

s of

diffe

renc

e: P

rote

ct n

atur

al la

ndsc

apes

and

un

ique

feat

ures

that

are

impo

rtan

t to

the

regi

on (i

nclu

ding

thro

ugh

kaiti

aki).

Enha

nce

Ham

ilton

’s ro

le a

s the

cen

tre

of th

e Re

gion

: Ens

ure

Ham

ilton

con

tinue

s to

grow

as

the

cent

re fo

r hea

lth, e

duca

tion,

kno

wle

dge,

m

anuf

actu

ring,

frei

ght a

nd lo

gist

ics.

The

Wai

kato

Pla

n pr

ovid

es M

aori/

Iwi

with

an

oppo

rtun

ity to

exp

ress

thei

r as

pira

tions

for t

he re

gion

and

thei

r pe

ople

. Bu

ild lo

cal i

dent

ity: I

dent

ify a

nd b

uild

on

plac

es’ p

oint

s of d

iffer

ence

. Ca

pita

lise

on th

e W

aika

to’s

rela

tions

hip

with

Au

ckla

nd: M

anag

e iss

ues a

nd se

ek

oppo

rtun

ities

in a

col

labo

rativ

e, m

utua

lly

bene

ficia

l man

ner.

Valu

e ph

ysic

al a

nd n

atur

al re

sour

ces:

Pr

otec

t and

man

age

thes

e fo

r the

futu

re.

Prot

ect r

ural

land

from

inap

prop

riate

de

velo

pmen

t: Pr

otec

t prim

ary

prod

uctio

n,

whi

ch is

an

econ

omic

driv

er fo

r the

ent

ire

regi

on.

Take

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

build

and

ca

pita

lise

on p

artn

ersh

ips w

ith Iw

i.

Activ

ely

wor

k to

clo

se th

e ga

p be

twee

n ch

angi

ng h

ouse

hold

size

and

mar

ket

prov

ision

.

Grow

our

inte

rnat

iona

l con

nect

ions

: Ide

ntify

an

d pr

ogre

ss o

ppor

tuni

ties t

hat w

ill g

row

our

ke

y se

ctor

s.

Cons

ider

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd n

atur

al

haza

rds:

Ens

ure

that

info

rmat

ion

on c

limat

e ch

ange

and

nat

ural

haz

ards

info

rms

deci

sion

mak

ing.

Add

regi

onal

val

ue: B

uild

on

our e

cono

mic

stre

ngth

s and

att

ract

new

bus

ines

s to

the

regi

on.

Enab

le h

ousi

ng c

hoic

e: W

ork

with

cen

tral

go

vern

men

t, lo

cal g

over

nmen

t and

oth

er

hous

ing

prov

ider

s to

ensu

re th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

app

ropr

iate

hou

sing.

Prot

ect o

ur k

ey c

orrid

ors:

Ens

ure

natio

nal a

nd

regi

onal

stra

tegi

c co

rrid

ors a

re a

ppro

pria

tely

pr

otec

ted.

Iden

tify

busi

ness

gro

wth

are

as: A

gree

and

su

ppor

t the

se re

gion

ally

. In

crea

se v

isito

r num

bers

to th

e re

gion

.

Ensu

re a

rts a

nd c

ultu

re fa

cilit

ies a

re

prov

ided

for:

Prov

ide

fit-fo

r-pu

rpos

e an

d af

ford

able

faci

litie

s for

art

s, he

ritag

e an

d cu

lture

.

Enha

nce

colla

bora

tion

and

part

ners

hips

: Bui

ld

on o

ur st

rong

hist

ory

of jo

intly

add

ress

ing

prob

lem

s and

wor

king

toge

ther

.

1 The

mos

t app

ropr

iate

term

inol

ogy

is st

ill b

eing

wor

ked

on fo

r thi

s sec

tion

(ie iw

i, tā

ngat

a w

henu

a or

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ri)

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7

Wha

t will

we

do to

get

ther

e?

How

? W

ho w

ill d

o it?

W

hat's

alre

ady

happ

enin

g?

Prov

ide

acce

ss to

dur

able

and

fit-

for-

purp

ose

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd

serv

ices

: The

nat

ure

and

scal

e of

dem

and,

and

com

mun

ities

’ ab

ility

to p

ay a

re li

kely

to c

hang

e ov

er ti

me

and

we

need

to a

dapt

to

this.

Iden

tify:

Co

mm

uniti

es’ f

utur

e in

fras

truc

ture

and

serv

ice

need

s, ta

king

into

acco

unt t

he b

read

th o

f nee

ds a

cros

s diff

eren

t par

ts o

f soc

iety

. Af

ford

abili

ty a

nd li

fecy

cle/

dura

bilit

y iss

ues.

Deliv

er:

Fit f

or p

urpo

se in

fras

truc

ture

and

serv

ices

.Al

igne

d ce

ntra

l and

loca

l gov

ernm

ent f

undi

ng a

nd p

lann

ing

cycl

es (e

.g.

NZT

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ndin

g).

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emen

t:

The

Wai

kato

Spo

rt a

nd R

ecre

atio

n Pl

an a

nd C

reat

ive

Infr

astr

uctu

rePl

an.

Prov

ide:

Lo

cal s

olut

ions

for s

ocia

l, ed

ucat

ion

and

heal

th se

rvic

es.

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l Gov

ernm

ent

Cent

ral G

over

nmen

tCo

mm

unity

Sec

tor a

nd N

on-G

over

nmen

t Org

anisa

tions

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er In

fras

truc

ture

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vide

rs

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ship

pro

ject—

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line

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tern

ativ

e Fu

ndin

g M

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cial

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tor T

rials

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ent a

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al G

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rast

ruct

ure

and

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ice

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ning

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unci

l Inf

rast

ruct

ure

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tegi

esAs

set M

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emen

t Pla

nsFu

ture

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n Pl

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e In

fras

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ture

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ry E

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atio

nal I

nfra

stru

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an

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n pl

anni

ng: b

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een

serv

ice

prov

ider

s, no

n-go

vern

men

t or

gani

satio

ns, l

ocal

and

cent

ral g

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nmen

t. Al

ign:

Pl

anni

ng fr

amew

orks

and

dec

ision

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ing

to ta

rget

inve

stm

ent a

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rvic

es in

the

right

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as

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l Cou

ncils

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mun

ity G

roup

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ivat

e Se

ctor

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ral G

over

nmen

t

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ship

pro

ject—

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urce

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sent

ing

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re p

roof

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-ter

m P

lans

and

Infr

astr

uctu

re S

trat

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sGr

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ateg

ies

DHB

rura

l hea

lth p

olic

y in

itiat

ive

unde

r dev

elop

men

tLA

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olic

y an

d By

law

s wor

k st

ream

Build

loca

l ide

ntity

: Ide

ntify

and

bui

ld o

n pl

aces

’ poi

nts o

f di

ffere

nce.

De

velo

p:

Tow

n ce

ntre

upg

rade

pla

ns.

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l eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent s

trat

egie

s.Lo

cal s

ettle

men

t con

cept

pla

ns.

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tify:

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omic

nic

hes a

cros

s the

regi

on/ l

ocal

are

as o

f spe

cial

isatio

n.Lo

cal b

rand

ing

as a

poi

nt o

f diff

eren

ce fo

r mar

ketin

g.Su

ppor

t:Lo

cal s

ucce

ss st

orie

s.

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l Cou

ncils

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mun

ity G

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ivat

e Se

ctor

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ilton

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tral

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rmat

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ce D

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ent T

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cono

mic

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elop

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ateg

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kato

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rict P

lace

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ing

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tegy

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ely

wor

k to

clo

se th

e ga

p be

twee

n ch

angi

ng h

ouse

hold

size

an

d m

arke

t pro

visio

n.

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plet

e:

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usin

g ne

eds s

urve

y/as

sess

men

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over

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ntra

l Gov

ernm

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mun

ity S

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ernm

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rgan

isatio

nsO

ther

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astr

uctu

re P

rovi

ders

Wai

kato

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ori H

ousin

g To

olki

t

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le h

ousi

ng c

hoic

e: W

ork

with

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tral

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ernm

ent.

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l Go

vern

men

t and

oth

er h

ousin

g pr

ovid

ers t

o en

sure

the

avai

labi

lity

of a

ppro

pria

te h

ousin

g.

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s Are

a: O

ur P

eopl

e an

d Co

mm

uniti

es

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ent T

rend

s:

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latio

n is

proj

ecte

d to

incr

ease

for H

amilt

on C

ity, W

aipa

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rict,

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kato

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rict a

nd M

atam

ata-

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o ov

er th

e ne

xt 3

0 ye

ars.

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ther

are

as a

re p

roje

cted

to d

eclin

e ov

er th

e lo

ng-t

erm

.Th

ese

chan

ges w

ill le

ad to

alte

red

loca

l dem

and

and

cons

umpt

ion

patt

erns

affe

ctin

g th

e pr

ovisi

on, l

ocat

ion

and

affo

rdab

ility

of

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd se

rvic

es.

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regi

on’s

pop

ulat

ion

is ag

ing.

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e is

a la

rge

varia

tion

in w

ellb

eing

acr

oss t

he re

gion

and

peo

ple

are

beco

min

g, o

n av

erag

e, m

ore

depr

ived

.U

rban

pop

ulat

ions

are

gro

win

g, a

nd ru

ral p

opul

atio

ns d

eclin

ing

in so

me

area

s.Pe

ople

are

livi

ng lo

nger

.Sc

hool

leav

ers h

ave

mor

e fo

rmal

qua

lific

atio

ns.

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ing

is be

com

ing

less

affo

rdab

le.

Une

mpl

oym

ent i

s gro

win

g.Cr

ime

is de

crea

sing.

Wha

t are

we

aim

ing

for:

Co

mm

uniti

es a

ckno

wle

dge

and

take

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

adap

t to

thei

r agi

ng a

nd c

hang

ing

popu

latio

nsCo

mm

uniti

es h

ave

acce

ss to

the

serv

ices

they

nee

d.Co

mm

uniti

es a

ddre

ss th

e ne

eds o

f all

part

s of s

ocie

ty.

Com

mun

ities

iden

tify,

pro

mot

e an

d en

hanc

e th

eir u

niqu

e lo

cal i

dent

ities

.Co

mm

uniti

es h

ave

a ra

nge

of q

ualit

y an

d af

ford

able

hou

sing

choi

ces.

Our

art

s and

cul

ture

s are

em

brac

ed a

nd th

eref

ore

thriv

e, a

nd u

nite

and

enh

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mun

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8

Ensu

re a

rts a

nd c

ultu

re fa

cilit

ies a

re p

rovi

ded

for:

Prov

ide

fit-fo

r-pu

rpos

e an

d af

ford

able

faci

litie

s for

art

s, he

ritag

e an

d cu

lture

. Im

plem

ent:

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Wai

kato

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ativ

e In

fras

truc

ture

Pla

n.Lo

cal G

over

nmen

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ntra

l Gov

ernm

ent

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mun

ity S

ecto

r and

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ernm

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rgan

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Wai

kato

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9

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t will

we

do to

get

ther

e?

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? W

ho w

ill d

o it?

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hat's

alre

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happ

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g?

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vest

men

t app

ropr

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ly: D

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d ag

ree

whe

re

cent

ral g

over

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cal g

over

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t, an

d co

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in

vest

men

t is b

est s

pent

to m

axim

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efit

to th

e en

tire

regi

on.

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stig

ate:

In

itiat

ives

to m

eet e

xist

ing

need

s thr

ough

par

tner

ship

s in

com

mun

ity in

vest

men

t.Th

e W

aika

to’s

inte

rnal

rela

tions

hips

in m

ore

dept

h (in

clud

ing

the

role

of r

ural

com

mun

ities

) to

allo

w e

ach

part

of t

he re

gion

to c

lear

ly d

efin

e its

role

and

pla

ce a

nd

capi

talis

e on

this

for t

he b

enef

it of

its r

esid

ents

and

the

regi

on a

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hole

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e re

gion

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e ro

le o

f tra

nspo

rt in

fras

truc

ture

in a

chie

ving

eco

nom

ic su

cces

s acr

oss a

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pare

d fo

r LGN

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ateg

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rage

our

loca

tion:

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e th

e be

st u

se o

f our

loca

tion

in th

e Up

per N

orth

Isla

nd.

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ort:

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impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

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gnis

e an

d st

reng

then

:O

ur p

hysic

al a

nd e

cono

mic

con

nect

ions

to th

e U

pper

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th Is

land

, par

ticul

arly

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klan

dan

d Ta

uran

ga.

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Wai

kato

’s ro

le a

s a c

entr

alise

d fr

eigh

t and

logi

stic

s hub

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omot

e an

d im

plem

ent:

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ortu

nitie

s to

use

road

/rai

l int

erch

ange

s mor

e ef

ficie

ntly

to im

prov

e sa

fety

and

free

up

the

road

s in

high

vol

ume

area

s.

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l Cou

ncils

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land

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latio

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ppor

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n a

colla

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m

utua

lly b

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icia

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ner.

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agr

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onal

stra

tegy

to p

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row

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form

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lignm

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w o

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tern

atio

nal c

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ctio

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ify a

nd p

rogr

ess

oppo

rtun

ities

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will

gro

w o

ur k

ey se

ctor

s.

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k w

ith:

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indu

strie

s to

iden

tify

glob

al o

ppor

tuni

ties.

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ort:

The

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

EDS.

Ham

ilton

and

Wai

kato

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rism

Prot

ect o

ur k

ey c

orrid

ors:

Ens

ure

natio

nal a

nd re

gion

al st

rate

gic

corr

idor

s are

app

ropr

iate

ly p

rote

cted

. De

velo

p:

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gion

ally

agr

eed

appr

oach

to p

rote

ctio

n of

nat

iona

l and

regi

onal

stra

tegi

c co

rrid

ors.

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gnis

e:Th

at la

nd u

se d

ecisi

ons n

eed

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e in

tegr

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infr

astr

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d w

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er.

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rthe

r ben

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our

stro

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al re

latio

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, col

labo

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n an

dpa

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acro

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ntiti

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nd o

rgan

isatio

ns, f

or in

vest

men

t or e

nviro

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actic

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r str

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ity, t

owns

and

rura

l are

as h

ave

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nam

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nd in

tera

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latio

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here

ther

e ar

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and

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etw

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milt

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nd th

e re

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wns

and

rura

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as h

ave

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atio

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whe

re k

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in H

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ppor

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ral e

cono

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ivity

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e re

gion

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ome

to a

thriv

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rura

l pro

duct

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sect

or, w

ith a

hea

vy re

lianc

e on

dia

ry th

at su

ppor

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e re

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e is

a gr

owin

g tr

end

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ural

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an d

rift’,

with

gro

wth

in a

nd a

roun

d th

e ci

ty, a

nd d

eclin

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the

rura

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as.

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row

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as a

nat

iona

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to A

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and

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.Fr

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t mov

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ts a

re p

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cted

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crea

se si

gnifi

cant

ly.

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grow

th o

f Auc

klan

d is

putt

ing

pres

sure

on

the

Wai

kato

, the

nor

ther

n W

aika

to in

par

ticul

ar.

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Wai

kato

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ress

way

is d

ue to

be

com

plet

ed in

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9 an

d w

ill si

gnifi

cant

ly sh

orte

n th

e jo

urne

y tim

e be

twee

n Au

ckla

nd a

nd C

ambr

idge

(and

all

loca

tions

to th

e so

uth

and

wes

t).

Wha

t are

we

aim

ing

for:

Th

e re

gion

max

imise

s the

eco

nom

ic a

nd so

cial

ben

efits

of o

ur u

rban

-rur

al c

onne

ctio

ns (i

nclu

ding

opp

ortu

nitie

san

d sy

nerg

ies b

etw

een

plac

es).

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stm

ent i

s alig

ned

with

our

loca

l str

engt

hs a

nd o

ptim

ised

thro

ugh

the

prov

ision

of s

ervi

ces a

nd fa

cilit

ies.

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regi

on’s

role

in th

e U

pper

Nor

th Is

land

’s ‘g

olde

n tr

iang

le’ i

s exp

ande

d.Th

e W

aika

to’s

nat

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l con

nect

ions

are

exp

ande

d.Th

e W

aika

to’s

repu

tatio

n as

a w

elco

min

g an

d re

sour

cefu

l hub

is e

nhan

ced.

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n fo

r its

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ctiv

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n an

d pa

rtne

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p bu

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g ap

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regi

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role

in th

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and

recr

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n fa

cilit

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10

Wha

t will

we

do to

get

ther

e?

How

? W

ho w

ill d

o it?

W

hat's

alre

ady

happ

enin

g?

Prot

ect e

cosy

stem

s: N

atur

al re

sour

ces a

re p

rote

cted

to g

row

the

econ

omy

and

enha

nce

the

wel

lbei

ng o

f the

Wai

kato

peo

ple

and

plac

es.

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ove

: Co

llabo

ratio

n am

ongs

t rel

evan

t age

ncie

s to

impr

ove

our k

now

ledg

e of

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

the

coas

tal a

nd m

arin

e ar

eas,

nat

ural

haz

ards

and

bio

dive

rsity

. O

ur u

nder

stan

ding

of h

ow th

e na

tura

l env

ironm

ent s

uppo

rts s

ocia

l and

eco

nom

icw

ellb

eing

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sure

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at e

cono

mic

gro

wth

is jo

ined

up

with

the

envi

ronm

enta

l lim

its o

f the

regi

on a

ndco

nsid

ered

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith o

ur d

esire

d ob

ject

ives

for t

he re

gion

’s n

atur

al

reso

urce

s.

That

we

take

an

‘eco

syst

em se

rvic

es’ a

ppro

ach

to d

escr

ibin

g th

e im

pact

that

our

act

iviti

esar

e ha

ving

on

our r

esou

rces

. Pr

omot

e:

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n gr

owth

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l Cou

ncils

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ral G

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ater

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sion

and

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tegy

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he W

aika

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iver

and

wor

k of

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er A

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rity.

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ironm

enta

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ritie

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onal

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atio

nal P

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atem

ents

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gnis

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d pr

otec

t our

poi

nts o

f diff

eren

ce: P

rote

ct n

atur

al

land

scap

es a

nd u

niqu

e fe

atur

es th

at a

re im

port

ant t

o th

e re

gion

(in

clud

ing

thro

ugh

kaiti

aki).

Iden

tify:

O

ur u

niqu

e fe

atur

es a

nd p

oint

s of d

iffer

ence

and

app

ropr

iate

mec

hani

sms

for p

rote

ctin

gth

em.

Opp

ortu

nitie

s for

leve

ragi

ng to

urist

opp

ortu

nitie

s fro

m th

ese

uniq

ue fe

atur

es a

nd p

oint

sof

diff

eren

ce.

Loca

l Cou

ncils

Iwi

Valu

e ph

ysic

al a

nd n

atur

al re

sour

ces:

Pro

tect

and

man

age

thes

e fo

r the

futu

re.

Prov

ide:

Fo

r con

sider

atio

n of

the

cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts o

f lan

d us

e de

cisio

ns o

n na

tura

l res

ourc

es.

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age:

Allo

catio

n an

d us

e of

wat

er in

the

best

inte

rest

of t

he re

gion

.De

velo

p:An

d lin

k ec

olog

ical

net

wor

ks a

cros

s the

regi

on.

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l Cou

ncils

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ider

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd n

atur

al h

azar

ds: E

nsur

e th

at

info

rmat

ion

on c

limat

e ch

ange

and

nat

ural

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ards

info

rms

deci

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mak

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ount

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he e

ffect

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limat

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ange

and

nat

ural

haz

ards

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a: O

ur E

nviro

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ent T

rend

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alth

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wat

er b

odie

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ater

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catio

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d co

mpe

titio

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r wat

erTh

e re

gion

has

goo

d qu

ality

soils

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me

of th

e be

st n

atio

nally

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they

are

dec

linin

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qua

lity.

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t of w

ork

is oc

curr

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in th

e W

aika

to re

gion

to im

prov

e bi

odiv

ersit

y an

d en

viro

nmen

tal q

ualit

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fect

s of c

limat

e ch

ange

and

nat

ural

haz

ards

are

bec

omin

g m

ore

evid

ent.

Wai

kato

’s e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd e

cono

mic

succ

ess a

re li

nked

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Wha

t are

we

aim

ing

for:

W

aika

to’s

bio

dive

rsity

and

uni

que

envi

ronm

ents

are

val

ued

by o

ur c

omm

uniti

es.

Nat

ural

reso

urce

s and

func

tions

impo

rtan

t to

the

curr

ent a

nd fu

ture

eco

nom

y (a

nd p

eopl

e’s w

ellb

eing

bot

h no

w a

nd in

the

futu

re) a

re p

rote

cted

and

enh

ance

d.

Uni

que

and

icon

ic fe

atur

es a

re v

alue

d, m

anag

ed, m

arke

ted

and

expe

rienc

ed.

Wat

er is

reco

gnise

d as

a sc

arce

reso

urce

and

is p

rote

cted

, man

aged

, its

qua

lity

impr

oved

and

shar

ed w

ithin

the

Wai

kato

.Cl

imat

e ch

ange

and

nat

ural

haz

ards

are

man

aged

con

siste

ntly

.Pr

oduc

tive

rura

l lan

d is

prot

ecte

d fo

r pro

duct

ive

use.

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11

Wha

t will

we

do to

get

ther

e?

How

? W

ho w

ill d

o it?

W

hat's

alre

ady

happ

enin

g?

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usin

ess f

riend

ly: R

egul

ator

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stem

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stre

amlin

ed

and

easy

to u

se, a

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cal a

nd ce

ntra

l gov

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re e

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to w

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with

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n :

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tical

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nd h

orizo

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Ham

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Reg

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En

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Ham

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for

heal

th, e

duca

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kno

wle

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man

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tify:

Ga

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nd o

ppor

tuni

ties t

o pr

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amilt

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role

as a

regi

onal

hub

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agsh

ip p

roje

ct—

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ilton

as t

he W

aika

to C

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sines

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age

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nnov

atio

n an

d in

vest

men

t.

Prot

ect r

ural

land

from

inap

prop

riate

dev

elop

men

t: Pr

otec

t prim

ary

prod

uctio

n w

hich

is a

n ec

onom

ic dr

iver

for

the

entir

e re

gion

.

Wor

k to

geth

er:

To e

nsur

e th

at c

ounc

ils a

cros

s the

regi

on a

gree

on,

and

hav

e ap

prop

riate

con

trol

son

dev

elop

men

t tha

t may

com

prom

ise a

gric

ultu

ral/h

ortic

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n.

Loca

l Cou

ncils

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re P

roof

Regi

onal

Pol

icy

Stat

emen

tDi

stric

t Pla

ns

Add

regi

onal

val

ue: B

uild

on

our e

cono

mic

stre

ngth

s and

at

trac

t new

bus

ines

s to

the

regi

on.

Impr

ove:

Li

nkag

es b

etw

een

rese

arch

, edu

catio

n an

d in

dust

ry.

Gro

w:

The

prot

ein

econ

omy.

Loca

l Cou

ncils

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esse

sW

aika

to E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Str

ateg

yPr

opos

ed R

egio

nal P

olic

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atem

ent

Dist

rict P

lans

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re P

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tlem

ent P

atte

rn

Iden

tify

busin

ess g

row

th a

reas

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ee a

nd su

ppor

t the

se

regi

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ly.

Inve

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O

ptim

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n an

d zo

ning

of b

usin

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and,

taki

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to a

ccou

nt m

atte

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ch a

sef

ficie

ncy

and

effe

ctiv

enes

s of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e re

quire

men

ts, s

ervi

cing

, wat

er

avai

labi

lity

and

labo

ur su

pply

. Lo

cal s

tren

gths

for n

iche

dev

elop

men

t.

NZ

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stm

ent A

ttra

ctio

n St

rate

gy (M

BIE)

Wai

kato

Dist

rict E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Str

ateg

y

Incr

ease

visi

tor n

umbe

rs to

the

regi

on.

Defin

e:

A to

urism

pro

posit

ion

for t

he re

gion

to a

llow

are

as to

wor

k co

llect

ivel

y ra

ther

than

in c

ompe

titio

n w

ith e

ach

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r.

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a: O

ur E

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my

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gro

wth

has

bee

n un

even

acr

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errit

oria

l aut

horit

ies i

n th

e re

gion

with

Ham

ilton

, Wai

pa a

nd W

aika

to o

ften

per

form

ing

bett

erth

an o

ther

are

as.

Wai

kato

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edia

n w

eekl

y ho

useh

old

inco

me

trac

ks c

lose

ly w

ith th

e N

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eala

nd a

vera

ge.

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e ha

s bee

n a

decr

ease

in th

e pe

rcen

tage

of p

eopl

e w

ith m

ore

than

eno

ugh,

or e

noug

h in

com

e, to

mee

t eve

ry d

ay n

eeds

.Th

e re

gion

’s p

opul

atio

n is

agin

g.

Wha

t are

we

aim

ing

for:

W

aika

to is

a re

spon

sive

regi

on th

at su

ppor

ts e

xist

ing

busin

esse

s to

grow

, and

att

ract

s new

bus

ines

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pros

pero

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nd g

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ppor

ted

as th

e ce

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d an

d ru

ral i

ndus

trie

s are

supp

orte

d as

the

econ

omic

driv

er fo

r the

regi

on.

Wai

kato

’s to

wns

, vill

ages

and

rura

l com

mun

ities

are

eco

nom

ical

ly su

stai

nabl

e.Th

e Re

gion

’s g

row

th c

ontr

ibut

es to

impr

oved

livi

ng st

anda

rds.

Mor

e pe

ople

trav

el to

the

Wai

kato

to e

njoy

our

uni

que

valu

e pr

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12

Wha

t will

we

do to

get

ther

e?

How

? W

ho w

ill d

o it?

W

hat's

alre

ady

happ

enin

g?

Iwi a

re e

nabl

ed to

live

, wor

k, le

arn

and

play

with

in th

eir o

wn

rohe

Ex

plor

e :

Papa

kain

ga d

evel

opm

ent p

oten

tial i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith k

ey g

row

th m

anag

emen

t str

ateg

ies

(e.g

. Fut

ure

Proo

f, TD

2050

). Af

ford

able

hou

sing

initi

ativ

es.

Educ

atio

n in

itiat

ives

and

com

mun

ity p

roje

cts t

hat w

ill p

rovi

de fo

r the

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Appendix 4: Draft Waikato Plan Content Outline

Part 1: Waikato Plan Strategic Direction

Introduction

Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................

What is the Waikato Plan? .......................................................................................................................

Background and Context ...........................................................................................................................

The Waikato Today and into the Future

The Waikato Today ...................................................................................................................................

Headline Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities ..................................................................................

Influences and Opportunities for the Region ...........................................................................................

The Waikato in 2045 .................................................................................................................................

Vision and Direction

Waikato Plan Vision ..................................................................................................................................

Strategic Direction – What are we aiming for ..........................................................................................

Key Areas of Focus - Overview

Our People and Communities ...................................................................................................................

Our Connections and Relationships ..........................................................................................................

Our Environment ......................................................................................................................................

Our Economy ............................................................................................................................................

Iwi .............................................................................................................................................................

Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................

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Part 2: Implementing the Waikato Spatial Plan

Key Areas of Focus

What we will do ........................................................................................................................................

Making it Happen ......................................................................................................................................

The Waikato Plan in Action: Flagship Initiatives (the 3 priority area projects)

Delivery of the Waikato Spatial Plan

Partnerships ..............................................................................................................................................

Monitoring and Reporting Effectiveness .................................................................................................

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