Long-term Plan 2024 – 2034

The Long-term Plan outline Council’s vision, community outcomes it aims to achieve, its work programme and budgets for the next 10 years.

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Long-term Plan 2024–2034

Council formally adopted the Long-term Plan 2024-2034 on Thursday 27 June 2024.

Complete Document:

The document is also available in its component sections:

  1. Our City with Heart
  2. Our Key Decisions
  3. Our Plans for Infrastructure and Finance
  4. Who we are
  5. What we do
  6. How we pay for it
  7. Strategies and Policies

As a part of our long-term plan, the fees and charges, the Infrastructure Strategy and the Activity and Asset Management plans below come into force from Monday 1 July 2024:

Our City With Heart – He Ngākau Aroha

Council’s vision is to create a city with heart, both in our city centre and through collaboration across the community. Council’s focus for the 2024-2034 Long-term Plan will continue to be on the city centre, encompassing activation to create vibrancy.

Waihōpai – To leave in good order

Council’s mission over the next ten years is to leave the city in good order for the next generation. One of the translations of the Maori name for our City – Waihōpai – is to leave in good order.

Our strategy

The Roadmap to renewal forms the core of our strategy over the next ten years as we work to create a city with heart.

Our plan addresses six strategic challenges facing the city:

 

  • Meeting the changing needs of our rangatahi as part of our wider population, which is growing older and more diverse
  • Delivering city centre renewal
  • Enabling the housing, health, security and social infrastructure our city needs to grow
  • Navigating increasingly complex environmental challenges including climate change, land contamination and earthquake risks.
  • Maintaining community affordability in a time of economic volatility – Core infrastructure, major projects and levels of service will be delivered with financial prudence and efficiency
  • Ensuring Council leadership and delivery is credible and effective, building community trust and engagement.

Community outcomes

Social Wellbeing 

One Community – Our youth, older people, different neighbourhoods and communities’ basic needs are met, and they feel valued and proud to live here.

We will know success when:

  • Drinking water quality meets standards to support human health
  • The roading network is designed and managed to support ease of use
  • The roading network is designed and managed to reduce risk of death and injury
  • Council is responsive to the community in order to:
    – provide a safe, reliable supply of water, ensuring reticulated properties receive a continuous supply and providing sufficient water flow and pressure for fire fighting
    – effectively manage the stormwater and sewerage network to support environmental health and efficient use of resources
    – effectively manage the roading network to support safety and efficiency – reduce the impact of waste on the environment
    – effectively manage the parks and reserves
    – ensure property is effectively managed
    – ensure elderly housing is effectively managed
  • Parks and Reserves , Venues, Libraries, Pools, Arts and Culture, and Heritage services are well utilised
  • Pools support wellbeing through providing safe, quality and appropriate premises and services
  • Pools service is reliable and available
  • Public transport is well utilised to support community wellbeing
  • Public transport supports wellbeing through enabling people to move around the city
  • Elderly persons housing is well utilised to support community wellbeing
  • Council effectively manages the elderly persons housing to provide efficient and effective value
  • The community is supported to understand and participate in the democratic process
  • Corporate services are reliable and available
  • Property is reliable and available to the community.

Cultural Wellbeing

A vibrant, safe city centre which meets our people’s diverse cultural needs.

We will know success when:

  • Parks and Reserves support community leisure, recreation and wellbeing
  • Libraries collections support wellbeing through providing quality resources
  • City venues support wellbeing through enabling culturally and socially enriching experiences
  • The community is supported to deliver and participate in events and other activities which enhance wellbeing
  • The District’s heritage is valued and preserved
  • Property is effectively managed to provide safe appropriate spaces for the community.

Economic Wellbeing

A future focused economy delivered through innovation and partnership and supported by appropriate infrastructure.

We will know success when:

  • Council is responsive to the community to ensure regulatory processes are effectively managed to support appropriate development and economic activity
  • Regulatory processes are effectively managed to support appropriate development
  • Investment property is well utilised in order to deliver returns to the community.

Environmental Wellbeing

A healthy, resilient environment where the city is well positioned to navigate climate change.

We will know success when:

  • Council monitors and effectively manages the water, stormwater and sewerage network to support environmental health and efficient use of resources
  • The effective use of resources is supported to reduce the impact of waste on the environment
  • Council levels of Greenhouse Gas emissions declining or offset over time.