Cultural well-being strategies and policies

Future Taranaki - Community Outcomes progress reports.

Outcomes describe the community's vision for its future, what the community sees as important for its wellbeing.  Council must provide a Community Plan (sometimes called the Long-Term Council and Community Plan) every three years.  Without the relevant policies in the Community Plan, Council cannot collect or spend rates.

Open Space in Gisborne City is characterised by areas such as the urban and civic centre area, the harbour, Kaiti Hill, the beaches and rivers. These together with Councils many and varied sports fields and reserves, be they for active recreation, passive leisure, amenity or ecological purposes, form an integral part of what we know and identify as Gisborne.

The Strategy identifies actual and potential walking and cycling networks and facilities, as well as actions that are designed to increase pedestrian and cyclist numbers. The Strategy seeks to address the significant issues identified by the community in relation to these activities, including increasing safety and improving the experience for those who already participate to some extent.

The active involvement of community, voluntary, iwi and Maori organisations in decisions that affect them is a sign of a healthy participatory democracy. The Ministry of Social Development's Good Practice Particpate website is designed to help public servants engage successfully with community, voluntary, iwi and Maori organisations. This site is run and maintained by the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector.

All local authorities are required by the Local Government Act 2002 to develop Long Term Council Community Plans for their areas.

The Gore District Council considers recreation to be a key part of the identity and the spirit of the Gore district. This strategy has been produced to encourage input into the Council's vision and goals for physical activity within our district.

Greater Wellington ten-year plan comprises three parts - Summary, Detailed Information and Policies.The Summary provides an overall summary of the information provided in the other two documents. It describes the outcomes that the community wants for the region and shows how Greater Wellington will contribute to the achievement of these outcomes, along with the costs.

Concept plans of the proposed Aquatic Centre.

Council focuses its strategic planning for our district on the outcomes identified by our community.  In order to ensure optimum success in achieving these outcomes, Council's operations are structured based on the outcomes.  The identification of outcomes by the community is therefore a most important process and deserves the widest possible input.