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The Waikato Plan
Strategic Planners Network, 8 May 2015
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Waikato Priorities Waikato
Expressway
$2.2b
Waikato’s RTC’s highest priority for 15 years
What are our next collective priorities
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Where does it sit?
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Why Waikato Plan?• Lack of agreed evidence base
• Limited mechanisms to articulate regional issues or opportunities of sub-regional or regional significance
• No framework for regional scale infrastructure investment
• Lack of Crown engagement as investment partners
• Over 650 policies, plans, strategies and bylaws
• Despite this effort, some key indicators are declining
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Four key questions
1. What are the ‘big picture’ opportunities and challenges
today?
2. What is a realistic and robust vision of the region?
3. What is the preferred strategy to realise the vision?
4. What are the best implementation mechanisms?
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Opportunities / Challenges
• Opportunities for aligned planning and investment• Maori economic participation and investment• Connectivity to the Upper North Island
• Declining rural populations and decline in services• An aging population and shrinking skill base• Economic inequalities across the region• Declining water quality and competition for allocation
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Auckland’s
Growth
165k household in 30y
Waikato’s forecasted population growth
Greatest forecasted population decline
Spatial Illustration of Demographic
Challenges
NZ’s most aged community
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What might we achieve
• A collective strategic response to demographic change• Improve the planning framework• Improved engagement with Crown agencies on service
delivery• Methods for coordination of ‘effort’ going forward –
reduceding duplication• Investment towards shared high priority regional issues• Efficiency savings for NZ Inc and Waikato Ratepayers
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Current Approach
Strategy Timeline
Vision & Goals
305
Progress
15 252010
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Alternate Approach
Strategy Timeline
Vision & Goals
305
Progress
15
Goals and
Actions
252010
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Vision
Vision'Waikato Story' vision informs the Waikato
Plan vision
Lead agency: (WRC) - in partnership with the
Joint Committee
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Example Goal 1
Goal: To positively respond
to demographic change
Issues: Aging population
Population growth and decline
Infrastructure and service delivery
Enabling the Maori economy
Lead agency: Mayoral Forum with
Iwi and central government
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Example Goal 2
Goal: To strategically
manage and allocate water
Issues: Water quality decline
Water UseImportant economic
sectors
Lead agency: WRC with Iwi, central government and local authorities
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Example Goal 3
Goal: To streamline our
planning framework
Issues: Making Business Easier
Aligned planningInfrastructure and service
delivery
Lead agency Mayoral Forum with central government, and local authorities
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Next steps
Mayoral Forum to:
1. Endorse the approach proposed
2. Recommend this approach to the Joint Committee
3. Delivery from project team for 18th May meeting