Long Term Plan 2024-27

Consultation Notice: Council’s Three-Year Plan

The consultation period for the Three-Year Plan (3YP) 2024-27 opened Monday 17 June 2024 and closes Wednesday 17 July 2024.

Our 3YP outlines what Council plans to do over the next three years and how it will be paid for.

Due to the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023 and other weather events, the Government is allowing eight Councils, including Wairoa, to reduce their LTP forecasts to three years rather than the usual 10 years.

The 3YP includes details about our services, activities, and projects we have planned, when we are going to deliver them, and issues and challenges facing our district and community. It also tells you what your rates may look like for the next three years.

In this 3YP, Council is proposing an average rate increase of 19.5 percent for the 2024-25 fiscal year, 15.5 percent for the 2025-26 fiscal year and 10 percent for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

The consultation document, online submission form and all supporting documents is now available on our website.

The document is also available from the following locations: Wairoa District Council’s Main Office in Queen Street, the Wairoa Library, and the Wairoa isite.

Submissions can be made:

• Online at www.consultations.wairoadc.govt.nz
• Using the submission form that can be collected from the Wairoa District Council Office, Wairoa Library and Wairoa isite.
• By attending the community consultation meetings in Wairoa, Tuai, Mahia and Mohaka.
• By attending a caravan or drop-in session and talking to one of our Councillors.
• By speaking at a Council hearing.
• By emailing feedback@wairoadc.govt.nz – please write Three-Year Plan 2024-27 in the subject line.

If you wish to speak to your submission, a date and time will be arranged with you. Please remember to include the following in your submission: name, address, phone number and/or email address and whether you wish to be heard (if applicable).

Please direct any queries to the email above or call Council on 06 838 7309.

Community Consultation Meetings

• Tuesday 25 June – 6pm – Wairoa War Memorial Hall, Wairoa
• Tuesday 2 July – 6pm – Lake Whakamarino Lodge, Tuai.
• Thursday 4 July – 6pm – Mokotahi Hall, Mahia
• Tuesday 9 July – 6pm – Waipapa-a-Iwi Marae, Mohaka

Caravan Sessions

• Wednesday 26 June – 10am to 2pm – Gemmell’s on Parade, Wairoa.
• Thursday 4 July – 10am to 2pm – Frasertown Store, Frasertown.
• Thursday 11 July – 10am to 2pm – Nuhaka General Store.

Information Drop-in Sessions

• Monday 15 July – 10am to 2pm – Wairoa District Council Chambers, Queen Street, Wairoa.

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