Click here to go to the Te Tai o Poutini Plan website for meeting agendas and minutes.
Every district in New Zealand must have a working plan. The plans need to identify community values and how to achieve them by managing where and how services are delivered, and how resources are used.
In 2015 some members of the West Coast community asked the Local Government Commission to look at options for streamlining the local councils. The Commission ran a collaborative process with the four West Coast councils, looking at their current systems and options to improve them.
In 2018 the Local Government Commission released its proposal for local government reorganisation on the West Coast. The Local Government Commission recommended:
This means that, rather than each of the three District Councils preparing individual plans, Te Tai o Poutini Plan Committee is now responsible for preparing and approving a new combined district plan covering the whole of the West Coast.
Te Tai o Poutini Plan Committee is a joint committee made up of the four West Coast councils and local iwi. It is comprised of the Mayor or Chair and one other Councillor from each council and one representative each from Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae and Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio. It is chaired by an independent chairperson.
The Committee has full decision-making powers, and the make-up of the Committee ensures each district has equal input and voting rights on what goes in the Plan.
The Te Tai o Poutini roadshow will be hitting the road between Runanga and Karamea in September, click here to view the itinerary.
Click here to visit the Te Tai Poutini website for more information about the plan.
