Council's Strategic Development Group also includes economic development for the region and provides direction on goals, emerging areas of focus and future planning.
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Hawke's Bay Regional Council identified some of the key issues facing the region back in 2008. These began as 14 draft goals in a booklet titled Embracing Futures Thinking and became the basis for council's Ten Year Plan 2009-2019.
Some of the goals focus on natural resource issues such as water, land use change and climate change; others on how the regional council needs to operate and adapt to change.
The 14 draft goals were:
- Sustainability
- Water Futures
- Land Use Change
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- Future Regional Infrastructure
- Open Space
- Economic Development
- Regional Futures Scenarios
- Regional Leadership
- Partnerships with Maori
- Investment
- Operational Activities
- Organisational Competency
Six goals were the focus of the Councils Ten Year Plan preparation. These are Water Futures, Land Use Change, Climate Change, Future Regional Infrastructure, Regional Leadership and Investment. Partnerships with Maori are also a key focus.
The Regional Council maintains a register of current key and emerging issues. Embracing Futures Thinking was the basis for this programme and includes a regular breakfast speaker series of events encouraging fresh thinking, open discussion and exchange of ideas.
Hawke's Bay Regional Council is one of the main partners in the combined councils Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy, or HPUDS. Read more about this important programme at their website which also contains:
- The Growth Assumptions Paper;
- The Draft Vision and Guiding Principles Paper [remains draft until the strategy is adopted];
- The Phase 2 Summary Paper, and copies of the full reports;
- Consultation material and online feedback form.
- Read the Embracing Futures Thinking document and consider what might affect the future for your family, business, organisation or future enterprise in Hawke’s Bay.
- Read the Ten Year Plan, which is available as a hard copy, or online.
- You may want to play a key role in the future of Hawke’s Bay, so please register to attend one of the breakfast series presentations.
- Your industry, business, sector or organisation might benefit from discussing your ideas, opportunities and goals for the future with Hawke's Bay Regional Council, so please contact us to set up a meeting.
- Read Land River Us Hawke's Bay 2050, which offers several plausible futures for Hawke's Bay.
For more information, contact Helen Codlin, Strategic Development Group Manager, ph 06 833 8045, or email hbfutures@hbrc.govt.nz.