Council has a Strategic Development Group that provides strategic direction on goals, emerging areas of focus and future planning.
EMBRACING FUTURES THINKING
The Regional Council regularly reviews the current key and emerging issues facing the region. This began through a programme which is known as Embracing Futures Thinking and includes a regular breakfast speaker series of events that encourages fresh thinking and open discussion.
HERETAUNGA PLAINS URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Hawke's Bay Regional Council is also one of the main partners in the combined councils Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy, or HPUDS. Read more about this important programme at http://www.hpuds.co.nz/ 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.
Also in this section...
- Embracing Futures Thinking – goals and objectives booklet, April 2008 PDF File, 262Kb
- Speaker series
On this page
Hawke's Bay Regional Council has identified some of the key issues facing Hawke’s Bay region. These began as 14 draft goals in the booklet – Embracing Futures Thinking and became the basis for council's Ten Year Plan 2009-2019.
Some of the goals are focused on natural resource issues such as water, land use change and climate change. Others are based on how the regional council needs to operate in this fast-changing world.
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 have been 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. Partnership with Maori are also a key focus.
- 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.
Contact details for Embracing Futures Thinking is Helen Codlin, Strategic Development Group Manager, ph 833 8045, or email hbfutures@hbrc.govt.nz.