Our Our Northland- Tõ Ttou Taitokerau Northland Regional Council is planning for the region's future and now it's time to have your say. Feedback closes 16 April. Kõrero mai: Let's talk, Taitokerau! We've faced some big challenges as a region in recent years flood events, water shortages, Covid-19, legislative changes and more. To stay strong and continue growing, we need to keep protecting our region's environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeing. Natural environment Community resilience Being proactive is vital for building a resilient region. When plans are in place and infrastructure Helping native ecosystems flourish is a big part of our job, and the work we need to do in this area is growing quickly. Central govemment is is strong, this brings greater certainty to introducing new policies and requirements to restore and protect our freshwater ecosystems. and we want to keep up the momentum on pest trapping and tree planting. communities and confidence for local economies. These are some of the projects we want to undertake to help keep our communities resilient: Build a mul-agency emergency coordination centre, in partnership with other emergency management agencies, and upgrade the tsunami siren network. These are some of the projects we're planning Like all councils, we do a Long Tem Plan every to help our amazing natural taonga thrive: three years. We look at where we are now, where Grow the knowledge and science to develop we all want to be in 10 years' time and how we'll get there. Everyone wants a thriving natural environment, resilient communities and more better approaches to managing and improving, Fast-track flood protection work for the Awanui the health of freshwater. River scheme and kick-off new flood protection work for Otiria-Moerewa and Kawakawa, with » More actively involve tangata whenua in chances to fulfil our region's potential - but we need to decide on the priorities and how it all freshwater management, through Te Mana o to Wai - a Maori concept underpinning the Government's freshwater reforms that prionitises Holp iwihapa and communities prepare for the the health and welbeing of water over all other the help of central govermment funding. gets paid for. Getting the balance right is challenging. so we want you to join the conversation. Your feedback helps us to understand what's important to our effects of climate change through regional and local adaptation planning. uses. Fund our share of the significant new Kaipara Replace our ageing maritime boat, which is Moana remediation programme, to restore the health and mauri of New Zealand's biggest harbour. critical for maintaining buoys and beacons, responding to oil spills and the safe running of our maritime operations. communities, and that we're on track as we develop this plan for a strong Northland future. We asked what was most important to Northlanders during early consultation in August. Work in partnerships to restore and improve 2020, and that's been reflected in our plans. a Improve water resilience in remote communities by providing funding and grants for water tanks. guttering and spouting. coastal, freshwater and land habitats. For the coming year we're proposing around $6.2M of new work to buikd on recent progress Ramp up our pest management work, on land . We're also investing more in zero-carbon and underwater, and support local communities and take on the challenges and opportunities ahead. This is around $70.69 per ratepayer on average, or a 19.8% increase in rates. and tangata whenua to continue playing a large initiatives in response to our obligations under part in this. the 2019 Zero Carbon Act. Overall, we're planning to spend around $45 What follows is a snapshot of what''s proposed - million a year on our natural environment Overall, we're planning to spend around $24M a year on our community resilience activities including the work we're proposing above. for more information, head online and read our consultation document activities including the work outlined above. Find out more and give us your feedback at www.nrc.govt.nz/futureplan Our Our Northland- Tõ Ttou Taitokerau Northland Regional Council is planning for the region's future and now it's time to have your say. Feedback closes 16 April. Kõrero mai: Let's talk, Taitokerau! We've faced some big challenges as a region in recent years flood events, water shortages, Covid-19, legislative changes and more. To stay strong and continue growing, we need to keep protecting our region's environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeing. Natural environment Community resilience Being proactive is vital for building a resilient region. When plans are in place and infrastructure Helping native ecosystems flourish is a big part of our job, and the work we need to do in this area is growing quickly. Central govemment is is strong, this brings greater certainty to introducing new policies and requirements to restore and protect our freshwater ecosystems. and we want to keep up the momentum on pest trapping and tree planting. communities and confidence for local economies. These are some of the projects we want to undertake to help keep our communities resilient: Build a mul-agency emergency coordination centre, in partnership with other emergency management agencies, and upgrade the tsunami siren network. These are some of the projects we're planning Like all councils, we do a Long Tem Plan every to help our amazing natural taonga thrive: three years. We look at where we are now, where Grow the knowledge and science to develop we all want to be in 10 years' time and how we'll get there. Everyone wants a thriving natural environment, resilient communities and more better approaches to managing and improving, Fast-track flood protection work for the Awanui the health of freshwater. River scheme and kick-off new flood protection work for Otiria-Moerewa and Kawakawa, with » More actively involve tangata whenua in chances to fulfil our region's potential - but we need to decide on the priorities and how it all freshwater management, through Te Mana o to Wai - a Maori concept underpinning the Government's freshwater reforms that prionitises Holp iwihapa and communities prepare for the the health and welbeing of water over all other the help of central govermment funding. gets paid for. Getting the balance right is challenging. so we want you to join the conversation. Your feedback helps us to understand what's important to our effects of climate change through regional and local adaptation planning. uses. Fund our share of the significant new Kaipara Replace our ageing maritime boat, which is Moana remediation programme, to restore the health and mauri of New Zealand's biggest harbour. critical for maintaining buoys and beacons, responding to oil spills and the safe running of our maritime operations. communities, and that we're on track as we develop this plan for a strong Northland future. We asked what was most important to Northlanders during early consultation in August. Work in partnerships to restore and improve 2020, and that's been reflected in our plans. a Improve water resilience in remote communities by providing funding and grants for water tanks. guttering and spouting. coastal, freshwater and land habitats. For the coming year we're proposing around $6.2M of new work to buikd on recent progress Ramp up our pest management work, on land . We're also investing more in zero-carbon and underwater, and support local communities and take on the challenges and opportunities ahead. This is around $70.69 per ratepayer on average, or a 19.8% increase in rates. and tangata whenua to continue playing a large initiatives in response to our obligations under part in this. the 2019 Zero Carbon Act. Overall, we're planning to spend around $45 What follows is a snapshot of what''s proposed - million a year on our natural environment Overall, we're planning to spend around $24M a year on our community resilience activities including the work we're proposing above. for more information, head online and read our consultation document activities including the work outlined above. Find out more and give us your feedback at www.nrc.govt.nz/futureplan