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Help create the
Right conditions
For the Waikato
To
Compete globally
Care locally
vibrant
communities
strong
economy
healthy
environment
Waikato Regional Council
• Area
• Population
• District and city councils
• Constituencies 2013
25,000 km2
411,600
10
8
• General
6
• Maori
2
• Elected councillors 2013
14
Waikato at a glance - environment
• 100 lakes (including Taupō), 20 rivers
(including the Waikato) and 1420 streams
• 1150 km of coastline, 9 harbours
• 70% of New Zealand’s geothermal systems
• Internationally significant wetlands
• NZ’s most significant mineral producing area
• 600 different soil types
• Extensive native and exotic forests
• Hauraki Gulf Marine Park
• Tongariro National Park
Waikato at a glance - economy
• Approx 8.5% of GDP
• Up to 45% of New Zealand’s power generation
• Premier dairy-farming region
• Timber milling/pulp and paper manufacturing
• Labour force participation 68.9%
• Median weekly household income $1189
Waikato at a glance - people
• Ageing population – 51% aged 35-55
• Aged 65+ to increase by over 83% by 2026
• Maori population is youthful – 67% below 35
years
• 21% Maori (15% nationally)
Iwi of the Waikato region
• 6 large iwi groups – Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Raukawa,
Maniapoto, Waikato, Hauraki
• 12 form Hauraki Collective
• More than 200 hapū and over 190 marae
• Significant Treaty settlements completed
• West coast harbours claims underway
• Hauraki in negotiation
• 6+ others in negotiation
Our role in the region
• Management of the Waikato region’s natural resources
• Giving certainty over resource use
• Strategic planning
• Provision of regional infrastructure
• Catchment management
Our role in the region
• Transport planning
• Navigation safety
• Civil defence and natural hazards management
• Biosecurity and biodiversity activities
Our flagship goals
• The values of land and water resources are sustained across the
Waikato region.
• The people of the region collaborate to achieve a shared vision of the
Waikato competing globally, caring locally.
• The Waikato Regional Council meets its legislative co-governance
requirements by working together with iwi in good faith and a spirit of
co-operation.
Land and water
Regional
development
Working with iwi
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Our major projects
Our major projects
• Protecting land and water
• New Regional Policy Statement
• Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai
• Water take allocation
• Harbour and catchment management plans
• Waipa Catchment Plan
• Stopbanks upgrade programme
• Significant natural areas
• Halo intensive pest control projects
• Possum control
• Marine biosecurity
Our major projects
• Regional Coastal Plan
• Hauraki Gulf Marine Spatial Plan
• Waikato Mayoral Forum
• Waikato Spatial Plan
• Economic strategy
• Regional Land Transport Plan
• Regional Public Transport Plan
• Public Transport Operating Model
• Electronic ticketing
• Integrated Regional Information System (IRIS)
• Hamilton office accommodation
Our financial strategy
• Rates affordability
• Financial risk management
• Insurances and reserves to respond to environmental
risks (flooding etc)
• Diversified investment strategy
Waikato Regional Council Rates increases
25.0%
19.7%
20.0%
19.2%
17.0%
15 .9%
16.0%
15.0%
13.2%
13.0%
11.8%
10.3%
10.2%
10.0%
6.4%
5.4%
4.6%
5.0%
4.6%
4.3%
1.9%
1.5%
3.9%
2.6%
3.3%
2.1%
1.3%
0.0%
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Annual increase in rates struck
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
Estimated impact to existing ratepayers
2012/13
2013/14
Where our funding will come from 2013-2014
Where we will spend our funds 2013-2014
Rates
2012/13
($000)
2013/14
($000)
Increase /
(decrease)
($000)
29,595
26,777
(2,818)
Uniform annual general charge (UAGC)
7,845
8,479
634
Civil defence and emergency management
2,065
2,346
281
Biosecurity
5,456
6,229
773
956
967
11
2,604
2,605
1
48,521
47,403
(1,376)
Rates paid by all properties
General rate
Natural heritage
Protecting Lake Taupō
Total rates paid by all properties
Estimated average decrease to existing ratepayers after allowing for growth
(2.7) %
Targeted rates
2012/13
($000)
2013/14
($000)
Increase /
(decrease)
($000)
7,408
7,372
(36)
River and catchment services
18,135
20,549
2,414
Permitted activity monitoring*
956
1,011
55
Stock truck effluent*
42
49
7
Animal health board*
663
663
-
27,204
29,644
2,440
Targeted rates
Public transport (Hamilton city ratepayers only)
Total targeted rates
Estimated average increase to existing ratepayers after allowing for growth
8.5 per cent
* Properties > 2 hectares
Total rates revenue
75,725
Estimated average increase to existing ratepayers after allowing for growth
77,047
1,322
1.3 per cent
Help create the
Right conditions
For the Waikato
To
Compete globally
Care locally