Have your say on our Draft 2024/25 Annual Plan

The consultation period on our draft 2024/25 Annual Plan has now closed and we are preparing for Deliberations.

Our Draft 2024/25 Annual Plan in a nutshell

At the start of 2024, we decided to accept a one-off offer from the Government to pause the work on our 2024-2034 Long Term Plan (LTP) and instead focus on creating a 2024/25 Annual Plan.

The decision to defer the 2024-2034 LTP was made with our communities in mind. We’re committed to enhancing community wellbeing and building a stronger future together. We remain focused on our vision of creating liveable, thriving, and connected communities, by funding and delivering core services and infrastructure. We have gone through our budgets with a fine-toothed comb to identify areas where we can reduce spending, but we still need to address significant increases in how much things now cost within this challenging economic environment.

We want to hear from you

Now it’s your chance to have your say on our draft 2024/25 Annual Plan. Use the submission form below to tell us what you think about the activities, projects, programmes, priorities, and initiatives we’re proposing over the next 12 months and beyond.

Background

In February 2024, central government provided local councils with the flexibility to develop an 'enhanced’ Annual Plan for the 2024/25 financial year, and subsequently developing a 9-year long term plan for 2025–2034, rather than continuing with a 2024-2034 Long Term Plan. Waikato District Council has opted to take this approach.

Delivering a 2024/25 Annual Plan allows us more time to gain greater certainty about the government’s next steps regarding initiatives such as ‘Local Water Done Well’ and transport priorities and funding. This also aligns our planning more closely with broader government objectives.

The Plan will provide details about our work programmes for the year, where our resources are being allocated, and how we are responding to community wants and needs.

For more information about why we have chosen this option, visit our website here.

Let’s talk about our Draft Annual Plan

We are holding a number of drop-in sessions throughout the district to provide our communities with an opportunity to talk to us about our Draft Annual Plan 2024-25. There will be held at the following venues on the following dates:

Tuesday 2 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Ngaaruawaahia drop in session

Ngaaruwaahia Hall - 5 Galileo Street, Ngaaruawaahia

Tuesday 2 April 2024 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

Tamahere drop in sesssion

Tamahere Community Centre - 17 Devine Road, Tamahere

Wednesday 3 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Otaua drop in session

Otaua Hall - 34 Maioro Road, Otaua

Thursday 4 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Whatawhata drop in session

Whatawhata Hall - Rothwell Lane, Whatawhata

Friday 5 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Te Kowhai drop in session

Te Kowhai Hall - 612 Horotiu Road, Te Kowhai

Friday 5 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Matangi drop in session

Matangi Hall - 478 Tauwhare Road, Matangi

Monday 8 April 2024 04:30 pm to 07:00 pm

Pookeno drop in session

Pookeno Hall - 19 Market Street, Pookeno

Monday 8 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Taupiri drop in session

Taupiri - War Memorial Hall 16 Greenlane Rd, Taupiri

Tuesday 9 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Onewhero drop in session

Onewhero School - 29 Hall Road, RD2, Tuakau 2697

Tuesday 9 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Te Kauwhata drop in session

Te Kauwhata Rugby Club - Te Kauwhata, 3710

Wednesday 10 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Mangatangi drop in session

Mangatangi Hall - 1517 Kaiaua Road, Mangatangi

Thursday 11 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Huntly drop in session

Huntly Civic Center Riverside Rooms - 148 Main Street, Huntly

Friday 12 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Raglan drop in session

Raglan Hall Supper Room - 41 Bow Street, Raglan

Monday 15 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Tuakau drop in session

Tuakau War Memorial Hall - 70 George Street, Tuakau

Wednesday 17 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Te Aakau drop in session

Te Aakau Complex - 616 Te Aakau Road, Te Aakau

Thursday 18 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Gordonton drop in session

Gordonton Hall - 1024 State Highway 1B, Gordonton

Friday 19 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Pukekawa drop in session

Pukekawa Hall – 38 Clark & Denize Road, Pukekawa

Monday 22 April 2024 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Port Waikato drop in session

Port Waikato Community Hub – 1 Ocean View Road, Port Waikato