Share you views
Our open spaces provide key benefits to physical and social wellbeing. Whether it's playing on a playground or kicking a ball around, our residents value our open spaces.
Waikato District Council is reviewing our Neighbourhood Park and Sports Park Reserve Management Plans (RMP). In August 2024, we asked the community for their ideas for how we can make their local parks better, what's great and what's not. We considered all suggestions carefully and used your ideas and feedback to develop two draft Reserve Management Plans.
We want to make sure that your thoughts and ideas have been captured in the new draft plans going forward. This is your opportunity to ensure we have captured your views.
How can you contribute
Use our interactive map to share your views and shape our spaces and places for the future.
Alternatively, download a PDF form here or pick up a copy from council offices or libraries.
Contact us at Reserve.planning@waidc.govt.nz with any questions or submissions, printed submissions dropped into any Waikato District Council Office, Hub or Library or can be sent to:
Waikato District Council
Private Bag 544
Ngaaruawaahia
3742
How to use the interactive map to make a submission.
To view and add comments on the map, follow the instructions below:
To add a submission to the map, please follow these steps:
- Use the 'Address Search' to find an address, nav or pan the map to the general location you want to add your comment.
- Select the yellow or orange ‘Marker' button and click / tap the specific location on the map you want to make your submission. This will open an input form at the side of the map
- The form includes information that is included in the draft Reserve Management relating to formal occupations, background, reserve issues, policies and proposed development.
- The submission form is located at the bottom of the page. Complete the questions outlined, and when finished, select the 'Submit' button to complete your submission.
- If you wish to submit on more than one reserve, repeat steps 1-4.
Keyboards and Screenreaders
To make a contribution on the map using a keyboard or through assistive technologies such as screenreaders, please follow these steps:
- Use the 'Address Search' field to enter the location where you want to make your submission.
- Toggle to the blue or orange 'Marker' button and select it. This will drop the pin at the address specified in the 'Address Search' field.
- The form includes information that is included in the draft Reserve Management relating to formal occupations, background, reserve issues, policies and proposed development.
- The submission form is located at the bottom of the page. Complete the questions outlined, and when finished, select the 'Submit' button to complete your submission.
- If you wish to submit on more than one reserve, repeat steps 1-4.
What happens next?
Your feedback will be taken as a submission that will be presented to the Infrastructure Sub-Committee to deliberate all feedback. Submitters will be provided an opportunity to speak to their submission at a public hearing. The sub-committee will review all submissions (both written and verbal) and make a series of recommendations for the draft plans. These recommendations will then be incorporated to develop a final Reserve Management Plans for adoption.
