Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Consultation Document for Long Term Plan 2015 - 2025
HAVE YOUR SAY
Submissions for Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Long Term Plan 2015-2025 (“Thriving together / Whakawhanake Tahi”) close this Friday 20 March at 4pm.
This 24 page document and a helpful 2 page Maori Engagement Brochure are attached.
The Long Term Plan impacts us all – as Māori, ratepayers, public services users, events goers, car drivers, sport players… so it’s important that you know about it.
If you oppose their proposals, the Regional Counci needs to know but it’s just as important that you let the Regional Council know the proposals you support too. So if you want the Council to:
• Continue to support our three Māori seats and Māori Councillors
• Continue to operate Te Komiti Māori (Māori Standing Committee of Council)
• Support Treaty settlements
• Continue to work with Co-Governance Treaty forums and look for collaborative opportunities
• Hold a regional Māori conference for Māori in the Bay every two years
• Continue to engage Māori summer students to help build hapū & iwi capability
• Work with Māori to capture the cultural values of our waterways
• Work with Māori in setting water limits (how clean it should be - and how much users can take)
• Look for opportunities to integrate Mātauranga Māori into our water programmes to recognise the different knowledge bases
• Continue to fund the development/revision of hapū/iwi resource management plans
• Continue to provide sponsorship for Māori hearing commissioner training ...
... then let the Council know. It’s easy to make a submission!
Email submission: Email your submission to longtermplan@boprc.govt.nz
Written submission: Post your written submission:
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
PO Box 364
Whakatane 3158
Or drop it into one of the Regional Council offices in Whakatane, Tauranga, Mount Maunganui or Rotorua.
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