Community
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Strong and tolerant community
- Provide opportunities for the public to participate in decision making, eg, in meetings or through planning and budgeting processes.
- Run elections and pay councillors.
- Arrange and service Council meetings.
- Work with iwi – collectively through Ara Tahi – and also individually.
- Assist iwi to undertake special projects and to work with Greater Wellington.
Entrepreneurial and innovative region
Quality lifestyle
- Promote the implementation of the Wellington Regional Strategy in conjunction with city and district
councils in the region. - Fund GrowWellington – a regional economic development agency.
Prosperous community
- Service a $25 million loan to the Stadium Trust.
Key projects for 2008/09
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Activity: Run a democratic process
- Investigate e-democracy initiatives – e-participation, e-petitions, e-meetings, etc
- Establish a Greater Wellington Disability Reference Group
Activity: Involve Maori in our work
- Review the Charter of Understanding with iwi – to take engagement to the next level
Activity: To act as keeper of the Wellington Regional Strategy
- Promote the implementation of the Wellington Regional Strategy
Activity: Operate a regional economic development agency
- Fund GrowWellington (a regional economic development agency) to carry out the economic development projects of the Wellington Regional Strategy
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Download the Community (PDF, 358KB)section of the Annual Plan, which includes key projects, key changes, short-term goals and the funding breakdown.