Year In Review 2006/07

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The Year In Review summarises Greater Wellington’s Annual Report 2007, which reports on the achievements of the 2006/07 Annual Plan (the first year of our Ten-Year Plan 2006–16). Our vision remains for a “sustainable region”, which means ensuring our environment is protected while meeting the economic, cultural and social needs of the community.

This Year In Review highlights some of Greater Wellington’s achievements in each of our activities – environment, transport, water supply, parks, land management, safety and flood protection, and community. It also contains information about our financial performance over the 2006/07 financial year.

Greater Wellington’s work helps make the region a greater place to live. The impact of our programmes are all around us, be it when catching a bus or train, visiting a regional park, sailing in our harbours, drinking a glass of water, walking by a river, saving our emergency water supplies or walking in our native bush.

A busy year
Greater Wellington has had a busy year. We’ve laid the foundations for some significant pieces of work that will have a big impact on the region’s environmental, economic, social and cultural future. Specifically, these include work on public transport, flood protection, the environment and the Wellington Regional Strategy (which is a sustainable economic growth strategy for the region).

For example, we showed our commitment to upgrading the region’s public transport by launching new carriages on the Wairarapa Line, and securing the future of trolley buses with the signing of a new long-term contract that will completely replace all 61 trolley buses.

We also involved more than a 100 businesses in environment and waste-management programmes through Take Charge (our business education programme), and the Get Sustainable Challenge and EnviroSmart programmes.

Financially, Greater Wellington’s results reflect a considered approach by councillors, senior management and staff. Our Chief Executive has delivered on the Council’s expectations and continued efficiencies are being made across our operational activities.

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