Mahere Iwa Tau | Long Term Plans

Every three years Council is required to complete a plan for the next 10 years, the Mahere Iwa Tau | Long Term Plan.

The Mahere Iwa Tau | Long Term Plan sets our direction as a council and establishes the work we will deliver to the community over the next 10 years, as well as setting out how that work will be funded, which is how Council sets the rates, fees and charges each year. 

Long Term Plan’s outline all things a Council does and how they fit together. They show what will be done over the plan's 10 year period, why the Council is doing things and the costs. 

It also details Council's vision and community outcomes, and explains how Council will achieve them.

The Council adopted the Mahere Iwa Tau | Long Term Plan 2025 - 2034 on 25 June 2025. 

• Rate Resolution 2025 - 2026

Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plans

Where the Council is proposing a significant or material change from what was planned through the Mahere Iwa Tau | Long Term Plan, the Council will consult on the changes before the Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plan is adopted. 

A Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plan is produced in the years when the Council does not prepare a Mahere Iwa Tau | Long Term Plan (LTP). The purpose of the Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plan is to fine tune the costs and funding from that originally proposed in the Mahere Iwa Tau | Long Term Plan.

 In the lead-up to the adoption of the Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plan each year, the Council consults with its community and stakeholders via a Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plan Consultation Document. Members of the public, organisations, businesses and groups are encouraged to participate in the annual planning process by making a submission to the Draft Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plan.  These submissions are taken into account at hearings where submitters have the opportunity to speak to the elected members. Submitters who do not wish to speak to their submission still have their submission taken into account at the deliberations which follow  the hearings.