Regional leadership – Ngā kaihautū o te rohe Priority Area TOTAL OF GREATER WELLINGTON EXPENDITURE
7 PERCENT
The Regional Leadership Group includes the following activities: •• Wellington regional strategy •• Emergency management •• Democratic services •• Relationships with Māori and mana whenua •• Regional transport planning and programmes •• Regional initiatives
Water supply Public transport Resilient region Fresh water quality and biodiversity
What we do Greater Wellington coordinates regional leadership activities in partnership with other local authorities on a range of issues and priorities across the region. Our long term approach is to develop and maintain strong relationships and collaborative programmes at a regional level to assist with achieving integrated decision making across the region. We involve mana whenua, key stakeholders, central government and the community in these processes and in our decision making. We also lead or are involved in a number of regional initiatives that provide significant benefits to the regional community in a number of areas including economic development, emergency management, regional resilience, transport planning and healthy homes. Many of the issues facing our communities are complex and require regional whole of system approaches if we are to find meaningful solutions. Leadership is essential for our region if we are to build on our existing strengths and develop new initiatives that will enable us to continue to deliver on our key outcomes. Connectedness is also key – building partnerships and relationships with a wide array of organisations to ensure that a regional perspective is considered alongside local and nationwide considerations. The Regional leadership group of activities contributes to the water supply, public transport, resilient region and fresh water quality and biodiversity priority areas.
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Greater Wellington Regional Council Long Term Plan 2018-28
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