Career Start
Giving Young people in the Rangitikei a career start close to home
Rangitikei's demographics show a hollowing out of 18-24 year olds because of educational and employment opportunities outside the District. This trend has a wide range of impacts on community life - such as reducing the injection of fresh ideas into the many service, leisure and creative organisations throughout the recent LTCCP process, a submission from a youth forum convened by the Council noted "we need more opportunities - more, better jobs... we need communities where people feel welcomed and safe..." Young people see improved employment opportunities as the key to Rangitikei's future.
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For more information on this project contact - dougl@rangdc.govt.nz
Partner's Programme
How to build a $25m events complex when you only have $6m to spend... The Rotorua Partner's Programme is about genuine partnerships based on corporate and community investment and philanthropy:
To develop facilities for the Rotorua District community of a quality and in a timeframe that would not be possible from conventional rates related funding.
To provide an opportunity for corporates and other organisations with Rotorua interests to contribute towards important community development projects in partnership with Rotorua District Council
To enhance communication and strengthen working relationships and understanding between the council and partner organisations.
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For more information on this project contact - charles.roberts@rdc.govt.nz
Possum Control
It's a programme designed to reduce and control possum number in Taranaki. a distinctive feature of the programme and one of the reasons for its success is that it is a "self-help" programme based on a joint effort between the Council and land occupiers. The Council focuses on being a facilitator for land occupiers undertaking initial possum control over a wide area and then working with land occupiers to achieve ongoing effective, co-ordinated and integrated possum control on their property.
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For more information on this project contact - basil.chamberlain@trc.govt.nz
Recreating Paradise
Hamilton City Council first presented the Paradise Gardens concept to the community through developing a management plan which was approved by Council in 1984. In 1986 Mr Wu Donghua, then Mayor of Hamilton's Chinese sister city Wuxi, planted a magnolia in an empty paddock at Hamilton Gardens as a symbol of the bond between the two cities. It was that act that launched Council's development of the Paradise Gardens, seeking to create a concept to which the broadest cross-section of its community can connect.
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For more information about this project contact - sue.duignan@hcc.govt.nz
Ethnic Community Network
"The Council demonstrates through a comprehensive network across its business units an effective way of meeting the needs of ethnic communities in the city. Projects are not undertaken in isolation but in a collaborative environment in which one project complements the other and directly answers the needs and issues identified from the Ethnic Forum"
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For more information on this project contact - frances.mccarthy@wcc.govt.nz
Waitakere's Community Outcomes: Two world views - one city vision
Through developing a fully consultative approach to finding out what our varied communities want for their areas and for Waitakere City as a whole, this council has been able to endorse the community's outcomes and has started the process of weaving them into the fabric of our lives and throughout our eco city.
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For more information on this project contact - nada.cottrell@waitakere.govt.nz
Smoke Free Parks and Playgrounds
South Taranaki District Council was the first local government authority in New Zealand to take a real leadership role with the smoke free healthy living message when it implemented its Smoke Free Environments Policy. The aim of the policy is to promote a smoke free lifestyle as being both desirable and the norm by encouraging people not to smoke in Council parks, playgrounds and reserves, as well as in it swimming pool surrounds. As part of the policy, smoking is banned in all indoor Council facilities.
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For more information about this project contact - judith.lacy@stdc.govt.nz
Project Kaiwharawhara
"The stream restoration project galvanised the community to take action on issues regarding their local environment. It showed that community-led projects can work effectively with targeted facilitation and resourcing from local authorities"
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For more information on this project contact - frances.mccarthy@gw.govt.nz
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