Our vision and direction
We’re supporting sustainable development and communities by focusing on place, people, and partnership.
Our community outcomes
Our community outcomes focus on place, people, and partnerships.
These outcomes are the focus of our Long-term Plan 2024-34. Our financial and infrastructure strategies support how we’ll achieve them.
Working with our mana whenua partners
We’re committed to our partnership with mana whenua, and ensuring we address and prioritise issues of importance for our iwi partners. Appointed mana whenua representatives have a seat at our governance table, and we work together in mana-enhancing ways for our community.
Place
Our place is resilient and liveable for current and future generations.
Our natural environment, water, and infrastructure remains accessible, well maintained and protected from degradation, including climate change impacts as we grow.
People
Tāngata (people) are supported to live, work and play in our district.
Our people have access to services, resources and opportunities that enable them to lead healthy, fulfilling lives and feel connected within their communities.
Partnership
We partner with others to connect, facilitate and advocate for the good of all in Kāpiti.
Our community is involved in decisions that affect Kāpiti, and business, government and community groups work together to ensure resources and funds support our economic needs.
Our priorities
Our top 10 priorities were decided by councillors after talking with many people, groups, and sectors in our community in 2023/24. We tested these priorities during the Vision Kāpiti 2060 engagement by asking what would improve residents’ lives and meet their needs in the short term. We heard from about 2,500 people through regular community drop-ins, confirming our focus matches their concerns.
Place
1. Your need: Resilient waters environment
Looking after our rivers, streams, and oceans, and ensuring supporting infrastructure is resilient and in top condition.
Our priority
Develop a plan to address inland flooding and ponding: stormwater, infrastructure, and the impacts of the water reform.
2. Your need: Sustainable land use
Making the most of our land so that we meet the needs of current and future residents in a sustainable way.
Our priority
Implement a growth strategy that balances needs for housing and our environment, via appropriate district and regional spatial planning.
3. Your need: Climate change and resilience
A healthy, enhanced natural environment for us to live as a part of, so that we are resilient to climate change, as our population grows.
Our priority
Develop a climate strategy to reach our bold emissions reduction goals, and an environment strategy to set out the state of the environment, and how we enhance it.
People
4. Your need: Networked and connected communities
Supporting the rights of all people in Kāpiti to connect and participate in community life now and in the future.
Our priority
Increase inclusive spaces and creative opportunities for all, and ensure intergenerational inequity is addressed.
5. Your need: Thriving economy
Ensuring the Kāpiti economy thrives, so that people can “make a living” in our district.
Our priority
Enable residents to earn a living in Kāpiti, through increased tourism and economic development.
6. Your need: Housing access
Improving access to affordable, warm, dry and safe housing options that meets our local need.
Our priority
Implement the housing strategy.
7. Your need: Health access
Improving our overall health through access to affordable health services in our community.
Our priority
Shape the design for a health strategy to create more coordination and more service.
Partnership
8. Your need: Involved communities
Ensuring the community is involved in decisions about the future of Kāpiti.
Our priority
Create a shared vision for Kāpiti.
9. Your need: Thriving economy
Ensuring Kāpiti Coast District Council engages well, and delivers value locally.
Our priority
Lift mana and pride in Council’s operational culture so that we deliver more value to you.
10. Your need: Trust and confidence
Improving trust and confidence in our role and service for the community we serve.
Our priority
Support Council to remain on track and improve accountability.
We aim to achieve these top 10 priorities by 30 June 2034, starting in the three years from 2024/25. To do this, we’ve included the necessary budgets in our Long-term Plan 2024-34.
Developing our vision
More than 50 different laws guide and require local authorities to improve our community’s cultural, social, environmental, and economic wellbeing.
To make sure we’re heading in the right direction and can meet the needs of our growing district, we’ve been talking a lot with our community about what matters most.
We wanted to find out which actions will have the biggest impact in promoting sustainable, gradual growth through fair decisions that move us toward the future Kāpiti Coast residents want.
This led us to our top 10 priorities for delivering the three new community outcomes of people, place, and partnership, over the Long-term Plan 2024–34.