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Matakana Island

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Matakana Island. This is what you told us matters most to your community.

These are the top priorities for the whole of the Western Bay District.

Transport

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Planning for natural hazards and severe weather events.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Building a strong and thriving economy.

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Supporting Local

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WASTE MINIMISATION

Providing the right services and infrastructure for reducing waste.

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SPEED MANAGEMENT

Creating a speed management plan for our local roads.

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Panepane Wharf

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TRANSPORTATION

How our roads, cycleways and walkways can be improved.

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REPRESENTATION

Ensuring your community is effectively represented.

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Transport

What are the next steps?

Your feedback has helped shape the review of Council’s Transportation Activity Plan as part of the development of the Long Term Plan 2024-34 which is scheduled for adoption in 2024.

At the same time, it’s also helping shape the procurement approach for renewal of our roading contract in 2024/25, where we are looking to work closer with local suppliers and businesses to deliver high-quality roading services that meet the needs and expectations of the community

Supporting Local

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will help shape a review of Council’s procurement policy scheduled for 2024.

Panepane Wharf

What are the next steps?

Your feedback is being used to help design the much-needed replacement wharf at Panepane Point. This is in addition to the direct and ongoing engagement with Matakana Island hapū.

Climate Change

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will help set out the next steps for Council’s Climate Change Action Plan. This work in ongoing and includes gaining a better understanding of what our risks are to help inform our future actions.

Economic Development

What are the next steps?

Your feedback has helped shape the review of Council’s Economic Development Activity Plan as part of the development of the Long Term Plan 2024-34 which is scheduled for adoption in 2024.

Waste Minimisation

What are the next steps?

Your feedback has helped shape the development of Council’s Waste Management and Minimisation Plan which will be adopted in 2024.

This refreshed plan is built on the great mahi we’ve collectively done and also what we’ve heard from you. We want to build on our successful programmes such as our kerbside service, mobile recycling trailers and waste education, and make it easier for our community to do even more.

Speed Management

What are the next steps?

Your feedback has helped shape the development of Council’s Speed Management Plan which will be adopted in 2024.

Our proposed approach is for a 50kph speed limit in urban areas and 80kph speed limit within rural areas, with exceptions including schools, Marae, town centres and community identified areas.

To achieve the best safety outcomes for the local community we’ll be prioritising areas with the highest need first. The priorities identified for the first three years of the Speed Management Plan are:

  • Schools
  • Marae (and associated community hubs)
  • Other high-risk and high benefit areas (e.g., places with a high concentration of people like town centres)
  • Areas identified by the community as important (e.g., particular roads or areas where there is local community support for a speed limit reduction).

Transportation

What are the next steps?

Your feedback has helped shape the review of Council’s Transportation Activity Plan as part of the development of the Long Term Plan 2024-34 which is scheduled for adoption in 2024.

At the same time, it’s also helping shape the procurement approach for renewal of our roading contract in 2024/25, where we are looking to work closer with local suppliers and businesses to deliver high-quality roading services that meet the needs and expectations of the community.

Representation

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will help shape our representation review process which is scheduled to begin in early 2024.

As a result of Council establishing a Maori ward earlier this year – this process will consider the number of wards, and number of councillors and community boards, with a chance for community feedback before July 2024.

Community Transport
Community Supporting Local
Community Panepane Wharf
Council Climate Change
Council Economic Development
Council Waste Minimisation
Council Speed Management
Council Transportation
Council Representation

Te Moutere o Matakana, together with Rangiwaea and Motuhoa, is home to the hapū of Ngāi Tūwhiwhia, Ngāti Tauaiti, Ngāi Tamawhariua, Te Ngare and Ngāi Tauwhao.

These hapū align with Ngāi Te Rangi iwi, descended from the Mataatua migration. Matakana shares its name with an ancient pā that looks out over the intertidal mid-section of Tauranga Harbour.

The Matakana community is reputed throughout Tauranga Moana for its relative isolation and the autonomy this affords. The dominant land use activities support primary production, including forestry, agriculture and horticulture.

The population currently sits at 183 people. In recent years, funding has been committed to the upgrade of Te Rangihouhiri marae which has helped stimulate some work on the island. The island has a kohanga reo and school.