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Oropi / Ohauiti / Pyes Pa

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Oropi, Ohauiti and Pyes Pa. This is what you told us matters most to your community.

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

Rural Roads

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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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Community Resilience

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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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Growth and Development

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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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Rural Roads

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.

Community Resilience

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will be used to help shape a local community response plan for the Oropi/Ohauiti/Pyes Pa area. This will be coordinated by Council’s Emergency Management team alongside the community and is scheduled to begin in 2024.

Growth and Development

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will be used to help shape Council’s District Plan Review including prioritisation of plan changes and spatial planning for our communities in the next 1 – 10 years.

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 Rural Roads
Community Community Resilience
Community Growth and Development
Council Climate Change
Council Economic Development
Council Waste Minimisation
Council Speed Management
Council Transportation
Council Representation

Pyes Pa is situated between the Kōpurererua and Waiorohi Streams. Further east is Oropi and the Waimapu River, beyond which is Ohauiti.

The respective hapū who hold these areas are Ngāi Tamarawaho, Ngāti Ruahine and Ngāi Te Ahi – all of Ngāti Ranginui iwi, descended from the Takitimu migration.

Primary land uses in the rural communities of Oropi, Ohauiti and Pyes Pa are horticulture, agriculture and forestry. In this area is the Otainewainuku Forest which is home to a variety of native birds, including kiwi, and rimu trees. TECT Park also sits within this area.