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Te Puke

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

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

Inclusion

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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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Food Security

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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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Sustainable Housing

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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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Supporting Local

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Inclusion

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will help shape the planning of community wellbeing initiatives and includes supporting cultural events celebrating the diversity of Te Puke.

Food Security

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will help shape the planning for the ongoing community wellbeing initiatives programme being undertaken in Te Puke in alignment with the Mana Kai Mana Ora Sub-Regional Plan.

Sustainable Housing

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will help shape the planning of community wellbeing initiatives and the ongoing support of the Te Puke Housing information service.

Supporting Local

What are the next steps?

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

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 Inclusion
Community Food Security
Community Sustainable Housing
Community Supporting Local
Council Climate Change
Council Economic Development
Council Waste Minimisation
Council Speed Management
Council Transportation
Council Representation

Located in the eastern region of the Western Bay of Plenty, Te Puke serves as the main service town for this end of our rohe.

Growing rapidly in population, Te Puke is proudly home to a diverse range of ethnicities.

Tangata whenua of the eastern region are primarily of Te Arawa, one of the waka that made the great migration from Hawai’iki to Aotearoa. Tapuika and Waitaha are the two resident iwi of Te Puke.  To the north of Te Puke, there are two Waitaha marae located at Manoeka. These are Hei and Haraki.

Known as the Kiwifruit Capital of the World, Te Puke’s diverse population demographic is a source of local pride. It is the horticultural hub of the Bay of Plenty with a thriving rural town service and strong local economy.

Te Puke has a variety of local businesses, while also offering local amenities such as a library, swimming pool and memorial hall.

Within the Te Puke area are also smaller but just as important town communities such as Waitangi, Rangiuru and Te Ranga.

With a youthful population and the growth in the local economy, the development and growth of Te Puke’s community and character is likely to flourish in the coming years.