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Te Puna / Minden

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

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

Public 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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Industrial Zone

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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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Natural Environment

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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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COMMUNITY FACILITIES

Building a strong and thriving economy.

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Public Transport

What are the next steps?

While Council does not provide public transport directly, this feedback is being provided to Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council who lead this.

Industrial Zone

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.

Natural Environment

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will be used to help shape the planning around environmental projects in Te Puna. Council will continue to work with community groups and Pirirākau hapū to progress these.

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 Facilities

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will be used to help shape the planning around Council’s approach to community facilities as part the Long-Term Plan 2024-34 kōrero.

Community Public Transport
Community Industrial Zone
Community Natural Environment
Council Climate Change
Council Economic Development
Council Waste Minimisation
Council Speed Management
Council Transportation
Council Representation
Council Community Facilities

The Te Puna and Minden area is a rapidly growing community in the Western Bay.

Minden is a rural community with beautiful sweeping view of the Western Bay and the Tauranga coastline.

Te Puna is located within the rohe of Ngāti Taka hapū and is home to Te Pirirākau, both descended from the Takitimu migration and aligning with Ngāti Ranginui iwi.

Te Puna shares its name with the Te Puna Stream and also acknowledges the prevalence of puna (springs) in the area.

Te Puna has a cherished rural character, with most of the land in orchard, open paddock and lifestyle blocks. The village centre has developed on State Highway 2, beneath the hills on which Minden Road and suburb are situated.

There are currently three marae in the Te Puna area: Tūtereinga, Poutūterangi and Paparoa.

Te Puna and Minden have huge economic potential with a business network and local businesses which are growing to match its population growth. Some services and amenities in the area include a local school, kindergarten and sports fields.