Kotahi

About the engagement

This document will provide the framework for the management of the environment within the region.

The Kotahi Plan will replace our existing resource management plans, including the Regional Policy Statement, Resource Management Plan, and Coastal Environment Plan. It will give effect to new policies, planning and technical standards from Central Government.

All aspects of the environment including freshwater, biodiversity, climate change, soil management, the coastal and marine area, natural hazards and risk, energy, transport and infrastructure will be included in the Kotahi Plan.

For this plan to be robust and long-lived, we aim to engage with everyone in Hawke’s Bay. Since July 2022, we have engaged with tangata whenua and our communities, as well as the Territorial Authorities, primary industry, stakeholders and environmental groups.

This engagement has resulted in a draft plan which we will be taking it out for public consultation later in the year before it is adopted by the Council.