Our Purpose, Vision & ValuesTō tātau whāinga, whakakitenga me ō tātau uara

Enhancing our Environment together
Te Whakapakari Tahi I Tō Tātau Taiao

Our Vision: We Want

A healthy environment, and a resilient and prosperous community.

Our Purpose: We Work

With our community to protect and manage the region’s precious taonga of rivers, lakes, soils, air, coast and biodiversity for health, wellbeing and connectivity.

Our Focus: We Prioritise

Water quality, safety and climate-resilient certainty
Te kounga o te wai, te haumarutanga me te mārohirohi ā-āhuarangi o te whakamarutanga

Climate-smart and sustainable land use
Kia koi, kia toitū hoki te whakamahinga o te whenua

Healthy, functioning and climate-resilient biodiversity
Kia ora, kia āhei, kia mārohirohi ā-āhuarangi hoki te rerenga rauropi

Sustainable and climate-resilient services and infrastructure
Kia toitū, kia mārohirohi ā-āhuarangi hoki ngā ratonga me ngā hanganga ā-whare

Our Values: We Believe in

Partnership and Collaboration
We work with our community in everything we do

Accountability
We hold ourselves to account to deliver results, be responsive to community expectations, and the best use of ratepayers’ funds and assets

Transparency
We report on what we do and the value this delivers for our community

Excellence
We set our sights and expectations high, and never stop striving to do better