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Top Ten Focus Areas Survey - Have Your Say! 21 July 2017 Developing our district as New Zealand's lifestyle capital will take a team effort - and here's how you can get involved! The Mayor and Councillors have 10 proposed focus areas they would like your feedback on. This week's focus is on Destination Taranaki. Have your say and be in to win an iPad! >>Destination Taranaki survey As a community, we want to have a conversation about these proposed focus areas for the next three years, which are underpinned by our 30-year plan called the District Blueprint. The 10 proposed focus areas are listed below and each week we'll be focusing on a different topic: Zero waste by 2040 survey Treasure our water survey Waitara stormwater survey Thriving central city survey People-friendly district survey Coastal walkway extension survey Breakwater Bay (East Port development) survey Flagship Projects survey Destination Taranaki survey Keep talking. >> Watch the videos and read the opinion pieces about each focus area

Three Candidates for Inglewood Community Board By-election 25 July 2017 Nominations for New Plymouth District Council’s vacant Inglewood Community Board seat closed at noon today (Tuesday), with three people standing in the by-election. The three candidates are: Mel Cook. Megan Hale (Independent). Michael Self. Voting papers will be delivered to South-West Ward residents who are on the electoral roll for the Inglewood Community Board area by 29 August, with voting closing on 20 September. If you live in or own property in the Inglewood Community Board area but are not on the electoral roll, you can apply to enrol as either a residential or ratepayer elector until Tuesday 19 September – the day before the close of voting – by going to a Post Shop or the Civic Centre on Liardet Street, New Plymouth, or online to elections.org.nz or newplymouthnz.com. The community board vacancy was created following the resignation of board member Phil Rowe. Voting documents for the North Ward by-election will be delivered to voters registered on the electoral roll in the North Ward (the Waitara and Clifton areas) from Tuesday 15 August. Voting papers must reach the Council by noon on Wednesday 6 September. Energy, Dairy and Tourism? 21 July 2017 Should Taranaki increase its share of New Zealand’s tourism pie? New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) is considering whether to focus more on tourism, as a major plank of the region’s economy, alongside the giants of energy and dairy. Currently visitors make just over a million trips a year to Taranaki and the questions needs to be asked, should our region take advantage of our top-two in the world accolade from international travel guide publisher Lonely Planet and ride the wave of investment in the Pouakai Crossing, the State Highway 3 upgrade at Mt Messenger and New Plymouth Airport? “We have enormous potential. That’s why Lonely Planet put us on the global tourist map as one of the top-two regions in the world to visit,” Mayor Neil Holdom. “Keeping ourselves on the tourist map means more opportunities for our people, more visitors, more jobs and a more secure future.” According to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, visitors make just over a million trips a year to Taranaki, spending about $340 million a year. “What if we could double this?” asks Councillor Stacey Hitchcock. “Adding another major pillar to our economy, alongside energy and agriculture, will keep the tills ringing and support our lifestyle.” There is enormous potential in telling the stories of our past – including the Taranaki Wars and New Zealand’s oldest stone church. Working with neighbouring districts could see the creation of tourist trails – for example, visitors to Waitomo could be directed to Mokau, then to the Three Sisters, the White Cliffs and so on. DOC has started to help make the Pouakai Crossing a walk of national significance – one that is on a par with the Tongariro Crossing – and the NZ Transport Agency will ensure our connection to Auckland and the rest of the North Island is even stronger with an improved highway around the Awakino Gorge and Mount Messenger. Should NPDC be doing more to grow the tourism sector and Destination Taranaki? A survey is online at newplymouthnz.com/Top10 for people to share their thoughts – and everyone who completes the survey goes in the draw to win an iPad!

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