Description

• Servicing additional parts of the District with bus services.
• Providing better footpaths, cycleways and shared zones on roads.

What has happened since 2021?

• New bus services to Wakefield/Brightwater and Motueka/Māpua and transitioning to an electric bus fleet (commences in mid-July 2023).
• Developed the Walking and Cycling Strategy.
• Secured government funding and started the design and construction of new and improved cycle lanes on key routes in Richmond, Motueka, and Māpua.
• Completed Tasman’s Great Taste Trail from Tapawera to Woodstock and installed a new bridge at Eastern Hills Creek.
• Completed the Eighty-Eight Valley footpath and the Brooklyn footpath and bridge, as well as purchased land for the Upper Moutere footpath.
• Completed a new cycle bridge in Motupipi.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• Conversion of urban residential streets into ‘Greenways’ (slow, quiet streets).
• New footpaths and cycle lanes in Māpua, Motueka, Wakefield, Richmond, and Tākaka.
• Improving pedestrian crossings, especially close to schools.
• Enhancing speed management measures.
• Developing a new bus stop/interchange in Richmond.

Description

• Undertaking actions that help to decrease the Council’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and providing leadership for wider emissions reductions in the District as a whole.
• Working with our communities to understand and adapt to the effects of climate change.

What has happened since 2021?

• Prepared a baseline inventory of Council’s GHG emissions for 2020/2021 and now undertaking annual monitoring reports.
• Developing a corporate emissions reduction plan, to reduce emissions from Council operations.
• Achieved a 4% saving in electricity consumption by implementing energy efficiency initiatives, such as installing solar panels at Motueka Library.
• Replaced seven petrol vehicles with seven hybrids in the Council’s fleet.
• Funding support for the local Warmer Healthy Homes program helped to insulate 163 homes.
• Planted over 170,000 trees across the District.
• Continuing the Coastal management – responding to climate change programme.
• Working on a Nelson-Tasman Regional Climate Change Risk Assessment project with Nelson City Council.
• Working with Nelson City Council to include new sea-level rise projections into guidance for determining ground and floor levels for new buildings and alterations.
• Developed the Walking and Cycling Strategy.
• Developed the Tasman Biodiversity Strategy that includes responses to climate change impacts on biodiversity.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• We are currently consulting on our draft Tasman Climate Response Strategy and updated Action Plan. This document outlines our proposed climate change work programme for the coming decade, forming part of Tasman’s next 10-year Plan. Examples of some new actions added to our updated Action Plan include:
  • Plan for all organic waste to be diverted from landfill by 2030.
  • Seek government funding for processing facilities for putrescible waste (e.g., commercial composters) and all other organic waste (e.g., a waste-to-energy plant for Nelson-Tasman).
  • Construct facilities, set up new collection services and being diverting organic waste from landfill.
• Collaborate with central government, iwi, businesses and communities to co-create adaptive pathways and prepare climate adaptation plans for Tasman’s communities. Adaptation plans should be based on national guidance and best practice, ensuring iwi and community values and aspirations are embedded in our adaptation approach.
• Develop a climate change dashboard to ensure decision-making is informed by relevant data.
• Work together with others to create and maintain a Nelson-Tasman climate change information hub/platform for social change.

Description

Waste that is disposed of at the landfill has costs to all of us and some of it generates greenhouse gas emissions. The resources embedded in the materials disposed of in landfill are no longer readily available to be used. For this reason, we promote avoid, reduce, reuse, recycling, and recovery before treatment and disposal.

What has happened since 2021?

• Increasing our staffing to help reduce waste creation before it arrives at landfill.
• Continuing to provide grants and subsidies for waste minimisation activities.
• Trialing battery drop-offs.
• Currently reviewing the Nelson Tasman Joint Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2019.
• The Nelson-Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit has completed improvements to the methane gas collection and disposal systems at York Valley and Eves Valley landfills, the stormwater treatment system at York Valley, and commenced work on airspace, stability, and leachate improvement works at York Valley.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• Capital investment for waste minimisation at landfill – potentially organic or dry waste facilities.
• Expansion of Richmond Materials Recovery Facility and plant purchase
• Dry waste bunker replacement, new weighbridge and pit upgrade at the Richmond Resource Recovery centre (RRC)
• Mairiri RRC access road improvements, weighbridge and roading upgrades, and new roof.

Description

• Providing capacity for new and higher density housing, and for new businesses within the District.
• Providing the infrastructure e.g. transport links and pipes to enable these areas to provide new homes and business premises.

What has happened since 2021?

• Constructing the Waimea Community Dam which is now close to completion.
• We have invested in significant new three waters assets such as:

• New water treatment plants in Motueka, Brightwater, Wakefield and Waimea.
• Upgraded the trunk water main in Māpua and installed a new reservoir in Ruby Bay.
• Carried out investigations and planning for water and stormwater system improvements in Richmond South and stormwater management in Motueka.
• Completed a new Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy, that provides a blueprint for how and where we will provide for new homes and businesses over the next 30 years

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• Most projects involving Council infrastructure are in the three waters. Their planning and delivery are expected to be the responsibility of the new three waters entity from 1 July 2024 onwards.
• This period will see significant change with the introduction of new legislation to replace the Resource Management Act. Changes include the requirement for a Regional Spatial Strategy and a single plan covering Nelson and Tasman.

Description

Providing facilities that are available to the community for social, recreational, educational, and sporting use.

What has happened since 2021?

• Opening the new Motueka Library.
• Funding the upgrade of the Golden Bay Grandstand.
• Ongoing improvements at Saxton field such as enhanced lighting for the velodrome carpark and improved accessibility and wayfinding.
• Converting Kingsland Forest from a commercial forest into a recreational area. Planting around 10,000 native trees with a further 36,000 natives and 15,000 exotics due to be planted this year.
• Carrying out feasibility studies for a new Brightwater/Wakefield Community facility and a new Motueka Swimming Pool.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• Developing the Brightwater/Wakefield community facility and Motueka Swimming Pool.
• Continuing development and improvement of Saxton Field including developing baseball fields and further development of the Oval.
• Working with Nelson City Council to develop a new regional cemetery.
• Providing several new playgrounds around the District.

Description

Working to modernise our digital business platforms to provide a better experience and improved services to our community.

What has happened since 2021?

• Our new human resources and payroll systems are being implemented with a planned go-live in the second half of 2023.
• We are now in the procurement stage of updating and modernising our core business systems. A brief is out with the market, and it is expected that we will proceed to a Request for Proposal (RFP) by the end of June 2023
• Our ageing on-premises systems have begun transitioning across to Cloud services. Eventually, all of our systems will be available in the Cloud, from anywhere, and not dependent on the Richmond main office data centre.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• Completion of our new, modern human resources and payroll systems.
• Making decisions on changes and improvements to our digital business platforms. This may take the form of a full core system replacement or begin with individual components of systems. This begins the process of moving away from our ageing on-premises business systems.
• Continuing to transition our ageing on-premises applications to the local and public cloud-based systems.
• Starting to work on a programme to improve the customer experience and internal workload management.

Description

The Tasman Resource Management Plan and Regional Policy Statement are the key planning documents used to manage the use of natural resources in our District. This work programme covers their review.

What has happened since 2021?

• Identifying the issues and options for managing natural resources.
• Engaging with the community on these issues and options.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

New legislation now means the Tasman Environment Plan will not progress in its current form. It will be superseded by a plan covering Nelson and Tasman.

Description

Working to protect our District’s biodiversity and taking action to manage pest plants and animals.

What has happened since 2021?

• Collaborating with a range of other interested groups to develop the Tasman Biodiversity Strategy.
• Working with willing landowners to identify and protect important wetland and terrestrial habitats.
• Working with Native Habitats Tasman uses the skill of contract ecologists to survey and report on the values and management needs for ecologically significant natural habitats on private land.
• Working with Tasman Environmental Trust to undertake ecological restoration in the Takaka catchment.
• Supporting Tasman Environmental Trust and Project De-vine with administration costs and project delivery.
• Delivering the Tasman Nelson Regional Pest Management Plan 2019-2029, and undergoing review in 2023.
• Working within the Kotahitanga mo te taiao alliance to deliver biodiversity outcomes across te tai ihu.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• Continuing the Native Habitats programme (surveying and mapping significant natural areas). Moving to monitoring and restoration of significant sites.
• Increasing pest control efforts, including mammalian and ungulate (hoofed mammal) pests.
• Implementing the Tasman Biodiversity Strategy in partnership with the Tasman community and stakeholders
• Delivering Restoration by Design projects within the Kotahitanga mo te taiao alliance
• Responding to changes in national legislation to improve biodiversity outcomes under the National Policy Statement- Freshwater Management, Te Mana o te Taiao, and the yet-to-be-released National Policy Statement - Indigenous Biodiversity.

Description

Working with the community to improve the quality of water in our rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands.

What has happened since 2021?

• Installing fish passages and constructing wetlands.
• Enhancing natural areas through wilding conifer control, weed management in Significant Natural Areas, and Waimea Inlet enhancement.
• Developing emergency flooding action plans and developing flood inundation models
• Continuing the long-term monitoring of the state of the environment.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

• Developing rainfall-runoff models to inform flood routing.
• Better understanding the catchments of waterways to be able to improve the management of catchment pressures.
• Implementing the National Policy Statement for Freshwater through a new plan. The plan will set targets to improve water quality where it is degraded. This will drive change in land practices where needed to improve water quality.

Description

• Working to bring our water supply systems up to the levels required by the NZ Drinking Water Standards.
• Ensuring we have secure sources of water to supply our communities.

What has happened since 2021?

• Constructing the Waimea Community Dam which is now close to completion.
• Developing a new Motueka water treatment plant to fully comply with NZ drinking water standards.
• Upgrading Brightwater, Wakefield Waimea and Pōhara water treatment plants to fully comply with NZ drinking water standards.
• Installing an upgraded water treatment plant at Dovedale.
• Installed a new water reservoir at Pomona Road to service Ruby Bay and Māpua.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

Recent changes to the Three Waters reform programme are impacting how we approach our water services in the next 10-Year Plan. We are working to understand what these changes will mean for our water services moving forward.

Description

Providing stormwater services that minimise the risk of flooding to buildings and property from surface runoff and small urban streams.

What has happened since 2021?

• Preliminary investigations, land purchases, and concept designs for several sections of the Richmond South Stormwater Improvement Programme.
• Completing the Motueka Catchment Management Plan.
• Preliminary investigations and concept designs for Motueka West stormwater discharge.

What is planned for 2024-2031?

Recent changes to the Three Waters reform programme are impacting how we approach our water services in the next 10-Year Plan. We are working to understand what these changes will mean for our water services moving forward.

Description

Working toward preventing wastewater overflows that adversely affect the environment and create public health risks.

What has happened since 2021?

• Upgraded the Headingly Lane pump station and rising main.
• Installing a new rising main from Motueka West to Motueka Bridge.
• Preliminary investigation and concept design for new pump stations and rising main in Richmond South.
• Upgraded the Māpua trunk main

What is planned for 2024-2031?

Recent changes to the Three Waters reform programme are impacting how we approach our water services in the next 10-Year Plan. We are working to understand what these changes will mean for our water services moving forward.