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Annual Report Annual Report Telephone: 09 470 1200 Facsimile: 09 470 1202 Email: [email protected] Freephone: 0800 002 004 24/7 Environmental Hotline: 0800 504 639 Website: www.nrc.govt.nz Facebook: www.facebook.com/NorthlandRegionalCouncil Twitter: www.twitter.com/NRCExpress Putting Northland first Directory Main office 36 Water Street, Whängärei 0110 Postal address: Private Bag 9021, Whängärei Mail Centre, Whängärei 0148 Telephone: 09 470 1200 Facsimile: 09 470 1202 Email: [email protected] Freephone: 0800 002 004 24/7 Environmental Hotline: 0800 504 639 Website: www.nrc.govt.nz LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/companies/northlandregionalcouncil Facebook: www.facebook.com/ NorthlandRegionalCouncil Twitter: www.twitter.com/NRCExpress Dargaville office Address: 61B Victoria Street, Dargaville 0310 Telephone: 09 439 3300 Facsimile: 09 439 3301 Kaitäia office Address: 192 Commerce Street, Kaitäia 0410 Telephone: 09 408 6600 Facsimile: 09 408 6601 Öpua office Address: Unit 10, Öpua Marine Park, Öpua 0200 Telephone: 09 402 7516 Facsimile: 09 402 7510 ISSN 1174-698X (Online) ISSN 1171-2430 (Print) Northland Regional Council | Annual Report 2014 Contents Chairman and CEO’s foreword 3 Financial statements 61 Your regional councillors 5 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 62 Governance structure 6 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 65 Council committees and advisors 7 Consolidated statement of financial position 66 Our year in review 9 Consolidated statement of cash flows 68 Council objectives 11 Reconciliation of net surplus to the cash flows from Māori participation in council processes 13 operations 69 Compliance statement 14 Statement of Accounting Policies 70 Audit report 15 Notes to the financial statements 85 Financial prudence 135 Report on council activities 18 Resource management 19 Report on council-controlled organisations138 River management 32 Group structure 139 Economic development 37 Marsden Maritime Holdings Limited 140 Hazard management 42 Northland Inc. Limited 141 Transport 47 Regional Software Holdings Limited 145 Community representation and engagement 53 Support services 57 Funding impact statement for Northland Regional Council 59 2 Northland Regional Council | Annual Report 2014 Chairman and CEO’s foreword Water – the storms of July 2014 may have brought exploring ways to resolve this issue, and council will down seemingly endless amounts of it, but it’s one of continue to actively review its rates collection options. the most precious resources we have. It has been a busy year with plenty happening across all Our major programme for freshwater management, our work programmes – so read on to find out more Waiora Northland Water, continued to be a key focus about what we have delivered for Northland in 2013/14. for council during 2013/14. He Kupu Whakataki nā te Ahurei Stakeholder groups have been established in five rāua ko te Toihau. priority catchments (Mangere, Whāngārei, Doubtless Bay, Poutō and Waitangi), and a review of our regional resource management plans has started. Work Te toto o te tangata he kai, te oranga o te tangata he continues across council to ensure an integrated, whenua – the lifeblood of mankind is food, the source collaborative approach to managing our rivers, streams, of wellness is the environment lakes and aquifers. Wai Maori – ahakoa i āhua mutunga-kore o te rere The unwelcome discovery of two Queensland fruit flies pupuke mai o te wai i ngā āwhā o Hōngongoi, he – a major risk to our horticulture industry – in early 2014 taonga rangatira tonu te wai ki a tāua te tangata. saw council’s biosecurity staff supporting a successful large-scale response led by the Ministry for Primary E hāngai tonu ana Te Kaunihera i ngā ritenga Wai Māori Industries. arā, ā Waiora, Northland Water mō te wā o 2013/14. A proposed reorganisation of Northland’s councils by Kua whakarewatia ētahi Roopu Whaitārewa ki roto i ngā the Local Government Commission was – and will tōpito hopuwai o Māngere, Whāngārei, Te Aurere, continue to be – a significant focus for our council as Poutō me Waitangi a, kua tīmatahia ngā tirohanga hau we push for an outcome that reflects what our o ā mātou tikanga Kaitiaki. E haere tonu ana a ngā communities want and enables truly empowered local mahi a Te Kaunihera e pā ana kī ngā tikanga kaitiaki o ā decision-making. tātou roto, ngā awa, ngā awaawa, a tae noa kī ngā onewai. The 2014 council elections saw a change in the way Northlanders are represented at the council table, with Nā te tūpono waingaio i ngā ngaro kai-huarākau e rua, nine councillors elected from seven, smaller mai Queensland – he tūpato tino nui ki ngā mahi constituencies (rather than eight councillors elected at ahumāra – i te tīmatatanga o te tau 2014, ka huri ngā large from three areas). Elected along with incumbent kaimahi ārai matekino taiao o Te Kaunihera ki te councillors Craig Brown (Coastal South), John Bain tautoko i te kaupapa hora whānui i arataki angitū e te (Whāngārei Urban), Graeme Ramsey (Kaipara) and Joe Manatū Ahu Matua hei urupare kī tenei āhuatanga. Carr (Hokianga-Kaikohe) were our new regional councillors Paul Dimery (Coastal Central), David Sinclair I roto i ngā whakarerekētanga e whakaarotia ana e te (Whāngārei Urban), Bill Shepherd and Dover Samuels Kōmihana Kāwana-a-rohe e pā ana ki ngā rohe (Coastal North) and Dennis Bowman (Te Hiku). kaunihera katoa o te Taitokerau, e mau ana tēnei kaunihera tētahi whakaaro kia whakaū tonu he tikanga A priority for the new council was improving Māori whakaahuatia ngā wawatā, me ngā tūmanako o ngā participation in council processes and decision-making. hāpori me te whakamana ia hāpori kia whai tika ai i roto This led to the establishment of the Te Tai Tokerau i ngā whakatakoto ritenga i roto i a rātou anō. Māori Advisory Committee – which met for the first time in June 2014 – through which we hope to create Nā te pōtinga o Te Kaunihera hou i tēnei tau, ka kite ai lasting and meaningful relationships between Māori tātou te pōtinga mai o ngā mema kaunihera tokoiwa and council. hei kaikōrero mō ngā rohe e whitu o te Taitokerau, e rerekē ana ki ngā pōtinga mema kaunihera tokowaru A big challenge continues to be addressing unpaid mai i ngā rohe e toru o mua rā. rates – which now total $5.9 million – particularly in the Far North District. A cross-council working party is now 3 Northland Regional Council | Annual Report 2014 Ko ngā mema kaunihera tawhito i whakahokia mai ki a Tetahi taumahatanga kei runga tonu Te Kaunihera ko rātou tūranga ko Craig Brown (mai te Takutai-ki-runga), nga rēti e tārewa tonu ana, kua tae atu ki te rima-ira- ko John Bain (mai Whāngārei Taone), ko Graeme whitu mirione tāra kahore noa kia utua, te nuinga kei Ramsay (mai Te Kaipara), rātou ko Joe Carr (mai roto i te rohe o te raki. Kua whakarite i tetahi Rōpu Hokianga-Kaikohe). Ko ngā mema kaunihera hou I Whakahuihui Kaunihera hei whiriwhiri mei pehea ai whakauru atu ki Te Kaunihera, ko Paul Dimery (mai Te tenei āhuatanga whakatika ai. E tirotirohia ana Te Takutai-ki-waenganui), ko David Sinclair (mai Kaunihera i ōna ake tikanga kohinga rēti. Whāngārei Tāone), ko Bill Shepherd (te Ahurei), ko Dover Samuels (mai Te Takutai-ki-raro), rātou ko Dennis He maha hoki ngā Kaupapa kua pīkautia Te Kaunihera I Bowman (mai Te Hiku o Te Ika). tēnei tau, e tūpono kau ana ngā momo tikanga hoki puta noa i ngā Kaupapa katoa. Nō reira titiro tonu atu I whakatinanatia tētahi titiro rangatira a Te Kaunihera ki ngā pānui i roto i tēnei pukapuka, kia kite ai ngā hou a, kia whaiwāhitia te Iwi Māori i roto i ngā painga kua oti mō Taitokerau i tēnei tau 2014. nekenekehanga me ngā ritenga o Te Kaunihera. Nā konā ka whakarewahia Te Rūnanga Tohutohu Tikanga Nā māua Kaitiaki Māori o Taitokerau mo Te Kaunihera-a-rohe motuhake. Ko te tino tūmanako o Te Kaunihera, kia whakahono pūmau ai Te Kaunihera me Te Iwi Māori. Bill Shepherd Malcolm Nicolson Chairman Chief Executive Officer 4 Northland Regional Council | Annual Report 2014 Your regional councillors Bill Shepherd Graeme Ramsey (Chairman) (Deputy Chairman) Coastal North Kaipara Ph: (021) 433 574 Ph: (09) 439 7022 E: [email protected] (021) 829 596 E: [email protected] John Bain Dennis Bowman Whāngārei Urban Te Hiku Ph: (027) 496 1894 Councillor Bowman passed E: [email protected] away in October 2014. A by-election for Te Hiku will be held in early 2015. Craig Brown Joe Carr Coastal South Hokianga – Kaikohe Ph: (09) 432 7575 Ph: (027) 601 5448 (027) 551 1056 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Paul Dimery Dover Samuels Coastal Central Coastal North Ph: (027) 889 3320 Ph: (021) 718 607 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] David Sinclair Whāngārei Urban Ph: (027) 889 3551 E: [email protected] 5 Northland Regional Council | Annual Report 2014 Governance structure 1 1 Northland Regional Council resolved at the 13 May 2014 council meeting to establish Te Tai Tokerau Māori Advisory Committee. The first meeting of the Committee was held on 27 June 2014 at Otira Marae. The final structure of the committee is yet to be determined. 6 Northland Regional Council | Annual Report 2014 Council committees and advisors Regional Policy Committee (RPC) Environmental Management Committee Councillors Graeme Ramsey (Chairman), Craig Brown (EMC) (Deputy Chairman), Bill Shepherd (ex-officio), John Bain, Councillors Joe Carr (Chairman), Craig Brown (Deputy David Sinclair and Joe Carr. Chairman), Bill Shepherd (ex-officio), Paul Dimery, Dennis Bowman. Organisation Performance Committee (OPC) Cr Ann Court representing Far North District Councillors Bill Shepherd (NRC Chairman), Graeme Council. Ramsey (NRC Deputy Chairman), David Sinclair. Cr Tricia Cutforth representing Whangarei District Council.
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