HE RAUTAKI TĀONE TAUTAIAO ECO CITY STRATEGY Ahunga Rautaki Strategic Direction
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2021–31 HE RAUTAKI TĀONE TAUTAIAO ECO CITY STRATEGY Ahunga rautaki Strategic direction NGĀ MAHERE PLANS Te eke Ngā Performance Transport paetae aranukuku Te mana urungi Te Governance papai tonu me whakatipu City growth Te rautaki mō NGĀ RAUTAKI and active STRATEGIES te kirirarautanga tāone hohe te Kaunihera citizenship Driven and ahunui, Te rautaki enabling Innovative whakamana i tāone auaha, council and growing te iwi Te NGĀ WHĀINGA tāone tiputipu GOALS city Economic 5 whakawhanake 1 5 1 development HE KAUNIHERA ōhanga HE TĀONE A DRIVEN AND AN INNOVATIVE AHUNUI, Environmental Te taiao toitū AUAHA, HE TĀONE ENABLING AND GROWING WHAKAMANA sustainability TIPUTIPU COUNCIL CITY I TE IWI VISION MATAWHĀNUI SMALL CITY HE ITI RĀ, 2 BENEFITS, HE ITI 2 HE TĀONE BIG CITY 4 POUNAMU. 4 A CREATIVE AND Active WHAKAIHIIHI, Te hapori hohe AMBITION. Ngā wai HE TĀONE Waters AN ECO EXCITING CITY communities TAUTAIAO TAPATAPAHI ANA CITY Te tāone He rautaki 3 3 whakaihiihi, Eco Creative and tāone HE HAPORI A CONNECTED tapatapahi city liveable tautaiao TŪHONOHONO, HE AND SAFE Te āhuarangi HAPORI HAUMARU ana Te ahuahu Climate COMMUNITY City hurihuri tāone change shaping Te Te rautaki Te toi me, Resource Connected Arts and whakaaraara hapori te taonga recovery communities heritage rawa tūhonohono tuku iho Te Awa o Manawatū Manawatū Te hapori River Safe Te hapori haumaru Connected communities tūhonohono communities 2 PALMY 2021-2031 HE RAUTAKI TĀONE TAUTAIAO | ECO CITY STRATEGY 3 Matawhānui Whāinga 4: Te tāone tautaiao Papaioea Goal 4: An Eco city Palmerston North We understand that Palmerston North has a Kupu whakataki responsibility to respond to climate change for the Vision benefit of everyone. Introduction Our goal is for Palmerston North to decrease carbon Oranga hapori emissions and reduce our ecological footprint. Community wellbeing We want to protect and enhance our natural and The purpose of local government is to promote built environments, accommodate growth through He iti rā, he iti pounamu the social, economic, environmental, and cultural intensification, and support active transport. We will wellbeing of communities in the present and for Small city benefits, big city ambition work with our partners towards achieving our shared the future. The Eco city strategy focuses on the goals. Palmerston North is the heart of the Manawatū region. We environmental wellbeing of our communities, although we intend that this strategy will impact on all aspects of are a small city with a lot to offer, and we’re ambitious about Paetae: Kia 30% te hekenga o te tuku hauhā (CO ) i 2 wellbeing. where we’re going. Papaioea, i mua i te tau 2031 Palmerston North has many small city advantages - a great Target: 30% reduction in CO2e emissions in Āhuarangi hurihuri quality of life and easy access to services. We embrace our Palmerston North by 2031 Climate change Rangitāne o Manawatū heritage and celebrate the diversity This Eco city strategy describes Council’s 10-year plan The Ministry for the Environment states that of our communities. We know that the talents and efforts of vision for Goal 4. “[e]missions are changing the climate, and the our whole city will help create the future we want. Five plans sit beneath this strategy and describes changing climate is affecting us and our wellbeing. Council’s activities for the first three years of the The native biodiversity of New Zealand and the places To fulfil the vision Council has adopted five goals and where we live, enjoy recreation, and make a living are 2021-2031 10-Year Plan: Climate change, strategies. also being affected.”1 Environmental sustainability, Manawatū River, Resource recovery and Waters. The challenge of mitigating climate change is a • Whāinga 1: He tāone auaha, he tāone tiputipu global one, and Palmerston North needs to play its Goal 1: An innovative growing city part in reducing emissions. The task of lowering the city’s carbon footprint requires everybody to identify • Whāinga 2: He tāone whakaihiihi, tapatapahi ana inefficiencies and improve the way we do things. Goal 2: A creative and exciting city This strategy sets out our seven priorities to respond to climate change and be a more environmentally • Whāinga 3: He hapori tūhonohono, he hapori haumaru sustainable city. Goal 3: A connected and safe community • Whāinga 4: Te tāone tautaiao Goal 4: An eco city • Whāinga 5: Te Kaunihera ahunui, whakamana i te iwi Goal 5: A driven and enabling Council 1 Ministry for the Environment. (2020). Our atmosphere and climate. 4 PALMY 2021-2031 HE RAUTAKI TĀONE TAUTAIAO | ECO CITY STRATEGY 5 Ngā tino 2. He mahitahi ki te hapori ki te whakaiti i te tukutanga o te waro Priorities 1. He kauanuanu, he hapahapai Work with the community to reduce i te mauri o te awa o Manawatū carbon emissions Āhuarangi hurihuri Respect and enhance the mauri of Climate change the Manawatū River There is a growing international commitment to reduce The Manawatū River forms the geographic, carbon emissions in recognition of the threat posed recreational, and spiritual heart of the city and the by climate change. Public awareness about climate wider region. The river is of great historical, cultural, change is also growing, and in 2019 local students spiritual and traditional significance to Rangitāne. joined the international School Strike for Climate The name ‘Manawatū’ refers to a pūrākau (story) of action. The New Zealand Government declared a Hau, a significant ancestor in the region, whose heart climate emergency in December 2020 and committed stood still when he beheld the beauty of the river. The to a carbon-neutral government and public sector river’s flow connects the people of Norsewood to by 2025. Palmerston North is a signatory of the those of Foxton Beach, linking all who live between. New Zealand Local Government Leaders Climate The tributaries of the river connect the city with its Change Declaration. This declaration establishes our 3. He whakahaumanu i te The link could eventually extend along the Manawatū neighbours, the mountain ranges, and the sea. commitment to addressing climate change in decision- kanorau koiora māori River pathway to Te Apiti and the Ruahine Ranges and provide the missing link from Wellington to East Cape – The Manawatū River is the heart of the city and region, making in the interests of community wellbeing. Regenerate native biodiversity a corridor along the Central Range. We will plant more and the mauri of the river is a reflection of our values. Understanding the emissions profile of our city trees along streets and in city parks to ensure native The Manawatū River Leaders Accord sets out the was a critical first step to developing plans for Te kanorau koiora birds, once down in the city, have adequate year-round commitment to working in collaboration to improve the emission reduction. The 2018 citywide emissions Biodiversity food sources. mauri of the river. We acknowledge the significance 2 found that Palmerston North emits roughly inventory The Turitea Reserve is one of the most well- We will work with our environmental partners to of the entire river system to the wellbeing of the city. 500,000tCO e each year, or approximately 5.7 tonnes 2 preserved podocarp forests in the Lower North achieve greater coordination of community efforts. We will collaborate with mana whenua to develop the per person. We want to lead by example and respond Island. Following the announcement of the national We will plant native bird-friendly trees in urban areas best practical option for wastewater discharge, plant to opportunities to reduce organisational emissions Predator Free 2050 vision, Council became involved and control predators, such as rats, possums and river banks, improve the city’s stormwater network, through a new low carbon fund. We will work with in trial projects supporting Rangitāne and the wider stoats. Increasing protection for the native wildlife re-establish wetlands, improve public access to the residents and other city partners to reduce citywide community to control introduced predators. In recent throughout the city is an important part of our vision river, and undertake cultural monitoring of the quality emissions. We will reduce electricity, natural gas, and years, pest control has led to bush regeneration and to have thriving native biodiversity within the city. We of waterways. We want all these efforts to improve the fuel usage, and reduce waste. Reducing emissions a significant increase in birdlife. will also encourage native plantings where practical mauri of the River. will often reduce costs, while improving air quality and Planting the gullies and rapid regeneration of the and provide guidance on which plants are most other environmental outcomes. We will: streams between the city and the Turitea Reserve appropriate in different places. • We will: improves water quality and provides corridors for Understand the relationship Rangitāne o We will: native birds to move between the ranges and city. Manawatū has with the Manawatū River • Foster sustainable practices and behaviours so This planting also reduces erosion and provides • Work with iwi and community groups to • that city residents and organisations become more Increase use of the Manawatū River environment habitats for eels and other native fish. This work has re-establish bush, particularly along waterways, sustainable for passive and active recreation the potential to transform the way residents and and to control introduced predators • Increase the health and amenity of the river • Develop policies and plans and work with city visitors experience the city. See the Biodiversity chapter of the environment through increased biodiversity stakeholders to achieve the target of a 25% As more urban intensification occurs, we will identify Sustainable practices plan for more detail. reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by See the Manawatū River plan for more detail. other trees for protection to ensure the city’s urban 2031 and continue to reduce greenhouse gas canopy is safeguarded for future generations.