VIBRANT SAFE VIBRANT SAFE WAITOMO KIA MAU TONU KI TĒNĀ; KIA MAU KI TE KAWAU MĀRŌ, WHANAKE AKE! WHANAKE AKE! STICK TO THAT, THE STRAIGHT-FLYING CORMORANT! Chief Maniapoto’s final instructions to his people - to be a force like the cormorant which darts forward in the charge, unyielding. Reference: Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of NZ 1 Page WAITOMO DISTRICT COUNCIL TABLE OF CONTENTS Vibrant Safe Waitomo, An Effective Strategies......... 46 introduction by The Mayor – Brian Local Programme Alignment 49 Hanna.................... 4 National and Regional Vibrant Safe Waitomo - A message Programme Alignment . 49 from Iwi................... 5 Successful Strategies..... 51 Collaborative Leadership . 6 Social Sector Trials- A case The Journey begins . 7 Study . 51 Sustainability . 8 Tuia and the Mayors Taskforce Structure................ 9 For Jobs (MTFJ) Rangatahi - A Regional Coalition Group .. 10 case study . 52 Waitomo District Background . 16 The Great New Zealand Muster Location . 16 – A case study . 54 Terrain . 16 Future Strategies . 55 Climate ................ 16 Adding Value . 55 Population . 16 Programme Directory .... 56 Commentary............ 19 Economic Development .. 56 Industry................ 19 Shared Learnings .......... 58 Education .............. 20 Key Achievements in the Safe Recreation . 20 Community Journey ...... 58 Waitomo District Background 21 Community Engagement . 59 The Place ............. 21 Evaluation Strategies ..... 60 The People ............ 21 Results Based Accountability The conflicts ........... 22 (RBA) . 60 The future ............. 23 Surveys . 61 Priority Setting . 24 Story Telling . 61 Community safety viewed Benchmarking . 61 through different lenses . 24 Counts . 61 Sources of Statistics..... 25 Communication Plan and Handling the data ....... 25 strategies . 61 Areas of research ....... 26 Communication: Waitomo Overview and analysis of District Communities . 62 data and trends - How are we Communication: Waitomo looking? . 26 District Council and Council Injury rates and Occurrences 27 staff.................. 64 Injury Setting . 29 Communication: The Regional Crime . 30 Coalition .............. 64 Suicide . 33 Shared Experience....... 65 Obesity ............... 33 Appendices............... 66 Alcohol Harm . 34 Drug Harm . 36 Smoking Harm . 37 Education ............. 38 Fire and emergency ..... 39 Youth Outcomes........ 39 Safety perception in the community . 41 Priority areas for Vibrant Safe Waitomo ............... 42 2 Page VIBRANT SAFE WAITOMO VIBRANT SAFE WAITOMO, AN INTRODUCTION BY THE MAYOR – BRIAN HANNA Auckland. It is indicative that the tourism industry is flourishing and we plan to take advantage of this more. Specifically linked to VSW is the work Council is doing to improve population centres within communities in an attempt to encourage our individuals and families to live, work and play within our District more. We want residents to be safer in general and to consider our District as their first choice to raise a family and start a business, in saying this we know there is work to be done. Waitomo District Council is committed to increasing and promoting safety through reducing harm and injury. These are the settings TĒNĀ KOUTOU we will be focussed on: • Whanau / Family As the Mayor of the Waitomo District and the • Hakinakina / Recreation Chair of the Vibrant Safe Waitomo Regional • Mahi / Workplace Coalition, I am delighted to support the application for accreditation through Safe The developed plan will be concentrated on Communities Foundation NZ for Vibrant Safe improved outcomes for Māori populations, with Waitomo (VSW). When I think about our the key identified demographic being young District in this context I think of the strengths people and the issue being the reduction of of our area including the people that shape the injury and harm linked to alcohol. unique communities we live in, the rural settings, business prospects and the opportunities and It will require a collective journey and a mutual challenges that lay ahead as we move forward willingness to be actively participating in together. mapping services, resources and skill sets. It will call forward a brave change mentality Our Council is set on a new pathway, one that to look at our challenges and short falls and focusses on people and when I look at the understand the dynamics of inequities. On people of our District I know that over 40% of balance we will inevitably have new contracts our population identify with being Māori. Having and priorities introduced so we will be flexible the support of the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board without compromising our reasoning for taking as the mandated entity for Ngati Maniapoto is this pathway, which is to increase safety through fantastic and I want to mihi to the Board and the reducing harm and injury for those living within Chief Executive for their input so far. Our District our Districts bounds. comprises of many ethnic groups all contributing to our Districts cultural depth and identity and We listened to the feedback our communities it is the combination of these that has held us gave us during the Long Term Plan consultation steadfast as a community. We will be drawing and now the foundations are being laid to upon this to guide and support us as VSW develop and set the plan to action. I am develops. extremely proud to provide leadership to this journey for our people. Haeremai ra! In terms of location we boast extraordinary landscapes and coast lines with the added Noho ora mai benefit that it sits in close proximity to major population centres such as Hamilton and 3 Page WAITOMO DISTRICT COUNCIL VIBRANT SAFE WAITOMO, A MESSAGE FROM IWI 17 April 2019 Foreword: The Maniapoto Māori Trust Board fully endorses national acknowledgement and recognition of the ‘Vibrant Safe Waitomo Regional Coalition’. With Māori, and in particular rangatahi, consistently identified as ‘most at risk’ across all socio-development areas, it is imperative that Iwi governance organisations be involved in every effort to encourage more positive outcomes for the people they serve.The Trust Board looks forward to continued and effective participation and engagement in collaboration with all the stakeholders within the Waitomo District, to ensure a safer community that is thriving for all constituents. Sonya H Hetet Chief Executive Maniapoto Māori Trust Board 4 Page VIBRANT SAFE WAITOMO COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP KI TE KAHORE HE WHAKAKITENGA KA NGARO TE IWI WITHOUT FORESIGHT OR VISION THE PEOPLE WILL BE LOST In recent times Waitomo District Council (WDC) The SST were set up to test a new approach to has focused on place making, that is to say improving social service delivery. The approach working to improve and enhance the core involved focussing on a set of desired social infrastructure that communities rely on to function outcomes for a target group, reorganising funding each day. and decision-making processes across the social sector, and shifting the control of service delivery WDC has been successful in this endeavour. to local levels. The SST was extended beyond the Although the Waitomo District (the District) is initial trial period for an extra two years and some geographically large and rugged with small positive outcomes were noted. rural communities it has secure water supplies, modern water treatment plants, good road The experience and success of the SST gave accessibility across the District and some excellent WDC the knowledge that a targeted approach community facilities. All of this work means that to improving the well-being of their communities the infrastructure in place is capable of supporting could be achieved and a coordinated collaborative a vibrant and thriving population. The work to approach was a good model to effect change. continue infrastructure maintenance and upgrades is not over; these areas of work are scheduled and The Government recently announced a move form part of the business as usual work plan. to restate the promotion of social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of WDC is now broadening its focus of work towards communities to the statutory purpose of local supporting a District that nurtures communities government. This restores territorial authorities' towards becoming thriving, positive and power to collect contributions and distribute them sustainable for the future. This outlook can be to support these four pillars of well-being within the encapsulated as place shaping. communities that they serve. This is not a completely new area of work for The Bill received Royal Assent on Monday 13 May, WDC; in 2011 WDC worked with key stakeholders with Section 11A being repealed. WDC will already in support of the Social Sector Trials (SST). The be working within the scope of promoting the four Trials were implemented in partnership between pillars of well-being within our communities. the Ministries of Social Development (MSD), Justice, Health, Education and New Zealand Police (‘partner agencies’). 5 Page WAITOMO DISTRICT COUNCIL THE JOURNEY The consultation for the LTP ran from 5th April to 4th May 2018. WDC held public meetings were BEGINS held throughout the District, which were open to In developing the LTP 2018-28 (LTP), WDC the public and provided an opportunity for people confirmed that its plans for enhancing its to discuss their views with the Elected Members. Community Development initiatives with the aim A Public Hearing was held on the 15th May of shaping Waitomo into a place that is safe and 2018 where two submitters elected