Manawatu District Council Activities
Council Purpose
The Local Government Act 2002 sets out the purpose of local government as:- To enable democratic local decision-making an action by, and on behalf of, communities;
- To promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well being of communities, in the present and for the future (LGA 2002, Section 10).
- Source
- Manawatu District Council Local Governance Statement, January 2005
Council Activities
During 2003/04 the Council advised its community that it undertook the following activities. N.B. There is no single agreed standard set of categories for councils to describe their activities.Council activities listed below are not necessarily in order of preference or priority.
- Community Facilities
- Democracy
- District Development
- Emergency Management
- Environmental and Regulatory Management
- Leisure Resources
- Roading Network
- Waste
- Water
- Source
- Manawatu District Council - Long Term Council Community Plan, 2004-2014
