Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council Activities
Council Purpose
The purpose of the Horizons Regional Council is to enable democratic local decision-making to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of the Manawatu-Wanganui Region in the present and the future. The Council has overall responsibility and accountability for the proper direction and control of the Council’s activities in pursuit of community outcomes. This responsibility includes:- Formulating the Region’s strategic direction in conjunction with the community – now in the LTCCP.
- Determining the services and activities to be undertaken.
- Managing principal tasks.
- Administering various regulations and up-holding the law.
- Monitoring the delivery of the LTCCP and Annual Plan.
- Ensuring the integrity of management control systems.
- Safeguarding the public interest.
- Ensuring effective succession of Elected Members.
- Reporting to ratepayers.
- Source
- Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council Local Governance Statement, November 2003
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.
- Air
- Coast
- Land
- Native Biodiversity
- Water Quality
- Water Quantity
- Regulatory Management
- Biosecurity
- Emergency Management
- Rivers and Drainage - non-scheme
- Rivers and Drainage - scheme
- Tb Vector control
- Storm Impact
- Transport Planning
- Passenger Transport
- Road Safety
- Projects
- Tourism
- Public Information
- RMA Advice
- Community Relations
- Maori engagement
- Emerging Issues
- Representation and Governance
- Animal Pest Unit
- Corporate Support
- Other Business Activities
- Source
- Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council - Long Term Council Community Plan, 2004-2014
