Our community outcomes are based on nine themes that identify the concepts that are most important to our community. Each theme has a sub-theme, which has specific community outcomes. The themes and subthemes are listed below - to view the full list of outcomes for a theme, click on the theme name

1. Belonging to our community

   1.1 Doing things together

   1.2 Improving life on a day to day basis

   1.3 Participating in decision making

   1.4 Promotion of citizen repsonsibility

   1.5 Recreation and arts

   1.6 Volunteers

    

2. Community safety and support: Looking after people

   2.1 Safety

   2.2 Support for young people

    

3. Economic development: Prosperity

   3.1 Business, farming and industry

   3.2 Employment

   3.3 Tourism

    

4. Healthy air, water, land: Healthy people

   4.1 Air pollution

   4.2 Healthy people

   4.3 Pests and noxious weeds

   4.4 Pollution and waste

   4.5 Protecting the landscape

   4.6 Water quantity and quality

    

5. Heritage: Our Past

   5.1 Built heritage

   5.2 Knowledge and treasures

   5.3 Mount Te Aroha

   5.4 Te Aroha Domain

   5.5 Wetlands, significant natural features and wahi tapu

    

6. Our social infrastructure

   6.1 Outside agencies meeting our communities needs

   6.2 Services

    

7. Planning and development

   7.1 Industrial development

   7.2 Intensive farming

   7.3 Rural subdivision and amalgamation

   7.4 Small town culture: Large town infrastructure

   7.5 Town appearance

   7.6 Town planning

    

8. Pride and justice

    

9. Transport: People going places

   9.1 Parking

   9.2 People and traffic flow