South Wairarapa District Council has approved its new committee Terms of Reference for the 2025-28 triennium following the Council meeting on Thursday11 December.
Please refer to an earlier notice about the committee members
Community Boards
Community boards play an essential role in connecting local communities and the South Wairarapa District Council (SWDC). Council and community boards will follow a “high trust and transparency” model and will encourage shared ownership of challenges and opportunities to achieve outcomes that strengthen the district.
Economic Growth Committee
The purpose of the Committee is to drive sustainable economic growth, support local businesses and encourage investment, so as to enhance the overall quality of life for residents.
To achieve this, it will work with the private sector and local/central government to foster collaboration, ensure strategic developments, and position the region as a vibrant hub of innovation.
Environmental Sustainability Committee
The purpose of the committee is to develop, monitor and review the Council’s strategies to provide kaitiakitanga/stewardship by the Council towards te Taiao/the environment to ensure sustainability for future generations.
To achieve this, it will work with mana whenua, with organisations officially tasked with similar environmental guardianship, with community conservation groups and with groups that are working on the land and whose actions will have lasting consequences for the health of the land and water.
Social Resilience Committee
The purpose of the Committee is to build over time a socially resilient and culturally vibrant community in South Wairarapa.
To achieve this, it will work with deliverers of social services in the district and in wider Wairarapa, with the objective of assisting all residents, regardless of age or personal means, to have access to the services and amenities they require to lead healthy, functional, fulfilled and positive lives and to express themselves culturally in ways appropriate to individuals.