Annual Plan 2024-25

Thank you for your feedback to the 2024-25 Annual Plan.

Our consultation period was open from 28 March through to 30 April 2024.

As the consultation period has closed, no further submissions will be received.

Your feedback will assist with Council’s decision making process as they continue working through the 2024-25 Annual Plan programme to adoption no later than 30 June 2024.

We needed your feedback on our Annual Plan (Council's budget for 2024-25) to help us find the best way forward on some tough options ahead.

Public consultation on our 2024-25 Annual Plan ran from 28 March to Tuesday 30 April 2024.

We're at a crucial point, facing some hard choices.

We were staring down an average rates rise of 26% to pay for everything we wanted (and needed) to do for our district in our 2024-25 budget.

After taking a hard look at our projects and budgets for the year, we've stripped things back and are now proposing an average rates rise of 13.73%.

But inflation, soaring costs and increasingly higher Government standards, have stretched budgets – meaning we’re already trying to do more with less.

We need you to help us figure out how we can do everything we need to do to make sure Waitaki is a great place to live, while still keeping things affordable.

How can you get involved?

Read our Annual Plan Engagement Document for a summary of the challenges we're facing and the issues we want your feedback on.

Find our full Draft 2024-25 Annual Plan under 'Key Documents' on this page, as well as a list of Proposed Fees and Charges, and our List of Projects.

Come along to one of the Community Meetings that we're holding around the district to talk to Elected Members about the big issues and ask your questions in person.

Tune in to one of our Facebook Live Q&A sessions on some of our consultation topics.

Fill in our online feedback form to have your say.

You can choose to speak to your submissions at one of the Council Hearings in May.