Policies

Make Hastings a sustainable place to live and do business by reducing waste to landfill through a updated Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.

Ease pressure on already stretched water allocations (while enabling business) by working with community and industry to embrace new practices.

Encourage biodiversity, less concreted surfaces, and climate change mitigating building practices through district plan changes.

Work collectively to preserve our water quality.

Continue to improve our current waste management.

Oppose the watering down of public accountability and council ownership rights of the Three Waters reforms.

Advocate for regular checks and cleaning of area around water supply and ensure drinking water is of excellent quality.

Commit to keeping water a council responsibility and ensure a good quantity is available for ratepayers so there will be no water shortages.

Advocate for keeping land a council responsibility and for more humane methods to pest control.

Advocate for regular checks and cleaning of area around water supply and ensure drinking water is of excellent quality.

Commit to keeping water a council responsibility and ensure a good quantity is available for ratepayers so there will be no water shortages.

Advocate for keeping land a council responsibility and for more humane methods to pest control.

Educate the community regarding household waste to minimise the effect on landfills and make individuals/families economically better off.

Ensure and enforce the highest standards are maintained in relation to drinking water quality and for wastewater and stormwater discharges.

Identify environmental risks to water supply which may cause hardship to local industries and develop mitigation strategies in partnership.

Create initiatives to ensure prioritised development for waste minimisation and recycling. Look at working international initiatives.

Ensure coastal, estuary, river and lake protections and preservations are a priority. For water quality, habitat protection and food sourcing.

Invest in intensive pest control and create pest-free zones where possible. Create incentives for possum, rat, stoat, ferret eradication.

Commit to improving water quality and management.

Investigate waste disposal minimisation and recycling initiatives.

Invest efficiently in infrastructure that will serve our community well in the future.

Commit and encourage our young to join conservation groups.

Invest in our reserves, parks, tree planting – make this the priority of all families especially our youth.