Marlborough District Council

Ensure that consultation happens with the wider community, not just usual suspects.

Hold more public forums at the beginning of council meetings so people feel they can have their say.

Provide more formal engagement with regular time at local libraries so ratepayers can have a chat in locations they might be more comfortable in.

Enhance public engagement through social media and other online forums to ensure the communities' views are taken into account at every chance.

Improve council departments' collaborative efforts to ensure sensible use of resources towards common aims.

Preserve the ability of all communities to engage directly with council.

Ensure community voices are always at the table by making council processes accessible, open, transparent and easy to engage with.

Support Māori representation and uphold Te Tiriti by working in partnership with tangata whenua on council decisions.

Work with youth council to engage rangatahi, creating real pathways for youth voice so they help shape Marlborough's future.

Insist on equal treatment of all citizenry and eliminate Māori ward.

Phase out unelected iwi representative voting.

Run council along democratic and transparent lines.

Start regular monthly meetings to engage, consult and promote to community groups what the council is currently working on.

Work with the arts and cultural sector on bringing creative activations to the CBD to fill vacant retail and create reasons to visit the CBD.

Encourage more public engagement within the community to create strong and authentic connections.

Monitor internal operations costs, cut unnecessary expenditures and stay within allocated budget and time frame.

Promote Māori representation and engagement in respect to the acknowledgement of the Treaty of Waitangi.