Nelson City Council

Ensure the community has a voice on how they think the council is serving them through a public engagement survey.

Restructure to balance efficiency, community needs and the people needed to make it work.

Support a project that audits staff to ensure they are meeting their job descriptions and KPIs for workplace efficiency.

Enhance council ability to adapt and respond to community needs and feedback, streamlining processes for effective public service delivery.

Implement clearer transparent reporting on council operations and financial decisions, fostering trust and accountability with residents.

Strengthen council outreach to all communities, including iwi and diverse groups, to ensure their voices shape local decisions.

Ease the governance and management separation to ensure we are all singing from the same song sheet.

Move to consensus decision making rather than settling for a majority when with imagination and goodwill it might be possible to get everyone on board.

Make finding how to make things happen rather than finding reasons why they cannot, the council's default position.

Be a voice for people not born here because they matter.

Work in advance on which questions to ask the population parallel to the council elections to involve people on questions that are for all.

Work to eliminate the rather artificial division of Nelson into two wards for voting because the city is too small for subdivision.

Create community-led disaster response networks to improve readiness and build stronger, more connected neighbourhoods.

Launch initiatives to connect new residents with Whakatu Māori heritage and Aotearoa's history to build shared understanding.

Shift public engagement from top-down to consultative using tools like citizen assemblies and collaborative community decision-making.

Bring back council committees to enable transparency.

Ensure all council employees are recompensed fairly for their efforts.

Support Māori wards.

Hammer down on council consent timeframes.

Invite speaking galleries with no deals done behind closed doors.

Maintain a democratic council table with voted members only.

Champion and articulate the immense value that lies with a Māori ward councillor sitting at the NCC and TDC table.

Support the chief executive with the organisational transformation work being undertaken at NCC.

Work hard to put in place better public consultation methodology in council submission processes.

Re-establish council committees to ensure a robust democratic process.

Remain accessible to the public, available for a phone call or a meeting or at public drop-in sessions.

Work constructively to maintain a positive council culture and empower council staff.