Waikouaiti Coast Community Board

Have a youth employment policy and, where possible, offer apprenticeships and youth mentoring.

Make sure local companies are able to be contracted to do local maintenance on roads, parks and so on.

Support tourist ventures all over the district, not just certain areas.

Embed procurement practices for local businesses, prioritising sustainable, social, disabilities-led and Māori and Pasifika businesses.

Explore funding for a worker-run supermarket or distribution hub for local retailers, eg Kapiti’s food and beverage cluster.

Require suppliers to pay the Living Wage to all employees and prioritise jobs that contribute to the economic wellbeing of communities.

Encourage more youth employment by supporting pensioners to spend money locally and through that support businesses to give youth jobs.

Encourage the use of local resources like possums to make cold weather clothing, as possum fur does not freeze, and help identify business needs.

Ensure infrastructure keeps up with needs, for example Hawkesbury's short road to the cheese factory and butchery with dangerous potholes.

Continue to promote the North Coast as a tourist destination based on healthy recreation.

Continue to support the development of cycleways connecting our communities.