Mayor of Whakatāne
Recreation and culture
From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.
Recreation and culture
From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.
Improve facilitation of community events and make them easier to achieve by streamlining processes, for example traffic management.
Improve maintenance of existing facilities to enhance the user experience.
Encourage sports that do not require significant and unaffordable infrastructure.
Implement the recently developed arts strategy to help the creative sector fulfil its social, cultural and economic potential.
Support Reo Rua strategies and champion the use of Te Reo Māori in the district.
Work with a variety of stakeholders to develop a viable funding plan for the Rex Morpeth redevelopment without dipping into rates funding.
Improve facilitation of community events and make them easier to achieve by streamlining processes, for example traffic management.
Improve maintenance of existing facilities to enhance the user experience.
Encourage sports that do not require significant and unaffordable infrastructure.
Implement the recently developed arts strategy to help the creative sector fulfil its social, cultural and economic potential.
Support Reo Rua strategies and champion the use of Te Reo Māori in the district.
Work with a variety of stakeholders to develop a viable funding plan for the Rex Morpeth redevelopment without dipping into rates funding.
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