2050 District Growth Strategy

2050 District Growth Strategy

Our community vision stated in the Growth Strategy is:

Te whakakotahitanga o te iwi o Waipā kia anga whakamua, kia hapai i te taiao.

Uniting the people of Waipā for progress while sustaining the environment.

The Growth Strategy is all about taking an integrated approach to managing growth.

To achieve this, we will:

• Recognise, protect and enhance the features of Waipā that make the district a special place
• Set a pattern for the future growth of settlements
• Integrate growth with infrastructure provision for a more cost effective approach to development

Download here: Waipa 2050 Growth Strategy - November 2017

District Growth Strategy review

By 2050, we're expecting an additional 25,000 people in Waipā, bringing our population to nearly 75,000. That's 14,000 more people for Cambridge, 5,400 in Te Awamutu and Kihikihi and more than 6,000 additional residents spread around the rest of the district.

In May 2017 we consulted with the community about making changes to our 2009 District Growth Strategy to cater for this rapid growth.

We developed a website, held community open days and produced a hardcopy booklet to show what this growth could mean for different parts of our district.

View the What's the story on growth? [PDF] booklet to see what changes were proposed to your area. Following feedback from the community the final Growth Strategy document was adopted.