Environment

What we do

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

• We are working to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
• We play a major role in managing and minimising the district’s waste.
• Council reserves provide quality natural spaces and support biodiversity.

Resilience

• We ensure new buildings are safe through building inspections and consents.
• We ensure that buildings are in safe and sensible locations through resource consents.
• Our water, wastewater and roading infrastructure must be resilient to common risks and events.
• Our stormwater infrastructure reduces the impacts of heavy rainfall events in urban areas.

What you have told us