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What is a community outcome?

It is a desired state of affairs that the community has identified through a process. These outcomes are intended to inform the development of local authority planning, and coordinate the activities and planning of all sectors of the community.

Waitakere's community outcomes

Waitakere's community outcomes have been generated by two panels of residents, using Waitakere City Council's 2003 Strategic Platforms and Priorities as a starting point, and including feedback from some 13 community workshops, which were held between May and August 2005. Previous consultation material was also considered by the two panels.

The result of this work was been to produce a draft Community Outcomes report: The draft outcomes were published in the October 2005 issue of Waitakere City News, along with a response form. Over 70% of the respondents said that they either strongly agreed or agreed with the community outcomes.

Community outcomes booklet

The final Community Outcomes booklet was published in January 2006, following community input.

Final Community Outcomes booklet - TOC (Size 533K)
Final Community Outcomes booklet - pages 3 -5 (Size 1020K)
Final Community Outcomes booklet - pages 6 -8 (Size 1217K)
Final Community Outcomes booklet - pages 9 -11 (Size 1115K)
Final Community Outcomes booklet - pages 12 -16 (Size 303K)

Legislation for community outcomes

Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002 outlines what must be included in long-term council community plans. With regard to community outcomes each local authority must:

• describe the community outcomes for its district or region
• describe how it will contribute to furthering the community outcomes
• describe how it will measure progress towards achieving community outcomes

There is also a section on fostering the development of Maori capacity to contribute to the councils' decision-making processes.

Community Outcomes Report

The Waitakere Community Outcomes Progress Report 2008 is the first report on the outcomes described in the Community Outcomes booklet. The report was compiled for two audiences, those who wish to know how we are doing and those who wish to work out how they can contriubtute to achieving the outcomes sought by the community.

Measures and contributing activities were grouped around each community outcome. The measures are useful to help inform, to open dialogue with others, and to identify the best invervention points for agencies and others working in the community.

Information contained in the report will also help organisations and individuals make submissions on the 2009-2019 Long Term Council Community Plan.

Watch this site for updates. These will include new data, such as from the bi-annual Quality of Life Survey and the Census - that will be available in 2009 and 2011 respectively. These surveys are mthods of tracking progress on commmunity outcome over a long period. Updates will also include other relevant surveys and annual operational results that are relvant to the community outcomes.

About this report

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Community outcomes - our 2008 scorecard (Size 61K)

Putting it all into context: our population (Size 140K)

Putting it all into context: our growing city (Size 116K)

The Community outcomes measures

Green Network - He tuituitanga kakariki (Size 369K)

Mauri Ora - Access to Maori resources (Size 93K)

Nga Manukura - Maori leadership (Size 125K)_

Strong Economy - He tupuranga kaha ihi wana (Size 370K)

Strong Communities - He iwi kaha (Size 397K)

Sustainable and Integrated Transport - Kauneke Tauwhiro me te Whakaurunga Waka (Size 178K)

Sustainable Environment - Kauneke Tauwhiro Taiao (Size 276K)

Te Mana Whakahaere - Autonomy (Size 108K)

Toiora - Healthy lifestyles (Size 164K)

Urban and Rural Villages - Nga kainga taone, tuawhenua (Size 340K)

Vibrant Arts and Culture - Toi me nga Tikanga Taketake (Size 240K)

Waiora - Environmental protection (Size 119K)

Whaiora - Participation in society (Size 111K)

Working Together - Te mahi tahi (Size 170K)

Footnotes, appendices and glossary (Size 333K)