Section 1 he kupu whakataki | Introduction

Introduction from the Mayor

Welcome to our 2023/24 Annual Plan.

This Annual Plan is an update of year three of our 10 year plan 2021-31 – the future of us / tō tātou āpōpō. This annual plan is largely in line with what we said we would do in the third year of the 10 year plan, and any differences reflect timing and cost updates.

We understand the financial pressures that everyone is currently facing, with increased cost of living and higher than normal interest rates.  We have done what we can to manage our day-to-day budgets as these are also impacted by the cost increases.  Following careful consideration of our budgets, the final overall rates rise for the 2023/24 year will be 6.6%, compared to the 7% we had predicted for 2023-24 in our 10 year plan.

In this Annual Plan, we have had to update our capital programme and budgets to reflect changes in cost and timing of delivery, and to reflect a decision made by Council to accelerate our 3 waters capital programme.  We have approved a budgeted of approximately $213 million for capital works, and $95 million of this relates to 3 waters.  Advancing our 3 waters work will reduce the risk of network failures and service interruptions.

Work on our George Street – Retail Quarter Upgrade is ahead of schedule, and we are continuing our work on looking after what we have - our playgrounds and parks, roads and footpaths, community housing, and restoration of the Railway Station.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the development of this year’s Annual Plan.  We are grateful for the feedback we received through our engagement process and the ideas that were presented to us.  Some of your ideas will be explored further, as we now work on our next draft 10 year plan 2024-34.  Please help us with further input into the 10 year Plan.

We thank you for your support of work that we are doing to look after and invest our city for now and future generations.

Jules Radich

Mayor of Dunedin

he kupu whakataki nā te kahika

Nau mai ki tā tātou Mahere ā-Tau 2023/24.

He whakahou tēnei Māhere ā-Tau o te tau tuatoru o tā tātou mahere kahuru tau 2021-31 – tō tātou āpōpō. E
hākai ana tēnei mahere ā-tau ki ā tātou whāika i te tau tuatoru o te mahere kahuru tau, ā, ko kā rerekētaka ka
whakaatuhia ai, ko kā whakahoutaka ā-wā, ā-utu hoki. E mōhio ana mātou i kā taimaha pūtea e rakona ana e te
makiu, nā te hiki o te utu ā-noho me kā rēti inehua. Ko mahia te mahi katoa e taea ana e mātou ki te whakarite i kā
tahua pūtea o ia rā, i te mea e pākia ana ēnei e te hikika utu. I te āta whakaarohia kā tahua pūtea, kia hiki noa iho te
tāke kaunihera o te tau 2023/24 ki te 6.6 ōrau, kaua kē ko te 7 ōrau i whakapaehia mō te tau 2023/24 e te mahere
kahuru tau.

Ki tēnei Mahere ā-Tau, me whakahou e mātou tā mātou hōtaka moni tōpū me kā tahua ki te whakaatu i kā
rerekētaka o te utu, o te wā o te ratoka, ā, ki te whakaatu hoki i te whakatau o te Kaunihera ki te whakahoro i te
hōtaka moni tōpū o Ngā Wai e Toru. I whakatau ai mātou i tētahi tahua pūtea kai te takiwā o te 213 miriona tāra mō
kā mahi mōni tōpū, ā, he 95 miriona o tēnei kā hākai ki Kā Wai e Toru. Ko tā tātou whakakōkiri i te mahi o Kā Wai e
Toru ka whakaheke i te āhuataka mōrearea o kā hikaka o te whatuka, o te whakapōrearea o kā ratoka hoki. Ki te
Tiriti o Hori - he wawe te mahi whakahou o te wāhi hokohoko i tā te akawā i whakatau ai, ā, kai te mahi tou ā mātou
mahi tiaki i ērā atu o ō tātou rawa – ō tātou wāhi tākaro me kā papa tākaro, kā huanui me kā ara waewae, kā whare
hapori, ā, me te whakahoutaka o te Tūraka Tereina.

E mihi ana ki te katoa nā rātou i whai wāhi ki te whakanaketaka o tēnei Mahere ā-Tau. He mihi whakamānawa
tēnei ki a koutou i tuku kōrero mai i te tukaka akaaka me ō koutou whakaaro i whakatakoto ai ki mua i a mātou. Ka
āta whakatōmenetia ētahi o ō koutou whakaaro i a mātou e whakarite ai i te tuhika hukihuki o te mahere kahuru
tau hou 2024-34. Tēnā, me kōrero tou mai koutou kia whai wāhi ai anō ki te Mahere Kahuru Tau. E mihi ana anō
ki a koutou i tō taunaki mai ki te mahi e mahia ana e mātou ki te tiaki, ki te penapena i tō tātou tāone mō koutou o
nāianei, ā, mō kā uri e heke mai nei hoki.

Jules Radich

Mayor of Dunedin

ko tō koromatua me kā kaikaunihera | Mayor and Councillors

(at the time of adoption )

Jules Radich (Mayor)

Cr Kevin Gilbert

Cr Jim O'Malley

Cr Sophie Barker (Deputy Mayor)

Cr Carmen Houlahan

Cr Lee Vandervis

Cr Bill Acklin

Cr Marie Laufiso

Cr Steve Walker

Cr David Benson Pope

Cr Cherry Lucas

Cr Brent Weatherall

Cr Christine Garey

Cr Mandy Mayhem

Cr Andrew Whiley

kā poari hapori | Community boards

(at the time of adoption)