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Enterprise

Participants envision Taranaki having a diversified economy. One that is less reliant on commodities, but retained meaningful, secure & well-paid jobs. People wanted a work/life balance & the means/money to enjoy the natural environment.

Participants felt successful...
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Sustainability

People felt Taranaki should meet the needs of the present while not compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

They want investments made into the use of technology to reduce our environmental footprint.

There was the desire to keep & grow...
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Inclusivity

People want a modern & inclusive economy, where our past is reconciled, we’ve grown our cultural awareness & we move forward together, as one region.
 
People wanted the creation of enough meaningful, secure & well-paid employment that anyone could live in Taranaki if they...
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Net Contributor

Taranaki is currently a net contributor to New Zealand's social and economic wealth and as a region, we want it to continue along this pathway.
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Regulatory

  • Regulations affect everything in our lives including what we eat, the houses we live in, the goods and services we trade and our ability to earn a living. Good regulatory practices and institutions play a critical role in protecting New Zealanders’ rights and ensuring that...
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Agile, proactive, responsible regulation

Regulatory - Emerging opportunities
  • Capture the goals of the Taranaki 2050 Roadmap and the need to move to a low-emissions economy in the local government plans of the Taranaki region.
  • Review Taranaki’s planning processes and look to streamline them so that plans can be updated more...
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Diversifying our energy portfolio contributing to low-emissions

Energy - Emerging opportunities
  • Work to make business & household energy innovations & usage more transparent, to transfer knowledge & better educate communities on ways to reduce consumption & lower emissions and waste.
  • Coalesce efforts from industry and the research community to...
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Broadened & strengthened, sustainable & value-add food production

Food & Fibre - Emerging opportunities
  • Development and improvement of value chains.
  • Develop a pilot farm, or trial areas on part of existing farms, to help research how to make new ideas and practices a reality.
  • Develop a strategy for how to de-risk farm diversification or the extension...
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Sustainably growing our tourism industry

Tourism - Emerging opportunities
  • Specific development of tourism experiences or offerings.
  • Grow visitor numbers to an appropriate level to support sustainable tourism businesses. Support ‘green certification’ of businesses.
  • Prioritise investment in improving access to the region...
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Reconciliation of the past

Māori Economy - Emerging opportunities
  • Organisations and businesses can examine their own policies and ways that they work to check for alignment with Māori values and ways of working.
  • Undertaking analysis and development of ideas as to how the region can better include a Māori lens in...
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Integrated transition to low-emissions

People & Talent - Emerging opportunities
  • Create a network that facilitates connection, collaboration, and sharing of resources across the region.
  • Co-design learning and career pathways for existing workers and young people.
  • Develop educational infrastructure including modern...
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Further developing our innovation ecosystem

Innovation/R&D - Emerging opportunities
  • Businesses move to adopt technology and workers need to be supported to know how to use it.
  • Support the development of incubators, accelerators, or a physical or digital innovation hub by championing the greater innovation ecosystem.
  • Facilitate...
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Accessible, connected & sustainable infrastructure

Infrastructure & Transport - Emerging opportunities
  • Accessible and sustainable transport – as technological opportunities arise, use these to help people access low-emission and low-cost transport.
  • Our roads in 2050 do not have to look like roads today. As we replace our ageing infrastructure...
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Comprehensive & preventive health

Health & Well-being - Emerging opportunities
  • Making use of schools and sports centres as well-being community hubs to promote and facilitate health education and activities.
  • Doing more to understand and address the foundational determinants of health and well-being...
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Collaborative leadership driving our arts culture

Arts - Emerging opportunities
  • Local government to look at ways to work with communities to develop cultural and artistic opportunities and implement them over time. Arts and cultural activities face limited resources, and support is crucial if the sector is to grow into a more active...
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Knowing our measures of success

Environmental sciences - Emerging opportunities

  • Work with the community to build consensus on agreement for approaches to measure and understand environmental sciences in ways that are meaningful and credible.
  • Build awareness of how Mātauranga Māori can be used across environmental…
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Energy

  • The energy sector dominates Taranaki’s economy. It produces 28% of our GDP and generates $2.08 billion, annually. Fossil fuels, including transport, is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. 

  • It’s widely recognised the global energy system will...

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Food & Fibre

  • Food & Fibre contributes more than $1.5 billion annually to Taranaki’s economy. It sustains over 10,200 jobs in 3,813 businesses and comprises more than half of Taranaki’s manufacturing base. Our region has the second highest food production GDP per capita in NZ...
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Tourism

  • Taranaki has many attractions, & tourism is important to the region.
  • It can help grow our economy, bring prosperity to communities & improve quality of life.
  • Tourism growth also has the potential to create infrastructure pressures, overcrowding & increased emissions.
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Māori Economy

  • Māori make up a larger component of the Taranaki population than the NZ average. Māori are also a young population & will make up an increasingly large portion of the workforce between now & 2050.
  • This history of Taranaki holds controversial & divisive issues. Despite...
 
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People & Talent

  • The well-being of our people, access to relevant & high-quality education, & good job opportunities for all is of the utmost importance in our just transition to a low-emissions economy.
  • There will be challenges and opportunities. Workers will need to be adaptable...
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Innovation / R&D

  • R&D and other forms of innovation are key enablers of economic development & are necessary to move to a low-emissions economy. They facilitate the uptake of new technology & knowledge.
  • R&D is original & planned investigation, undertaken with the prospect of gaining...
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Infrastructure & Transport

  • Infrastructure refers to assets that allow our society and economy to function.
  • Freight connectivity is a significant enabler of important sectors in Taranaki, especially food and fibre and other manufacturing. The use of roads, rail, and shipping to move products in...
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Health & Well-being

  • Throughout the Taranaki 2050 workshops, the health and well-being of people emerged as a core part of both the vision for the future and a pathway to get there.
  • Increasingly, there is global recognition that health is more than a biological equation – it encompasses...
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Arts

  • Taranaki has a wealth of creative potential. Our artists and creative businesses are extraordinarily talented, and we produce world leaders in multiple disciplines. We offer unique creative expressions and processes from our blended cultures. The international...
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Environmental Sciences

  • ‘Environmental sciences’ is an umbrella term for a range of disciplines that cover the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, across air, land and water. In Taranaki these include diverse sciences – from geology to Mātauranga Māori to...
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Taranaki 2050 - Our just transition to a low-emissions future

Our vision for Taranaki in 2050 has been co-designed by the region. It considers not just how our economy will change, but all aspects of our lives.

A vision for Taranaki in 2050 includes:
  • A strong, sustainable environment
  • Education options that move & flex with a changing...
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Metrics & Evaluation

  • Measuring and reflecting how our actions are helping or hindering our progress towards a low-emissions future is essential to knowing if our pathways are working, and if we are on track to achieving the Taranaki 2050 vision.
  • Increasingly, the world is recognising the...
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Regulatory - Vision

  • Our regulatory system balances agility and consultation. It keeps up with the pace of change in society and the economy, while coherently linking to the national regulatory system, with the importance of good research and effective consultation being...
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Energy - Vision

  • In 2050, Taranaki has positioned New Zealand as a leading light on the world stage for new energy developments and is a top priority place to visit for those wishing to learn how best to transition their communities towards productive, sustainable, and inclusive low-emission...
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Food & Fibre - Vision

  • Taranaki in 2050 includes many different types of land use. There is a balanced mix of sheep, beef, poultry, dairy, forestry, wetlands, food crops, native bush, and sustainable farms. The changes to land use were supported by information that enabled people to identify...
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Tourism - Vision

  • The tourism sector in Taranaki 2050 is prosperous. Sustainability, of the environment, workforce and sector, is at the heart of our tourism. Tourism growth is regenerative, not degenerative, to our natural and human resources, and retains the authenticity of our offering...
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Māori Economy - Vision

  • Taranaki’s economy in 2050 is diverse, vibrant and thriving and delivers economic, social, cultural and environmental prosperity for all whānau. The Taranaki 2050 economy delivers region-wide well-being in all domains. The environment has been restored and provides...
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People & Talent - Vision

  • In 2050, Taranaki is a region that values its people, provides pathways to high-quality education (early childhood education to tertiary), good job opportunities, and a lifestyle to be proud of.
  • Young people in Taranaki will understand all their options for career pathways...
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Innovation/ R&D - Vision

  • Taranaki 2050 has developed an innovation ecosystem that connects people, facilitates collaboration, provides investment and support for existing businesses and new start-ups, and is linked into the education system.
  • Taranaki fosters a culture of innovation that...
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Infrastructure & Transport - Vision

  • The passenger vehicle and roading system in 2050 looks totally different to 2019. Private cars are fewer and zero emissions, and use has decreased as public transport options are abundant (autonomous vehicles, electric buses, high speed rail) and digital connectivity has...
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Health & Well-being - Vision

  • A broad and preventive approach to health and well-being is central to Taranaki in 2050. A vision where people enjoy positive outcomes across the well-being spectrum – such as the te whare tapa whā approach where the four areas of mental, family, spiritual, and physical...
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Arts - Vision

  • Taranaki in 2050 is a flourishing hub for the arts sector. The region is an internationally recognised centre of arts where learning, sharing, and collaboration is encouraged. It is a place where artists are celebrated for their skills, and resources are available for artists...
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Environmental Sciences - Vision

  • Taranaki 2050 has accessible environmental data which everyone understands and uses to measure their own environmental impacts and health and well-being.
  • Mātauranga Māori is a core part of environmental science in Taranaki in 2050.
  • Taranaki 2050 is home to skilled…
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Taranaki 2050 Roadmap Explained

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Taranaki 2050 Roadmap

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