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WellingtonNZ is here to make the Wellington region thrive as a place to live, visit, study, work, do business, and invest.
The Wellington-Wairarapa-Horowhenua region has a unified regional economic development plan (REDP). It guides the long-term direction and focuses on implementation activities over the next 10 years.
A combination of local and central government, , and businesses helped develop the plan. It sets out the strategic direction, issues and opportunities, and guides where funding and support should go.
It’s about future-proofing the region and making sure it thrives economically. But also about ensuring Wellington is a great place for everyone to live, including our Māori and Pasifika communities.
It’s also about improving wellbeing and the quality of life.
The plan aims to guide the long-term direction of Wellington’s economy. It will help the region to prioritise, fund, and deliver high-impact economic initiatives over the next 10 years. That, in turn, will help to:
Download the Wellington Regional Economic Development Plan [PDF, 7.5 MB]
Download the Regional Snapshot of the Wellington Regional Economic Development Plan [PDF, 2.2 MB]
The plan represents more than 12 months of conversations and across our region, including with:
The Wellington Regional Leadership Committee, WellingtonNZ, and the steering group support this plan.
This collaborative effort forms the basis of a long-term partnership. It will result in improved coordination, access to networks, and connections across the region.
Download Summary of Independent Review and Advice [PDF, 162 kB]
Download Workshop Summary [PDF, 4 MB]
Implementation of the development plan is underway and highlights from year one are available in the REDP annual summary.
Visual: The video opens with two people standing against a white background, wearing t-shirts that have the text ‘Wild about Wellington’ on them. As they introduce themselves, text on the bottom of the screen states their names and titles. The first reads ‘Stuart Taylor - Programme Manager’ and the other ‘Julia Stevens - Programme Coordinator’.
Audio:
Stu: Kia ora tātou, Ko Stu Taylor tōku ingoa
Julia: Ko Julia Stevens tōku ingoa
Stu: We’re from Wellington New Zealand, The Economic Development Agency, and we’re pulling together the Regional Economic Development Plan on behalf of the region.
Visual: A hand-drawn artwork is on a yellow background. The artwork looks like the cover of a book and is yellow and light blue coloured. The artwork has a drawing of the Wellington region, with the city and regions depicted through buildings. The centre has a diamond shape filled with a variety of cartoon people. The text on the cover reads:
Audio (Julia): The plan aims to create some of the hundred thousand new decent jobs required for our growing population
Visual: Aerial view looking over Wellington harbour with a text overlay that says ‘Create new jobs’.
Audio (Julia): Improve quality of life by supporting our region to be more productive, resilient, inclusive and sustainable, supporting Māori and Pasifika thriving communities.
Visual: Close-up of a waka in Whairepo Lagoon, with people using oars to paddle. Text overlay ‘Improve quality of life’.
Audio (Julia): And elevate approximately 20 to 40 initiatives that are going to make a difference from a sub-regional or regional perspective.
Visual: A lighthouse on a hill followed by a close-up of waves rolling in to a beach, with a text overlay ‘Elevate 20-40 initiatives that will make a difference’.
Audio (Stu): The leadership committee’s vision is to build a future-focused, creative, sustainable, and thriving region for all to be proud of. We are collectively aiming for a better quality of life and world in its broadest sense for our children and our mokopuna. There are five strategic objectives which are:
Visual: As Stu reads out the five strategic objectives, the visuals cut between a range of clips:
Audio (Julia): The plan will highlight issues and opportunities for our key sectors and some of the initiatives that are ready and can be supported to address these. It will create new opportunities for our diverse residents to apply their skills to meaningful employment and be rewarded fairly for it, contributing to the well-being of our communities.
Visual: Aerial view of vineyards in the Wairarapa, followed by a cut to a lighthouse on the south coast.
Audio (Stu): Our biggest challenge is that our region is very diverse, with a mix of both urban and rural communities, and industries within them. The growth challenges are often complex and require alignment of multiple councils, iwi, business stakeholders, and central government.
Visual: People walking past a large stained-glass window, followed by a cut to a close up of carvings on a marae.
Audio (Stu): Identifying implementation pathways and leveraging funding from other sources is going to be essential.
Visual: The Regional Economic Development Plan infographic. The camera then cuts back to Julia and Stu.
Audio (Stu): The plan is a living document that will evolve and adapt as projects are completed, conditions change, relationships are built, and new initiatives are identified.
Audio (Julia): Ultimately, it’s about creating new jobs and improving quality of life for all, which is best achieved by working collectively and collaboratively as one region.
Visual: Fade to black followed by the WellingtonNZ logo.
WellingtonNZ is working with partners across the region to put the plan in place. It’s a living document that will evolve and adapt as conditions change, relationships are built, and new initiatives arise.
Contact the REDP Programme Management Office to discuss any initiatives.
WellingtonNZ is here to make the Wellington region thrive as a place to live, visit, study, work, do business, and invest.
Get in touch with WellingtonNZ, the Wellington Region’s Economic Development Agency.
By the numbers.... find everything from our Regional Economic Development Plan to our Statement of Intent and Annual Reports.
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