Consultation & Engagement

Current Consultations

Have your say - Regional Infrastructure Technical Specifications

The RITS (Regional Infrastructure Technical Specifications) is widely used by engineering consultants, contractors and council staff. It’s a means of compliance document for resource consent conditions issued by councils to developers, and their agents. It’s also used as the technical specification for some council contracts.

Closes Thursday 12 December 2024

Draft Ōtorohanga Reserve Strategy & Management Plan

Have your say on our Draft Ōtorohanga Reserve Strategy & Management Plan

Closes Friday 24 January 2025

Reactivating Tokanui Crossroads Hall

Help us bring Tokanui Crossroads Hall back to life—share your ideas and get involved.

Added 2 months ago

Have Your Say

Here you will find all our projects that invite you to 'Have your say'. All our project updates, consultations and more are available on our Connecting Ōtorohanga Engagement platform.

Closed Consultations

Road Naming & Numbering Policy

Our Road Naming & Numbering Policy provides guidance to developers, council staff and Elected Members when selecting names for new roads and access ways. It sets out the details of the application and approval process and it provides selection principles and criteria.

Closed Thursday 15 August 2024

Trading in Public Places Policy

One of Council’s functions is to approve requests for traders and event organisers to occupy public places. Examples include food/coffee carts, events, stalls etc. “Public places” includes road reserves, green space reserves and other public places.

Closed Monday 26 August 2024

Local Alcohol Policy

The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act states that our Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) must be reviewed every six years. A review of our LAP commenced in November 2023 and a draft of the revised LAP has been prepared for consultation.

Closed Monday 26 August 2024

Love your Library

To help us track our progress and to keeping abreast of your changing needs please complete our annual survey below.

Closed Thursday 1 August 2024

How have we done this year?

As part of Ōtorohanga District Council’s commitment to our community we are continually striving to improve all aspects of what we deliver. We invited all our district residents to take 10 minutes to share your experiences and help us make Ōtorohanga District an even better place to live.

Closed Thursday 8 August 2024

Removal of two oak trees - Ōtorohanga

Two oak trees have been identified for removal due to them outgrowing their space. The root systems of the trees are causing issues with critical infrastructure - breaking and blocking sewage and stormwater pipes.

Closed Wednesday 5 June 2024

Economic Wellbeing Strategy

What does economic wellbeing look like for Ōtorohanga District, and what do we need to do to get there? Our district has recently moved into an exciting period of growth and development, which means it's our time to invest for the future and increase our focus on community wellbeing and relationships to make Ōtorohanga an even better place to live, work and enjoy.

Closed Monday 20 May 2024

Reserves Management Strategy

Ōtorohanga’s local parks and reserves are a key asset for the community, as the town grows, it is important that the parks and reserves continue to reflect and support the needs and aspirations of the people that live, work and play here.

Closed Saturday 27 April 2024

Kāwhia, Aotea and Ōpārau Concept Plan

Ōtorohanga District Council want you to have your say on the future of your town or village.

Closed Monday 6 May 2024

Rural Concept Plan

Help us shape the future of our district - it’s time to talk about the future, and what that looks like for our communities.

Closed Monday 6 May 2024

Long Term Plan 2024 - 2034

“Kia Mau Tātou Ki Te Ara – Steady as she goes” represents the sentiment behind Ōtorohanga District Council’s considerable planning efforts, as we strive to navigate the economic challenges facing us all and prioritise the needs of our communities in our proposed Long Term Plan (LTP) 2024 – 2034.

Closed Monday 6 May 2024

Proposed Waste Management and Minimisation Plan

Our Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) outlines Ōtorohanga District Council’s strategy for managing waste within our district. Our last WMMP was adopted in July 2018. A recent Waste Assessment prompted the need for a new or updated WMMP to address key issues identified within the assessment.

Closed Sunday 31 March 2024

Love your Library

Love your library and want to help us make it even better and ready for the future? Or maybe you don’t use this awesome community facility and want to tell us why!

Closed Wednesday 30 August 2023

Proposed Alcohol Control Bylaw 2023

The proposed Ōtorohanga District Alcohol Control Bylaw has just closed for public consultation, 25 August 2023. See the timeline on the right-hand side of this page for details on the next steps in this process.

Closed Friday 25 August 2023

Improvement Plan - result of the 2022 Annual Residents Survey

We have now created an improvement plan, based on the feedback given to us in the Annual Residents Survey

Closed Friday 15 September 2023

Consultation Closed - Class 4 Gambling Venues Policy Review

We are currently working on collating the information from the submissions and will make a notification to the public once the date for the public hearing has been set.

Closed Monday 17 July 2023

Proposed Revision of Road Improvement Program

Council is proposing to revise the form of its road improvement program

Closed Monday 6 March 2023