Community Outcomes
Welcome to Porirua City's shared Community Outcomes, including Porirua - Our Place, Our Future: Community Outcomes Action Plan.
Community Outcomes are for Everyone
"Community Outcomes" are about what we feel is important in Porirua. We share the outcomes. They are important to us now and in the future - like good health, a place to live, a sense of pride and safety, a clean environment, and a good income.
We can find similar issues around New Zealand and overseas. Our challenge is to describe things that are 'ours' and important in Porirua City (like our harbour, our festivals, our community activities, our art, our sport) and what we want to keep or improve. No organisation has sole responsibility for the Community Outcomes - they are about, and for, everyone that lives, works, plays, shops, learns and visits Porirua.
Porirua - Our Place, Our Future: We have new community outcomes!
Community Outcomes must be reviewed regularly to make sure they are relevant. A full review began in May 2008 overseen by a cross-sector Steering Group. A series of workshops were held in May/June 2008 and in August 2008, Porirua City Council adopted nine new Community Outcomes for consultation and development. On 24 June 2009, Council formally adopted the shared Community Outcomes. The outcomes are described in Porirua - Our Place, Our Future: Community Outcomes Action Plan. Some exciting web-based information is also being prepared to describe the outcomes and describe progress.
Multicultural and Creative
"… a vibrant and creative city that celebrates diversity, involves people, and has a sense of belonging."
A Safe City
"… a safe place to live, work, learn, play and visit."
A Valued Natural Environment
"… the natural environment is valued and protected by the community and its quality is improved."
Sustainably Designed and Built
"… the built environment fits our harbour and hills, meets current and future community requirements and housing needs. "
Prosperous
"… businesses flourish, innovation abounds, and people have quality jobs."
Active and Healthy
"… people understand, access and participate in healthy choices, healthy activities and healthcare services."
Learning for Life
" diverse life-long learning opportunities supported by quality educational facilities and programmes."
Strong Families and People, Young and Old
"…a city that welcomes and includes all people and supports families and communities."
Well Connected and On The Move
"… people connect in a safe, accessible and affordable manner."
Where are Porirua's Community Outcomes published?
In the past, Porirua’s Community Outcomes have really only been been described in formal Council documents. The original Council Strategic Plan for the City in 2000 started the ball rolling, followed by the 2004-14 and 2006-16 Long Term Council Community Plans. The City Wellbeing Report (Community Outcomes monitoring report) helped to describe progress. As well as bringing people together to talk about outcomes for the City, Council has to describe how it is playing its part and this is usually done through our annual and long term planning. However, Community Outcomes need to be shared because they are about far more than Porirua City Council. To change this view and encourage wider ownership and support, the outcomes are published in a separate document, Porirua - Our Place, Our Future: Community Outcomes Action Plan.
Have we made progress?
For information on how we have done towards Porirua City's previous Community Outcomes, see the City Wellbeing Report 2007. As noted above, the web will be further developed to help with progress on the nine new shared Community Outcomes described in Porirua - Our Place, Our Future.