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Since 2011 we have been engaging with our community on a range of topics.
Over 2000 community members have spent over 4000 volunteer hours working collectively to influence policy-making in the Queenstown Lakes District.
We have helped shape policy using public forums and task forces to create reports and deliver recommendations that reflect community consensus. We have relied on a well-tested formula, involving a public forum leading to a volunteer task force creating a strategy report, which goes back to the forum to become endorsed and presented as recommendations to the government.
Our world changes and our methods of engaging have too. We use surveys, online sessions and host talks as ways of getting a conversation started with you.
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⭐ Merry Christmas/Meri Kirihimete to you all.![]()
May the festive season inspire positivity for the coming year.![]()
Here's to sharing the joy & a brighter future 🎁![]()
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#ChristmasNZ #KiwiChristmas #LoveWanaka #QueenstownLife
New Zealand's economy has been ranked 33rd out of 37 in an international comparison![]()
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Top of The Economist list of OECD economies was Spain, followed by Ireland, Denmark, Greece and Italy.![]()
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Economies were ranked on GDP, stockmarket performance, core inflation, unemployment and government deficits.![]()
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Per capita output has been in decline since December 2022 and firms are now downsizing with unemployment expected to continue climbing in 2025.![]()
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#GDP #queenstownlife #lovewanaka
The Government has released a Hydrogen Action Plan which sets out key steps to unlock private sector investment in hydrogen energy and support New Zealand’s transition to a low-emissions economy.![]()
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The Action Plan focuses on four priority areas:![]()
📈Creating an enabling regulatory environment![]()
📈Reducing barriers for consenting hydrogen projects through Electrify NZ and RMA reform work programmes.![]()
📈Promoting a cost-effective and market-led transition to a low-emissions economy.![]()
📈Supporting access to international investment and markets.![]()
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The Hydrogen Action Plan delivers against one of the priorities in the coalition agreement between the New Zealand National Party and New Zealand First parties to plan for transitional low carbon goals, including the infrastructure needed to increase the use of methanol and hydrogen to achieve sovereign fuel resilience.![]()
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts MP for North Shore says that hydrogen has potential to reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in hard-to-abate industries.![]()
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#HydrogenNZ #ClimateAction
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Share our successes;
Be part of our future.
Since 2011 we have been engaging with our community on a range of topics.
Over 2000 community members have spent over 4000 volunteer hours working collectively to influence policy-making in the Queenstown Lakes District.
We have helped shape policy using public forums and task forces to create reports and deliver recommendations that reflect community consensus. We have relied on a well-tested formula, involving a public forum leading to a volunteer task force creating a strategy report, which goes back to the forum to become endorsed and presented as recommendations to the government.
Our world changes and our methods of engaging have too. We use surveys, online sessions and host talks as ways of getting a conversation started with you.
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“We are in the right place and moment, so we have to act collectively and act now.”
FRANCO, Forum participant
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