South Waikato District Council hosted the Local Government New Zealand Zone 2 meeting on Friday 9 June.
Zone meetings are held across New Zealand, providing councils in geographic areas with an opportunity for communication, collaboration and information sharing.
There are six zones in the country; Zone 2 stretches from Gisborne in the south to Coromandel in the north, South Waikato in the west to the east coast.
Mayor Jenny Shattock was pretty excited about hosting Zone 2.
"It gave us an opportunity to talk shop about various issues facing councils collectively," she said. "These discussions are essential for councils to learn from each other, use each other's strengths, ask for guidance and assistance and ensure that we work collaboratively where possible across the sector and region."
The meeting also provided an opportunity for Council to showcase two of our more bold projects like the Tokoroa Road Rail Terminal and the South Waikato Trade Training facilities.
"Hosting Zone 2 gave us the opportunity to showcase to our peers how a small rural council can deliver on its commitment to retaining our youth in the district, providing for youth training and industry collaboration and our commitment to long term business development and growth that recognises our central position and the opportunity that this, along with our road and rail links, provides in developing a South Waikato distribution hub," she concluded. Ends: words: 239
Below: Zone Two Mayors, Councillors and Chief Executives toured the Tokoroa Road Rail Terminal facility and South Waikato Trade Training distribution and logistics training facility. Pictured walking the road rail siding.
