Election 2020 - Party Policies - Economy/Primary Industries and Rural Issues - Regional Development
25th Jul 20, 5:55am
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Regional Development
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- Ensuring regions facing growth pressures are supported to manage this in ways that promote sustainability and cohesion.
- Working with local government to pursue a co-ordinated approach to infrastructure development and procurement to enhance the sustainable economic potential of Aotearoa New Zealand, including building capacity in the regions and promoting hubs of specialist economic activity.
- Ensuring all regions have core transport, information, energy infrastructure, and health and education services available.
- Enabling communities to organise sustainable infrastructure on a local basis for a vibrant local economy, such as farmers’ and craft markets.
- Ensuring, to the extent practical, that critical services are not exposed to undue risk from concentration in one centre (e.g. data storage).
- Attracting investment through building on regional assets and improving the attractiveness of the region as a place where investors want to live.
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- Continue the $1 billion per annum Provincial Growth Fund
- Relocate government agencies and functions to regional New Zealand
- Support rural communities, businesses and exporters with continued investment in regional roads, rail, ports, airports and freight facilities
- Continue to resource vital rural infrastructure such as schools, healthcare, reliable electricity supply, internet and mobile coverage
- Commit to moving Ports of Auckland operations to Northport
- Seek higher Crown levies on minerals extracted and return 25 per cent royalties to the source regions
- Support the pilot of ‘regional banking hubs’ and seek to expand their use including amalgamation with other services such as post offices
- Encourage internal tourism through a ‘See New Zealand First’ campaign
- Implement policies such as a ‘National Interest Test’ to keep key strategic assets and New Zealand farmland in New Zealand hands
- Improve rural connectivity through funding smaller local internet service providers to fill in remote area gaps
- Continue to support regional marine facilities such as Tarakohe Wharf, Sugarloaf Wharf, and the Opotiki Harbour
- Ensure that there is clear reference to infrastructure continuing to back Water Storage outcomes for those areas affected by adverse weather
- Commit to developing a dry dock facility for international, domestic and Defence shipping needs in Northland
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