Have Your Say!
Last updated: 01 Jul, 2025 06:27pm
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About Consultation & Engagement
What is Have Your Say?
Have Your Say is your chance to make your voice heard.
As a Council, we work to serve the community. To ensure we meet the needs of Carterton residents, we need to hear from you!
Choose one of the consultations below. We look forward to hearing your views and suggestions!
Our Engagement Process
Council undertakes ‘engagement’ when we provide opportunities for the public to participate in Council projects, plans and proposals.
Usually, this is in the form of us asking for your thoughts, ideas and preferences on an upcoming project, plan or proposal e.g. a Long Term Plan.
We see engagement as a genuine dialogue with our communities.
Good, thorough and meaningful engagement helps us make better, more sustainable and inclusive decisions that lead to the changes you want to see in your community.
How does engagement work?
Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy sets the rules for how Council and the community will determine how significant particular proposals or decisions are, and when and how the community will be engaged in making decisions.
Before making a decision, Council considers all feedback, along with advice from our team and other relevant information. Once a decision has been made, that decision, along with relevant reports, will be available on this website.
Other ways to have your say
Speak to your Mayor & Councillors: Your elected members are available to discuss your ideas, issues or concerns. Contact them today.
Speak at forums & meetings: Contact our Democratic Services team, who can help direct you to the best meeting to address. Council is not able to make a decision on your presentation but may refer your issue to staff for further report.
Talk to us at an event: Keep an eye out on when Elected Members and Council staff will be out and about in your community.
Sign up to our updates: Join our mailing list and we will keep you informed of what’s happening at Council.
Alternatively you can email us at info@cdc.govt.nz.
What is the difference between consultation and engagement?
Engagement is the practice of actively bringing community or public voices into decisions that affect or interest them. Consultation is one type of engagement, with a legal definition and statutory obligations for local government. Read our Significance and Engagement Policy for more information.
Principles of consultation
Section 82 of the Local Government Act outlines the principles of consultation.
Open Consultation & Engagement Opportunities
Have Your Say: Draft Speed Management Plan
Have your say here: www.cdc.govt.nz/speed Carterton District Council is proposing to make changes to speed limits on some roads around the district. We want everyone to be safe when using our streets and roads. That means we need the right speeds on the right roads...
Councils consult on the Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaw
Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa District Councils (the Wairarapa District Councils) have opened consultation on the Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaw Ngā Ture ā-Rohe Tōpu o Wairarapa from Wednesday 25 June 2025. The proposed Bylaw spans 11 parts and controls a...
Have Your Say: Trade Waste Bylaw
Carterton, Masterton, and South Wairarapa District Councils (Wairarapa District Councils) are seeking feedback on Part Eleven: Trade Waste of the Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaw. Submissions are open for two months and close at 4pm Friday 25 July 2025. Open: 23 May...
Council adopts resilience-focused 2024-2034 Long Term Plan, confirms rates resolution for 2024/25
Carterton District Council has adopted its 2024-2034 Long-Term Plan [LTP] and rates resolution for the 2024/25 financial year, focusing on resilience and economic sustainability. LTP Documents Part 1 [PDF] [Includes: Message from the Mayor; Our Council; Our...
Closed Initiatives
Community Survey Open Now!
The Carterton District Council Community Survey is now open and will remain so until Sunday 16 March. Community members are encouraged to provide honest feedback on what’s working, what’s not, and where Council should focus their efforts. Carterton District Council...
Have Your Say: Climate Change Strategy
We’re reviewing our Climate Change Strategy and we want to hear from you! Our updated strategy will be used internally at Carterton District Council to ensure Climate Change and carbon emissions are considered in all aspects of operations – from day-to-day tasks, to...
Representation Review Initial Proposal
On 20 August 2024 the Carterton District Council Hearings Committee considered the submissions received on its Initial Proposal regarding the representation arrangements for the Council to apply for the local elections to be held on 11 October 2025. The Council...
Council adopts resilience-focused 2024-2034 Long Term Plan, confirms rates resolution for 2024/25
Carterton District Council has adopted its 2024-2034 Long-Term Plan [LTP] and rates resolution for the 2024/25 financial year, focusing on resilience and economic sustainability. LTP Documents Part 1 [PDF] [Includes: Message from the Mayor; Our Council; Our...
Consultation Documents
| Title | Summary | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carterton Safety & Speed Data Summary 2025 | … | 7 July 2025 | |
| Cost Benefit Statements Speed Limit Proposals | … | 7 July 2025 | |
| Carterton District Draft Speed Management Plan | … | 7 July 2025 | |
| Wairarapa Tararua Water Services Delivery Plan Financial Model | A 20-year financial projection model developed to support the Local Water Done Well (LWDW) reforms. | 11 April 2025 | |
| Local Water Done Well Consultation Document | This document outlines the Carterton District Council’s consultation process for the Local Water Done Well agreements, scheduled for public engagement starting on 14 March 2025. It provides details on the proposed agreements, key consultation dates, community engagement opportunities, and ways for residents to provide feedback. | 13 March 2025 | |
| Climate Change Strategy Community Engagement Document | … | 31 January 2025 | |
| Significance and Engagement Policy | A pdf version of the Carterton District Council Significance and Engagement Policy, updated June 2021. | 18 September 2024 | |
| Representation Review: Youth Council workshop | … | 9 July 2024 | |
| Representation Review Statement of Proposal | A pdf version of the Statement of Proposal document for the 2024 Representation Review Initial Proposal for Carterton District Council. | 2 July 2024 | |
| It’s Up To You: Carterton District Representation Review | A pdf format version of the print submission form for the 2024 Carterton District Council representation review. | 3 May 2024 | |
| Representation Review Workshop, Wednesday 24 April 2024 | A pdf format version of a presentation to Carterton District elected representatives on Wednesday 24 April 2024 seeking guidance on the forthcoming representation review, and form options for informal consultation. | 29 April 2024 | |
| Representation Review Workshop, 13 March 2024 | A pdf format version of a presentation to Carterton District elected representatives on Wednesday 13 March 2024 seeking guidance on the forthcoming representation review, to help developing options for the community ahead of the informal engagement and Initial Proposal stages of consultation. | 29 April 2024 | |
| DRAFT CDC Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document | … | 25 March 2024 | |
| Public Hearings Meeting: Ten Year Plan 2021-2031 submissions | A pdf format version of the agenda for the Carterton District Council Ten Year Plan 2021-2031 public hearings. | 19 February 2024 | |
| Statement of Proposal: Carterton District Council Revenue and Finance Policy [rates] Review 2023 | A pdf version of the Statement of Proposal for a consultation on a review of the Carterton District Council Revenue and Finance Policy [rates], dated October 2023. | 26 October 2023 | |
| Speed Management Plan Technical Report for Carterton District | A pdf format version of the Speed Management Plan Technical Report for Carterton District. | 23 June 2023 | |
| Draft CDC/SWDC Interim Speed Management Plan | A pdf format version of the Draft Interim Speed Management Plan for Carterton and South Wairarapa District Councils, from June 2023. | 23 June 2023 | |
| Consultation Document: Proposal for Freedom Camping Bylaw; Revocation of Reserve Status; Disposal of 29 Holloway St | A document containing information and public submission information on the proposals for a Carterton District Freedom Camping Bylaw; Revocation of Reserve Status for 583 Belvedere Rd; and Disposal of 29 Holloway St. | 2 June 2023 |