# Strategies

_We have adopted strategies that set out the vision, goals, objectives, projects and plans to achieve outcomes for speciafic issues.​​​_

## Bay of Plenty Energy Strategy

The Bay of Plenty Energy Strategy, [Our Future from Energy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A2086632/content), outlines opportunities for economic development from energy sources.

## Bay of Connections Strategy

The [Bay of Connections Growth Strategy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3887581/content) was launched on 19 December, 2011. It outlines an economic future for the Bay of Plenty.

## Kaituna River Ongatoro/Maketū Estuary Strategy

The [Kaituna River and Ongatoro/Maketū Estuary Strategy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A611727/content "Kaituna River and Ongatoro/Maketu Estuary Strategy") sets out why people value the Kaituna River and Ongatoro/Maketū Estuary; their concerns and a vision for its future.

[Strategy summary sheet](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888600/content)

## Ōhiwa Harbour Strategy

The [Ōhiwa Harbour Strategy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3889174/content "Ōhiwa Harbour Strategy") identifies issues, key community values and aspirations, and recommends actions on how to take Ōhiwa Harbour and its catchment from where it is now, to where people want it to be in the future.

## Regional Economic Development Strategy

The Regional Economic Development Strategy sets out the goals and priorities for sustainable economic growth in the Bay of Plenty region.

- [Introduction and opportunities](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888582/content "Introduction and opportunities")
- [Key areas of focus](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888584/content "key areas of focus")
- [Bay of Plenty economic profile](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888586/content "economic profile")
- [Sub-regional economic development strategies](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888588/content "Sub-regional economic development strategies")
- [Key areas for regional economic development](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A4612348/content)
- [Appendix 1 - Three Year Action Plan](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888592/content "Appendix 1 - Three Year Action Plan")
- [Appendix 2 - Priorities/Areas of focus](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888594/content "Appendix 2 - Priorities/Areas of focus")
- [Appendix 3  - Strategic alignment](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888596/content "Appendix 3  - Strategic alignment")

## Regional Waste Strategy

The [Regional Waste Strategy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888249/content "Regional Waste Strategy 2013") presents a regional position on managing waste, hazardous substances, hazardous waste and contaminated sites in the Bay of Plenty.

## Rotorua Lakes Strategy

The Rotorua Lakes Strategy sets out a management framework for the lakes of the Rotorua district and their catchments.

The refreshed Strategy for the Lakes of the Rotorua district was adopted in September 2013.

http://www.rotorualakes.co.nz/vdb/document/534[Strategy for the Lakes of the Rotorua district – Te Reo version](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/699e223d2f86959f8c8ff004/69a609d93c8f004b669ff61a_RTLP_Lakes_strategy_Maori_version_SCREEN_compressed.pdf "Strategy for the Lakes of the Rotorua district – Te Reo version")

[Strategy for the Lakes of the Rotorua district – English version](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/699e223d2f86959f8c8ff004/69a60a2622c79260ec1cca37_RTLP_Lakes_strategy_SCREEN_compressed.pdf "Strategy for the Lakes of the Rotorua district – English version")

http://www.rotorualakes.co.nz/vdb/document/219[Original Strategy adopted in 2000](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/699e223d2f86959f8c8ff004/69a60987b5c72e9feedd7d69_2001_Lakkes_Strategy.pdf "Original Strategy")

## Tauranga Harbour Strategy

The [Tauranga Harbour Integrated Management Strategy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A3888580/content) was prepared by Bay of Plenty Regional Council with support from Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council and the harbour community. It involved input from experts such as environmental scientists and consultation with key community members.

## Tauranga Harbour Recreation Strategy

The [Tauranga Moana (Harbour) Recreation Strategy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A2405182/content) outlines tasks that need to be done by each council in order to better manage the recreational use of the harbour.

## Water Sustainability Strategy (western Bay of Plenty)

A Water Sustainability Strategy specifically for the western Bay of Plenty has been developed to look at how we allocate and manage water in the long term.

- [Water Sustainability Strategy](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A2292952/content)
- [Overview document](https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/document/A2696230/content)