Natural environment

What we are planning for our natural environment in the Annual Plan 2025/2026.

In the 2025/2026 financial year, we plan to:

We also plan to complete the roll-out of our regionwide kerbside rubbish collection service. We will introduce remaining areas to rates-funded rubbish collections including Franklin and Rodney, later this year.

You should know

The information on this page is an edited version of the Annual Plan 2025/2026 Consultation Document.

You can find more information about how our Long-term Plan 2024-2034 is progressing on page 6 of the Annual Plan 2025/2026 Consultation Document [PDF 8MB].

Illustration of a rat holding onto a rat trap which has an egg inside it.