TDP Regional Economic Development Strategy

The Tairawhiti Development Partnership ("TDP") has its origins in the Tairawhiti Development Taskforce. This was established in May 2000 as a result of an initiative by the Mayors of Gisborne and Wairoa. The principal objective was to improve prospects for jobs and businesses in the Tairawhiti region. It undertook to:

• Review the opportunities and impediments to the region's development
• Positively assist the ongoing development of the Tairawhiti region
• Provide leadership to establish a direction for regional development
• Engage "all of government" to ensure government programmes worked in Tairawhiti.

The TDP is now a partnership of the Gisborne and Wairoa District Councils, Te Runanga o Ngati Porou, Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa, and Kahungunu ki te Wairoa with the Ministers for Economic Development and Maori Affairs, Members of Parliament and community and business sector representatives from the Tairawhiti Region.

Tairawhiti Development Partnership is recognised by the government as the agency responsible for the promotion, development and implementation of a regional economic development strategy for the Tairawhiti region.

Tairawhiti Development Partnership: Regional Economic Development Strategy 2009

Tairawhiti Development Partnership Strategic Economic Development Appendices