Strategy overview

Here's a high-level summary of the strategy. Please take time to read the full Economic Development Strategy for 2025–27.

Three focus areas for change

1. Fostering a resilient Kāpiti Coast economy based on productive and innovative clusters that are environmentally sustainable and future focussed:

Creating a strong and environmentally sustainable economy by supporting the development of key industry clusters such as Food and Beverage, Technology, Tourism, and Creative Industries to drive economic growth and innovation.

2. Ensuring Kāpiti Coast residents and communities benefit from local training and career opportunities:

Developing education opportunities and skills hubs that are local, easy to access, and provide wide variety of training programs tailored to the local workforce and industry needs.

3. Creating an inclusive community that is recognised as a great and easy place to invest and do business:

Encouraging an inclusive business community where everyone can have the tools for success whilst making it easier to do and start business on the coast.

Priority actions

We have identified nine priority actions to help focus our efforts over the next three years. These include:

Facilitate sector and cluster development
Drive a sustainable economy
Enable Māori economic rangatiratanga
Progress skills and training options
Identify and attract smart investment
Facilitate inclusive employment opportunities
Support startups and emerging businesses
Increase the visitor economy
Increase support for the economic development system

Workstreams

In partnership with business, industry and the wider economic development ecosystem, we’ll drive change through a simple work programme for each of the focus areas.

From the nine priority actions listed above, we have developed a proposed Action Plan. We’ll measure the impact of these and other activities as agreed to in the final Economic Development Strategy. We have created a one-page summary of these measures:

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