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Figure 48: Location quotient and employees – tourismNote about data:In contrast to the industry classifications used in this profile, tourism is defined broadlyby the United Nations as “a social, cultural and economic phenomenon related to themovement of people to places outside their usual place of residence. The activitiescarried out by a visitor may or may not involve a market transaction, and may bedifferent from, or similar to, those normally carried out in his/her regular routine oflife.” 118 This highlights the challenge in collecting accurate data about this sector.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment wants to make sure its tourismdata meets the needs of the industry and researchers as well as government.Following a consultation process it has developed the Tourism Domain Plan to informchanges to the collection, analysis and dissemination of data on tourism. It is hopedthat this will allow more comprehensive data to be available at the regional level.118Ministry of Economic Development (2011i, p. 4).Page 44 Doc #: 2069885
4 Infrastructure4.1 SummaryInfrastructure is the fixed, long-lived structures that facilitate the production of goodsand services and underpin many aspects of quality of life. Infrastructure refers tophysical networks, principally transport, water, energy and communications. 119 Thisprofile has already noted the importance of natural infrastructure to the regionaleconomy, such as biodiversity corridors. The National Infrastructure Plan (2011) notesthat there are more than $115 billion worth of infrastructure assets in New Zealand as awhole. Infrastructure is crucial to supporting export-led growth. For example, transportand communications networks connect us to overseas markets. 120 It also supports howpeople live, work and play in the region. Due to its location in the upper North Island,the Waikato region is an important part of national infrastructure networks.The region carries very large volumes of people and freight and the quality of localroads is generally higher than more urbanised regions. The timely completion of theregion’s Roads of National Significance should help to improve the speed and safety ofinter-regional road transport. Waikato needs efficient road and rail transportinfrastructure to move goods and people to and from air and sea ports outside theregion, on which it depends for international connections. Hamilton airport is a usefultransport hub for the North Island. The quality of intra-regional transport links, includingimprovements to road quality, is important to enable the movement of workers,students and goods between smaller centres and Hamilton city.Waikato industry is heavily reliant on oil and gas as energy sources so is vulnerable tolooming supply constraints of these fuels. The region has a large and growing share ofrenewable electricity generation from hydro, geothermal and wind sources and is animportant electricity supplier to the upper North Island. Waikato is also well-endowedwith reserves of coal and is exploring new techniques to extract this resource. Theregion is a large consumer of gas and the pipeline from Taranaki to the rest of theupper North Island passes through Waikato also.Urban water infrastructure assets are valuable and appear to be of higher quality inlarger urban areas across the region, presumably due to the ability to achieveeconomies of scale and spread costs over a larger population. Most councils have hadto respond to higher drinking water quality regulations by improving their infrastructure,which creates additional expense in addition to budgeting for maintenance and renewalover the longer term.The Waikato region has some legacy public irrigation assets that are still in use and thegovernment is looking to support this activity once again. The region’s flood protectionschemes are important not only for protecting productive land, but also buildings androads.The roll-out of ultra-fast broadband is an important development in telecommunicationsinfrastructure and equitable access for rural areas – which will not all benefit from theRural Broadband Initiative – will help to overcome their remoteness and small scale.Detailed information about other telecommunications networks at the regional level isnot available.119New Zealand Government (2011d, p. 1).120New Zealand Government (2011d, p. 10).Doc # 2069885 Page 45
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Table of contentsAcknowledgementLis
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Page 14 and 15: The Government aims to create an en
Page 16 and 17: TransportAlmost a quarter of total
Page 18 and 19: Regional competitivenessRelative pe
Page 20 and 21: WRC identified three flagship goals
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Page 34 and 35: Figure 12: Median household and per
Page 36 and 37: Figure 15: Deprivation in Hamilton
Page 38 and 39: In addition to dairy products contr
Page 40 and 41: In May 2009, DairyNZ launched the S
Page 42 and 43: New Zealand exported $716.9 million
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Page 50 and 51: Five of New Zealand’s six largest
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Page 62 and 63: 4.2 Transport4.2.1 RoadThe current
Page 64 and 65: Local roads in the Waikato region a
Page 66 and 67: Waikato to, or from, the Bay of Ple
Page 68 and 69: Approximately 40 per cent of all ex
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Page 72 and 73: The New Zealand Energy Strategy has
Page 74 and 75: Figure 62: Transpower transmission
Page 76 and 77: Coal has been mined in the Waikator
Page 78 and 79: 4.3.4 OilWaikato does not produce o
Page 80 and 81: etween 75 and 100 years. 202 The de
Page 82 and 83: Taupō District CouncilWater supply
Page 84 and 85: 4.4.3 Productive water infrastructu
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Page 88 and 89: RBI has been implemented by the Gov
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Page 92 and 93: 5 People5.1 SummaryThis chapter des
Page 94 and 95: Figure 81: Urban population in the
Page 96 and 97: 5.2.3 AgeingFigure 83: Percentage i
Page 98 and 99: Figure 88: Proportion of population
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Page 104 and 105: Figure 99: Commuting patterns (2006
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Page 108 and 109: Figure 101: Land uses in the Waikat
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120%100%80%60%40%Land with limitati
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6.6 WaterFreshwater is important fo
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Table 10: Current water take author
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7 Institutions7.1 SummaryCentral an
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The final report of the Government
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Local authority Strategy DeliveryRo
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Local authority Strategy Vision Goa
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Local authority Strategy Vision Goa
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Figure 106: Iwi of the Waikato regi
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SettlementprogressMāoriCommercialA
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SettlementprogressDeed ofSettlement
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Figure 108: Geographic units with 0
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Figure 111: Entry rate (percentage
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Gas supply 0.44Air transport, servi
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Capital productivity is value added
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have low tangible assets and low or
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11 Innovation system11.1 SummaryAs
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Zealand universities (34 per cent).
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cent), health (21 per cent) and hos
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Figure 124: Waikato ITO trainees (2
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The University of Waikato has five
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esearch.” 398 Research is essenti
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Landcare ResearchNational Institute
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11.4 Business development and growt
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Waikato Innovation Park provides se
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12 Key findings and next stepsThe W
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There are also a number of opportun
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BibliographyAFFCO New Zealand 2010.
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Hauraki District Council 2009. Haur
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Ministry of Economic Development 20
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New Zealand Transport Agency 2010.
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South Waikato District Council 2009
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Waikato Regional Council 2011f. Lan
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