Source: Environmental Protection Authority
12 July 2022
We have published our Statement of Intent 2022-2026, which sets out our strategic intentions and medium-term undertakings for the next three and 30 years. It also signals the positive legacy we want to leave for the next 300 years.
What we do at the EPA has an impact on Aotearoa and the everyday lives of all New Zealanders. We are a proactive regulator, committed to taking a precautionary approach, to protect people and the environment.
We intend to continue our shift to giving more emphasis on compliance, monitoring and enforcement, and building stronger relationships with community groups and organisations.
We have five organisational priorities for the next three years:
- He Whetū Mārama – Our pou for connecting with Māori and recognising that our decisions and work can be more inclusive, robust, and effective when we incorporate Māori perspectives.
- Connecting with New Zealanders – Fundamental to promoting awareness of our work, inspiring people and businesses to take actions to protect the environment, and strengthening trust in us.
- Environmental leadership – Integral to being a proactive regulator, being an environmental steward, and the way we approach decision making, compliance, monitoring and enforcement, and connecting with New Zealanders.
- Sustainable organisation – Ensuring our systems and resources support a sound organisation and regulatory practices.
- Regulatory performance – Integral to all our work; ensuring quality decisions that make a difference to our environment and the best inputs into our decision-making processes
We have also published our Statement of Performance Expectations for 2022/23. This details our appropriations (funding set aside for specific purposes), what we aim to achieve within each of these, how performance will be measured, and related targets.
Read the EPA Statement of Intent for 2022-2026 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Read the EPA Statement of Performance Expectation 2022/23 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
