Connecting Communities

Connecting communities through digital equity and innovation initiatives

As part of the Leading Edge Strategy, which provides vision and direction for the council, Connectivity was identified as one of six key focus areas.

Connectivity's strategic intention is: We are outward-looking and constantly seek to expand and enhance our world view – positioning ourselves and raising our image regionally, nationally and internationally. We make sustainable connections – through our network infrastructure, digital capacity, expansive ideas and external relationships. We are accessible, linked in and known for it.

We will continue to build on the connectivity opportunities provided by technology and drive digital innovation and opportunity in partnership with the community.

Our actions

• To develop a revised Digital Strategy which broadly responds to the community’s current and future drivers, takes a multi-faceted approach and is supported by the right tools and frameworks
• To support digital innovation initiatives and promote Whanganui as a digital destination of choice outside the large urban centres 

An action plan was drafted in 2021 proposing the direction of the Digital Strategy for the next 12 months and there have been subsequent updates(PDF, 2MB) to the Council.    

Our digital strategy

Our Digital Strategy provides a framework to drive digital innovation and opportunity in Whanganui. 

Read our digital strategy

What is the digital strategy?  

The council’s Digital Strategy: Digital by Design was drafted in early 2019 and consulted on over May and June of that year. It was adopted by the council and published in October 2019. The vision is that “we harness digital opportunities to empower and enrich our community” with the purpose “To drive digital innovation and opportunity in Whanganui, in partnership with the community.”