CLOSED - 2022/2023 Annual Plan Te Unua Museum
This consultation has now concluded.
After hearing from submitters, councillors deliberated over several weeks. It was decided that Council would proceed with Option Three (the 3,550 m2 new build) for the museum, and the Annual Plan was formally adopted on 28 June 2022.
For further details, please refer to the Annual Plan on the ICC website.
What do you want for our Museum?
We want to know what you think about our plans for the Museum and for the 2022/2023 Annual Plan
Check out the documents menu to the right to find the consultation document and to:
- Find out more about the options for the Museum, including the Museum Governance Group report
- Find out more about Tisbury Reserve, including the Development Plan
- Find out more about Fees and Charges for 2022/2023
- Find out more about the Annual Plan, including the Draft Annual Plan Financial Statements
Use the Your submission button below to make a formal submission, or use the Ideas button to share your ideas with other visitors to this website.
Submissions are due by 29 April 2022.
Make sure to let us know if you would like to be heard by Council. Hearings will take place on 10 and 11 May 2022.
Council will then make their final decisions, adopt the Annual Plan and strike the rates for 2022/2023 in June.
If you have questions or want to discuss the Annual Plan get in touch.
Please email us letstalk@icc.govt.nz if you need an accessible version of the consultation document.
Share your vision for the museum and win
Are you under 18? Share your vision of what you would like to see in the museum and be in to win!
All entries will go in the draw to win one of three family passes for Splash Palace and the winner will be selected and notified on 29 April 2022.
You can download the competition form here or pick one up from the Civic Building, the Invercargill Public Library, He Waka Tuia or Bluff Service Centre.
- There are no stories to display. Why don't you share one?
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FAQs
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Frequently asked questions on the Museum
- Why are we consulting on this again?
- What will be the name of the facility?
- What does Te Unua mean?
- When will the museum open?
- Why is the pyramid building no longer suitable?
- What parking will be available?
- What will happen to the pyramid building?
- What will happen to Henry the Tuatara and his mates?
- Will entry to the museum be free?
- What kind of exhibitions will there be?
- How much is this going to cost ratepayers?
- What happens if Council is not successful in achieving the level of external funding required?
- Where is the museum going to be?
- What is happening with the material (artwork, exhibitions, artefacts) the museum has in it?
- Why is the storage facility being built first and the museum not being prioritised?
- What will happen to the Arts and Creativity Invercargill project?
- Why is it taking so long to make a decision about rebuilding the museum?
- Why are workers allowed to access the museum and not us?
- Will the new building be a pyramid shape?
- What modern/tech features are being built into the new museum?
- What about He Waka Tuia? Doesn’t that building have an earthquake risk too? Will He Waka Tuia be open until the new museum is complete? What will happen to that space afterwards?
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Frequently asked questions on the Annual Plan
- How is the budget set for the Annual Plan?
- What changes in the economy have contributed to the increase in rates?
- What changes to Councils projects, capital programme and operational programme have contributed to the increase in rates?
- How can I work out what my rate increase would be?
- What is Council’s Financial Strategy and Benchmarks? Why is Council not meeting some of its Benchmarks as a result of this Annual Plan Budget?
- What are the assumptions which underpin the budget and why are they important?
- What is depreciation and why is how we fund it important?
- How does Council determine value for money for the community?
- How does Council set its fair wage and how is it different to the Living Wage?
- Will changes be made to the budget following consultation?
- When will the rates be set?
- How can I pay my rates?
- I have a direct debit for rates - how do I change it to reflect the increase?
- I am struggling to pay my rates - what are my options?
- Reminder to apply annually for a rates rebate if you are eligible
Who's Listening
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Chair - Performance, Policy and Partnerships Committee
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Chair - Infrastructural Services Committee
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Group Manager - Leisure and Recreation
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Corporate Analyst
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Manager - Strategy and Policy
