Safer Community Council

The Ngati Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust have entered into a joint venture with the Waitomo District Council to establish a Safer Community Council, a national initiative in crime prevention co-ordinated by the prime ministers office.  Safer Community Council Co-ordinator has been appointed and is based in Maniapoto House.

A community profile for the Waitomo District has been complied by the Trust and is available by contacting the the Safer Community Council Co-ordinator, Esme Fredericks.

Further to the profile a strategic plan for the next 5 years has been drawn up to provide a focused approach to crime prevention strategies fin our community.

Currently the annual business plan is being written; and from this key objective will be worked on through the year in our effort to make Waitomo a safer place to live with less crime being committed.