• Increased wellbeing and resilience
• Access to information and services
• Reduce isolation
• Foster cultural connection, tolerance and inclusion

• Connected, engaged and inclusive communities, which encourage participation and resilience.
• Collaborative, responsive, locally-focused organisations that meet community needs.
• Kaimahi/workers in community organisations are well supported.
• Mental health and wellbeing is strengthened, particularly for rangatahi/youth.
• Vulnerable and disadvantaged whānau are supported and empowered to respond to increasing costs of living.

• Taha Tinana and Taha Hinengaro – enhancing physical wellbeing and mental wellbeing.
  • Enable accessible, inclusive and sustainable projects.
  • Enable positive health and hauora outcomes.
• Taha Wairua – encouraging self-worth, belonging and connections.
  • Enable opportunities for connection and collaboration – e.g. moving, doing, sharing and teaching.
• Taha Whānau- building Family and community etc.
  • Enable community-led initiatives, in response to a community need or aspiration.

• People in our communities are able to access services and activities that meet their needs contributing to safe, healthy and connected communities.
• Vulnerable, socially and physically isolated members of our community have adequate support.
• Community organisations are collaborating and working together for the benefit of our people.
• Community volunteers are well managed, supported, resourced and valued.

• Community Hauora is strengthened.
• Rangatahi are supported to participate positively in the community.
• Recognising and valuing volunteers and whanau who support community activities.
• Improved connection and reduced isolation through support for LOCAL initiatives, events, community facilities and activities.
• The Chatham Islands unique culture and identity are respected and valued.

• Safe, healthy, thriving communities where everyone is respected, valued and heard.
• Local grass-roots activities and programmes which are accessible and affordable.
• Cultural diversity is celebrated.
• Local initiatives that connect people, reduce isolation and empower community.

• Our community is well resourced to support the health and well-being needs of our people.
• Volunteers and community organisation staff are valued, resourced and well trained.
• Initiatives that respond to the aspirations of mana whenua for this rohe.
• Projects that contribute to resilient communities in the face of economic uncertainty.
• Families, youth and elderly are more engaged in their community, have increased support and resources that increase independence, improve health and well-being, and reduce social and geographical isolation.
• Organisations with a clear local footprint, who may actively collaborate with others to provide resources.

• People, groups and whānau in our communities can access services and activities that meet their needs.
• Community organisations are resourced and highly visible, with well trained staff and volunteers.
• Support will be given to local grassroots organisations with a clear Far North footprint who are effectively providing services to their communities.
• Community organisations promote oranga/wellbeing and resilience, to ensure whānau have access to holistic practices and services for their mental, physical, cultural and social wellbeing.
• The wellbeing and aspirations of Marae, Whānau, and Hapu are supported and valued.

• Local people, particularly those who are vulnerable, lonely or isolated, are able to access services and activities that meet their needs.
• Volunteers and community organisation staff are valued, resourced and well trained.
• Local community organisations are well resourced and highly visible.

• Strengthening tāngata, whānau, whenua, families and community wellbeing through locally grown strategies and activities.

• Higher priority will be given to grassroots organisations that demonstrate a clear local footprint and/or
• Support whanau (pepe to kaumatua) with mental, physical, emotional and/or social wellbeing in the Hutt Valley coomunity and/ or
• Promote community leadership and/or capability in the Hutt Valley community
• Promote cultural identity and/or equity in the Hutt Valley community
• Lower priority will be given to national organisations with limited benefit in the Hutt Valley

• Increased independence.
• Improved quality of health and wellbeing.
• Improved access to appropriate services.
• Improved and better informed and educated communities.
• Improved opportunities for networking and working collaboratively.

• Community organisations/groups building resilient and thriving communities.

• Communities are empowered to build their resilience and effectively manage their circumstances.
• Families, youth and older persons are engaged in their community and have increased support and resources. 
• Māori, Pasifika and Ethnic community aspirations are enhanced and supported.
• Volunteers are leading local initiatives they helped to design and maintain.
• Culture, arts and heritage are accessible to everyone.
• High priority will be given to grassroots organisations who demonstrate active collaboration and clear local impact.
• Lower priority will be given to:
  • requests where there is perceived duplication
  • requests from organisations that currently receive government funding and are unable to show community need and benefit over and above their contracts

• People, particularly those who are vulnerable, lonely, isolated or living in poverty can access local services and activities that meet their wellbeing needs.
• Migrants and newcomers are well supported and integrated into the community.
• People with disabilities are empowered and well supported by accessible local services.
• Senior citizens are supported, engaged, empowered and actively participate in community activities.
• Youth and children are valued and mentored towards positive community engagement, innovation or resilience.
• Māori and Pasifika aspirations are enhanced and supported.
• Emergency response relief, recovery and sustainability efforts are supported.

Marlborough

• Actively encouraging participation in communities.
• Promoting community leadership.
• Attempting to reduce downstream social and ecomomic costs to the community and government.
• Promoting social, enconomic and cultural equity with regards, but not limited to, Māori, women, Pacific communities, other ethnic communities, older people, the rurally isolated, people with disabilities, families, youth, children, and unemployed people.
• Responding to locally identified community needs and priorities.

• Tuakiri where culture, heritage and identity initiatives are supported and enhanced.
• Ringa Hapai where community organisation staff and volunteers are recognised and valued.
• Whanaungatanga where rural and urban communities are connected and engaged.
• Whanau where children, young people, their parents and families are supported to improve their wellbeing and reach their potential.
• Kotahitanga where diverse communities are celebrated, validated and supported.

• Actively encouraging participation in communities.
• Promoting community leadership.
• Attempting to reduce downstream social and economic costs to the community and government.
• Promoting social, economic and cultural equity with regards, but not limited to, Māori, women, Pacific communities, other ethnic communities, older people, the rurally isolated, people with disabilities, families, youth, children, and unemployed people.
• Responding to locally identified community needs and priorities.

• Develop and strengthen the skills, knowledge and abilities of our communities to address everyday challenges and build resilience.
• Health and wellbeing.
• Environment education and conservation.
• Recruitment, support and recognition of volunteers.
• Lower priority will be given to national organisations with limited benefit or local foot print in North Taranaki.

• Our diverse communities are connected, strengthened, safer and have reduced crime.
• Children, young people, their parents, grandparents and families are reaching their potential and building their resilience.
• Local support and well-being services are available for physical, chronic and mental health, including addictions, suicide prevention.
• People experiencing challenges, poverty and isolation are well supported and have access to development opportunities.
• Inequalities for Māori, Pasifika and other ethnic communities are addressed.
• Empower the voices of people with disabilities or services which strengthen the effectiveness and/or wellbeing of the community.
• Local volunteers are valued, supported, recognised and resourced. 

• Communities are strengthened, safer, more integrated, less isolated and vulnerable, more people are accessing services and activities to meet their needs.
• Wellbeing for all people is being achieved and people are engaged, connected and encouraged to participate in their communities to foster a sense of belonging.
• Volunteers are valued, well trained, supported, resourced and proactively encouraged.
• Whānau Ora and/or Kaupapa Māori services are well resourced and supported.
• Vulnerable people are empowered and well supported by inclusive services that validate cultural, physical, emotional and intellectual needs.

• Kotahitanga:  Community organisations are working collaboratively and connectedly to provide greater impact and benefits.
• Whakapiki Pūkenga: Volunteers and community workers have opportunities to be well trained and supported to enable the sustainability and quality of services.
• Oranga Angitu: People in insecure housing are supported to achieve wellbeing.
• Whānau: Families experience increased wellbeing through services and activities which respond to their needs and aspirations.
• Whanaungatanga: People are connected to their communities through support and services that address isolation; for example - location, disability, age, diversity, or digital access.

• Strengthen community health and wellbeing through improved connections and access to services and activities.
• Volunteers are valued, trained and resourced.
• Te āo Māori/Māori aspirations are enhanced and supported in our rohe/region.
• Reduced social and geographical isolation through support for LOCAL initiatives, events and activities.
• Improved access to services, programmes and activities for vulnerable people, including older persons and persons living with disabilties.

• Whānau/families/people in our community experience increased wellbeing through services, activities and events which respond to their moemoeā/dreams, needs and aspirations.
• Community organisations and facilities are accessible, supported and encouraged to respond to local needs.
• Te āo Māori is strengthened and promoted in our rohe.
• Our tamariki/children and taiohi/youth are supported to reach their potential.

• Elderly people have access to the services they need and feel safer, supported and valued.
• Volunteers are recognised, resourced and valued.
• Social and rural isolation is addressed effectively.
• Organisations' volunteers and staff are valued, resourced and well trained.
• Families / Whānau, youth and children have access to the services they need and feel safer, supported and valued.

• In addition to supporting the national priorities, the local priorities for COGS Tauranga Moana are:
  • Volunteers are utilised, valued, supported and resourced.
  • Support that enables, positive environmental outcomes.
  • Promoting the health and wellbeing of community and families/whanau.

• Higher priority will be given to grassroots organisations that effectively address the needs of local communities:
  • All people are resourced and supported to learn, lead and share skills across all areas of life.
  • All people, especially those in vulnerable situations are empowered, supported, safe and valued.
  • Rural and social isolation barriers are acknowledged and/or reduced to enable participation in community activities and services. 
  • Communities are collaborative in responding to local needs and aspirations.
  • Volunteers are valued, trained, resourced and celebrated.

• Communities are strengthened to support everyone to feel secure, valued, connected, and benefiting from grassroots collaborative, accessible community initiatives.
• Community organisations, groups and volunteers are supported to invest in their communities.

• Community organisations/groups with a clear local footprint who are working collaboratively, valuing volunteers and delivering accessible services and activities.
• Empowering community wellbeing through building strong whānau/families and resilient communities with a focus on social connectedness and social inclusion.

• Organisations that honour te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• Geographically and socially isolated people.
• Connected and collaborative organisations.
• Empowering youth leadership.
• Volunteering that is sustainably supported.
• Local mental health and wellbeing.
• Lower priority will be given to:
  • Organisations that don’t have a physical presence / local footprint in the Wairarapa community.
  • Large, well-resourced organisations (may have large government contracts) being services.

• People have access to programmes and/or services to support their wellbeing.
• Our communities are strengthened and safer, resilient, less isolated and less vulnerable.
• Volunteers and community organization staff are valued, well trained and resourced for a sustainable future.
• Inequities are addressed, which strengthen the effectiveness and/or wellbeing of the community.

• Priority will be given to organisations with a clear local footprint.
• Lower priority will be given to organisations with large government contracts.
• Strengthening community resilience with sustained impact.

• Reduce social isolation.
• Children, youth and our most vulnerable people are supported.
• Increased wellbeing, inclusion and resilience.
• Te Ao Māori is strengthened and promoted in our rohe.

• Community-led initiatives, in response to a community need or aspiration, are resourced and strengthened.
• Local communities are connected, resilient, vibrant and thriving.
• Communities have equitable opportunities to engage.
• Community volunteers are recognised, supported and valued.
• Priority will be given to locally based organisations.

• Older people and those with disabilities are connected, involved in the community and have access to the services they need.
• The wellbeing and aspirations of tangata whenua are supported and valued.
• Families, children, and young people can access services increasing their physical and mental wellbeing and ability to build better futures.
• All communities are empowered to celebrate their ethnicity and diversity, fostering community wellbeing, resilience, and inclusiveness.
• Community needs are met by organisations with a clear local footprint who are building community resilience.
• Volunteers and community organisation staff are valued, resourced and well trained.

• Our communities benefit from grassroots organisations with a clear local footprint who provide visible and accessible services that meet community needs.
• Priority communities (see national priorities) have access to holistic practices and services that address their physical, emotional, psychological, social or educational needs.
• Communities are strong, connected and resilient.
• Organisations and services that are responding to emerging issues.
• Organisations have trained and well-resourced staff and volunteers that enable the delivery of quality services.
• Geographically and socially isolated members of our community are connected and have access to services.
• Communities are responsive to and inclusive of diverse cultural needs.