Other monitoring examples
Quality of life in New Zealand cities
The Quality of Life project presents a picture of the quality of life in the largest metropolitan centres in New Zealand. This template gives the findings from monitoring the social, economic and environmental conditions in six New Zealand cities: Auckland, Christchurch, Manukau, North Shore City, Waitakere and Wellington in the 2001 report.
A second report was commissioned in 2003 and extends the study of 6 cities to 8 to include Hamilton and Dunedin. The 2003 report addresses the issues raised in the 2001 report and subsequent developments such as a new census, a new role for local government and a growth in other monitoring reports. The 2007 report further extends the study of 8 cities to 12 to include Porirua City, Tauranga, Rodney and Hutt City.
Find out more about the Quality of Life project at Quality of Life website.
The Social Report
This is a compilation of a range of information to assess the social health of New Zealand. The report investigates age, gender and ethnic differences and compares indicator information from 2001–2002.
Visit the Social Report website.
Hamilton City Council Sustainability Indicators
In 1998, community representatives and Hamilton City Council staff began working together to develop a set of sustainability indicators to measure Hamilton’s progress towards becoming a more sustainable city. More than 150 people representing a wide cross-section of Hamilton’s community were involved. A parallel process was conducted by Māori, for Māori.
In 2004, Hamilton City Council established the My Hamilton website as a tool for reporting on the sustainability indicators. This website has information on air quality, water quality, water usage, soil health, noise, urban trees, energy and solid waste.
This website is also a tool for linking this information with actions of what individuals can do to help achieve better outcomes in these areas. This approach reflects that small individual actions as well as community involvement in council all contribute to sustainable development.
