Our Strategic Framework
Our vision and purpose
Te mauri o te hīkoi - Journeys across the land and to our special places
Our purpose is to provide New Zealanders with free, certain, enduring and practical walking access to the outdoors.
Our mission
What we intend to achieve
Lead national development and support local implementation of public access to the outdoors.
Our stretch goal
How we will demonstrate our long-term achievement
To achieve our mission, we will be working to reach the following stretch target:
- 95% of all readily available access data is displayed on NZWAC mapping systems by 2025.
Impacts over time
How we contribute and influence
We will actively engage with central and local government agencies, iwi and community groups to generate public access opportunities that support healthy and prosperous communities.
Our outcomes
How we know we are succeeding
We have identified the following outcomes as being important to the success of the Commission:
- Managed access is available where and when it will add most value to communities;
- People know how to find access; and
- People responsibly access the outdoors.
Our outputs
How we deliver
Under each outcome we are focused on the following outputs.
Managed access is available where and when it will add most value to communities:
- access facilitation and leadership;
- access dispute resolution;
- management of the Enhanced Access Fund; and
- community engagement.
People know how to find access:
- management of the access mapping system; and
- provision of tracks and trails information.
People responsibly access the outdoors:
- school education programmes;
- digital-led behaviour change initiatives; and
- walkway compliance.
Our activities
What we work on
Key activities that support our output delivery include:
- Investigation, assessment, facilitation of access disputes;
- Handling general access enquiries and case management;
- Preparation and delivery of access recommendation reports for the Overseas Investment Office;
- Contract management of Enhanced Access Fund applications;
- Walking access policy development;
- Workshops and meetings with other government agencies, landholders, iwi and community groups to promote access;
- Management and maintenance of track and trail data; and
- Publicising and identifying access across all land types.