- Launch a Public Leadership Pledge Commitment to open government, financial accountability, and a “no surprises” culture. Publish a clear Code of Conduct and personal leadership charter. Build public profiles for Councillors including reels for social media and ensuring they become the 'face' of council - visible and accountable.

- Host town hall meetings across the district Tūrangi, Mangakino, Kinloch, Taupō town centre. Listen to residents, take notes, and start mapping top-priority concerns. 

- I’ll create regular casual ‘think tank’ gatherings with groups from every industry to build trust and get a better understanding of struggles, issues and strengthening avenues that work.

- Commission a “State of the District” briefing independent review of council’s financial position, infrastructure backlog, and service delivery issues. Make this report public within 30 days. 

- Conduct a rapid council efficiency review identifying waste, duplicated processes, and underperforming contracts. 
Begin a plan to streamline operations and reduce non-essential spend - including cost/benefits of membership to external bodies.

- Freeze non-essential spending, pause non-urgent capital works and discretionary projects until reviewed for value-for-money. 

- Set up a transparent online dashboard for public access to budgets, projects, and rates allocation. Real-time tracking of commitments and service levels. 

- Kick off a “Fix what matters” programme starting with potholes, footpaths, stormwater drainage, and rural road maintenance. Fast-track 3–5 shovel-ready projects with immediate local job creation. 

- Establish a Taupō district business & investment taskforce for local business owners, iwi, investors, and youth enterprise reps. Identify barriers, promote regional investment and tourism-linked innovation. 

- Begin work on a youth opportunity roadmap. Collaborate with schools, trades, and polytechs to co-design pathways for jobs, internships, and entrepreneurship. Map existing funding pools (e.g: Mayors taskforce for jobs). 

- Commence review on all Management Plans that have not been revised within the past 5 years and commence consultation to ensure they are fit for purpose in a forward thinking world. 

- Initiate community-led planning for the future and start a 12-month consultation process for a visionary district development plan to 2035. Embed climate resilience, housing supply, tourism sustainability, and digital infrastructure. 

- Pilot a “Councillor on your street." programme, monthly pop-ups at markets, marae and community events. Council comes to you. 

- Submit external funding proposals targeting NZTA, MBIE, PGF, tourism and infrastructure funds. Aim to unlock co-investment for key priorities (roads, broadband, town centre renewal, walking/cycling infrastructure) by setting up a taskforce/team focused soley on identifying funding streams, grants, potential partnerships for community projects.  

Deliver tangible results.
Visible repairs and local jobs underway.
Spending restraint in action.
Council culture visibly shifting.
Public dashboard live.
Ratepayer trust growing.

Zane’s promise - This is not politics as usual. This is action you can measure, leadership you can trust, and change you can feel, in the first 100 days and every day after.