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Auckland Development Committee
10 July 2014
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Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Area Plan
Have your say
Table of Contents / [Maori Translation]
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Mihi
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Foreword
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Purpose of the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area Plan / [Maori Translation]
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Vision for the future / [Maori
Translation]
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Benefits of the Area Plan/ [Maori
Translation]
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The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area/
[Maori Translation]
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Developing the Area Plan / [Maori
Translation]
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The Strategic Context / [Maori
Translation]
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Key Moves of the Area Plan / [Maori
Translation]
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Implementing the Area Plan / [Maori
Translation]
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Your views matter / [Maori
Translation]
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Glossary/ [Maori Translation]
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Appendices
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Appendix 1: Heritage map
Appendix 2: Natural environment
map
Appendix 3: Centres, business and
recreation map
Appendix 4: Transport map
Appendix 5: Infrastructure map
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Mihi
Tēnā
kia hoea e au taku waka mā ngā tai mihi o ata
e
uru ake ai au mā te awa o Tāmaki
ki
te ūnga o Tainui waka i Ōtāhuhu.
I
reira ka toia aku mihi ki te uru ki te Pūkaki-Tapu-a-Poutūkeka,
i
reira ko te Pā i Māngere.
E
hoe aku mihi mā te Mānukanuka a Hoturoa
ki
te kūrae o te Kūiti o Āwhitu.
I
kona ka rere taku haere mā te ākau ki te puaha o Waikato,
te
awa tukukiri o ngā tūpuna, Waikato Taniwharau, he piko he taniwha.
Ka
hīkoi anō aku mihi mā te taha whakararo
mā
Maioro ki Waiuku ki Mātukureira
kei
kona ko ngā Pā o Tahuna me Reretewhioi.
Ka
aro whakarunga au kia tau atu ki Pukekohe.
Ka
tahuri te haere a taku reo ki te ao o te tonga e whāriki atu rā
mā runga i ngā hiwi,
kia
taka atu au ki Te Paina, ki te Pou o Mangatāwhiri.
Mātika
tonu aku mihi ki a koe Kaiaua
te
whākana atu rā ō whatu mā Tīkapa Moana ki te maunga
tapu o Moehau.
Ka
kauhoetia e aku kōrero te moana ki Maraetai
kia
hoki ake au ki uta ki Ōhuiarangi, heteri mō Pakuranga.
I
reira ka hoki whakaroto ake anō au i te awa o Tāmaki
ma
te taha whakarunga ki te Puke o Taramainuku, kei kona ko Ōtara.
Katahi
au ka toro atu ki te Manurewa a Tamapohore,
kia
whakatau aku mihi mutunga ki runga o Pukekiwiriki
kei
raro ko Papakura ki kona au ka whakatau.
Let
this vessel that carries my greetings
travel
by way of the Tāmaki River
to
the landing place of Tainui canoe at Ōtāhuhu.
There,
let my salutations be borne across the isthmus to the Pūkaki lagoon
and
the community of Māngere.
Paddling
the Manukau Harbour
we
follow the Āwhitu Peninsula to the headland.
From
there we fly down coast to the Waikato river mouth,
sacred
waters of our forebears.
Coming
ashore on the Northern side
at
Maioro we head inland to Waiuku and Mātukureira,
there
too is the Pā at Tāhuna and Reretewhioi.
Heading
southward I come to Pukekohe.
My
words turn to follow the ancient ridgelines along the Southern boundary,
dropping
down into Mercer and Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri.
My
greetings reach you at Kaiaua
who
gaze across Tīkapa Moana to the sacred mountain, Moehau.
Taking
to the sea, my remarks travel to Maraetai
and
then to Ōhuiarangi, sentinel to Pakuranga.
There
we follow again the Tāmaki River
to
Te Puke o Taramainuku, Ōtara resides there.
From
here I reach for Manurewa
until
my greetings come to rest on Pukekiwiriki
below
lies Papakura and there I rest.
Foreword
Ōtara-Papatoetoe is an area of the
city with a singular place in my heart. I grew up in Ōtara-Papatoetoe and
over the years I have witnessed the area change and grow.
Like many areas in Auckland, Ōtara-Papatoetoe
will continue to grow and change into the future. The draft Area Plan for
Otara-Papatoetoe represents a unique opportunity for local residents,
businesses, community groups, iwi and key stakeholders to have a say in shaping
that future to guide how the area develops over the next 20-30 years.
The draft Area Plan represents a series of
ideas received from iwi, key stakeholders, the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local
Board, as well as the council’s aspirations for the area.
One of the benefits of having a plan for
Ōtara-Papatoetoe is that the council can direct its limited resources to
where it is needed the most, and prioritise their use to achieve the best
result for the local community.
I hope that you will join with the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board and get involved in providing feedback on the
draft area plan to help shape the future of Ōtara-Papatoetoe.
We need to know what you think about the
draft Area Plan, its vision, key moves, projects and initiatives. Perhaps we
have missed something important to you or you may wish to suggest something
further to be included.
The draft Area Plan is being released at
the same time as the board’s draft Local Board Plan, which sets out the board’s
aims over the next 3 years and beyond.
The two plans will be aligned, so I hope
you will also comment on the draft Local Board Plan.
We look forward to hearing from you.
[insert electronic signature]
Efeso Collins
Chair of Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Purpose of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area Plan
Auckland Council is developing an
area plan – a non-statutory plan to support the future growth and development
of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board area. The area has undergone
significant change in recent years, and this will continue into the future
(refer Figure 1).
The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area
Plan envisages how the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area could grow and change over
the next 30 years. It sets out a vision, key moves, projects, and initiatives
to support this change.
The area plan will assist in
achieving the collective vision for Auckland and Ōtara-Papatoetoe that are
set out in the Auckland Plan and the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan.
Vision for the future
“Ōtara-Papatoetoe is a place
that is safe, connected, and accessible for all. It has high quality public
open spaces and amenities which encourages community participation and supports
active and healthy lifestyles.
Innovation is supported and there
are diverse business opportunities due to its excellent transport links,
skilled workforce, and educational facilities.
Ōtara-Papatoetoe celebrates
its cultural diversity, and stewardship of its natural and cultural heritage.
It is a place which is welcoming, beautiful, and provokes community pride”.
Benefits
of the Area Plan
Key benefits of the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area Plan are that it:
· sets the projects, initiatives, and priorities to guide future decision-making and investment in Ōtara-Papatoetoe
· ensures that new projects build on what already has
been achieved or is being planned
· integrates and co-ordinates projects to take advantage
of synergies between projects so as to support transformation and maximise the
benefits for the area
· informs the
development of future local board plans
· guides the Auckland Council’s future 10-year Long-term
Plan and Annual Plan funding cycle, which considers those projects already
funded and any unfunded projects requiring priority funding in the next
Long-term Plan 2015-2025 (in three years’ time).
· provides opportunities for community participation and
partnerships with key stakeholders to help plan and implement existing and
future projects.
The
Ōtara-Papatoetoe area
Otara Papatoetoe’s true potential is yet to be realised.
Otara (o-Tara) means ‘the place
of Tara’ or ‘territory belonging to Tara’. There are two stories associated
with the name Tara. One is that of Tara-mai-nuku, a Te Ākitai ancestor
and taniwha connected to the Manukau Harbour. The other is the name of a local
Ngāi Tai rangatira (chief) Tara-Te-Irirangi. Te Puke Ō Tara was one
of Ōtara’s prominent volcanic cones, and prior to European settlement in
the area was the site of a cone pā or fortified village.
The original name for Papatoetoe
was Papatoitoi. ‘Papa’ means land and ‘toitoi’ is the tall grass that
covered the area. ‘Toitoi’ is now spelt’ toetoe’. The name means ‘undulating
area where the toetoe grew. The landscape was low lying with ridges of fern,
Manuka, interspersed with tongues of swamp where the Toetoe grew.
The Ōtara-Papatoetoe local
board area is bounded by the head of the Tamaki River to the north, and the
Manukau Harbour to the south. It includes the distinctive suburbs of
Ōtara, Papatoetoe, East Tamaki, Puhunui and Manukau Central.
Ōtara-Papatoetoe is a place
where Maori since their first arrival have used as a portage from one coast to
the other, also during times of war, and to bring goods for trade. Their
settlements included a pā at the southern end of Kohuora Park as well as
Pūkaki and Waokauri Creeks of particular significance. The pā
overlooking Waokauri Creek can still be seen today, being near the Manukau
Memorial Gardens.
The area is now home to diverse
and vibrant communities, with strong community networks. Ōtara is known
regionally for its Saturday morning markets, held in the Ōtara shopping
centre car park next to Manukau Institute of Technology's south campus.
Papatoetoe residents enjoy living
in an established area, with close proximity to the airport, motorway,
industrial areas in Wiri and East Tamaki and the sub-regional Manukau city
shopping centre, and the town centres of Hunters Corner, Ōtara town centre
and old Papatoetoe.
Other significant landmarks are
Middlemore Hospital, the theme park Rainbows End, the Grange Golf Club,
Auckland Golf Club, and Puhinui Reserve.
To the south, there remains an area of land largely used for rural
activities on the Puhinui Peninsula to the west, outside the Rural Urban
Boundary (RUB). The Puhinui Peninsula and its location close to the Auckland
International Airport and surrounding business land is a desirable location for
development. This area holds some of the area’s most valuable assets the
Puhinui Reserve is part of the Matukuturua volcanic field, and also contains 40
hectares of a restricted conservation area on the western shoreline. A salt
marsh wetland, and a unique environment which forms part of an internationally
significant bird roosting and foraging area.
Figure 1: Map of the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board area
People
At the 2013 Census,
Ōtara-Papatoetoe was home to 75,660 residents, a 4.6% increase from 2006
(with a population figure of 72,324). Looking into the future, medium
population projections suggest that the area could be home to 123,300 by 2031.
The area has a relatively
youthful population (34.5% under 20 years of age in 2013), and is ethnically
and culturally diverse (46% Pacific Peoples, 31% Asian/Indian, 21% European,
and 16% Maori in 2013) compared with Auckland.
Samoan was spoken by 17.2 per cent
of Ōtara-Papatoetoe residents (11,358 speakers), and Hindi was spoken by
12.7 per cent of residents (8,385 speakers).
Mana Whenua
In Ōtara-Papatoetoe four
tribal rohe (regions) intersect and the following iwi and hapu have interests
within the local board area. The tribal authorities recognised by Auckland
Council in this local board area include:
· Waiohua-Tamaki –
Ngati Tamaoho, Te Kawerau a Maki, Ngai Tai Ki Tamaki, Te Akitai Waiohua, Ngati
Te Ata Waiohua.
· Marutuahu – Ngati
Paoa, Ngati Whanaunga, Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera, Te Patukirikiri.
· Waikato –
Waikato-Tainui.
· Ngati Whatua -
Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
A number of these groups are in
the process of Treaty Settlement negotiations with the Crown, or have recently
settled. Treaty Settlements offer opportunities for Maori leadership and
resources to spur economic development for Maori and the Ōtara-Papatoetoe
community into the future. This coupled with the opportunity to build on the
rich Maori cultural heritage of the area is an asset that has the potential to
add value and draw investment into the area over time.
Economy
In 2012 employment in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area comprised about 37,140 jobs. Between
2002-2012, growth in employment was 1.8% per annum, similar to the average
annual growth rate for Auckland[1]
The majority of jobs within the area are
concentrated in the Manukau Central, Puhinui, and East Tamaki areas. Key
sectors by total employment included manufacturing, retailing, health care and
social services, and education and training [2]
Ōtara-Papatoetoe
continues to be a desirable business
location due to:
· its close proximity to the Auckland International
Airport, motorways, and rail services
· the presence of large companies e.g. Bell Tea Company,
Cavalier Corporation, Contact Energy, Nestle, Lion Corporation and DB
Breweries.
· the education and training opportunities provided by
Auckland University of Technology, Manukau Institute of Technology, and
Middlemore Hospital.
Environment
Ōtara-Papatoetoe is
predominately residential and business in character, yet contains some of
Auckland’s most highly valued public open spaces, coastal areas, waterways, and
volcanic landscapes as well as some of the most degraded.
The Auckland Plan provides
direction for the recognition and provision for unique cultural heritage, and
the empowerment of the community and mana whenua in the identification and
stewardship/kaitiakitanga of our heritage places. Particular priority is
placed on the management of freshwater quality and quantity to support iwi,
community and water users’ aspirations. Environmental management provides
opportunities for community participation and partnerships.
Key elements that contribute to the area’s rich natural and cultural
heritage include:
· the constellation
of volcanic features (Pukewairiki Crater, Kohuora Crater, Te Puke o Tara
(Hampton Park) and the Puhinui Tuff craters 1,2 and 3)
· it’s underlying
fresh water catchments, coastal edges and diverse range of ecosystems, which
support a varied and unique biodiversity.
The historic association of Mana
Whenua with the natural and cultural heritage elements of the area (including
the waka portage) as well as heritage buildings (Papatoetoe Heritage Trail)
adds further to some of the unique heritage assets and values the area
contains.
Water quality within the area is poor, as a result of historic and
current development and land use. To the north is the Otara Lake, which was
Otara Creek until 1968 when the New Zealand Electricity Department built a
tidal weir at its mouth in order to provide a continuous supply of cooling
water for the Otahuhu gas turbine power station. The lake is approximately 50
hectares in surface area at full tide, and it receives stormwater run-off and
contaminants from a surrounding area of approximately 3,500 hectares.
The land around the lake is used for a mixture of activities –
housing, old landfills, businesses, marae and kohanga, sports grounds and park
land. The increasing industrial and residential growth, and road building has
resulted in the lake becoming highly polluted, and large areas of mangroves.
The Tamaki Estuary is a long shallow body of water that separates
the residential suburbs of Panmure, Tamaki, Glen Innes and Glendowie in the
west, Pakuranga and Bucklands Beach in the east. It reaches as far as
Middlemore Hospital and encompasses Otahuhu creek and the Otara Lake and creek.
It is of significant historical and cultural importance to Maori who used it as a portage from
one coast to the other for trading and during times of war.
Most of the land in the Tamaki catchment is residential and
discharges untreated stormwater to the estuary. Wastewater overflows also
occur during periods of high rainfall and result in untreated sewerage being
discharged to the estuary.
Puhinui Reserve to the south of
the area is also valued for its bird habitats. Large flocks of migratory birds
use the reserve and coastal flats for feeding and roosting including a variety
of rare or endangered species such as the pied stilt, northern New Zealand
dotterel, fernbird and wrybill.
Between the southern tip of the
reserve and the mouth of the Puhinui Stream, there is a large intertidal area
set aside as the Puhinui Stream Wildlife Refuge because of its importance as a
wading bird habitat for oystercatchers, godwits and knots.
Pukaki-Waokauri Creek is the southern location of the historic waka
portage and connects with the Manukau Harbour. The Pukaki-Waiokauri Creek was
established as a Maori Reservation in 1992 for the common use and benefit of
the hapu who hold mana whenua in this area. The Harbour which is adjacent to
the Puhinui Reserve, and entire coastline, is of extreme Maori cultural value,
thus the restoration of the mauri and health of the Harbour is a major
priority.
Improving the environmental wellbeing of Ōtara-Papatoetoe will
help to subsequently improve the social, economic and cultural wellbeing of the
people.
Developing the Area Plan
The following phases are being used to
develop the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area Plan (refer to diagram below):-
Legacy Plans and Resource Management
Act Decisions
There are a number of plans from the
former Manukau City Council that have informed the area plan such as Tomorrow’s
Manukau – A vision for Manukau into the future 2006-2016, and Moving Manukau –
Manukau’s Transport Strategy to 2016.
The area plan does not seek to revisit the
Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan process or plan changes (e.g. Private Plan 35 –
Puhinui Gateway) currently underway, so as not to pre-empt the statutory
decision making process. However, it is acknowledged that decisions made on
these statutory plans will influence the direction of the area plan over the
next 30 years.
The Strategic Context
The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area Plan is guided by, and implements at the local
level, a number of Auckland Council’s strategic documents.
The Auckland Plan
The Auckland Plan provides a 30 year
strategy to make Auckland “The world’s most liveable city”. Auckland is
anticipated to grow by 1 million people over the next 30 years – that is
approximately 400,000 new households by 2040. The Plan provides guidance on
how this growth is to be managed without overlooking those attributes and
qualities most valued by Aucklanders.
The Auckland Economic Development
Strategy
The Auckland Economic Development Strategy
supports the Auckland Plan, and looks to create an economy that delivers
opportunity and prosperity for all Aucklanders. The strategy sets out
priorities, and a specific set of actions for the next 10 years, and how these
will be measured.
The Southern Initiative
The Auckland Plan identifies ‘The Southern
Initiative’ as one of the two major place based initiatives. It covers the
four local board areas of
Māngere-Otahuhu, Ōtara-Papatoetoe, Manurewa, and Papakura. In combination, these cover
an area of Auckland with significant economic opportunity yet high social
need.
The Southern Initiative is a cross-agency
programme to develop the economic potential of the southern area, and tackle
social issues with emphasis on education, health, and housing. It identifies
stable housing, job growth, skills development, and environmental enhancement
as priorities to bring about transformational social, economic, and physical
change.
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Plan
The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local
Board Plan sets the framework that guides the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local
Board’s decisions on local activities and projects, and the board’s input into
regional activities and decisions of Auckland Council. The local board plan
takes into account the priority areas and outcomes sought in the strategies,
listed above.
The area plan team and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board have worked
closely together to ensure that the draft Area Plan and the draft 2014-2017
Local Board Plan align together. Submissions to the draft Local Board Plan can
be provided online at shapeauckland.co.nz.
Key moves of the Area
Plan
The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Area Plan
seeks to achieve Auckland’s vision in the Auckland Plan and the local board’s
vision for the area through its key moves, projects,
and initiatives.
In March and April 2014, the council’s
Area Plan team held meetings with Mana Whenua and key stakeholder groups
including: Housing New Zealand, Auckland Transport, infrastructure providers,
sports clubs, education and health providers, NZ Police, community groups and
business associations to assist in identifying the issues and opportunities for
Ōtara-Papatoetoe.
Given the wide range of groups
represented, the views expressed on issues and opportunities often diverged.
However, some underlying themes emerged, which helped informed the key moves,
projects and initiatives.
The nine key moves identified within the area plan respond to the issues and opportunities affecting the Ōtara-Papatoetoe
area; and been shaped by the feedback received
from Mana Whenua, key stakeholders, the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local
Board, and council specialists. The key moves
are integral to this plan, and their delivery will transform Ōtara-Papatoetoe as it grows and changes over the next 30 years.
The key moves are:
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Heritage
(refer to map in
Appendix 1)
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Value and protect Ōtara-Papatoetoe’s heritage, culture and identity in partnership
with Mana Whenua and the community.
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Natural
environment (refer to
map in Appendix 2)
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The landscape,
cultural, and ecological values of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area, particularly Otara Lake and waterways, and Puhinui
are recognised, protected and enhanced.
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Centres,
business and recreation (refer
to map in Appendix 3)
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3
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Transition Manukau from
a City Centre to a vibrant Metropolitan Centre.
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Ōtara (Ōtara town centre to Ōtara Lake) transformation and business and community partnerships.
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Strengthen and enhance
the vitality of old Papatoetoe and Hunters Corner town centres.
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Maintain and strengthen
the economic role of the East Tamaki, Manukau Central, Bairds Road and
Lovegrove Crescent industrial areas as key employment areas for Ōtara-Papatoetoe’s
residents.
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe
has safe, accessible and high quality parks and community facilities.
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Transport
(refer to map in
Appendix 4)
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8
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Make transport more
accessible and safer for Ōtara-Papatoetoe residents, with particular
emphasis on walking, cycling and public transport.
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Infrastructure
(refer to map in
Appendix 5)
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9
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Utilities and services
that support Ōtara-Papatoetoe’s growing population.
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Projects, Initiatives and Timeframes
This section proposes a set of projects
and initiatives needed to support the key moves identified in the area plan.
These projects and initiatives will need
to be prioritised, and funding sought through the Auckland Council’s Long-term
Plan and Annual Plan review process. The lead agency and partners for each
project and initiative has been identified. Where Auckland Council is the lead
agency or partner, consultation with the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local
Board will be required.
A number of the projects and initiatives
will be ‘quick-wins’ or short-term improvements that are mostly funded and
could be implemented over the next 5 years. Other projects and initiatives
will need to be scoped, and require a collaborative approach to planning and
implementation between Auckland Council, its council-controlled organisations
such as Auckland Transport and Watercare, Mana Whenua, The Southern
Initiative, community groups, businesses, and other key stakeholders.
These projects and initiatives are a
starting point for discussion on the opportunities to transform the Ōtara-Papatoetoe
area.
Other implementation mechanisms could
include:
· leverage off private developments, and the renewal or
construction of infrastructure and community facilities that offer potential to
improve the public realm (e.g. streetscape, lighting, pedestrian and cycle
connections, landscaping, and tree planting) and create positive benefits for
the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area
· advocacy and promotion of the key moves, projects, and
initiatives sought in the area plan
· further studies – matters requiring further
investigation, detailed analysis or design.
In the draft Area Plan a number of
aspirational projects and initiatives are proposed, which are not funded, and
will require funding either through Auckland Council’s 10 year Long-term Plan
or through the budgets of partnering agencies in order to be delivered.
The next Long-term Plan will be adopted by
the governing body in June 2015. The final Area Plan will identify those
projects and initiatives requiring priority funding in the next Long-term
Plan. If funding is not provided then the projects and initiatives cannot be
delivered and will need to be reviewed as part of the next Long-term Plan
process (three yearly review).
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Heritage
(refer to map in
Appendix 1)
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Key Move 1
Value and protect Ōtara-Papatoetoe’s
heritage, culture and identity in partnership with Mana Whenua and the
community.
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Issues and
opportunities:
· Need to engage with Mana Whenua and heritage groups
in understanding the opportunities to weave heritage into future planning
· Need to recognise, protect and manage the heritage
assets of the area
· Identify and protect significant local views into
and out of the area
· Maori identity is acknowledged and celebrated as
being a key point of difference
· Connect Hayman Park and Waka Portage with the Te
Araroa National Walkway
· Incorporate historic and cultural values of the area
into public art, parks, physical connections, and infrastructure, where
practical.
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Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 1 over the next
5 years:
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
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Partners
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1.1
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Undertake cultural heritage
investigations in priority areas as part of the region wide programme to
identify and protect sites of significance to Mana Whenua.
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Auckland Council
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Mana Whenua
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Honour the role of Mana Whenua as
kaitiaki (guardians) of the land through opportunities such as:
· interpretive signage and other technologies
· online information and interactive mapping
· cultural heritage trails
· use of Maori place names
· a potential world heritage nomination of the
Auckland Volcanic field.
· involvement in the design and establishment of a
‘cultural gateway’ at the entry to Puhinui Road
· celebrating the historic and cultural significance
of the waka portage route through interpretive signage, seating and pou
(posts) at both ends of the portage.
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Auckland Council
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Mana Whenua
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1.3
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Work with Maori and the community to
meet shared aspirations within the local board area and to rebuild the urban
marae at Ngati-Otara Park (Te Rongo nui o Naki).
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Auckland Council
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Multiple partners including Mana Whenua, Mataawaka,
Community Groups and the Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects
and initiatives to give effect to Key Move 1 are aspirational and unfunded.
They will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30
years):
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
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Partners
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1.4
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Undertake an area wide cultural
landscape assessment to improve the understanding of the historical
association and values of Mana Whenua.
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Auckland Council
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Mana Whenua
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1.5
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Te Puke o Tara (Hampton Park) – develop
as a heritage destination, providing educational and passive recreation
opportunities that acknowledge the volcanic feature, its Mana Whenua and
early European values (historic church and farm).
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Auckland Council
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Multiple partners including Mana Whenua and Heritage
New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
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1.6
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Te Araroa National Walkway – Explore
opportunities to create a holistic heritage trail connecting the Papatoetoe
Heritage Trail, Waka Portage, Puhinui Reserve, Puhinui Stream, Hayman Park and
the Manukau Botanic Gardens to the national walkway.
|
Auckland Transport
|
Multiple partners including Auckland Council, Mana
Whenua and the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
|
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1.7
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Implement the recommendations of the
Papatoetoe Heritage Survey currently underway.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple partners
|
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1.8
|
Identify and protect significant local
views such as to and from volcanic features from surrounding landscape
features, and from within and outside the area e.g. Highbrook Reserve,
Puhinui and Redoubt Road.
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Auckland Council
|
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Natural Environment (refer to map in Appendix 2)
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Key Move 2
The landscape,
cultural, and ecological values of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area, particularly Otara Lake and
waterways, and Puhinui are recognised, protected and enhanced.
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Issues and opportunities:
· Need to clean up Ōtara Lake and waterway
system, improve water quality, enable better access, and implement controlled
management of the spread of mangroves
· Need to improve the health/daylighting of local
streams, reduce untreated stormwater runoff and industry discharges
· Need to protect and manage Puhinui’s unique
conservation, heritage and amenity e.g. volcanic landscapes, coastal areas,
and habitats
· Enable Mana Whenua and the local community to
participate in environmental restoration and enhancement programme.
|
Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 2 over the next
5 years:
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
2.1
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Ōtara Lake and waterways
Progress plans to clean up Otara Lake
and waterways through the development of a long term strategic action plan to
leverage off other projects and initiatives in the area; and to partner with
Mana Whenua and key stakeholders to improve water quality, community access,
experience and recognition of the areas unique values.
Identify funding opportunities within
Council and through partnering organisations and seek funding through the
Long Term Plan to support implementation.
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Auckland Council
|
Multiple Partners
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2.2
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Puhinui waterways:
Develop an action plan to leverage off
other projects and initiatives in the area; and to partner with Mana Whenua
and key stakeholders to improve water quality, community access, experience
and recognition of the areas unique values - thereby creating a “green-blue”
link connecting the land to the water.
Identify funding opportunities within
Council and through partnering organisations and seek funding through the
Long Term Plan to support implementation.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple Partners
|
Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects
and initiatives to give effect to Key Move 2 are aspirational and unfunded.
They will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30
years):
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
2.3
|
Otara Lake and waterways
Implement the long term strategic action
plan. Potential projects may include:
· an integrated catchment management approach that
addresses activities that are having an adverse effect on the environment,
waterways and Otara Lake and Tamaki Estuary to help restore and protect the
mauri of the waterways.
· education and restoration opportunities of coastal
edges and implementation of a programme of riparian restoration and
rehabilitation.
· identify opportunities to improve physical and
visual access to key landscape features including ecological corridors, green
links and walkways.
· support educational, clean-up and preventative
programmes to address pollution and contamination.
· improved pedestrian and cycling connections within
the area (including a new pedestrian connection from Ngati Ōtara Park to
Highbrook Park).
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Auckland Council
|
Multiple Partners
|
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2.4
|
Puhinui waterways
Implement the long term strategic action
plan. Potential projects may include:
· an integrated catchment management approach that
addresses activities that are having an adverse effect on the environment,
waterways and Manukau Harbour to help restore and protect the mauri of the
harbour.
· education and restoration opportunities of coastal
edges and implementation of a programme of riparian restoration and
rehabilitation.
· improvements to pedestrian and cycling access where
appropriate along the Waokauri Creek, Puhinui Stream edge and Puhinui reserve
to reconnect the community with the areas unique values.
· strengthen linkages with neighbouring open spaces
and the areas natural and cultural features e.g. Te Araroa national walkway,
tuff cones, cultural sites, waka portage, bird roosting areas and waterways.
· prepare a landscape assessment and non-statutory
development guidelines that recognise and enhance landforms, surface water
patterns and stream systems and rehabilitate plant communities to inform and
shape future development.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple Partners
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Natural features
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2.5
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Manage and promote
Ōtara-Papatoetoe’s constellation of volcanic features and remnants
including the Pukewairiki Craker, Te Puke o Tara (Hampton Park), Kohuora
Crater (Puhinui Peninsula), Puhinui Tuff craters 1,2 and 3).
|
Auckland Council
|
Mana Whenua
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2.6
|
Explore opportunities with Mana Whenua
for co-management of these volcanic features and remnants.
|
Auckland
Council
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Mana Whenua
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Centres, business and
recreation (refer to
map in Appendix 3)
|
|
Key Move 3
Transition Manukau from a City
Centre to a vibrant Metropolitan Centre.[3]
|
|
Issues and
opportunities:
· Support the future role of Manukau as a metropolitan
centre, and facilitate opportunities for growth and change that supports this
role.
· Manukau continues to be the premier shopping, civic
and entertainment heart of the south, and build on this position
· Traffic should be managed and not become too
dominant
· Capitalise off opportunities from future projects
e.g. Te Papa plans for a possible location for a museum, new Manukau
Institute of Technology campus, new transport interchange
· Have attractive and safe public spaces and streets.
|
Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 3 over the next
5 years:
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
3.1
|
Work with the Manukau Central Business Association and
other key stakeholders to establish a representative advocacy group to
capture and leverage off the future opportunities within the wider Manukau Metropolitan Centre area.
Use the guiding strategies of the Manukau City Centre – to inform the future
development of the metropolitan centre and surrounding areas including Hayman Park, Ronwood
Avenue, and Cavendish Drive.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple Partners including the Manukau Central
Business Association, Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board, and Manurewa Local
Boards, and The Southern Initiative
|
|
|
3.2
|
Construction of a new bus
interchange and associated transit oriented development within Manukau
Metropolitan Centre.
|
Auckland Transport
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Auckland Council
The Southern Initiative
|
|
3.3
|
Complete the Manukau Comprehensive Parking Management
Plan that contributes to the
transformation of Manukau Metropolitan Centre from a car dominated centre
into a vibrant Metropolitan Centre.
|
Auckland Transport
|
Auckland Council
Manukau Central Business Association
The Southern Initiative
|
|
3.4
|
Identify opportunities for the future redevelopment of Manukau Sports
Bowl and velodrome to improve community use.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
The Southern Initiative
|
|
3.5
|
Continue the staged development of Hayman Park to
integrate with Te Papa plans for a possible location for a museum, the
Manukau Institute of Technology campus, and Manukau rail station and bus interchange.
|
Auckland Council
Central Government
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
The Southern Initiative
|
|
Area wide initiatives to improved community wellbeing:
|
|
3.6
|
Partner with New Zealand Police, Maori Wardens,
Pacific Wardens and volunteer groups to establish volunteer community patrols
of the Manukau Metropolitan Centre and neighbouring town centres.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
New Zealand Police
|
Local Business (sponsorship)
The Southern Initiative
|
|
3.7
|
Continue to support the “Retrofit Your Home programme”
designed to provide financial assistance to ratepayers to add heating and
insulation to their homes built before 2000.
|
Auckland Council
|
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
Counties Manukau District Health Board
The Southern Initiative
|
|
3.8
|
Continue the support for smoke free public open spaces
(e.g. plazas, civic squares, shared spaces) within Manukau Metropolitan
Centre and the neighbouring town centres.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Auckland Council
Counties Manukau District Health Board
The Southern Initiative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.9
|
Continue the support for quality, culturally
appropriate early childhood learning centres.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ministry of Education (early childhood learning)
Counties Manukau District Health Board
The Southern Initiative
|
Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects and
initiatives give effect to Key Move 3 are aspirational and unfunded. They will
be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30 years):
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
3.10
|
Investigate and implement streetscape improvements
along Putney Way (including street furniture and landscaping) to create a
landscaped pedestrian spine connecting Hayman Park to Manukau Square.
|
Auckland Transport
|
Auckland Council
The Southern Initiative
|
|
3.11
|
Investigate and implement streetscape improvements to
transform Ronwood Avenue and Manukau Station Road into a city boulevard
balancing vehicle and pedestrian movement, with wide landscaped public
streets and buildings activating the streets.
|
Auckland Transport
|
Auckland Council
The Southern Initiative
|
|
3.12
|
Scope opportunities to link Manukau Metropolitan
Centre with the Wero Project including a white water rafting stadium, art
gallery, café, office and classroom spaces, and interactive high-tech
Polynesian cultural display (in Manurewa Local Board area).
|
Auckland Transport
|
Auckland Council
Ōtara-Papatoetoe and Manurewa Local Boards
The Southern Initiative
|
Centres, business and
recreation (refer to
map in Appendix 3)
|
|
Key Move 4
Ōtara
(Ōtara town centre to Ōtara Lake) transformation and business and
community partnerships.
|
|
Issues and
opportunities:
· Work with businesses and the community to link and
leverage off existing and future development opportunities e.g. development
of Ngata Ōtara Park, Ōtara Lake project
· Build on the music, performance and visual arts
within the town centre
· Need to tidy up the appearance of the shops, and
improve the range and quality of shops within the town centre
· Better canopy shelter needed within the town centre
· The area suffers from a poor image, which affects
marketability and perceptions, deters private investment.
|
Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 4 over the next
5 years:
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
4.1
|
Work with the Ōtara Business Association and
other key stakeholders to establish a representative advocacy group to
capture and leverage off the future opportunities within the wider Ōtara
area.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple partners including the Otara Business
Association, Manukau Institute of Technology, Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board,
and The Southern Initiative
|
|
4.2
|
Investigate opportunities to support Fresh Gallery and
the Cube art space, and promote public art, in association with Manukau
Institute of Technology.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Manukau Institute of Technology
The Southern Initiative
|
|
4.3
|
Investigate the opportunity to improve pedestrian
shelter / weather protection, streetscapes and public spaces within the town
centre.
|
Auckland Council
Auckland Transport
|
Otara Business Association
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
The Southern Initiative
|
|
4.4
|
Work with the Ōtara Business Association,
property owners, and existing business operators to improve the town centre’s
appearance by identifying priority projects and co-ordinating a collective
upgrade.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Multiple partners including the Otara Business
Association, property owners, business operators, and The Southern Initiative
|
|
4.5
|
Investigate opportunities to support the
Papakainga development at Alexander Crescent.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Auckland Council
The Southern Initiative
|
|
4.6
|
Work with the Ōtara Business
Association to showcase Polynesian food and crafts within the town centre.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Otara Business Association
The Southern Initiative
|
Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects
and initiatives to give effect to Key Move 4 are aspirational and unfunded.
They will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30
years):
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
4.7
|
Develop a creative arts hub for Ōtara town centre
by leveraging off the music, performance, and visual arts potential already
existing within the town centre, to attract visitors and tourists.
|
The Southern Initiative
|
Multiple partners including Auckland Council, Otara
Business Association, and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
4.8
|
Work with the Manukau Institute of Technology and the
Ōtara Business Association to scope the needs of students within the
town centre, and work towards meeting these needs, and the possibility of
providing for student accommodation.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Manukau Institute of Technology
Otara Business Association
The Southern Initiative
|
|
4.9
|
Investigate the viability of establishing a youth
drop-in centre within the town centre.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Auckland Council
The Southern Initiative
|
|
4.10
|
Develop a strong pedestrian/cycle connection between
Ōtara town centre, Ngati Ōtara Park and Ōtara Lake.
|
Auckland Transport
|
Multiple partners including Auckland Council,
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board, Otara Business Association, and The
Southern Initiative
|
|
4.11
|
Scope opportunities to link Ngati Ōtara Park with
the Auckland Rowing Club’s and Highbrook Development Limited proposal for a
high performance rowing centre at Highbrook using the Tamaki River (in Howick
Local Board area).
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe and Howick Local Boards
Auckland Rowing Club
The Southern Initiative
|
|
Centres, business and
recreation (refer to
map in Appendix 3)
|
|
Key Move 5
Strengthen and enhance
the vitality of old Papatoetoe and Hunters Corner town centres.
|
|
Issues and opportunities:
· Need for safe, vibrant centres with a distinctive
character
· Encourage activities and uses which are special, and
establishes a point of difference between the centres
· Improve pedestrian safety
· Need to manage the effects of through traffic and
parking
· Need more places to sit and meet, particularly
Hunters Corner
· Need good
access to parking and street lighting.
|
Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 5 over the next
5 years:
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
Old Papatoetoe and Hunters Corner Town Centres
|
|
5.1
|
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and ambassadors
programme.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Old Papatoetoe and Hunters Corner Associations
|
|
5.2
|
Plan and develop a museum and arts
facility.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Auckland Council
|
|
5.3
|
Investigate the feasibility of
establishing a community skills shed.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Auckland Council
|
|
Hunters Corner Town Centre
|
|
5.4
|
Continue to acquire land and develop the
corner of Sutton Crescent and Great South Road to open up access to, and
expand the Papatoetoe Recreation Grounds.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Papatoetoe Sports and Community Charitable Trust
|
|
5.5
|
Advocate to Auckland Transport of the
need to close off traffic to Charles Street boulevard.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
|
5.6
|
Advocate to Auckland Transport of the
need to upgrade street lighting from School Corner to Shirley Road to improve
safety.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects
and initiatives to give effect to Key Move 5 are aspirational and unfunded.
They will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30
years):
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
Old Papatoetoe Town Centre
|
|
5.7
|
Revitalise and enhance heritage values of the centre
through the following opportunities:
|
|
|
· work with the old
Papatoetoe Business Association, property owners, and existing business
operators to improve the town centre’s appearance by identifying priority
projects and co-ordinating a collective upgrade
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Multiple Partners including the Old Papatoetoe
Business Association, property owners, and business operators
|
|
|
· refurbish the Papatoetoe Chambers and Papatoetoe Town Hall
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
|
· prepare a town centre ‘main street’ guide which covers heritage /
character as a non-statutory planning tool to guide appropriate responses to
new development and reuse of existing buildings
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
|
· upgrade Stadium Reserve to integrate with the proposals to upgrade
Papatoetoe Mall, and the proposed housing developments at the former St
George Tavern and Depot sites
|
Auckland Council
Auckland Council Property Limited
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
Hunters Corner Town Centre
|
|
5.8
|
Develop as an entertainment and sporting hub through
the following opportunities:
|
|
|
· work with the Hunters
Corner Business Association, property owners, and existing business operators
to improve the town centre’s appearance by identifying priority projects and
co-ordinating a collective upgrade
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Multiple Partners including the Hunters Corner
Business Association, property owners, and business operators
|
|
|
· develop a parking management strategy to support the future development
and intensification of the centre
|
Auckland Transport
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Hunters Corner Business Association
|
|
|
· work with Hunters Plaza and the Business Association to better
integrate the Plaza with neighbouring shops, and to create a stronger visual
connection
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Hunters Plaza
Hunters Corner Business Association
Auckland Council
|
|
|
· work with the Papatoetoe Sports and Community
Charitable Trust to look at opportunities to improve passive recreation and
leisure opportunities within the town centre.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Papatoetoe Sports and Community Charitable Trust
|
|
|
· promote Hunters Corner as a cultural entertainment
hub by working with Hunters Corner Business Association to encourage cultural
events.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Hunters Corner Business Association
|
|
Centres, business and
recreation (refer to
map in Appendix 3)
|
|
Key Move 6
Maintain and
strengthen the economic role of the East Tamaki, Manukau Central, Bairds Road
and Lovegrove Crescent industrial areas as key employment areas for
Ōtara-Papatoetoe’s residents.
|
|
Issues and
opportunities:
· Important to keep manufacturing jobs in the area
· Attract new businesses by investing in and planning
for improvements in road, infrastructure and services
· Improve perceptions of the area as a desirable
location for higher value, knowledge based businesses, and an attractive
place to invest and develop
· Leverage off the growing presence of AUT, MIT, the
strong health sector, and large anchor employers to support skills
development and innovation needed for businesses
· Need to ensure a good balance between the type of
employment available and the skills of the community to take up those
opportunities
· Capitalise on the proximity and access to the airport,
motorways, and rail line, and improve access and connectivity within the
area. Provides ease of access for goods and employees
· Improve public transport to industrial areas.
|
Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 6 over the next
5 years:
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
6.1
|
Continue to work with Youth
Connections to support young peoples’ transition from school into meaningful
employment.
|
The Southern Initiative
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
6.2
|
Complete the Integrated
Business Precinct Plan: Industrial South to identify high-level actions to
address the issues and opportunities within the southern industrial areas
(including East Tamaki and Manukau Central) that will contribute to enhancing
the economic performance of these areas.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple Partners including The Southern Initiative
|
Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects
and initiatives to give effect to Key Move 6 are aspirational and unfunded.
They will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30
years):
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
6.3
|
Identify opportunities to
work with the Greater East Tamaki Business Association to implement the
actions identified in the East Tamaki Business Plan (July 2013).
|
Auckland Council
|
Greater East Tamaki Business Association
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
6.4
|
Strengthen partnerships with
existing knowledge-based institutions to improve education, skills training,
and employment opportunities.
|
The Southern Initiative
|
Multiple partners
|
|
6.5
|
Work with the Business
Improvement Districts to promote the achievements and opportunities for
business innovation in the area.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Business Improvement Districts
Auckland Tourism Events and Development Limited
The Southern Initiative
|
|
6.6
|
Identify opportunities to
work with property owners to support emerging businesses through the
identification of low rental premises for start-up and small firms.
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
Auckland Council
Business Improvement Districts
The Southern Initiative
|
|
6.7
|
Identify opportunities to
develop new or expand existing ethnic or culturally based business network.
|
The Southern Initiative
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
Centres, business and
recreation (refer to
map in Appendix 3)
|
|
Key Move 7
Ōtara-Papatoetoe
has safe, accessible and high quality parks and community facilities.
|
|
Issues and
opportunities:
· Improve the quality and capacity of parks, sports
and training fields, and community facilities
· New parks and reserves may be needed with the
intensification of residential areas
· More lighting needed for parks along with safety
assessments e.g. Hayman Park
· Need more spaces for cultural performance and
gatherings
· Improve connections between parks, and encourage
greater use of the Puhinui Reserve
· Improve access to the coastline and waterways
· Need for more directional and information signage
for key landmarks and parks
· Our parks are boring, make them more interactive and
interesting.
|
Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 7 over the next
5 years:
|
|
Projects and initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
7.1
|
Develop an Open Space Network Plan to
identify future opportunities and priorities to improve parks and open
spaces, and establish new walking and cycling connections between key
destinations. Consider opportunities to improve the following parks and open
spaces when developing the open space network plan:
· Undertake an open space provision assessment for the
Manukau CBD
· Upgrade Swaffield Park to create a gateway park to
Middlemore Hospital with connections to Middlemore Park and Otaki Stream
· Aorere Park
· Murdoch Park
· East Tamaki Reserve
· Kohuora Park,
· Omana Park
· Puhinui Reserve.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple partners including the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board and sports groups
|
|
7.2
|
Develop a region-wide Community Facilities
Network Plan to identify opportunities for new facilities, and renewal of
existing facilities including swimming pools within Ōtara-Papatoetoe.
|
Auckland Council
|
Multiple partners including the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board and user groups
|
|
7.3
|
Progress the upgrade of parks and
facilities at:
· Rongomai Park
· Mayfield Park
· Papatoetoe Recreation Ground
· East Tamaki / Hampton Sports Park (Stage 1)
· Robert White Park.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
7.4
|
Progress the development of Ngati
Ōtara Multi-Sports Complex and playing fields.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
7.5
|
Progress the development of Colin Dale
Park.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
External groups
|
|
7.6
|
Co-management of Highbrook Park with Howick Local
Board in 2015 and opportunities for Mana Whenua and the wider community to be
involved.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe and Howick Local Boards
|
Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects
and initiatives to give effect to Key Move 7 are aspirational and unfunded.
They will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30
years):
|
|
Projects and
initiatives
|
Lead Agency
|
Partners
|
|
7.7
|
Investigate opportunities for co-management of parks
with Mana Whenua.
|
Auckland Council
|
Mana Whenua
|
|
7.8
|
Investigate opportunities for the use of parks for new
community and cultural events and celebrations.
|
Auckland Council
|
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
|
|
7.9
|
Investigate opportunities for providing more interactive
play equipment in the parks.
|
Auckland Council
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Transport (refer to map in Appendix 4)
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Key Move 8
Make transport more
accessible and safer for Ōtara-Papatoetoe residents, with particular
emphasis on walking, cycling and public transport.
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Issues and
opportunities:
· Reduce traffic congestion, improve road layouts, and
intersections
· Give more people the option of taking public
transport, cycling and walking
· Improve footpaths and cycle lanes
· Improve access for people, including those with
limited mobility to key destinations e.g. town centres, parks, community
facilities, entertainment venues
· Make Ōtara-Papatoetoe the “cycling capital” of
the south. The area is very flat but safety is an issue
· Bring forward transport upgrades - much needed
· Address severance – create new pedestrian/cycling
connections e.g. between Highbrook and Ngati Ōtara Park.
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Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 8 over the next
5 years:
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
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Partners
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Road
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8.1
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Ormiston / Preston / East Tamaki Roads signalised
intersection upgrade (currently scheduled for 2015-2017).
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Auckland Transport
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8.2
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Investigate the feasibility of establishing a second
railway crossing between Shirley Road and Station Road.
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Auckland Transport
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KiwiRail
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8.3
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Advocate for the St George Street / Kolmar Road /
Wallace Road intersection realignment to be bought forward.
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Auckland Transport
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Pedestrian and cycling
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8.4
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Implement pedestrian safety improvements for Hunters
Corner town centre between East Tamaki Road and Kolmar Road.
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Auckland Transport
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8.5
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Complete the Bridge Street (Puhinui) cycleway project
to extend cycle lanes along Puhinui Road from SH20 to Great South Road. As
part of this project the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board will
continue to advocate to Auckland Transport to review the route so as to avoid
the loss of on-street parking.
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Auckland Transport
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8.6
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Complete the Station Road and St George Street
cycleway project to extend cycle lanes along Station Road to the start of St
George Street, Papatoetoe.
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Auckland Transport
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Bus
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8.7
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Implement the high frequency bus routes (no more than
a 15 minute wait for a bus between 7am and 7pm) commencing in 2015.
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Auckland Transport
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8.8
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Develop new bus interchanges at Manukau Metropolitan
Centre and Otahuhu town centre.
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Auckland Transport
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Train
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8.9
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Upgrade Puhinui Station.
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Auckland Transport
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Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects
and initiatives to give effect to Key Move 8 are aspirational and unfunded.
They will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30
years):
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
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Partners
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Road
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8.10
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Implement road and intersection upgrades along Great
South Road to improve vehicle, pedestrian and cycle safety.
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Auckland Transport
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8.11
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Review the design of Puhinui Road (between South
Western Motorway and Reagan Road) as land use changes trigger the need to
improve the Puhinui Road corridor.
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Auckland Transport
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Pedestrian and cycling
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8.12
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Investigate opportunities to support and promote cycle
friendly “soft infrastructure” initiatives including education, safety,
sponsorship schemes, and partnerships with schools.
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Auckland Transport
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8.13
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Investigate opportunities to extend cycle routes along
key roads such as East Tamaki Road, Harris Road, Springs Road.
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Auckland Transport
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8.14
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Investigate the feasibility of a shared
pedestrian/cycle bridge between Highbrook Park and Ngati Ōtara Park.
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Auckland Transport
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8.15
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Investigate options to upgrade and improve pedestrian
links between Manukau Rail Station and the Auckland University of
Technology. Consideration should be given to the feasibility of establishing
a footbridge over Great South Road to improve connections.
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Auckland Transport
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Auckland University of Technology
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8.16
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Investigate opportunities to improve the pedestrian /
cycle environment through developing boulevards along Ronwood Avenue and
Manukau Station Road in the Manukau Metropolitan area.
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Auckland Transport
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Auckland Council
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Bus
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8.17
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Upgrade the bus interchanges at Old Papatoetoe town
centre and Middlemore Hospital.
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Auckland Transport
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8.18
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Review bus facilities and services along East Tamaki
and Springs Roads to improve safety and ease of use.
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Auckland Transport
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8.19
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Investigate options to improve public transport
services between Manukau Metropolitan Centre, Ōtara town centre, and the
new Ormiston town centre (currently being developed).
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Auckland Transport
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Train
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8.20
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Advocate for a high frequency bus and/or rail
connection between Auckland International Airport (AIA) and Manukau
Metropolitan Centre.
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Auckland Transport
Kiwi Rail
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8.21
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Advocate for a southern rail spur to Manukau Station
to avoid the need for southern passengers to interchange at Puhinui Station
in order to travel to Manukau Station, on the premise that this can be done
without reducing train travel times and frequencies, and that sufficient land
can be acquired to accommodate the spur.
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Auckland Transport
Kiwi Rail
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8.22
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Advocate for a future third rail line for freight to
reduce the potential conflict between freight trains and metro train services,
and provide additional capacity for metro services.
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Auckland Transport
Kiwi Rail
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Park and Ride
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8.23
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Investigate the feasibility of expanding the existing
Papatoetoe park and ride facility, and the opportunities to leverage this
initiative to help revitalise Old Papatoetoe town centre.
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Auckland Transport
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Papatoetoe Business Association
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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8.24
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Investigate the feasibility of establishing a park and
ride facility at Puhinui rail station, following the upgrade of the station.
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Auckland Transport
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Infrastructure (refer to map in Appendix 5)
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Key Move 9
Utilities and services that support
Ōtara-Papatoetoe’s growing population.
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Issues and
opportunities:
· Maintain, upgrade and modernise Ōtara-Papatoetoe
utilities and services to ensure the community’s future health and well-being
· Continue the investment in stormwater infrastructure
to reduce flooding, and improve the quality of waterways
· Consider local options for stormwater management
· Potential for waste minimisation and recycling
initiatives
· Opportunity to provide high speed internet
connections e.g. at bus stops, train stations, club rooms
· Underground the high voltage transmission lines
across Ōtara.
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Projects and initiatives (next 5
years)
The following projects
and initiatives have been identified to give effect to Key Move 9 over the next
5 years:
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
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Partners
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Stormwater
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9.1
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Prioritise planning and funding to
manage stormwater catchments in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area
(catchment studies are currently underway in the following sub-catchments –
Tamaki River, Ōtara Creek, Pukaki-Waokauri and Puhinui Creek).
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Auckland Council
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Waste management and minimisation
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9.2
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Work in partnership with the community
and private sector to identify reuse, recycling and disposal options for
household and business waste.
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Auckland Council
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Water supply and wastewater
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9.3
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Prioritise planning and funding to
upgrade the water supply and wastewater systems in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board area (projects currently underway include Hunua No.4 Water Supply
Scheme, expansion of the treated water network, expansion and improvement of
the wastewater collection system and wastewater treatment).
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Watercare
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Other energy and fuel projects
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9.4
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Advocate to Vector of the need to
upgrade of the gas network to better service the Otara Town Centre and Otara
business and residential areas.
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Electricity Transmission Corridor
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9.5
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Advocate to Transpower New Zealand
undergrounding the high voltage transmission lines across Ōtara
(North-South from Bairds Road to Clover Park / Flat Bush).
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
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Aspirational projects and initiatives
(6-30 years)
The following projects and
initiatives to give effect to Key Move 9 are aspirational and unfunded. They
will be reviewed by the lead agency over a longer period of time (6-30 years):
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Projects and
initiatives
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Lead Agency
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Partners
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Stormwater
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9.6
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Work in partnership with private land
owners, Mana Whenua and the community to improve the health of local streams
through daylighting and planting.
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Auckland Council
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Multiple partners
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Waste management and minimisation
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9.7
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Identify further opportunities to
establish resource recovery facilities as part of the Auckland Council Waste
Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) in collaboration with the Southern
Local Boards.
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Auckland Council
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Southern Local Boards
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9.8
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Implementation of a scoping study for
the establishment of community recycling centres. Early identification of
suitable sites to provide a southern dimension to the regional Resource
Recovery Network, which is a key initiative of the WMMP.
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Auckland Council
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
BIDs
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Electricity Transmission Corridor
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9.9
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Investigate opportunities to better use
the ‘green corridors’ i.e. parks and reserves underneath the high voltage
transmission lines (North-South from Bairds Rd to Clover Park/Flat Bush).
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Auckland Council
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Transpower New Zealand
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Telecommunications
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9.10
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Identify potential future hubs for
public Wi-Fi services. Consideration should be given to extending the public
Wi-Fi services available in libraries and to hubs within town centres that
are safe with amenities that support a longer stay and encourage higher
usage.
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Auckland Council
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Telecommunication providers
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Implementing the Area
Plan
A series of projects and initiatives have
been identified within the draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe area plan from the research into the issues and
opportunities affecting the area; and the feedback received from Mana
Whenua, key stakeholders, the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board, and council
specialists. Once the area plan is finalised an
implementation plan will be prepared.
Your views matter
At this stage, the council are seeking
your comments on what you think about the draft Area Plan, what you like about
it, and what opportunities you think there might be to improve the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe area over the long-term.
The closing date for comments on the draft Area Plan is 17 August 2014.
All feedback received will be considered
by the council, and used to inform the development of the final version of the
area plan, which is anticipated to be presented to the Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board for adoption in October 2014.
Glossary
Below is a list of definitions
for terms used in the draft Area Plan.
Amenity or amenity value
The
qualities of a place that make it pleasant and attractive to individuals and
communities.
Aspirational projects and initiatives
Projects and
initiatives that are not currently funded but are listed as aspirational
actions for the future.
Auckland Plan
The Auckland
Plan is a comprehensive long-term (30-year) spatial strategy that outlines
Auckland’s future growth and development and includes social, economic,
environmental and cultural objectives (for a detailed explanation, see pages
10–11 of the Auckland Plan 2012).
Auckland Transport
A Council
Controlled Organisation of Auckland Council that controls and manages
Auckland’s transport networks (except state highways) – from roads and
footpaths to traffic signals, rail and buses.
Business Improvement District (BID)
A body that
represents local businesses and manages and co-ordinates programmes to improve
local business environment in town centres and/or business precincts.
Centre
A focal
point for a surrounding neighbourhood or area that contains a mix of activities
or functions (such as shops, businesses, cafés, libraries, government services,
and public transport). Generally has more intensive land use and taller
buildings than the surrounding area it serves (for a more detailed explanation,
see pages 253–54 of the Auckland Plan 2012).
Character
A term that
describes the look, qualities and mix of attributes of an area, place, street
or building that help to give that area a distinct identity.
Co-management
A joint
responsibility and/or partnership to manage a project or place.
Community facilities
Key social
infrastructure that contribute to building strong, healthy and safe communities.
They provide space where communities can connect with each other, socialise,
learn skills and promote and participate in a wide range of social, cultural
and recreational activities.
Community Facilities Network Plan
A
non-statutory plan that will guide the provision of community facilities to
meet future demand, population growth and demographic change and maximise the
use and efficiency of the existing network of facilities.
Connectivity
The ease by
which people or vehicles can move from one place to another place.
Council-controlled organisations (CCO)
An
administration body, accountable to Auckland Council, that focuses on
delivering and managing a specific service, activity or area. CCOs are
independent of the Council’s operations to where they sometimes have their own
governance structure.
Heritage
The legacy
of tangible physical resources and intangible attributes that are inherited
from past generations, to include historic heritage, natural heritage, taonga
tuku iho (heirlooms) and other forms of heritage such as works of art,
artefacts, beliefs, traditions, language and knowledge.
Infrastructure
The fixed
and long-lived structures that support daily life, such as water supply, roads
and community buildings.
Kaitiaki
The Māori concept of guardianship for the sky,
the sea, and the land. A kaitiaki is a guardian.
Key moves
Outcomes that have a physical or
spatial aspect and when realised will make a transformational contribution to
making the local board area a great place to live, work and visit. These
contribute to achieving the vision for Auckland to be the world’s most liveable
city.
Local Board Plan
A plan that describes the local community’s hopes and
preferences for an area and the priorities of a local board area for the next
three years and beyond, to include proposed projects, programmes and services.
Long-term Plan
A 10-year plan prepared under the Local Government Act
2002 that has programmes for Council’s priorities, activities, operating and
capital expenditure
Mana Whenua
Iwi, the people of the land who have mana or authority
– their historical, cultural and genealogical heritage are attached to the land
and sea.
Mataawaka
Maori whose mana resides outside the Auckland region.
(Maori with no perceived tribal connection to Tamaki Makaurau).
Maori
Includes mana whenua and mataawaka.
Open Space Network Plan
A non-statutory plan that provides direction on how to continue to
provide for, manage, and develop public parks and open spaces in each local
board area.
Papakāinga
A Māori settlement or village that can include
activities associated with residential living, such as a marae complex,
gardening, social amenities and economic developments.
Portage
Refers to the practice of carrying watercraft or cargo over land to
avoid river obstacles, or between two bodies of water. A place where this
carrying occurs is also called a portage.
Restoration
The act of returning something to a former state,
place, or condition.
Sites of Significance to Mana Whenua
Through the course of developing the area plan, Mana
Whenua have identified sites or areas of interest to Māori that may,
through research and further investigation, be identified as sites/areas of
significance to Maori.
Sites/areas of significance to Maori may include
features such as former portage routes, areas of occupation or pa, mahinga
kai/kaimoana gathering sites/areas and waahi tapu. They may include places
which have undergone significant physical change but where there still remain
strong intangible values.
The following principles will support how sites of
significance to Māori and priority research areas (see definition above)
are applied and how aspirations for them are implemented. These principles are:
§ The values base and methodology for the study shall be developed in
partnership with Mana Whenua to enable proper integration and reflection of
Matauranga and tikanga. The methodology will be supported by existing
information and knowledge.
§ Information provided by Mana Whenua in relation to their values and
interests in subject to information protocols agreed by Mana Whenua and Council
through a documented engagement
§ Auckland Council will work to enable and promote a collaborative
process of research and survey involving Council, Mana Whenua and landowners.
Te Araroa National Walkway
New
Zealand's long distance walking/tramping route, from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
Transit Orientated Development
Compact, mixed use development near new or existing
public transportation infrastructure that serves housing, transportation and
neighbourhood goals. It’s pedestrian and cycle orientated design encourages
residents and workers to drive their cars less, use public transport more, and
includes appropriate treatment of car-parking.
Appendices
