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Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
Local Board
17 May 2017
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New Road
Name Approval for Three New Roads to be created for a Housing New Zealand
development at 32-44 Luke Street, Otahuhu
File No.: CP2017/09149
Purpose
1. The purpose of this report is to seek approval from the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board to
name three new roads within a development for temporary social housing at 32-44
Luke Street, Otahuhu.
Executive
summary
2. This report outlines the background for the naming of three new
roads created by way of a land-use resource consent, by Housing New Zealand
Limited, for 43 residential dwellings and associated infrastructure to be used
for temporary emergency social housing for a period of up to ten years. The
consent was approved on 4 November 2016, Council reference R/LUC/2016/4409.
3. Auckland Council has a road naming
policy and guidelines that set out the requirements and criteria of
the Council for naming a new road. These requirements and criteria have been applied in this
situation to ensure consistency of road naming
for Auckland.
4. Following assessment against the road naming criteria, the
applicant’s three proposed road names; ‘Peepeke Crescent’,
‘Tiikapa Lane’ and ‘Hopohopo Lane’ were determined to
meet the road naming guideline criteria.
5. All relevant local iwi groups were consulted by the applicant. All
three proposed names were suggested by Ngaati Whanaunga. No other objections or
comments were received regarding the proposed names.
6. Housing New Zealand (the applicant) requests that the new road name
decision for this application be made with urgency, and that the requirement
for three name options per road be waived in this case, as all three chosen
names have otherwise undergone the complete road naming process and meet all
other criteria.
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Recommendation
That the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board:
a) approves
the three new road names ‘Peepeke Crescent’,
‘Tiikapa Lane’ and ‘Hopohopo Lane’ proposed by the
applicant, for the three new roads within the Housing New Zealand development
at 32-44 Luke Street, Otahuhu, in accordance with section 319(1)(j) of
the Local Government Act 1974.
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Comments
7. The Auckland
Council Road Naming Policy and Guidelines allow that, where a new road needs to be named
as a result of a subdivision or development, the subdivider/developer shall be given the
opportunity of suggesting
their preferred new road name for the Local Board’s approval. This also applies to private roads (including Jointly
Owned Access Lots and Rights of Way) that serve
more than five properties.
8. The three new roads to be named are located
within a Housing New Zealand development site for temporary emergency social
housing at 32-44 Luke Street, Otahuhu. The new roads were created under
resource consent R/LUC/2016/4409, approved in November 2016, for 43 residential
dwellings and associated infrastructure (as shown in the attached Site Plan). A
copy of the resource consent decision report is also attached for reference
(consent reference: R/LUC/2016/4409).
9. All three proposed names were suggested by
Ngaati Whanaunga, who have provided a brief meaning for the proposed names as
described in the table below:
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Proposed New Road Name
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Meaning
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Tiikapa lane
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Tiikapa [meaning
‘mournful’] was the name given the waters [of the Hauraki Gulf?]
in memory of the parting of the two waka Tainui and Te Arawa and the Tiikapa
wailing and crying that could be heard carrying across the waters as they
separated.
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Hopohopo lane
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Meaning
‘apprehensive’, chosen in relation to the story of Ureia,
who was the taniwha who lived in Tiikapa.
Ureia was observed being
hopohopo [apprehensive] about leaving the safety of his den, this was proven
to be correct when later found dead in a net of [set by] Te Waiohua.
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Peepeke Crescent
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Chosen in memory of a quote
by Raamuri Ngaati Whanaunga tuupuna to his nephew that he was required to
seek retribution for the death of his father in Taamaki. The translation of
the word means to draw up legs and arms. This was in reference to a person in
sleep position as a result of carrying a burden and having a restless sleep.
[The road to be named resembles this shape].
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10. The applicant’s proposed road names have been assessed
against the criteria
set out in the Auckland Council Road Naming Policy and Guidelines. All three names
suggested by the applicant meet the criteria.
11. New Zealand Post and Land Information New
Zealand (LINZ) have commented that the applicant’s proposed names meet
their criteria and standards, as per the New Zealand and Australian ‘Standard
for rural and urban addressing policy AS/NZS 4819:2011’. This means
that there is no relevant duplication of the names and no similar names already
in use in the area that would lead to confusion for emergency and/or postal
services.
12. The suffix ‘Crescent’ is considered to be the most appropriate suffix for
the road proposed to be named as ‘Peepeke’
(labelled on attached Site Plan), because ‘Appendix 1’ of the Auckland Council Road Naming Guidelines (also attached) references ‘Crescent’ as being a crescent
shaped thoroughfare, especially where both ends join the same thoroughfare. This description is the closest match to the layout of the long, crescent road to be named. LINZ
also supported ‘Crescent’
as being the most appropriate suffix for this road.
13. The suffix ‘Lane’ is considered
appropriate for the two roads proposed to be named as ‘Tiikapa
Lane’ and ‘Hopohopo Lane’ (labelled on attached Site Plan),
because ‘Appendix 1’ of the Auckland Council Road Naming Guidelines references ‘Lane’
as being a narrow road between walls, buildings, or a narrow country
road. In this case, the two shorter roads to be named are fairly narrow
when compared to the main thoroughfare roads and will be located in relative
proximity to the adjacent dwellings.
14. As this application is for emergency
temporary social housing, Housing New Zealand requests that the decision to
name the three new roads be made by the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board with urgency since all road naming criteria
have been met, apart from the requirement to have three name options per road
to be named.
Consideration
Local
board views and implications
15. The Auckland Council, by way of the Auckland
Council Long Term Plan (2012 - 2022), allocated the responsibility for the naming of new roads, pursuant to section 319(1)(j) of the Local
Government Act 1974, to the Local Boards.
16. The decision sought from the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
Local Board for
this report does not trigger any significant policy and
is not considered to have any immediate impact on the community.
17. The decision sought from the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
Local Board for this report is not considered to have any legal or legislative
implications.
Māori
impact statement
18. Housing New Zealand consulted with Te Runanga Ngati Whatua,
Ngāti Whātua o Ōrakei, Te Kawerau a Maki, Ngai Tai Ki Tamaki,
Ngati Tamaoho, Te Akitai Waiohua, Te Ahiwaru Waiohua, Ngati Ata Waiohua, Ngati
Maru, Ngati Paoa, Ngaati Whanunga and Tainui.
19. All three proposed names were suggested by Ngaati Whanaunga. No
other objections or comments were received regarding the proposed names.
20. The decision sought from the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
Local Board on this report
is linked to the Auckland
Plan Outcome, “A Maori identity that is Auckland’s point of difference
in the world”. The use of
Maori names for roads,
buildings and other
public places is an opportunity to publicly
demonstrate Maori identity.
Implementation
21. The cost of processing the approval
of the proposed new road name and any installation of road name signage
is recoverable in accordance with Council’s Administrative Charges.
22. The applicant has responsibility
for ensuring that appropriate signage will be installed accordingly once an approval is obtained for the new road names.
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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Attachment 1 - Site Plan
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9
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Attachment 2 - Resource Consent LUC
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11
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c⇩ 
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Attachment 3 - Appendix 1, Guidelines
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27
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Signatories
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Authors
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Emerald James - Subdivision Advisor
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Authorisers
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Ian Smallburn - General Manager Resource Consents
Carol McKenzie-Rex - Relationship Manager
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