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Franklin Local
Board
25 August 2020
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Approval
for 4 new road names at 52 North Road, Clevedon.
File No.: CP2020/10986
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
seek approval from the Franklin Local Board to name one new public road and
three new private roads, being a commonly owned access lot (COAL), created by
way of a subdivision development at 52 North Road, Clevedon.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Auckland
Council’s road naming guidelines set out the requirements and criteria of
the Council for proposed road names. These requirements and criteria have been
applied in this situation to ensure consistency of road naming across the
Auckland Region.
3. On
behalf of the developer and applicant, Clevedon North Limited,
agent Crang Consulting Limited have proposed the names presented in the
tables below for consideration by the Local Board. Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
have also suggested names to be considered for the three COALs.
4. Any
of the proposed road name options would be acceptable for the local board to
approve for use in this location, having been assessed to ensure that they meet
Auckland Council’s Road Naming Guidelines and the National Addressing
Standards for road naming. All technical standards are met and the names are
not duplicated anywhere else in the region. Mana Whenua have also been
consulted.
5. The
names proposed by the applicant for the new public and private roads at 52
North Road are:
Table 1: 52 North Road applicant preferred and alternative road names
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REF
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APPLICANT PREFERRED NAME
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ALTERNATIVE 1
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ALTERNATIVE 2
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PUBLIC ROAD
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Beckby Way
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Beckby Homestead Way
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Thorp Homestead Way
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COAL 1
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Araucaria Place
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Bunya Place
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Bunya Pine Place
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COAL 2
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Norfolk Pine Place
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Norfolk Island Pine Place
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Island Pine Lane
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COAL 3
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Taitaia Stream Way
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Hampton Thorp Lane
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Scotch Lass Lane
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6. Following
consultation with iwi, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki objected to the names suggested
by the applicant and offered the following additional options for the three
COALs:
Table 2: Ngāi Tai ki
Tāmaki preferred and alternative road names
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REF
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IWI PREFERRED NAME
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ALTERNATIVE 1
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ALTERNATIVE 2
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COAL 1
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Kaihuia Lane
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Te Ara Tāia
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Kapu Way
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COAL 2
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Te Rau Way
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Te Rau Nīkau Lane
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Te Rau Kura Way
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COAL 3
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Name not acceptable for use due to
duplication
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Name not acceptable for use due to
duplication
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Nukuao Lane
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Franklin Local Board:
a) approve
names for one new public road and three commonly owned access lots
(COAL) at 52 North Road, Clevedon,
in accordance with section 319(1)(j) of the Local Government Act 1974
(resource consent references BUN60303009 and SUB60303384):
i. Public
Road 1: Beckby Way (applicant
preferred name) supported by Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
ii. COAL 1: Araucaria Place (applicant preferred name)
or Kaihuia Lane (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki preferred name)
iii. COAL 2: Norfolk Pine Place (applicant preferred
name) or Te Rau Way (Ngāi
Tai ki Tāmaki preferred name)
iv. COAL 3: Taitaia Stream Way (applicant preferred
name) or Nukuao Lane (Ngai Tai ki Tamaki nominated
name)
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Horopaki
Context
7. Resource
consent BUN60303009 (subdivision reference number SUB60303384) was issued in December 2019 for
the construction of sixty-two residential lots, an esplanade reserve, two
reserve lots, one public road, and four commonly owned access lots (COAL). The
development is being marketed as ‘Clevedon North’.
8. Only
three COALs are included in this report for approval. As the fourth COAL does
not serve more than five lots, it does not require a road name.
9. The
agent has advised that the subdivision is due for completion in September and
that houses are now on the market for sale. The applicant requires the approved
road names as soon as possible, in order to apply for their 223 and 224c
applications and allocate addresses to the new titles. A delay of the road
naming decision will cause a delay in the development and cause significant
financial implications for the developer.
10. Site and
location plans of the development can be found in Attachments A and B
respectively.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
11. The
Auckland Council Road Naming 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/s
for the Local Board’s approval.
12. Auckland
Council’s road naming criteria typically require that road names try to
reflect local themes, with the use of Māori names being actively
encouraged. Themes can include:
· a historical, cultural, or
ancestral linkage to an area;
· a particular landscape,
environmental or biodiversity theme or feature; or
· an existing (or
introduced) thematic identity in the area.
13. The
applicant has proposed names to commemorate the Thorp family, who were early
settlers in Clevedon and first owned the land in 1854. The Thorp name is
already reflected in Thorp Bridge, Thorp Quarry Road and Thorp Hill in the
Clevedon Reserve. The applicant has also proposed names that reflect the
historical landmarks that exist or once existed on the site.
14. The Applicant’s proposed names and meanings are set out in the
table below:
Table 3: 52
North Road Proposed Names and Meanings
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Road Ref.
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Proposed name
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Meaning (as described by
applicant)
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PUBLIC ROAD
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Beckby Way
(Applicant
preferred)
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The first wooden house built
in the district belonged to the pioneering Thorp family, who built a
two-storey homestead, named ‘Beckby’, in the mid-19th century.
Beckby homestead was also
where Bishop Selwyn preached and discussed potential sites for a church when
he first arrived at Clevedon in 1858.
The homestead no longer
exists on the site so the applicant has proposed the public road be named in
remembrance of this homestead.
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Beckby
Homestead Way
(Alternative 1)
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Thorp
Homestead Way
(Alternative 2)
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COAL 1
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Araucaria Place
(Applicant
preferred)
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A Bunya Pine tree
(Araucaria bidwillii) was planted by William Hampton Thorp near
the ‘Beckby’ homestead.
This tree is over 100
years in age and has historic value based on its association with the Thorp
Family.
The presence of the Bunya
tree provides both a pleasant visual setting as well as being historical
landmark features.
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Bunya Place
(Alternative 1)
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Bunya Pine
Place
(Alternative 2)
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COAL 2
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Norfolk Pine
Place
(Applicant
preferred)
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William Hampton
Thorp planted two Norfolk Island Pines
(Araucaria heterophylla) near the homestead on 18 September 1859.
These trees are over 100
years in age and have historic value based on their association with the
Thorp Family.
The presence of the
Norfolk Island Pine trees provide both a pleasant visual setting as well as
being historical landmark features.
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Norfolk
Island Pine Place
(Alternative 1)
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Island Pine
Lane
(Alternative 2)
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COAL 3
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Taitaia Stream Way
(Applicant
preferred)
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The Taitaia Stream runs to
the West of the proposed development. The name reflects the location and
placemarks of the streets.
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Hampton
Thorp Lane
(Alternative 1)
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To commemorate William
Hampton Thorp.
An obituary printed by the
New Zealand Herald dated 20 May 1913 described Thorp as a ‘pioneer
settler’ and recounted the following:
“One of the few early pioneers remaining, Mr. William Hampton, of
Beckby, Clevedon, passed quietly away last week. The deceased had been
failing greatly of late, and a sharp attack of pneumonia hastened the end.
Mr. Thorp, who was unmarried, was born at Cook's run, near Sydney, and came
over to New Zealand with his parents soon after, spending his earliest years
at Cloudy Bay, Wellington, the Thames, and Coromandel before finally settling
in Clevedon. Mr. Thorp was on active service as lieutenant in the Maori war
50 years ago in this district, and gained an insight into native affairs
during the campaign that proved of great value on many future occasions. The
site of the present Anglican Church, All Souls, was given by Mr. Thorp, sen.,
and both the late Mr. Thorp and his sister, Miss Thorp, have proved
themselves unfailing friends in generous.giving to every call for church
needs or other public causes. For nearly 30 years Mr. Thorp was a lay reader,
only relinquishing the work on account of increasing infirmity. In his active
days he took a leading part in local affairs, proving himself a most
energetic and efficient member.”
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Scotch Lass
Lane
(Alternative 2)
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Scotch Lass was the name
of the vessel that the Thorps family used when they arrived in the area. The
name reflects the location and placemarks of the streets.
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15. Zaelene
Maxwell-Butler from Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki has provided
the following description for the theme of their names: ”the
Clevedon North sub-division sits below our tūpuna maunga Te Nikau Pā.
Ngāi Tai were born of these lands, and our last known rangatira to have
lived atop Te Nikau Pā was Tara Te Irirangi of which the writer is a 7th
generation granddaughter. The names have been interwoven to give partial
context to a time and stories handed down through time. These names demonstrate
the ahikāroa (longstanding continuous occupation) of Ngāi Tai in the
Clevedon area pre 1800s.”
16. Ngāi
Tai ki Tāmaki’s proposed names and meanings are set
out in the table below:
Table 4: Ngāi Tai
ki Tāmaki Proposed Names and Meanings
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Road Ref.
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Proposed name
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Meaning (as described by
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki)
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COAL 1
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Kaihuia Lane
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The name for a full grown
native Nīkau. This accessway sits at the base of Nikau Pā.
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Te Ara Tāia
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Of the stream Taitāia
– a path carved by the water. Te Ara is Māori for Lane, path, Way
etc. and Tāia is Māori for “carved”, therefore meaning
The Carved path.
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Kapu Way
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To cup your hands.
Taitāia, once clean fresh water, it would have been possible to scoop up
water from the stream to drink.
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COAL 2
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Te Rau Way
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Ngāi Tai hapū
Ngāti Te Rau lived along the banks of Te Wairoa circa 1600s-1700s. They
were so named for Ngāitai Tōrere (Bay of Plenty) tūpuna Te
Raukohekohe who married Ngāi Tai Tāmaki (Ngāti Tai) rangatira
Te Whatatau.
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Te Rau Nīkau Lane
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Rau has various meanings:
leaf, frond, feather or spray, hundred. Te Rau Nikau is a play on Te Rau for
our tūpuna but also for the foliage of the Nīkau.
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Te Rau Kura Way
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Feathers were considered
taonga, a valued possession, used by rangatira to adorn their topknots and by
weavers to adorn kākahu. Kura is also used as in ‘darling’
or ‘chief’, Te Raukohekohe was the darling of Te Whatatau, chief
of Ngāti Tai.
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COAL 3
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Nukuao Lane
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A sheltered spot at the
base of the maunga.
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17. All the name options listed in the tables 3 and 4have been assessed
by the Council Subdivision team to ensure that they meet Auckland
Council’s Road Naming Guidelines and the National Addressing
Standards for road naming. Two further names for COAL 3 have not been included
as these were duplicated elsewhere in the region. It is up to the local
board to decide upon the suitability of the names within the local context and
to select the preferred name for each road.
18. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has confirmed that all the
proposed names are acceptable for use and not duplicated elsewhere in the
region.
19. ‘Way’,
‘Place’, and ‘Lane’ are acceptable road types for the
new public and private roads, suiting the form and layout of the road, as per
the Auckland Council Road Naming Guidelines. ‘Te Ara’ is used as a
prefix for Te Reo Māori or Moriori road names
20. The applicant sought community feedback on their proposed names as
follows:
· The road names were
distributed during the Clevedon North Community Liaison Meeting on the 23 July.
The applicant advises this is a regular meeting as part of the subdivision
consent conditions with residents to inform them of progress
· The road names were
published in the Clevedon Roundup, a community information newspaper delivered
to the letterboxes of over 1300 residents covering an area from Orere Point to
Ardmore and including the greater Clevedon to just before Hunua and Brookby.
21. No responses were received on the proposed names through either
engagement.
22. Enquiries about living decendents of the Thorp family were made by
the applicant during the Clevedon North Community Liaison Meeting and with the
Clevedon District Historical Society. Philip Bell (Clevedon District Historical
Society President) advised that there were no living
relatives of the Thorp family in the area, so the
applicant was unable to gain consent for the use of the Thorp name.
23. Mana whenua were consulted in line with agreed processes and
requirements with feedback received from Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, objecting to the
applicants proposed names. Feedback is outlined in further detail in the
‘Māori Impact Statement’ section of this report.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement
24. The
naming of roads has no effect on climate change. Relevant environmental issues
have been considered under the provisions of the Resource Management Act 1991
and the associated approved resource consent for the development.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and views
25. The
decision sought for this report has no identified impacts on other parts of the
council group. The views of council controlled organisations were not required
for the preparation of the report’s advice.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board views
26. The decision sought for this report does not trigger any significant
policy and is not considered to have any immediate local impact beyond those
outlined in this report.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
27. To aid local board decision making, the Auckland Council Road Naming
Guidelines include an objective of recognising cultural and ancestral linkages
to areas of land through engagement with mana whenua, particularly through the
resource consent process, and the allocation of road names where appropriate,
as well as a process to enable mana whenua the opportunity to provide feedback
on all road naming applications in a manner and scale that they consider appropriate.
Depending on the scale of the development and its level of significance, not
all road naming applications receive comments from mana whenua.
28. Mana
whenua were contacted by council on behalf of the Applicant, through the
Resource Consent department’s central facilitation process.
Representatives of the following mana whenua groups with an interest in the
local area were contacted on 23 July 2020: Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki;
Ngāti Maru; Ngāti Paoa Iwi Trust; Ngāti Paoa Trust Board;
Ngāti Tamaterā; Ngāti Te Ata; Ngāti Whanaunga; Te Ahiwaru -
Waiohua; Te Ākitai Waiohua; and Waikato - Tainui
29. Ngāi
Tai ki Tāmaki commented that they did not support the proposed names and
requested a meeting with the applicant so that Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
could discuss names which reflected their history and identity. The applicant met with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki on the 31 July. Following this meeting the applicant advised
Council staff that in addition to the developer’s 12 names, Ngāi Tai
ki Tāmaki would be submitting their own names to be considered by the
local board.
30. On the
17th August, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki suggested nine names for the three
private roads. Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki advised that while this would have
been an great opportunity for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki to name the public
road, in the hopes of improved future engagement and relationship with Clevedon
North/Kaipara, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki agreed to support the
applicant’s preferred name (‘Beckby Way’) for the public
road.
31. Of
the nine names suggested by Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, two names were
duplicates to names already being used in the Auckland region and therefore not
acceptable for use. These two names have been removed from this report. The
remaining seven acceptable names have been included in Table 2 and Table 4 for
the local boards consideration.
32. No
other iwi provided responses or comments or suggested any other road name
options.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
33. The
road naming process does not raise any financial implications for the Council.
34. The
applicant has responsibility for ensuring that appropriate signage will be
installed accordingly once approval is obtained for the new road names.
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
35. There are
no significant risks to council as road naming is a routine part of the
subdivision development process, with consultation being a key part of the
process.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
36. Approved
road names are notified to Land Information New Zealand which records them on
its New Zealand wide land information database which includes street addresses
issued by local councils.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Location Plan
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13
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b⇩
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Site Plan
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15
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Elizabeth Salter - Subdivision Technical Officer
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Authorisers
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David Snowdon - Team Leader Subdivision
Carol McKenzie-Rex - Relationship Manager for Franklin
and Howick Local Boards
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