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The Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy and Updated Action Plan June 2010 1 Figure 1 – Te Wai Pounamu, the Canterbury Region and Greater Christchurch TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE UDS Forum Chair, Regional Chair, Mayors and Transit NZ Chair 5 Tangata Whenua ‐ Ngāi Tahu 6 1 Introduction 8 1.1 Vision 8 1.2 Leadership, Partnership and Collaboration 8 1.3 Purpose and Emphasis 9 1.4 Greater Christchurch Growth Management 10 1.5 Values and Expectations of the Community, Business Sector, and Partner Councils 11 1.6 Status of the Strategy 12 2 Strategic Directions 14 3 Context 16 3.1 Global 16 3.2 National 17 3.3 Regional 19 3.4 Greater Christchurch Area 19 3.5 Overview of Growth Issues 22 3.6 Growth Management Assumptions 23 3.7 Historical and Existing Approaches to Growth Management 26 4 Option Process 28 4.1 Evaluation Process 28 4.2 Consultation 28 5 Greater Christchurch Settlement Pattern 29 5.1 Introduction 29 5.2 Proposed Settlement Pattern 29 5.3 Implementing the Settlement Pattern 30 5.4 Key Assumptions: Settlement Pattern 33 5.5 Broad aims of the Settlement Pattern 33 Map of Proposed Settlement Pattern 34 5.6 Relationship to Towns Outside Greater Christchurch 36 5.7 Proposed Settlement Pattern ‐ Growth Projections Summary 36 6 Action Plan 44 1 6.1 Introduction 44 Enhance Environments 47 6.1 Biodiversity and Ecosystems 48 6.2 Freshwater, Estuaries and Coast 51 6.3 Landscapes 54 6.5 Natural Hazards and Climate Change 56 6.7 Wastewater 60 6.8 Water Supply 63 6.10 Healthy Communities 68 6.11 Education 72 6.12 Housing 75 6.13 Public Open Space 78 6.14 Leisure, Recreation and Sport 81 6.15 Tangata Whenua and Maori 84 6.16 Culture and Heritage 86 6.17 Urban Design 90 6.19 Urban Revitalisation and Intensification 96 Encourage Prosperous Economies 101 6.19 Activity Centres and Corridors 102 6.17 Business Land 104 Effective Governance and Leadership 117 6.23 Governance, Collaboration, Partnership and Community Engagement 117 6.24 Central Government Engagement and Commitment 122 6.26 Resilience and Adaptation 126 6.28 Resourcing 128 6.29 Monitoring and Review 130 7 Implementation 147 7.1 Strategy Implementation Principles 147 7.2 Implementation Mechanisms 150 7.3 Role of Strategy Partners in Implementation 154 7.4 Co‐ordinated Planning, Management and Resourcing 154 2 8 Acknowledgements 155 9 Glossary 156 Appendices i. Explanation of changes to the UDS Action Plan between adoption and the current update (2007‐2009) 165 ii. Statutory Compliance 189 iii. Memorandum of Agreement: Urban Development Strategy Implementation 192 iv. Terms of Reference‐ Governance, Management and Technical Arrangements 197 v. Existing Planning Frameworks 209 vi. Additional Documents 211 3 Message: UDS Forum Chair, Regional Chair, Mayors and Transit NZ Chair Population growth, land and building development will continue in the area for This Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy (the Strategy) is a the foreseeable future, and will continue to present new challenges. The significant milestone for the area and the Strategy partners, Environment challenge ahead is to successfully complete and implement the Strategy so the Canterbury, Christchurch City Council, Selwyn District Council, Waimakariri area benefits from this investment made in its future, ensuring that the District Council, and Transit New Zealand. partners speak and act as one on the key issues facing the area and their The release of the Strategy for consultation follows an extensive joint public resolution through the UDS framework. consultation programme undertaken by the partners in the area, which On‐going engagement, shared planning and resourcing through working resulted in over 3250 submissions on the growth management options. together with Central Government are critical to successfully implementing the A Community Charter was developed from what the community said about Strategy. For this to be achieved it is essential that each partner works together how the area should grow and change. The Charter underpins the to develop the agreed actions that will follow. development of the Strategy. It provides the principles and framework for We commend this Strategy to you, along with our thanks for the community implementation of the Strategy. The partners also collaborated in the UDS input to its development. We signal our commitment to, and encourage you to ‘Inquiry by Design’ process to develop a preferred settlement pattern. assist us with its implementation. Growth brings many challenges to the area. The UDS project was initiated in 2004 arising from concerns about the lack of collaborative leadership and Bob Parker, UDS Forum Chair institutional arrangements to manage growth in a sustainable way in the sub‐ region. Garry Moore, Mayor, Christchurch City Council With a long‐term outlook to 2041, the Strategy provides a comprehensive Sir Kerry Burke, Chair, Environment Canterbury context for making decisions now for present and future generations. The Strategy reinforces the importance of some familiar issues, including the Michael McEvedy, Mayor, Selwyn District Council location of future housing, development of activity centres, providing areas for Jim Gerard, Mayor, Waimakariri District Council new employment and the impact of land use change on transportation networks. It also highlights the need to address issues in a more integrated Brian Jackson, Acting Chair, Transit New Zealand manner. The theme of ‘integrated land use, infrastructure and funding’ underpins much of the Strategy and associated implementation actions. Tangata Whenua ‐ Ngāi Tahu Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu was established by the Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Act 1996. It works on behalf of the iwi to manage the collective assets of Ngāi Tahu The Treaty of Waitangi provides principles for the engagement of and whānui, and to promote and ensure the interests and aspirations of Ngāi Tahu relationship building between Tangata Whenua / Māori and Councils. Tangata whānui for the future. Whenua and Local Authorities recognise the Treaty of Waitangi will continue to As kaitiaki, Ngāi Tahu has an intergenerational duty to ensure that the mauri be a foundation for future mutual relationships together with other strategic and the physical and spiritual health of the environment is maintained, partners within the area. protected and enhanced. This is partly addressed through Ngāi Tahu 2025, Ngāi Tahu holds manawhenua and kaitiakitanga over much of the South Island, which provides the guiding vision for the tribe and identifies the contribution the largest territory of any tribe in New Zealand. Ngāi Tahu’s takiwā (tribal Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu will make to that vision. It is a 25‐year future road map territory) runs from Te Parinui‐o‐whiti (White Bluffs) on the east coast to that clearly identifies and details the specific areas of importance for Ngāi Tahu Kahurangi Point on the West Coast, and southwards to Rakiura (Stewart to impact and influence. Island). Resource protection and development can be addressed through Hapū and Iwi Ngāi Tahu are the iwi comprised of Ngāi Tahu whānui, or the collective of the Resource Management Plans. The Strategy promotes and supports the individuals who descend from the five primary hapū of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti development of Hapū Management Plans, and acknowledges Te Whakatau Māmoe and Waitaha, namely Kāti Kurī, Ngāti Iraheku, Kāti Huirapa, Ngāi Kaupapa (Ngāi Tahu Resource Management Strategy for the Canterbury Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki. Region), the Te Taumutu Rūnanga Natural Resources Management Plan 2003 and Ngāi Tahu 2025 as fulfilling an environmental protection role. Mutually As part of the settlement negotiated with the Crown, Ngāi Tahu received agreed protocols, additional resources, and processes in district plans are cultural redress in the form of confirmation of the ability for Ngāi Tahu to necessary to support and complement the resource management and express its traditional kaitiaki relationship with the environment. Other tribal development principles of Tangata Whenua. The Strategy must address issues redress included an apology from the Crown, acknowledgement of Aoraki/Mt relating to developing resources important to Tangata Whenua in addition to Cook as a tribal taonga, economic redress in the form of a payment of $170 issues facing the wider community. This must include supporting and providing million and a first right ability to purchase property from the Crown. for traditional Ngāi Tahu communities, particularly Tuahiwi, Rapaki and The settlement has allowed the tribe to re‐establish itself as an economic force Wairewa, to maintain their relationship with their ancestral lands as they may within the South Island whilst continuing to be a leader in sustainable from time to time determine for themselves. environmental management through its principle of kaitiakitanga. Ngāi Tahu currently has interests in fishing, tourism and property as well as a diversified equities portfolio, all of which are managed through Ngāi Tahu Holdings Ltd. Protection of Ngai Tahu’s customary rights and environmental monitoring and protection are undertaken by the Toitū Te Whenua Unit. 6 Wāhi tapu and urupa are protected1. The natural environment consisting of air, land, waters, coasts, oceans, flora and fauna and how they are engaged with, is crucial to Ngāi Tāhu identity and Greater involvement of tangata whenua in management of significant sites and culture. This means that the actions and programmes in this strategy will wāhi taonga in developed areas. respect and promote the protection of these taonga, including Maintaining relationships with ancestral lands. The spiritual aesthetic nature of air Working with our wider communities. Environmental quality and quantity is sufficient to provide for healthy mahinga I encourage our Ngāi Tahu whānau, communities and other Māori to read and kai comment on this important strategy which will impact, potentially both in a Indigenous flora and fauna and their habitats are maintained and enhanced positive and negative way, on us and our future generations.