‘Tooku awa koiora me oona pikonga he kura tangihia o te maataamuri The River of Life, each curve more beautiful than the last’ HAMILTON CITY RIVER PLAN CONTENTS Mayor’S introduction Mayor’s Introduction 3 Vision and Principles 4 Regional Context Map 6 THE RIVER PLAN THEMES 8 Hamilton River Plan 10 Hamilton Gardens / Te Parapara Pa 12 Hayes Paddock / Wellington Street Beach 14 Hamilton East 16 Central city 18 Roose Commerce Park 20 Ferrybank 22 ArtsPost and Waikato Museum 24 Memorial Park and Parana Park 26 Opoia and Jesmond Park 28 Victoria Bridge to Claudelands Bridge 30 Tooku awa koiora me oona pikonga he Claudelands Bridge to Fairfield Bridge 32 kura tangihia O te maataamuri Days’ Park and Swarbricks Landing 34 St Andrews Golf Course 36 Hamiltonians are passionate city. The Plan is a 30-year vision for set by law that the Council will follow, Braithwaite Park / Pukete Pa 38 about the Waikato River. It has long the river and will guide how we plan to ensure the River Plan is a success. implementation and timeframe 40 been recognised as a remarkable and use the river into the future. The success of the River Plan relies natural asset and a defining feature The River Plan is a plan for on the Council working with Waikato- VISUALISING THE THEMES 42 of our city. everyone. It has been developed Tainui, the Waikato Regional Council, Theme 1: Access 44 People’s connection with it goes over the past year with a team of Mighty River Power, the Waikato Theme 2: Recreation 48 back hundreds of years and Maaori experts and with feedback from the River Authority, businesses and the Theme 3: Development 50 from the Tainui waka have inhabited public. People told us they wanted community. Together we can achieve Theme 4: Natural Environment 52 the area known as Hamilton for over to be able to see and use the river the vision and outcomes in the River Theme 5: Arts and Culture 54 400 years. The Waikato River is the more and they shared their ideas Plan to transform Hamilton’s future. Theme 6: Tourism 56 tupuna of Waikato-Tainui, which is on what they would most like to see embodied in a unique and special Strategic alignment 58 improved. This feedback has been relationship with the river. But invaluable in helping to shape the Hamilton Context Map - Growth 60 most would agree that the river is ideas and projects in the River Plan. under-utilised and undervalued in the The message most loudly given was RIVER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION modern Hamilton. In recent decades to ‘get on with it’. The River Plan 62 numerous attempts have been Julie HardAker River Plan Delivery Model 63 The projects in the River Plan are made to develop a plan to activate Mayor of Hamilton Hamilton’s engagement with the divided in to those that can start The Waikato River: A Remarkable History 64 October 2014 Significance to Maaori 64 river. The Hamilton City River Plan immediately and others that will Contact 65 is the first time Hamilton will have a take some time to work through comprehensive strategy to transform Image Credits 66 the detail. There are a number of the way we use and view the 16km changes that will need to be made to of Waikato River running through the existing plans and special processes HAMILTON CITY RIVER PLAN I 3 PRINCIPLES (Nga Wariu) River development and use is considered in the contexT of the River Plan’S fouR principles. The Waikato River WILL bE 1 People (ka tauawhi i te tangata) the dEfining heart Of Hamilton The River Plan is for all the people who live in and visit Hamilton. Economic Opportunity (ka tauawhi i te aheinga ohanga) Te whakakitenga 2 Vision The River Plan will enable development that will promote enjoyment of the river and benefit the community. 3 Healthy River (ka tauawhi i te awa me tona ora) The River Plan supports Te Ture Whaimana O Te Awa o Waikato (The Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River). 4 Cultural Celebration (ka whakanuia nga momo ahurea katoa) The River Plan promotes the celebration of culture, sport, recreation and leisure. HAMILTON CITY RIVER PLAN I 5 REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP MorrinsvilleMorrinsville To CoromandelTo Coromandel To TaurangaTo Tauranga Projected population growth of sub-region (Hamilton, Waikato PeninsulaPeninsula (105km)(105km) district and Waipa district) (105km)(105km) The sub-regional population is: This map shows where Hamilton is in the context of the Waikato region and the upper To TaupoTo Taupo (152km) (152km) 258,600 North Island of New Zealand. The River Plan and Rotoruaand Rotorua (107km) (107km) in 2013 focuses on the 16km of Waikato River contained within Hamilton’s city boundary. Lake Lakekarapiro karapiro HuntlyHuntly karapirokarapiro 328,861 in 2033 Don RowlandsDon Rowlands Centre at Centre at To AucklandTo Auckland The RiverThe RiverPlan Plan Mighty RiverMighty Domain River Domain (125km)(125km) CambridgeCambridge AvantidromeAvantidrome TurangawaewaeTurangawaewae Marae Marae Lake WaahiLake Waahi NgaruawahiaNgaruawahia Upper North Island 368,010 Mystery Creek Mystery Creek Events Centre Events Centre in 2063 Waikato District HamiltonHamilton HamiltonHamilton Waipa District InternationalInternational Auckland Airport Airport Waikato Region Ohaupo Ohaupo N Port Waikato Hamilton WhatawhataWhatawhata Te AwamutuTe Awamutu Waikato River urban areas Strategic transport routes Rotorua Lake Taupo To RaglanTo Raglan (45km)(45km) HAMILTON CITY RIVER PLAN I 7 THE RIVER PLAN Themes VISION ARTS and ACCESS CULTUre The Vision and Principles of the Plan are underpinned by six themes. The themes articulate the key outcomes sought for 16km of the river and reflect public feedback on what people said was most important to enhance use of the river. PRINCIPLES The six themes are: Access Improving access to along and across the river Recreation NATURAL Promoting the enjoyment of the river ENVIRONMENT development Promoting development that TOURISM embraces the river THEMES Natural Environment Protecting and enhancing the natural environment along the river Arts and Culture Celebrating arts and culture along the river Tourism Promoting and developing tourism along the river dEVELOPMENT RECREATION Themes are intended to be complementary and RIVER PLAN interconnected – for example, a visitor experience PROJECTS may be closely related to promoting art, enhancing accessibility to the river and improving the experience of the natural environment. Many projects will be developed from the themes and the themes are included in the projects for each of the site locations. HAMILTON CITY RIVER PLAN I 9 This map shows the 16km of the Waikato River within Hamilton’s boundary that is the focus of the River Plan. Hamilton city River Plan The following pages contain concepts and ideas for site locations along the river where there are opportunities for development over the next 30-year lifetime of the River Plan. 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