Overview of the Westland Cultural Heritage Tourism Development Plan 1. CULTURAL HERITAGE THEMES DEVELOPMENT • Foundation Māori Settlement Heritage Theme – Pounamu: To be developed by Poutini Ngāi Tahu with Te Ara Pounamu Project • Foundation Pākehā Settlement Heritage Theme – West Coast Rain Forest Wilderness Gold Rush • Hokitika - Gold Rush Port, Emporium and Administrative Capital actually on the goldfields • Ross – New Zealand’s most diverse goldfield in terms of types of gold deposits and mining methods • Cultural Themes – Artisans, Food, Products, Recreation derived from untamed, natural wilderness 2. TOWN ENVIRONMENT ENHANCEMENTS 2.1 Hokitika Revitalisation • Cultural Heritage Precincts, Walkways, Interpretation, Public Art and Tohu Whenua Site • Wayfinders and Directional Signs (English, Te Reo Māori, Chinese) 2.2 Ross Enhancement • Enhancement and Experience Plan Development • Wayfinders and Directional Signs (English, Te Reo Māori, Chinese) 3. COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT • Go Wild Hokitika and other businesses at TRENZ 2020 • Chinese Visitor Business Cluster • Mahinapua Natural and Cultural Heritage Iconic Attraction 4. COMMUNITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES • Westland Industrial Heritage Park Experience Development • Ross Goldfields Heritage Centre and Area Experience Development 5. MARKETING
• April 2020 KUMARA JUNCTION to GREYMOUTH
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73 River Kapitea Creek Overview of the Westland CulturalCHESTERFIELD Heritage 6 KUMARA AWATUNA Londonderry West Coast Rock Tourism Development Plan Wilderness Trail German Gully DILLMANSTOWN Westland Industiral Hertiage Park & Goff s Tracks CALLAGHANS ARAHURA STAFFORD • Experience Development & Marketing Tunnel Loop Walk Goldsborough Track GOLDSBOROUGH Arahura Bridge Heritage Park to OTIRA, Hokitika ARTHUR’S PASS & Blue Spur Bushwalk • CBD Redevelopment & Marketing Arahura River CHRISTCHURCH • Wayfinders HOKITIKA BLUE SPUR • Precinct Walk HOKITIKA West Coast GOLF LINK Wilderness Trail • Chinese Business Cluster KANIERE West Coast ARTHURSTOWN Wilderness Trail WOODSTOCK Mahinapua Rimu Lookout Kaniere Water Race RIMU & Heritage Walkway • Natural & Cultural Heritage Attraction MANANUI Walk Development Mananui Bush Walk Mananui Tramline • Go Wild Hokitika Business Development Jum Michel & Mahinapua Creek Canoe Cove (Mahinapua Walk & TRENZ 2020 Bellbird Walks Lake Walkway) Kahikatea Mahinapua Forest Walk RUATAPU MILLTOWN Ross West Coast Lake Kaniere Mt Tuhua Track • Destination Plan Wilderness KOKATAHI Walkway Trail Hokitika River Lake • Ross Goldfields Heritage Centre & Kaniere Dorothy Falls Experience Development
Kokatahi River Mt Brown Track KOWHITIRANGI ROSS Totara River Kowhitirangi Incident Styx River 6 Memorial Kokatahi River N
Ross Historic Goldfi elds Toaroha River Ross Water Race Walkway to GLACIERS & W E SOUTH WESTLAND SOUTHERN ALPS Hokitika Gorge Swingbridge S
0 5 km 10 km Hokitika Revitalisation Plan Pounamu Centre, New Museum, Projects/Stakeholders Library and Cultural Hub • Westland District Council – Utilities, Services, Visitor and Transport Planning Integrated Planning of Facilities and Stories St Mary’s Playground School • Beachfront Project St Mary’s STAFFORD ST Oxidation • HWC Precinct Walk BEACH ST Ponds
WAI – Seating Project Hokitika Beach Walk Health Public Dumping • Destination Hokitika – Wayfinders and HOKITIKA BEACH BEACH ACCESS Station Centre To Kumara & Driſt wood TANCRED ST REVELL ST Greymouth Signage Project Tidy up, promote and expand Sign Medical Centre Walker Pioneer Park • Heritage Hokitika – Gibson Quay Development Statue SEWELL ST WELD ST Police • Tohu Whenua Weld Lane Cover Westland District Town Council Clock TASMAN SEA 6 N • WAI Seat Project Museum HAMILTON ST CAMP ST Swimming Westland District Council Pool FITZHERBERT ST • New Museum, Carnegie Building, Pounamu Library Railway Line BEACH ST REVELL ST 24hr Seddon 6 W E Centre, Library, Visitor Hub Beachfront Development 1864 WHARF ST SEAVIEW HILL ROAD GIBSON QUAY Memorial Monument Custom House • Hokitika Driftwood and Sand Festival Glow-worm Landscaping, car parking and toilets Boat Countess Life Boat RICHARDS DR kiosk S Quayside Ramp Dell • Lion’s Club Heritage Area Historic Lighthouse 0 250 m 500 m • West Coast Wilderness Trail Illuminating Gold Rush Hokitika 0 100 m 200 m SPENCER ST Hokitika • Westland Industrial Heritage Park Cemetery Mobile App, Street Frontages, Furniture, Whitcombe REVELL ST Park Hokitika Heritage Trail HOKITIKA • Totalisator Project – Hokitika Racing Club Lighting, Interpretation WHITCOMBE TCE REAP BONAR DR AIRPORT HOKITIKA BEACH • Seddon House – Seddon Trail start/finish point PARK ST TUDOR ST • 4 Banks – Private Projects
Commercial and Banking Precinct REVELL ST FITZHERBERT ST Lazar Park Terminal TASMAN SEA SEWELL ST PARK ST AIRPORT DR • Four banks upgrade Playground St Andrews Westland Industrial Plane • Ship mast replicas as visual attraction HAMPDEN ST SALE ST INDUSTRIALHeritage RD Park HALL ST Playground Table Lookout Hokitika Heritage Trail Hokitika BeachPioneer Walk Statue Westland PARK ST BEALEY ST High Schl ALPINE VIEW All Saints Hokitika see Primary Port Experience Destination Plan Town Clock BRITTAN ST Rest Ambulance Schl Tambo Shipwreck Replica enlargement Home DAVIE ST Harper Gate Station Park Cass Playground North Spit / Sunset Point GIBSON QUAY Square Church of ROLLESTON ST Playground Christ HAMPDEN ST Sunset Point Quayside Heritage Area STAFFORD ST Fire Hokitika • Raising and enhancing the Tambo WELD ST GIBSONHALL QUAY ST SALE ST Station Racecourse Hokitika Heritage Trail JOLLIE ST • Rebuilding the Signal Station Wadeson Island DALTONBoys Brigade LIVINGSTONE ST DAVIE ST Hall
HOFFMAN ST
WELD ST WildernessWest Coast Trail Prossers To Blue HOKITIKA RIVER Bush Walk Gibson Quay Heritage Area Hokitika River Bridge HAU HAU RD Spur GIBSON QUAY Dairy Factory Miners • Pioneer Wall of Honour 6 TOWN BELT EAST Barrow Recycling HCF Centre To Ross, Glaciers & KANIERE RD • Custom House Enhancement Mahinapua South Westland Hokitika Heritage Trail Creek To Golf Links (Golf Links Road), Lake Mahinapua, Arthurstown, Woodstock and Rimu • Cycle Trail link Historic To Kaniere, Kokatahi, Lake Kaniere & Airport • Relocation of White baiting Interpretation Hokitika Gorge • Tohu Whenua Pou • Relocate Flag poles Hokitika Cultural Heritage Precincts Includes panels for 10 of Hokitika’s 18 Heritage NZ List Cat. 1 &2 Sites marked * below. Goldfields and Provincial Goldfields and Provincial Capital Precinct St Mary’s Capital Precinct Playground School 1. Site overview – whole block, Government House, Supreme Court, Government St Mary’s Buildings, Chief Post and Telegraph Office, World Meteorological Heritage STAFFORD ST Oxidation Port Precinct Observatory BEACH ST Ponds Hokitika Beach Walk HOKITIKA BEACH BEACH ACCESS Health Public Dumping 2. Government Building * Cat 1. Station 13 Centre To Kumara & Driſt wood TANCRED ST Commercial and 3. Seddon Statue*Cat 1 - Seddon Story and start of Seddon Trail to Stafford, REVELL ST Greymouth Sign Medical Goldsborough, Kumāra and Seddon Statue at Parliament Buildings, Wellington. Centre Walker Banking Precinct Pioneer Park Statue SEWELL ST Port Precinct 11 WELD ST 14 Police Pubs, Theatres, 10 4. Gibson Quay – Tohu Whenua Landmark -Origin of name “Hokitika” and Westland District Town Council Artisans Precinct Hokitika’s role as Goldfield Port, Commercial and Government Centre. Clock TASMAN SEA 6 N Museum 12HAMILTON ST 5. North Spit – European Discovery Stories – Abel Tasman 1st sighting of NZ CAMP ST Swimming FITZHERBERT ST 6. North Spit – Gold Rush Ports Overview – Roadstead, River, Up-River Freight 9 3 Pool Industrial Precinct 2 Library Railway Line BEACH ST REVELL ST 24hr and Passenger Service, , Vessels and Challenges. 1 Seddon 6 W E 1864 WHARF ST Memorial SEAVIEW HILL ROAD 7. Signal Station and River Training Walls and Breakwaters – Replica structures. GIBSON QUAY 8 Monument 4 Custom House 8. Customhouse * Cat 1. – Customs, Trade, Multi-nation immigration, unusual Glow-worm Airport Terrace Precinct Boat Countess Life Boat RICHARDS DR kiosk S arrivals / departures / stories. Quayside Ramp Dell Heritage Area 20 Historic Lighthouse Commercial and Banking Precinct 0 250 m 500 m 0 100 m 200 m SPENCER ST 9. Revell St South – Story of Crooked Mile – Commercial Overview Seaview Terrace Precinct Hokitika 10 & 11. Gold Rush banking - gold buying and smelting - 4 former banks; Cemetery
REVELL ST Whitcombe BNSW*, BNZ*, NBNZ*, Hokitika Savings Bank * all Cat.2 Park Hokitika Heritage Trail HOKITIKA 12. Renton Hardware Building * Cat. 2 – stories of retail / wholesale trade and WHITCOMBE TCE Race Course REAP BONAR DR AIRPORT HOKITIKA BEACH warehousing. PARK ST TUDOR ST Entertainment (pubs, theatres, casino) and Artisans Precinct
REVELL ST 13. Revell St Central – entertainment overview – 82 of Hokitika’s 102 hotels, FITZHERBERT ST Lazar Park Terminal TASMAN SEA SEWELL ST PARK ST AIRPORT DR fires, red light district, Revell Street widening, development of artisan businesses. Playground 19 St 18 14. Regent Theatre *Cat. 2 – stories of all 5 theatres Andrews Westland Industrial HAMPDEN ST SALE ST Plane INDUSTRIALHeritage RD Park
HALL ST Playground Table Industrial Precinct Lookout Hokitika Heritage Trail 15. Gibson Quay @ Davie St. Breweries, sawmills, Kanieri-Hokitika Tramway Hokitika BeachPioneer Walk Statue Westland PARK ST BEALEY ST High Schl ALPINE VIEW stories. All Saints Hokitika see Primary Town Clock BRITTAN ST 16. Westland Milk Products History 7 Rest Ambulance Schl Tambo Shipwreck Replica enlargement Home DAVIE ST Harper 6 Gate Station Park Cass Playground Racecourse 5 GIBSON QUAY Square Church of ROLLESTON ST Playground Christ HAMPDEN ST 17. Horse racing history – referring to Totalisator Building * Cat 1 Sunset Point Quayside Heritage Area STAFFORD ST Fire Hokitika WELD ST GIBSONHALL QUAY ST SALE ST Station Racecourse Airport Terrace Precinct JOLLIE ST Hokitika Heritage Trail Wadeson Island 18. Airport Drive / Plane Table site ? NZ’ 1st commercial air service, visual link DALTONBoys Brigade LIVINGSTONE ST Hall between Southside Aerodrome and Hokitika Airport. Link to Fox Moth replica? DAVIE ST 17 15 HOFFMAN ST 19. Westland Industrial Heritage Park. WELD ST WildernessWest Coast Trail Prossers To Blue HOKITIKA RIVER Bush Walk Seaview Terrace Precinct Hokitika River Bridge HAU HAU RD Spur GIBSON QUAY 16Dairy Factory Miners 20. Parihaka Prisoners’ Memorial (explanation of history and international 6 TOWN BELT EAST Barrow Recycling HCF Centre To Ross, Glaciers & KANIERE RD significance. Irish Fenian disturbances; cemetery protests and dispatch of Armed Mahinapua South Westland Hokitika Heritage Trail Constabulary and Royal Navy to quell feared uprising. Links to existing panels for Creek To Golf Links (Golf Links Road), Lake Mahinapua, Arthurstown, Woodstock and Rimu Cemetery (Includes Cat.2 Mausoleum) , Hospitals, Gaol and Lighthouse*Cat. 2. Historic To Kaniere, Kokatahi, Lake Kaniere & Airport Hokitika Gorge Hokitika Wayfinders and Directional Signs
The way finder and directional signs are designed to provide a double benefit.o T visitors they will advise what is in Hokitika and how to get to what interests them. For the businesses, they are designed to encourage visitors to walk around town, spending more time in Hokitika and going past more businesses and spending more money. The current concept design for the way finders is:
The directional signage is proposed to replace a range of diverse signage including signage for Council assets such as public toilets and the museum. There would be up to six arrows in each direction. The priority for these would be district amenities, landmarks and community services such as the medical centre. Additional places would be managed by Destination Hokitika and available for individual businesses. The yellow letters on the map above represent way finder signs and the red numbers indicate directional signs. Minor Trail Repairs Seaview Hokitika Heritage Trail Upgrade Link between Seaview intersection and beach/town requires signage
Oxidation Ponds
Public Dumping Station To Kumara & Cemetery Greymouth Walker Link required Park Interp Panel Upgrade Unrelated Signage from old 6 N trails to be removed.
Railway Line W E Link Beach & Town SEAVIEW HILL ROAD
Glow-worm RICHARDS DR kiosk S Dell Historic Lighthouse Hokitika Heritage Trail Links 0 250 m 500 m Clearly linking signs for trail walkers SPENCER ST Prossers Bush Hokitika Cemetery Whitcombe & Town Belt East Direction Signage, enhancement and riders around loop and to i-Site. REVELL ST Park Hokitika Heritage Trail HOKITIKA of interpretation, possible upgrade of band WHITCOMBE TCE Possible small track development REAP BONAR DR AIRPORT HOKITIKA BEACH rotunda/picnic shelter in future. Potential PARK ST work. TUDOR ST installation of toilet.
REVELL ST FITZHERBERT ST Lazar Park Terminal TASMAN SEA SEWELL ST PARK ST AIRPORT DR Interp Panel Upgrade Playground St Andrews Westland Industrial HAMPDEN ST SALE ST Plane INDUSTRIALHeritage RD Park
HALL ST Playground Table Lookout Hokitika Heritage Trail Hokitika BeachPioneer Walk Statue Westland PARK ST BEALEY ST High Schl ALPINE VIEW All Saints Hokitika Primary Town Clock BRITTAN ST Rest Ambulance Schl Tambo Shipwreck Replica Home DAVIE ST Harper Gate Station Park Cass Playground GIBSON QUAY Square Church of ROLLESTON ST Playground Christ HAMPDEN ST Sunset Point Quayside Heritage Area STAFFORD ST Fire Hokitika WELD ST GIBSONHALL QUAY ST SALE ST Station Racecourse Hokitika Heritage Trail JOLLIE ST Wadeson Island DALTONBoys Brigade LIVINGSTONE ST Hall Interp Panel Upgrade DAVIE ST HOFFMAN ST
WELD ST WildernessWest Coast Trail Prossers To Blue HOKITIKA RIVER Bush Walk Hokitika River Bridge HAU HAU RD Spur GIBSON QUAY Dairy Factory Miners 6 TOWN BELT EAST Barrow Recycling HCF Centre Promote orienteering course To Ross, Glaciers & KANIERE RD Mahinapua South Westland Hokitika Heritage Trail Creek To Golf Links (Golf Links Road), Lake Mahinapua, Arthurstown, Woodstock and Rimu Historic To Kaniere, Kokatahi, Lake Kaniere & Airport Hokitika Gorge Beachfront Development
Weld Lane Increase car park size
New dunes form nautral ampitheatre
Sound shell
Reinstate Pill Box Gun housing
Proposed Beach Street ampitheatre area looking North along the walkway
Connect path to Weld Lane over Beach street Proposed Beach Street area looking south along the walkway New contoured dunes for shape, wind shelter and seating New beach access Existing planters increased into grass area Existing toilets remain s s e e Picnic tables and seating New beach accesses
Existing rock wall
Ramp access down both sides Install trees in raised beds, dune around to create undulations. HOKITIKA sign in permanant installation
Extend rock wall to create central focus / meeting area with large area to gather, seating and focus sculpture. Existing rock wall large dune at end to finish landscaped area
Art work indicator installed for wayfinding and creating interest
Formalise existing carpark and give boundaries
NORTH BEACH STREET TO WELD LANE CONCEPT WELD LANE / REYNOLDS PARK CONCEPT
Weld lane bulb looking from north Weld lane bulb looking north along the walkway
August 17, 2017 HOKITIKA WATER FRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN A 01 August 17, 2017 HOKITIKA WATER FRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN A 02
Focal point / tower
Pedestrian only area
Pedestrian walkway around the edge
New car park
Proposed Sunset Point car parking area looking North Re align road to adjust for new surface level
New car park and bus turnaround New car park
Proposed Beach Street south area looking south along the walkway Tambo
Rock protection wall Existing access remains Continues all round s s
e Rebuild and raise surface level of land e between the sea and the river, Feature trees and planting areas establish park space
Sculpt and shape planting areas to link with Increase car parks to align vehicles better beach undulations and create curves
Seating and picnic tables New rock access down to beach New sculpture
Multiple plantings of specimin trees
Existing rock wall
Large mound created to provide a central focal point and viweing areas
BEACH STREET SOUTH CONCEPT SUNSET POINT CONCEPT
Proposed large mound with sculpture, looking south
August 17, 2017 HOKITIKA WATER FRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN A 03 August 17, 2017 HOKITIKA WATER FRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN A 04 Walkway from Fitzherbert St North Spit / Sunset Point to Customhouse to North Spit / Sunset Point • Upgrade existing walkway Beachfront Walkway • Obtain views to river and mountains – align seating with & Gibson Quay from North Spit / Sunset Point to Weld Lane view shafts • Develop walkway • Extend walkway and timber delineation structures to North • Extend West Coast Wilderness Trail -to Weld Lane – Spit / Sunset Point Extend Pioneer Wall of Honour safely integrate with walkway. • Install replica ship masts as visual attraction from SH6 and • Extend Pioneer Wall of Honour CBD • Relocate Whitebait Interpretation to Pierson Esplanade Countess of Onslow Lifeboat Oxidation • Extend West Coast Wilderness Trail -to North Spit – safely Ponds • Upgrade boat shed Public Dumping Station integrate with walkway To Kumara & • Improve display of boat Greymouth Walker Park • New interpretation Replica Signal Station • Install lighting and Training Wall – Viewing Platform, Interpretation 6 N Node and Visitor Shelter Gibson Quay Heritage Areav Railway Line W E • New structure built into Sunset Point raising and carpark SEAVIEW HILL ROAD Emporium and Capital Interpretation Node (& Preferred
Glow-worm RICHARDS DR kiosk S development, utilising new levels. Dell Tohu Whenua Pou Site) – Tancred St Viewing Platform Historic Lighthouse • Provide attraction visibility from SH6 and Gibson Quay / 0 250 m 500 m • Renew lighting SPENCER ST
Revell St cnr Hokitika • Upgrade viewing platform Cemetery
REVELL ST Whitcombe • Provide power supply for night lighting. Park Hokitika Heritage Trail HOKITIKA • Obtain views to goldfields, river entrance, Tambo, Seddon WHITCOMBE TCE REAP BONAR DR AIRPORT • New interpretation – Southern Alps peak indicator, Maori HOKITIKA BEACH House / Government Building, Pioneer Monument PARK ST navigation stories, Abel Tasman first sighting of NZ, TUDOR ST • New interpretation panels – origin and meaning of REVELL ST FITZHERBERT ST Lazar Park Terminal TASMAN SEA SEWELL ST PARK ST AIRPORT DR navigation safety and river training walls and breakwaters, Playground “Hokitika”, reasons for Tohu Whenua – Landmark St Andrews Westland Industrial Plane roadstead transfers of passengers and freight. HAMPDEN ST SALE ST INDUSTRIALHeritage RD Park significance HALL ST Playground Table Lookout Hokitika Heritage Trail Westland • Visitor shelter incorporated in design. Hokitika BeachPioneer Walk Statue PARK ST • Tohu Whenua pou BEALEY ST High Schl ALPINE VIEW All Saints Hokitika Primary Town Clock BRITTAN ST • Relocate Weighbridge Station nearby Rest Ambulance Schl Tambo Shipwreck Replica Home DAVIE ST Harper Gate Station Park Cass Playground Tambo Shipwreck Memorial GIBSON QUAY Square Church of ROLLESTON ST Playground Christ HAMPDEN ST Customhouse Trade and Immigration Centre Sunset Point Quayside Heritage Area STAFFORD ST Fire Hokitika WELD ST • Restore visibility from SH6, Gibson Quay/Revell St cnr, and GIBSONHALL QUAY ST SALE ST Station Racecourse Hokitika Heritage Trail JOLLIE ST • Restore & maintain Customhouse – Wadeson Island DALTONBoys Brigade Weld Lane – lift structure above new LIVINGSTONE ST Hall DAVIE ST original colours, name plate, signs, flagpole HOFFMAN ST • ground level? WELD ST WildernessWest Coast Trail Prossers To Blue HOKITIKA RIVER Bush Walk • Landscape grounds Hokitika River Bridge HAU HAU RD Spur GIBSON QUAY Dairy Factory Miners • Restore power supply and lighting – night-time attraction. TOWN BELT EAST 6 Barrow Recycling • Make existing Migrant country flagpoles more visible from HCF Centre To Ross, Glaciers & KANIERE RD • Restore anchor, chain, name plates, origins plaque. Mahinapua South Westland Hokitika Heritage Trail Creek SH6, CBD and North Spit / Sunset Point To Golf Links (Golf Links Road), Lake Mahinapua, Arthurstown, Woodstock and Rimu • Make more authentic – ship’s wheel, hatch covers, deck Historic To Kaniere, Kokatahi, Lake Kaniere & Airport Hokitika Gorge • Commence Pioneer Wall of Honour cargo (coal sacks, barrels as seating, tables. • New interpretation • New interpretation. • Repair damage / general maintenance Oxidation Ponds
Public Dumping Station To Kumara & Greymouth Walker Park
WAI / Seats Project 6 N
Railway Line Teichelman Seat Awe Rongomau W E (Feathers of Peace) SEAVIEW HILL ROAD
Henry & Pat Pierson Glow-worm RICHARDS DR kiosk S Dell Historic Lighthouse 0 250 m 500 m SPENCER ST
Hokitika Cemetery
REVELL ST Whitcombe Park Hokitika Heritage Trail HOKITIKA The Unfinished Projects WHITCOMBE TCE REAP BONAR DR AIRPORT (Mort Cruickshank) HOKITIKA BEACH Pause PARK ST TUDOR ST
REVELL ST FITZHERBERT ST Lazar Park Terminal TASMAN SEA SEWELL ST PARK ST AIRPORT DR Playground St Andrews Westland Industrial HAMPDEN ST SALE ST Plane INDUSTRIALHeritage RD Park
HALL ST Playground Table Westland Women Lookout Hokitika Heritage Trail Hokitika BeachPioneer Walk Statue Westland PARK ST BEALEY ST High Schl ALPINE VIEW All Saints Hokitika Primary Town Clock BRITTAN ST Rest Ambulance Schl Tambo Shipwreck Replica Home DAVIE ST Harper Gate Station WavesPark of Humanity Cass Playground GIBSON QUAY Square Church of ROLLESTON ST Playground Christ HAMPDEN ST Sunset Point Quayside Heritage Area STAFFORD ST Fire Hokitika Olson Family WELD ST GIBSONHALL QUAY ST SALE ST Station Racecourse Hokitika Heritage Trail JOLLIE ST Wadeson Island DALTONBoys Brigade LIVINGSTONE ST DAVIE ST Hall
HOFFMAN ST
WELD ST WildernessWest Coast Trail Prossers To Blue HOKITIKA RIVER Bush Walk Hokitika River Bridge HAU HAU RD Spur GIBSON QUAY Dairy Factory Miners 6 TOWN BELT EAST Barrow Recycling HCF Centre To Ross, Glaciers & KANIERE RD Mahinapua South Westland Hokitika Heritage Trail Creek To Golf Links (Golf Links Road), Lake Mahinapua, Arthurstown, Woodstock and Rimu Historic To Kaniere, Kokatahi, Lake Kaniere & Airport Hokitika Gorge Westland Industrial Heritage Park – Hokitika Airport
• Experience Development Plan • Marketing Plan • Arrival Experience and Entrance Development visible from Airport Drive– including parking and signage • Promote New Zealand’s First Licenced Air Service – original Fox Moth airliner replica display -potential Tohu Whenua Site with visual links to the current Hokitika Airport (Seaview) and the original Southside Airport on the south side of the Hokitika River.
THE WESTLAND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE PARK Big Engine Shed Experience WESTLAND’S STORIES TOLD THROUGH THE MACHINES THAT MADE WESTLAND
CONCEPT DOCUMENT Picnic Point Track options:
Assumptions: Mahinapua Track to maximise lake front experience (views/birds) Link to Treetop preferred (also provides scenic cruise options – drop off at picnic point walk to treetop or vice Aim: Develop a Linked Group of Natural and Cultural Heritage Attractions and Businesses to Support the versa) Hokitika-Mahinapua-Ross area as an Iconic Visitor Destination with increased visitor numbers, stays From SH 6 5km to Start of Red Track and expenditure. 6.4km to Picnic Point turnoff Actions: 7km to Picnic Point 1. Mahinapua Business and Marketing Group Yellow Loop 800m approx. Develop co-operative development and marketing among about 20 businesses in the area between Hokitika PCL (LMSR) / F & G / Ngai Tahu Forest Mahinapua and Ross. Red Loop: Develop opportunities for accommodation, food, guiding, transport, arts, recreation, complementary activities, etc, 2km approx. businesses within this area PCL (LMSR) / F & G / Ngai Tahu
Connect with Go Wild Hokitika collective, Destination Hokitika, and Ross Gold Town Destination development group. Purple Track Attend TRENZ 2020 2.8km approx. PCL (LMSR) / F & G / Ngai Tahu Need to cross Frosty Creek Boardwalk foreshore area 2. Establish Round Trip Opportunities with New Cycling / Walking Loops. Jetty/Viewing Platform at Picnic Point and Daylight Bight
2.1 Develop 2-hour return off-highway cycling route linking natural and cultural heritage areas. Orange Track 2.2km approx. 2.2 Develop longer Around Lake Mahinapua walking/ cycling route off-highway, incorporating 2.1 PCL (LMSR / Frosty Creek Conservation Area) Bridge over Mayer Creek Mahinapua Loop v1 Created By: David Inwood Print Date: 2/10/2019 Possible Suspension bridge over Frosty Creek 2.3 Link with return options via Mahinapua waterways or road transport. Print Time: 11:55 AM
Other options Possible campground links included? 3. Mahinapua Waterways Link to West Coast Tree-Tops Walk Short Loop g Develop landing place and short walk from Lake Mahinapua to Tree-Tops Walk. Long Loop h
4. Mahinapua Visitor and Natural and Cultural Heritage Interpretation Centre Develop visitor and Interpretation centre at junction of State Highway 6, West Coast Wilderness Trail and Mahinapua waterways, near Mahinapua Heritage Railway Bridge.
5. Develop Linkages With Ross Gold Town Destination via West Coast Wilderness Trail and Totara Waterways
NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator Projection: Sourced from LINZ data. Crown Copyright reserved. Not to be reproduced without permission of Westland DC. Scale: 1:20000 2000 Bounds: The information shown on this plan may not be accurate and is indicative only. Original Sheet Size A3 1427504.91769585,5256967.89265638 1431489.46384095,5262243.15267922 The Westland District Council accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. Ross Goldtown Destination Plan Action Points
1. Ross Goldfields Heritage and Information Creation of an icon feature Centre Redevelopment to a key visitor for the town potentially relating attraction. to its mining history Including: Lake Walk Developed 1.1 3 sided video theatre experience focusing on: • Mt Greenland and oldest geological formation in NZ • 19th to early 20th Century gold mining • 2000 remining of the lake area • Today’s operations Chinese Garden Completed • The future importance of minerals 1.2 Roddy Nugget Interactive feature 1.3 Interpretative Mining Models – including Geological Explanation 2. Enhanced Gold Panning Experience Seven Golden Gullies including Interactive Modern Gold Screen Walk / ride developed 3. Town Icon 4. Chinese Garden Completed 5. Mont D’Or and 7 Golden Gullies – Walk/ Ride being explored. Complementary to Water Race Walk and Osmond Walk.
• Signage and wayfinding developed