Overview of the Westland Cultural Heritage Tourism Development Plan 1
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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 Taramakau 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