MAUNGATŪROTO | KAIWAKA KAIPARA SPATIAL PLAN - KEY URBAN AREAS Adopted | 27 May 2020

DARGAVILLE | MAUNGATŪROTO | KAIWAKA KAIPARA SPATIAL PLAN - KEY URBAN AREAS Adopted | 27 May 2020

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Maunganui Blu Whangārei Kaihū Parua Bay Dargaville Tangiterōria Omamari Tangōwahine Omana Ruakaka Waiotira Baylys Beach Arapohue Taipuha Waipu Te Kōpuru Maungatūroto Langs Beach Paparoa Pahi Kaiwaka Mangawhai Ruāwai Hakaru Matakohe Whakapirau

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Resilio Studio | AR + Associates Limited | May 2020 KAIPARA SPATIAL PLAN_KEY URBAN AREAS FOREWORD

It is my pleasure to present the Kaipara Key Urban Areas Spatial Plan, our guide for how we plan for growing the historic towns of Dargaville, Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka.

This is planning of a shape, size and scale never undertaken before in Kaipara District. Thanks to all who have contributed to the collaborative engagement approach of this spatial planning process. For some this has been an ‘eye-opener’ on how to locate where appropriate development could occur and what are the important parts we cherish in each of the towns; it has given us new ways to see our familiar places. With these spatial plans, we now have a solid blueprint for sustainable development in each of these towns, so that we can create space for future jobs, attractive homes, great community facilities and connections like new and exciting walking and cycling trails. Through this, we will grow and nurture our communities with resilience through challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

This is what has been needed for a long time, and has extra relevance especially as we plan and pursue our recovery from the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. Kaipara is a safe haven for companies to establish and is set to continue to serve as the Food Bowl for New Zealand.

This document sends a clear signal to our community that Kaipara’s key towns are ready for town centre improvements, have the space available for new commercial and industrial endeavours, and are open to attracting a variety of people to energise our workforce and enliven our historic communities. However, the Council cannot afford to lead development alone. We need to attract commercial enterprises to play a key part in developing quality design in keeping with the Community Design and Te Aranga Design Principles discussed within this document. We will need to encourage our infrastructure partners in the Northland Transportation Alliance (including the New Zealand Transport Agency), Northpower, Chorus and others to assist with aligning their forward investment strategies to enable the right development so that we can prosper here in Kaipara.

The next step will be to convert the intent of this spatial plan into statutory plan changes in the Kaipara District Plan. The Council recognises the importance of these plan changes to legally provide the appropriate conditions for quality development to occur. It also needs to consider alongside the plan changes infrastructure upgrades to key intersections, water supply, wastewater, stormwater and stopbank protection. This aligned infrastructure strategy will all be released early next year to show what needs to happen, when, what the cost is estimated to be and how it is intended to be funded.

This spatial plan is an important first step to how we encourage the towns of the Dargaville, Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka to enter a new chapter in their history and grow to benefit each of these communities and the wider Kaipara District, helping fulfil the promise of abundant wellbeing of ‘Kaipara te Oranganui’.

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa

Dr Jason Smith Mayor of Kaipara District

Resilio Studio | AR + Associates Limited | May 2020 KAIPARA SPATIAL PLAN_KEY URBAN AREAS CONTENTS

Part 5 | Land-Use & Infrastructure Alignment

Resilio Studio | AR + Associates Limited | May 2020 Part 1 | The Spatial Framework Overview KAIPARA SPATIAL PLAN - Spatial Framework Overview 1.0 | Introduction

The Kaipara District Council (the Council) wishes to enable sustainable development for the communities of Dargaville, Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka through spatial planning. This spatial plan is a holistic approach to facilitate and improve each town to enhance future social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing. The wellbeing indicators for each of the towns are proposed to be measured annually and every three years through Council resident surveys, health data, environmental monitoring and economic information.

The Kaipara District has seen a relatively fast-paced growth in the last five years, driven mainly through a significant amount of rural living subdivisions and sustained growth in the Mangawhai urban area. Unfortunately, historical decisions around the Mangawhai Treatment Plant resulted in years of high Council debt levels, thus preventing very little infrastructure investment in these key urban towns. This effectively pushed residential and industrial activities to the rural areas where it was easier and cheaper to develop. The availability of zoned land for appropriate development in the towns was also not available.

Navigating through the Spatial Plan

This Spatial plan is set out in five parts. Part One - ‘The Spatial Framework’ provides an overview of the spatial plan framework including project objectives, outcomes, background and history providing the overall context for how the spatial plan has reached the recommended direction and supporting key moves required to achieve the desired growth for these three key urban areas in the Kaipara District. Parts Two, Three and Four focus on the town centres and growth nodes of Dargaville, Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka respectively. In each of these sections, the towns are divided into neighbourhoods within a spatial framework to guide the future outcomes and necessary infrastructure required to sustainably achieve the collective visions for Kaipara District. Bringing it all together, Part Five - ‘Implementation’ signals the further work needed to achieve the vision for each of these three towns and supporting key moves.

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Setting the direction - Key Urban Areas

The preferred option for each key urban area is a result of the five phases which looked at the constraints, challenges, insights, and opportunities, as well as responding to the rich engagement from workshops and community open days. The first five phases looked at the big issues that each town needed to face to enable ongoing sustainable development, environmental enhancements and community wellbeing.

This spatial plan for each town enables Kaipara District Council to now consider new areas for housing, commercial and industrial type businesses and community infrastructure like parks and trails for each town. The Council will work closely with potential developers (big and small) to align their development intentions with the necessary infrastructure upgrades required for each town. Each development or project be it private or Council driven needs to be judging its success back to whether the town vision and Te Aranga / Community Design Principles are being achieved through this enterprise.

Future Implementation

This spatial plan will be used as a tool to review the Kaipara District Plan policies and zones for the three towns. It is proposed that the Council will undertake the District Plan review in one comprehensive review process, or alternatively release a staged or rolling District Plan review through multiple plan changes. This spatial plan, the Mangawhai Spatial Plan, and the upcoming Sub Regional Spatial Plan will guide the Council. In particular, the policy and infrastructure teams, to what areas will be considered in the first tranche of District Plan changes (or the comprehensive review with a draft district plan issued for consultation) - this is scheduled to be released for initial feedback in June 2021.

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| Project Outcomes | Project Objectives | A Living Document | Development Potential

The purpose of the spatial plan is • Assess the key constraints, This spatial plan has a 30-year This spatial plan attempts to indicate to create a framework for future challenges and opportunities for planning horizon to not only align where appropriate, sustainable land development in these three urban development within the with Council’s 30-year Infrastructure development could take place in the Kaipara District towns and to help district including environmental Strategy (2021-51) but allows the future. The process of rezoning land and landscape values leverage growth and development land-use changes to evolve in a does not necessarily result in the • Balance the cultural, social, staged and considered manner. type of land development happening opportunities associated with the environmental, and economic This spatial plan is intended to be on the ground. It is a complicated overflow of the Auckland region’s drivers in each centre monitored, reviewed and updated investment model where often growth and the latent tourism • Address the needs and as required to ensure it remains factors outside the control of Council potential. This spatial plan will enable aspirations of the community, current and continues to provide influence development. Simplifying and support Māori organisations and council and partners for how community and decision-makers this into four main ingredients of a other agencies in health, education growth and regeneration can be with the information required successful land development project, and business to provide the right accommodated and leveraged to make informed decisions the right conditions are considered services at the right time. The spatial • Engage with project partners, about these Kaipara centres. The to be: plan intends to support the future stakeholders and the wider relationship and integration of this wellbeing of existing residents and community to understand, adopted document with other 1. Operative land zoning that future residents who may make evaluate and consider all views planning processes is described enables development to occur the choice to live in these centres, • Provide a level of certainty in the diagram below. It shows the under specific policies and rules including those who have not been for infrastructure providers, inputs ( i.e The Sub Regional Spatial 2. Being infrastructure ready - the communities and potential bulk infrastructure is in place at born yet. Plan) and the outputs (District developers while allowing enough Plan review) from this spatial the time when developers are flexibility to respond to changing plan process. It also shows the ready to hook in and there are no demands and circumstances alignment and close relationship with delays infrastructure planning and delivery 3. Land developers who have the to enable the key upgrades required experience and the funding to be to implement the spatial plan. able to undertake the subdivision or building enterprise 4. The customer who takes the property or building and invests to make a house or operate a | Relationship to Infrastructure + Economic Strategy + Long Term Plan business

SPATIAL PLAN ECONOMIC DISTRICT PLAN The success of any property (MANGAWHAI DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (WHOLE OF PLAN REVIEW OR ROLLING development is about de-risking KEY URBAN AREAS REVIEW THROUGH PLAN CHANGES) each stage, be it; consenting, land SUB-REGIONAL SPATIAL PLAN) STRUCTURE PLAN remediation, upgrading infrastructure (URBAN CENTRES) and construction, so that the land becomes investment-ready. Most land subdivision developments do LONG TERM PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICING PROJECTIONS (STRATEGY) not turn a profit until the final stage (PRELIMINARY) LONG TERM PLAN of development which is often (AND 3-YEARLY ANNUAL PLANS) INFRASTRUCTURE multiple years from the original land FINANCIAL STRATEGY purchase.

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The Kaipara District sits between two large population centres in Whangārei (as the largest of

Northland's centres) and Auckland, Mangonui New Zealand's largest city. This 1 map aims to show the significance of Auckland's economic-base and Kaitaia the large and small projects that Ahipara will influence the Kaipara District over the coming decades. The Twin Coast Discovery Kerikeri upgrades to the North Auckland Lake Omapere Paihia Rail Line ($94m), the addition of a Kaikohe Marsden Industrial area spur train Poor Knights Island / Pou Herenga Tai Trail Tawhiti Rahi & Aorangi line and road upgrade and additional capacity roading upgrades to SH12 Fibre Upgrade State Highway 1 will all make the 12 1 transport connectivity that much Tāne-mahuta more efficient and attractive. The (Waipoua Forest) think big proposal to transfer some Maunganui Bluff of Ports of Auckland freight activity NorthPort Kai - Iwi Lakes 14 to Northport ís also an exciting Whangārei Vision for Growth proposition for Kaipara businesses Waoku Coast Road especially those that are export (Hokianga Connection proposed) driven. Dargaville 1 12 Great Barrier Island Mangawhai / Aotea Legend Maungatūroto Kaipara District Kaipara District Kaiwaka

Tinopai Little Barrier Island Main Trunk Rail Line Wellsford / Hauturu Pōuto Main Highway connections Warkworth Point

Metal Poutō Road 16

Cycle Route 1 Twin Coast Discovery Helensville Twin Coast Discovery Detours

Major Port Auckland

Airport

Industrial Centre

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Opononi 1 This map shows the main towns and centres that surround the key urban areas. It also shows the plans Tane Mahuta for cycle trail projects which are an 15 aspirational goal to secure more Waoku Coast Road Hokianga Connection of the tourism pie by encouraging Waipoua Forest domestic and international visitors to proposed Trounson Kauri stay longer and spend more. It also Whangārei provides the opportunity to connect Park Kaihū settlements and villages that are not Kaipara Catchment 15 currently connected other than by a Maunganui Bluff State Highway. Kaipara District Kai iwi Lakes 12 Dargaville 1 Twin Coast Discovery 14 Waipu Kaihu Valley Rail Trail Caves (proposed)

Baylys Beach

Mangawhai Legend Piroa Falls Te Kōpuru Maungatūroto Brynderwyns Ruāwai Main Arterial Road (SH 1, 12, 14, 16) 12 Secondary Roads Paparoa Kaiwaka Twin Coast Discovery

Proposed Kaihū Rail Cycle Trail

Puhoi to Warkworth Motorway Upgrade

Dargaville Branch Line (Closed) 1 Wellsford Kaipara Dargaville Branch Line (Open) Harbour North Auckland Line (Freight Only) Poutō Scale: 1_700 000@A3 Okaihau Branch (Track Uplifted) Northhead 16 Warkworth 0 5 10 20km Marsden Point Link (Proposed) Auckland Kawau Island

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$+ Matatina Baylys Beach $+ Pananawe

$+ Te Houhanga Tutamoe Dargaville

Waikarā $+ Donnellys Crossing

Tama te Uaua $+ Ōtūrei $+ $+ Topia Whanau (Rangikurukuru) Kaihu Waikaraka $+ Tutamoe Ahikiwi $+

Taita Mangawhai $+

Tangiterōria $+ Baylys Beach

Te Houhanga $+ Dargaville

Mangawhai Topia Whanau Ōtūrei (Rangikurukuru) $+ $+ $+

Kāpehu $+ Maungaraho Glinks Gully

Rīpia $+

Naumai $+

KAIPARA SPATIAL PLAN - Spatial Framework Overview Ruawai

Parirau $+ 1.2 | Purpose of the Paparoa Otuhianga Te Kōwhai Marae Spatial Plan $+ $+ Matakohe

Pahi Maungaturoto

Rāwhitiroa $+ Dargaville This spatial plan sets out a The towns of Dargaville, | Subdivision Map Legend Waihaua (Arapaoa) $+ framework for future development Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka have had Subdivisions 2000 to 2019 - Kellys Bay $+ Lot Size (Ha) Matatina $+ Baylys Beach in these three Kaipara District small subdivisions but these have Pananawe Ngā Tai < 1ha Whakarongorua $+ Kaiwaka towns. This framework will help generally been on the outer edge, Waiotea Te Houhanga Ōtamatea Mangawhai $+ Waiōhou$+ (Tinopai) $+ Tutamoe 1 - 2 ha $+ Te Pounga leverage growth and development with large 1200m² sections. Refer to $+ Dargaville Tinopai

Waikarā 2 - 4ha opportunities associated with the subdivisions map from 2000 to 2019. $+ Donnellys overflow of the Auckland region’s Crossing 4 - 10a growth and the latent tourism As a result of this trend, the 10 - 20ha Waikāretu (Pōuto) Ōruawharo potential. The Kaipara District also additional capacity in the 20 - 50ha $+ $+ Pouto Point

offers an attractive living opportunity infrastructure to support growth Tama te Uaua > 50ha $+ Ōtūrei $+ $+ Topia Whanau (Rangikurukuru) Kaihu Waikaraka in small communities, which may in the towns has not been created. $+ Tutamoe Ahikiwi be seen to provide a safer and This cyclic effect unfortunately has $+ (C) Crown Copyright Reserved. $+ Data sourced from Land Information New Zealand Data Service. Licensed for re-use under the Creative more resilient living option in a caused potential subdivision activity Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. Care was taken in the creation of this map; however, Kaipara District Council and its contactors cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions or positional accuracy. Not to be used for navigation. post Covid-19 pandemic world. This within the towns, in recent times, to Taita Mangawhai $+ Created by Spatialize.co.nz on 29/07/2019 planning will also enable and support be turned down. N other agencies in health, education SUBDIVISIONS FROM 2000 TO 2019 and businesses to provide the right

Tangiterōria services at the right time. $+ Baylys Beach

Te Houhanga $+ The spatial plan intends to support Dargaville Dargaville the future well-being of existing

residents and future residents who Mangawhai Topia Whanau Ōtūrei (Rangikurukuru) $+ $+ may make the choice to live in these $+ $+ Matatina centres, including those who have Kāpehu $+ Baylys Beach $+ Pananawe not been born yet. Maungaraho Glinks Gully

Rīpia $+ What is the problem we are Te Houhanga $+ Naumai Tutamoe attempting to fix? $+ Dargaville

Waikarā Subdivisions that are occurring Ruawai $+ Parirau Donnellys are often on the edge of the urban $+ Paparoa Crossing Otuhianga Te Kōwhai area and present difficulties with Marae $+ $+ integrating into a future urban form Matakohe Pahi Maungaturoto

and pattern. Rāwhitiroa $+ Legend Waihaua (Arapaoa) $+ Subdivisions 2000 to 2019 - Kellys Bay In the past 9 years, the development Lot Size (Ha) Ngā Tai < 1ha Whakarongorua pattern in the Kaipara District has $+ Kaiwaka Waiotea Ōtamatea Mangawhai Waiōhou$+ (Tinopai) $+ 1 - 2 ha $+ Te Pounga $+ been centred on the growth of Ōtūrei Tinopai Tama te Uaua $+ Topia Whanau (Rangikurukuru) $+ Mangawhai (Heads, village and $+ 2 - 4ha Kaihu Waikaraka 4 - 10a $+ countryside) and in rural land 10 - 20ha Waikāretu Tutamoe 20 - 50ha (Pōuto) Ōruawharo Ahikiwi subdivisions. $+ $+ $+ Pouto Point > 50ha

(C) Crown Copyright Reserved. Data sourced from Land Information New Zealand Data Service. Licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. Care was taken in the creation of this map; however, Kaipara District Council and its contactors cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions or positional accuracy. Not to be used for navigation. Created by Spatialize.co.nz on 29/07/2019 N Taita Resilio Studio | AR + Associates Limited | May 2020 Mangawhai SUBDIVISIONS FROM 2000 TO 2019 12 $+

Tangiterōria $+ Baylys Beach

Te Houhanga $+ Dargaville

Mangawhai Topia Whanau Ōtūrei (Rangikurukuru) $+ $+ $+

Kāpehu $+ Maungaraho Glinks Gully

Rīpia $+

Naumai $+

Ruawai

Parirau $+ Paparoa Otuhianga Te Kōwhai Marae $+ $+ Matakohe

Pahi Maungaturoto

Rāwhitiroa $+ Legend Waihaua (Arapaoa) $+ Subdivisions 2000 to 2019 - Kellys Bay Lot Size (Ha) Ngā Tai < 1ha Whakarongorua $+ Kaiwaka Waiotea Ōtamatea Mangawhai Waiōhou$+ (Tinopai) $+ 1 - 2 ha $+ Te Pounga $+ Tinopai 2 - 4ha

4 - 10a

10 - 20ha Waikāretu (Pōuto) Ōruawharo 20 - 50ha $+ $+ Pouto Point > 50ha

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| Building Consents & Industry BUILDING CONSENTS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS IN KAIPARA TABLE Employment

This table shows a quick analysis of LOCATION 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 TOTAL the recent building consents for new residential dwellings in Kaipara (in Mangawhai 100 144 159 146 127 676 the town and rural areas). This has 16 36 66 56 55 229 been taken directly from Kaipara Mangawhai Heads District Council’s consent system. Kaiwaka 14 30 24 31 33 132 Dargaville 9 13 12 15 22 71 The data shows that, over the past 7 12 12 13 14 58 five years, Mangawhai has nearly Maungatūroto two-thirds of the district’s residential Baylys Beach 2 1 7 15 11 36 building consents. However, Kaiwaka, Paparoa 1 5 7 7 7 27 Dargaville and Maungatūroto have bubbled away at an average of 26, Remainder 28 47 50 40 25 190 14 and 12 building consents per year, (45 areas) respectively combining to nearly 20% of the district’s development. INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT COUNT IN KAIPARA DISTRICT TABLE ANZSIC06 Total Measure Industry Employee Count Area/Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Kaipara District 4450 4650 4900 5100 5100 5300 5500 5500 5600 5500 5400 5400 5400 5300 5500 5700 5900 6100 6600 Kaipara Coastal 470 510 550 660 640 670 680 700 710 740 660 670 690 660 620 640 640 630 680 Maungaru 320 390 430 420 450 440 460 470 460 430 400 420 410 430 460 440 450 430 510 Dargaville 2100 2000 2050 2050 2100 2050 2150 2100 2250 2250 2250 2300 2200 2150 2200 2200 2250 2300 2450 Maungatūroto 500 550 520 580 560 590 700 700 540 520 540 560 520 390 520 510 500 540 610 Kaiwaka 230 290 300 310 320 360 380 390 390 370 330 320 350 330 370 400 440 480 490 Ruāwai-Matakohe 440 470 530 540 530 550 540 550 610 560 530 510 520 570 580 530 580 560 510 Otamatea 170 160 180 160 140 190 210 210 220 170 170 190 190 180 200 230 230 240 240 Mangawhai Rural 55 40 50 65 90 100 90 70 80 80 80 65 90 140 140 300 280 280 420 Mangawhai Heads 85 120 130 140 140 150 160 150 170 170 190 200 200 210 210 220 240 300 350

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| Development conditions upgrades in future years - this is Realising the areas’ economic part of enabling new or improved being addressed through the Long potential including, local infrastructure in the district, but a There are limited spatial guidelines Term Plan (10-year plan) and Kaipara production, industry and tourism wider strategy and tourism provider outside the Kaipara District Plan District Infrastructure Strategy (30- collaboration is needed (which could policy and rules that encourage year plan). Dargaville needs to secure The three towns that are the focus be community- or sector-led). quality residential and business a quality water source that does of this spatial plan are some of the development. One of the prime not compete with other agricultural main employment drivers in the There are environmental, cultural reasons for this spatial planning uses. Maungatūroto needs a staged Kaipara District. Mangawhai has and community concerns about exercise is to investigate what upgrade of its wastewater treatment been growing faster in the past eight development – where it could occur, development conditions and plant and potentially more space years, but these three urban towns the type of development that might enabling infrastructure will be for treatment. It also needs to account for over half of the jobs in occur and the change this could required to turn the rural land investigate increased capacity with the Kaipara District. Collectively they bring. subdivisions development trend its water supply. Kaiwaka does not have grown by 720 jobs between from dispersed to one where have a public water supply which is 2000 and 2018, with Kaiwaka development is attracted to the critical to creating a safe and resilient consisting of the highest growth “The secret of change is centres. By attracting the right type future community. rate with an annual rate of 4.3% to focus all your energy of development and/or growth to per year. There is limited industrial the centres, this can reinvigorate Stormwater catchment management zoned land within all three towns not on fighting the old them with quality housing and more - If all three towns are to develop with many industrial businesses in business opportunities. By having the sustainably, then a thorough the Kaiwaka area choosing to locate but on building the new” clear spatial and design guidance for stormwater catchment analysis their business in the rural zoned - Socrates residential, business and community is required to ensure that future land. This could be for a variety of spaces, people who are wishing development does not propagate the reasons, however anecdotal evidence to invest will be able to realise the current siltation problems that are suggests that industrial land being Everyone deals with change current potential and the future occurring in the Kaipara Harbour. offered in Wellsford and outside differently. For smaller communities, District Plan direction. Whangārei is becoming a more dramatic change can be difficult to State Highway policies viable option for certain types of adjust to. It is therefore important There is an appetite to develop - The New Zealand Transport Agency businesses. Refer to the Industry that clear communication channels in these areas, but investment is (NZTA) is the road controlling Employment Count in Kaipara and transparent processes are constrained by infrastructure at authority for all State Highways in District table on the previous page. established and used to engage capacity for four waters, state New Zealand. All other roads are and involve people with key highway policies and existing either managed by territorial councils Kaipara District at present does not decisions about their place. The land-use zoning. Public - Private or are private. All three towns have its own Economic Development first engagement exercise was very Partnerships (through infrastructure have a State Highway traversing Strategy or Tourism Strategy and important to start to build trust, development agreements) through their centre. Dargaville and is relying on the government and find out where the environmental can be successfully pursued Kaiwaka have proposed and adopted Northland Inc. Te Tai Tokerau - and community sensitivities are and and implemented in a local township plans designed to manage Northland Economic Development use the knowledge of partners and neighbourhood small-scale context the effects that the state highway Strategy (and subsequent action stakeholders to shape the spatial where large landholdings in common traffic has on them. Landowners who plans). It therefore does not have options. The engagement themes ownership can be developed in a wish to develop in Maungatūroto and a tailored strategy and associated are covered in each of the centres comprehensive manner. Kaiwaka have experienced difficulty promotions of infrastructure to section further into this paper. The in gaining access from NZTA in the harness and connect the domestic engagement themes are covered in The four waters infrastructure past. Maungatūroto has a distinctive and international visitors to the many each of the centres section further - Water supply, wastewater, near 90-degree bend on the gateway hidden charms and experiences that into this paper. stormwater and drainage (stop to the town’s mainstreet from the the district has to offer. The progress bank) management are all needing western side, which is problematic of the wharf and cycle trail Provincial significant upgrades through for large freight vehicles and poses Growth Fund bids (as part of the renewals and treatment plant a perceived risk to mainstreet safety Kaipara Kickstart programme), is and amenity.

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| Public Participatory Spatial The public participatory spatial Planning planning approach has been summarised in the graphic below The Kaipara District Council has which shows each of the steps taken. undertaken a public participatory style of spatial planning with involvement with each of the communities and the elected members at each critical decision INDICATIVE TIMELINE point. By incorporating additional touch points than a more traditional approach, the community is able to PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 4 PHASE 5 PHASE 6 PHASE 7 input into the key changes especially Project Constraints, Setting the Option Review Prepare and Present and in testing the options and firming up Initiation: challenges and direction development, feedback and present draft produce the an agreed vision for Kaipara’s key opportunities Initial testing and agree changes: Spatial Plan: final Spatial assessment: evaluation Plan: urban and civic centres. This gives Engagement Options more confidence that the statutory - Early Insights Assessment planning phase will run more - Consultation smoothly with community support Targeted Document Engagement and understanding. This can lead to With Marae less adversarial litigation through – Te Aranga the public hearings phase and Design for Te subsequent appeals phase. Houhanga

By adopting this approach, Kaipara JUNE JULY JULY - AUGUST SEP - NOV DECEMBER FEBRUARY 2020 APRIL 2020 District Council will strive to progress more efficiently towards an operative plan, with overall less cost to council Confirming project Analysis of Setting the vision, Generate Collect and agree Generating draft Finalise the Spatial and the community who partakes brief, programme, key context plan principles, development the changes to the Spatial Plan for Plan following in that future process. It is often deliverables roles including site and key performance options for each draft Spatial Plan review through feedback from difficult to engage with smaller and responsibilities environment, indicators/targets centre, evaluate using themes and decision making previous phase. societal, culture, using agreed options structure communities to keep them energised economic criteria and interested in the future planning and enabling and test with for their place. However, the infrastructure governance groups, experience in this process is that the project partner, stakeholders and communities in each of the towns wider community have been highly engaged which has resulted in council and its partners finding a balance between economic and financial market dynamics, environmental concerns, and cultural and social considerations for sustainable development. ENGAGEMENT

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A hui with Kaipara settlement iwi, 1 | Overview hapū and marae representatives, Kaipara District Council staff and • The engagement event supported an honest exchange the spatial planning project team was held on Tuesday 30 July 2019 • The engagement has opened the door for new and ongoing relationship with hapū/Mana Whenua at a marae level at the Dargaville War Memorial • It is important to get the engagement process right that supports authentic relationships and partnerships Hall. The background and purpose of the Kaipara Spatial Plan in key • This is the start of something exciting and marae representatives look forward to furthering engagement urban areas and its role to assist decision making surrounding the • More information and understanding are needed on the District Plan, its policies, objectives and what the review future development of Dargaville, holds for Mana Whenua Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka was discussed initially. The floor was • Marae engagement will be an extensive process that will require greater resourcing beyond current Kaipara Spatial then open for Mana Whenua to Planning – Dargaville, Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka speak and outline their concerns and aspirations. • A summary of the hui/forum was presented to the Kaipara District Council on Thursday 1st August 2019

Kāpehu Marae

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The conversation was wide-ranging, Aspirations Aspirations Aspirations rather than a verbatim record of the discussion, this section attempts to • Iwi and hapū would like cultural • Kaipara Māori aspire to be • Warm, healthy and affordable distil the key themes that emerged: input into all levels of governance comfortable in their own rohe. housing - Provision for within the Kaipara Spatial Plan • Create a process and systems papakāinga and kaumātua • Developing and fostering project that are for Māori by Māori which housing relationships • Inclusiveness to affirm partnership are also inclusive and effective for • Increasing housing choice, status with council – create non-Māori. improving existing housing so • Bringing our people home stronger, fairer, and more inclusive that they are warm & dry and relations with marae entities Considerations employment for residents and • Papakāinga, warm and dry homes • To see images that are important returning whanau - supporting to Māori reflected in Kaipara • Mana Whenua were initially Ahi Kā (keeping the home fires • Marae – restoration, appropriate Spatial Plan imagery – showing a unclear what a spatial plan was. burning) zoning and infrastructure consciousness of the partnership On explanation, Mana Whenua recommended a spatial plan or Considerations • Education Considerations masterplan be developed for Kaipara Marae. This would be an • Pathways to develop Papakāinga • Industry and workplace • Earlier notification of any further important and fruitful exercise to are considered arduous and opportunities engagement expectations with assist local iwi and hapū’s own discouraging - involving a pre-meeting reading package growth and development. complicated multi levelled land- where possible use rules and regulations, funding • Visit marae for further guidelines and infrastructure engagement – important to challenges. This can be frustrating reach out to whole iwi or hapū when attempting to progress as opposed to only making initiatives in and around the contact with iwi chairperson and marae. Mana Whenua would associated entities like to include in the Spatial • Understand and consider Māori Plan a framework that assists “Lore” – legends and traditions with the process of developing specific to the Kaipara District Papakāinga. The spatial planning • Speak to Māori in clear framework could potentially uncomplicated language to avoid provide the basis for a future misunderstandings regulatory framework to be considered through the district plan review.

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Whenua | Land Mātauranga | Knowledge and Mahi | Work and Employment Taiao | Environment Education Opportunities Opportunities

Aspirations • Mana Whenua do not want to Aspirations Aspirations see Kaipara being regarded as a • Self-sufficiency on own land. testing ground for experimental • Formulation of educational • Become the food basket of the • Protect the Northern Wairoa development and become a programmes and opportunities North with a focus on; River edge and adjacent fertile dumping ground for failed that are directed towards young • Fishing and kai moana land from the effects of climate infrastructure. Māori men and returning whanau, industries change i.e. increased potential of • Issues surrounding areas of based on Kaipara kaupapa and • Market garden industries extreme flooding. Dargaville being located on low- tikanga. • Waipoua Forest, cultivation • To keep culturally and lying, flat, flood-prone land and opportunities environmentally insensitive the demand for landowners to Considerations • Tourism opportunities to development away from Māori remedy situation i.e. Rising water showcase authentic Māori land and waterways i.e. concerns table surrounding Te Houhanga • Increase signage written in Te reo experiences over the adverse effects (known marae and the requirement to - road, park, interpretive etc. • Create more industry and and unknown ones) of the fund connection to the public • Enquire into the Rangatahi voice workplace opportunities from a proposed turbines in the mouth reticulated system as a septic - discover their aspirations. Māori perspective of the Kaipara Harbour, and system is no longer workable. • Populations with a high conflicting land-use establishing percentage of Māori generally Considerations in (or in the vicinity of) culturally consist of a high number of young sensitive areas such as water people. • Tinopai was professed as the bodies, maunga and around Māori centre of the universe - a locally land / Marae. devised resource management • Make things visible so it can plan has been created to advise be seen and monitored, not development in the area. underground and/or underwater. • The hui missed hearing voices of Rangatahi and employed workers Considerations due to the time of the day hui was held. • Ensure Māori land is zoned properly i.e, appropriate to use/ Māori lore. • More attention to land-use and protocols surrounding spatial relationships between various zones adjacent to Māori owned land and areas of significance to Māori. • Support with issues surrounding impoverished marae, in particular noting those under threat of flooding and needing infrastructure servicing solutions.

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After this initial hui, it was identified that further hui were needed with Kaipara Moana (Harbour) taken from the Waikaretu Marae ground Kaipara settlement iwi, hapū and marae representatives in their own space, at more applicable times for them and through the tikanga of their marae. The Kaipara District Council invested in this opportunity with the desire to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and respect the responsibility of being in Rangapū - partnership. It was not possible to visit all Kaipara marae, however, under guidance, panui were sent to Te Houhanga Marae, Ahikiwi Marae and Kapehu Marae to capture the widest range of hapū involvement as possible. These follow up hui were held in the week of the 9th - 13th September 2019. In addition, further hui opportunities were captured through the Kaipara Wharves Feasibility Study between January and March 2020, which provided further learnings that enriched the Key Urban Areas and Sub-Regional spatial planning projects.

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Early in the engagement process, Following discussions and filling out to eat, fun places to gather and Westmount School feedback it was considered vital to gather a the surveys, students were separated areas to be active both indoors and summary thorough perspective from all ages into small groups and given an outdoors, such as bowling alleys and of the community to uncover an interactive, 3-dimensional landscape cinemas. They want to go on cycle Six groups of two-four students understanding of what their needs ‘board’ as well as buildings and and walking adventures and are into were asked to build their own town and aspirations were for their towns. a range of other urban design renewable energy. They are not really in a layered approach. The main In order to hear the youth voice, it elements such as key infrastructure interested in higher density living difference between this group of and amenities like parks and arrangements however, there was students and others was their strong was necessary to engage with them community facilities. Students were some appeal for apartment living. focus on business activities with the in a different way than public open asked to design their visionary town, students introducing a gondola / days. keeping in mind the landscape form While the town design ‘board luge attraction. The groups differed presented on their board, such as game’ activity was used, a slightly in their household choices with many On the 9th, 10th and 13th of hills, rivers, plains and coastal edges. different survey was delivered to groups thinking about pedestrian September 2019, a series of youth This design activity captured a the students of North Tec as their friendly areas away from vehicles. engagement workshops were range of densities, from rural lifestyle age bracket was generally above held at Otamatea High, Dargaville blocks through to apartment living 18 and included young adults and The discussion that followed the High, Ruāwai College, North Tec and explored the interconnections adults who had gone back to study activity and survey centred around Polytechnic and Westmount School between these different settlement after leaving school some time ago. how to grow Maungatūroto in an in Maungatūroto. A selection of patterns. The variety of ideas and The purpose of the survey was to economically sustainable way by students from all ages and courses information gathered from engaging get an understanding of how higher unlocking key parcels close to the were invited to participate in the with Kaipara youth was a valuable education could be further enhanced town centre which at some stage workshops. part of the Spatial Planning process. or expanded. may even support public transport services to other nearby towns and Otamatea High School - NorthTec Dargaville_ Summary Whangārei or Auckland. The workshops involved discussions Maungatūroto and Kaiwaka of Feedback from Education and about what spatial planning is, what feedback summary Training Survey Ruāwai College feedback summary Kaipara District Council’s role is and its influence through the District Youth in Maungatūroto and In the general discussion that The general theme from the survey Plan. A survey was distributed at the Kaiwaka would generally like more preceded the session, it was evident and discussion following the board workshop and also circulated around recreational activities and more that the North Tec re-structure was game exercise was that young the wider school community through places to go and eat. They would like having a significant effect on the people felt there were limited an online format. Students were to have more communal public areas future of the campus in Dargaville. activities to keep them entertained given the opportunity to envision and public events that are open at With limited leadership and low in Ruāwai and that the majority were their perfect town and asked to appropriate times for teenagers to numbers for some courses, the likely to leave next year for education share what activities they like to do, participate. They are also interested campus courses are at risk of being courses outside the district. There what places they like to go to and in maintaining a native and natural transferred to Whangārei. There is was also a concern around climate what facilities they feel are missing in landscape environment. also a disconnect between the large change and the impact of flooding manufacturing firms needs in Kaipara events on the town. They did not their towns. Dargaville High School feedback District, and the types of courses like living in wet housing and the summary being supplied by North Tec. potential health effects caused by that environment. The general theme gauged from Dargaville youth was that they would like a vibrant refreshed town that has good shops with a variety of places

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Design principles help to guide 1 | Core Māori Values the possible future development of Dargaville, Kaiwaka and • Rāngatiratanga - Self determination • Wairuatanga - Spirituality • Mātauranga - Māori world view Maungatūroto. The Design principles are organised under two headings, • Kaitiakitanga - Guardianship • Kōtahitanga - Unity Te Aranga Design Principles and • Manaakitanga - Hospitality • Whānaungatanga - Kinship Community Design Principles.

2 | Te Aranga Design Principles

Mana Rāngatiratanga Taiao Ahi Kā

Whakapapa Mauri Tū

Tohu Mahi Toi

3 | Community Design Principles

Kaitiakitanga / Guardianship /Stewardship

Engagement Legibility Treasured

Diversity Accessibility Safety

Integration of uses Resilience + adaptation Revitalisation

Connectivity Celebration Feasibility + viability

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The key objective of Te Aranga with guidance and involvement from Māori Design values and principles Mana Whenua. Te Aranga Principles is to enhance the protection, can be implemented in a number of reinstatement, development and Kaipara District projects such as new articulation of Mana Whenua cultural bridges, gateways, cycle and walking landscapes and to enable all of us paths, public squares, parks, facilities (Mana Whenua, mataawaka, tauiwi such as public toilets, and public and manuhiri) to connect with and to buildings such as new libraries. deepen our collective appreciation of ‘sense of place’. The following core Māori values have informed the development of the outcome- oriented Te Aranga Māori Design Principles:

• Rāngatiratanga - self determination • Kaitiakitanga- guardianship • Manaakitanga - hospitality • Wairuatanga - spirituality • Kōtahitanga - unity • Whānaungatanga - kinship • Mātauranga - Māori world view

While Te Aranga Design Principles are well recognised throughout New Kāpehu Marae Zealand, it is important to note that in keeping with the principle Mana Rāngatiratanga, it should not be assumed that Mana Whenua want to use these principles to inform their contribution to the spatial design process. Whether to use this framework or not, it should be confirmed as part of the initial engagement with the relevant iwi authorities.

Through engagement and detailed discussion with Mana Whenua, Te Aranga Principles have been adopted for this project. A range of opportunities have been identified and as the spatial plan develops these will be prioritised and refined

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Mana Rāngatiratanga Whakapapa

The status of iwi and hapū as Mana Te Iwi o Te Roroa Māori names, Tūpuna, narratives and Hold workshops that highlight the Whenua is recognised, respected Recognise our Mana Rāngatiratanga customary practices are celebrated history of the hapū and Iwi and the and appropriately addressed in the over our natural, physical, spiritual and honoured to enhance the sense early pioneers to see how names design environment. and other taonga/resources of place connections. could be designated for areas of including our knowledge/Matauranga significance along with appropriate Attributes: of the natural world (cycles, plant Attributes: summaries of the associated events. sourcing, whenua etc). • Provides a platform for working We should always be included in any • Recognises and celebrates the Te Iwi o Te Roroa relationships where Mana Whenua planning, especially if it concerns significance of Mana Whenua Reclaim historical areas within the values, world views, tikanga, land, water, sea and air. ancestral names. Kaipara District through changing cultural narratives and visual • Recognises ancestral names as names and places back to their identity can be appropriately entry points for exploring and traditional/original names. expressed in the design honouring tūpuna, historical environment. narratives and customary • High-quality treaty based practises associated with relationships are fundamental to development sites and their the application of the other Te ability to enhance sense of place Aranga principles connections.

Examples Examples

Dargaville | Dargaville | Mana whenua working in partnership Apply dual naming to Dargaville / to with Kaipara District Council. reinstate traditional Māori name. Kānohi ki te kānohi - regular, in Present and promote dual naming person, in the flesh hui. for signage and location names. Te reo name for spatial plan / Mana Whenua Feedback district plan which reflects a māori worldview approach to a long-term Te Houhanga Marae local plan. Mana whenua work with autonomy Rename places of significance. on our land. Mana Whenua Feedback Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust Involve Māori at the very beginning, Te Houhanga Marae pre -design of ‘how to engage Rename Station Road to reflect the with Māori’. For example, provide traditional / cultural narrative of Te education surrounding spatial Houhanga marae. planning and to workshop with how engagement could be designed and Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust implemented - ‘allow us to deliver to It is important to those that live us in a way that is meaningful to us, within te rohe o Te Uri o Hau, that with guidance from Council’. they know who maintains Ahi Kā and exercises manawhenua. Extensive research needs to be undertaken to locate former names.

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Tohu Taiao

Mana Whenua sites and cultural awareness when resource consent The natural environment is protected, Develop this into a botanicals/ landmarks are acknowledged, applications are made. revitalised and/or enhanced to levels nutraceuticals business managed, protected and enhanced, Adopting Tohu has potential to where Mana Whenua harvesting opportunity utilising mana where appropriate, to reinforce a develop unique tourism experiences is possible and native ecosystems whenua with Callaghan sense of place and identity. of an educational & spiritual nature, restored to clean and acceptable Innovation Research and New that could result in a tourism levels. Zealand Trade & Enterprise for Attributes: destination that connects into a global network connections network of destinations both tangata Attributes: • Acknowledges a Māori world whenua and other. Te Iwi o Te Roroa view of the wider significance of • Sustains and enhances the natural Working in partnership to tohu / landmarks and their ability Te Iwi o Te Roroa environment. identify and assist with design to inform the design of specific Raise Pou around the District. • Local flora and fauna which are elements that will compliment/ development sites. Erect a lunar calendar in Dargaville familiar and significant to Mana enhance a site before and after • Supports a process whereby and Kai Iwi Lakes to enable the Māori Whenua are key natural landscape development. significant sites can be identified, world view, historical events and elements within urban and / or managed, protected and connections to be showcased. modified areas. enhanced. • Natural environments are • Celebrates local and wider unique protected, restored or enhanced cultural heritage and community to levels where sustainable Mana characteristics that reinforce a Whenua harvesting is possible. sense of place and identity. Examples Examples Dargaville | Dargaville | Stream side planting of Wairoa and Development of interpretive signage Kaihū waterways to improve water for sites of cultural significance. quality and ecological connectivity. Native planting is incorporated into All sites of significance are streetscapes, parks and reserves. recognised and protected through Work with Mana Whenua to develop the district plan, including significant planting plans for the revitalisation of view-shafts, neighbouring properties stream and native ecosystems. This and adjacent land-holdings. could include flora that is familiar Take stock of not only land plots and significant to Mana Whenua and and their fit for purpose, but also native species eco-sourced from the adjacent land uses and how to zone Kaipara area. them for compatibility. Support the development of Mana Mana Whenua Feedback Whenua interpretive signage strategy. Te Houhanga Marae Produce a masterplan that assumes Mana Whenua Feedback a worst-case scenario

Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust Cultural Landscape could provide Building capacity for our Kaitaki and for protection of tapu sites and give whanau around scientific approaches to enhance and maintain the mauri of te taiao is key.

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Mauri Tū Mahi Toi

Ecology, water and soils are Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust Iwi / hapū narratives are captured recognised and protected. The The value of a rahui, a Māori concept and expressed creatively and quality of wai, whenua, ngahere and to forbid, for whatever reason, Is a appropriately into the design by iwi hau takiwā are actively monitored, mechanism that the Council could mandated design / art professionals. and community wellbeing is explore and support. Potentially enhanced. Council could use the term and Attributes: explore how mana whenua can be Attributes: empowered through the use of rahui. • Ancestral names, local tohu Establishes our mana whenua to the and iwi narratives are creatively • The wider development area and general public. reinscribed into the design all elements and developments environment including landscape; within the site are considered Te Iwi o Te Roroa architecture; interior design and on the basis of protecting, Identify future projects in which public art. maintaining or enhancing mauri. Māori can contribute matauranga • Iwi / hapū mandated design • The quality of wai, whenua, to raise the Mauri of the natural professionals and artists are ngahere and hau takiwā are areas within the planning and design appropriately engaged in such actively monitored. phase. processes. • Community well-being is enhanced. Examples

Examples Dargaville | • Create cultural markers at the Dargaville | entrance to town (gateways) by Productive soils are recognised and local artists. protected. • Support for local iwi artists to present a unique local body of Mana Whenua Feedback work. • Development of a Dargaville Te Houhanga Marae cultural art strategy. • Net-zero energy - passive design • Investment in artistic & solar energy for lighting, space representation of sites of cultural heating, water heating and significance. appliances. • Net-zero water - water sensitive Mana Whenua Feedback design, water harvesting and filtration and ecological Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust wastewater systems. Mahi Toi is the embodiment of our • Productive landscapes - e.g. mara identity. rongoa, mara kai, pā harakeke (medicine, food, fibre). Te Iwi o Te Roroa • Shared / community food Allow for input at the planning and systems. design phases to ensure that Māori presence and narratives are part of the project/development.

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Ahi Kā

Iwi / hapū have a living and Mana Whenua Feedback enduring presence that is secure and valued within their rohe - this Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust can be through customary, cultural The heart of Ahi Kā is the marae, it and commercial dimensions and is a place we will return to when we delivered through kaitiaki roles. have finished living, working and playing. The infrastructure for our Attributes: marae, due to the remoteness, has been undeveloped. • Mana Whenua live, work and play within their own rohe. Te Iwi o Te Roroa • Acknowledges the post-Treaty of The mauri of nature will mirror in the Waitangi settlement environment mauri of the people it attempts to where iwi living presences can sustain. include customary, cultural and commercial dimensions. • Living iwi / hapū presence and associated kaitiaki roles are resumed within urban areas

Examples

Dargaville | • Information centre and highlight the cultural, historical and living presence of Mana Whenua in this rohe. • Employment opportunities for local Mana Whenua. Upgraded public toilets to encourage greater use of public space for locals and visitors. • Camping to encourage structured and well-maintained spots for visitors and locals to enjoy the natural surroundings. • Education opportunities for Mana Whenua are enabled through the spatial plan. • Papakāinga housing is recognised and provided for in the spatial plan. View over Kaipara Harbour from Poutō Point

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Kaitiakitanga / Guardianship / Safety Connectivity Resilience + adaptation Stewardship Kaipara centres provide a safe Connect the Kaipara centres to Kaipara centres are responsive Local residents and community network of paths, facilities and open their landscapes, embracing their to and have strategies in place to groups are encouraged/supported spaces consistent with the Ministry distinctive features. A connected adapt to unforeseen / unexpected to lead community-wide initiatives of Justice’s Seven Qualities of Safer network of walkways, cycleways and events including issues relating including but not limited to Spaces: access; good surveillance streets will allow for easy movement to sea level rise, extreme weather community planting groups, citizen and clear sightlines; clear and into and through the towns and the events, changing market conditions, science programmes, cycle safety logical layout; a mix of activity; a surrounding landscape. economic contraction and changes events etc. sense of ownership; high-quality in demographic trends. environments; and where necessary, active security measures. Legibility Engagement Celebration Create a network of streets, Work with the public throughout Revitalisation parks and civic spaces that are Places and spaces are provided the development of the Kaipara understandable and contribute to for the community and cultural Spatial Planning project process Recognise the importance of Kaipara the visual character and legibility of activation including activities such to ensure the public understands centres heritage, conservation and the townscape. as community events, markets, and the complexity, constraints and landscapes, improving function and cultural and seasonal celebrations. challenges associated with their quality of life for local residents, community and so that their whilst reinforcing the town's Accessibility concerns and aspirations are distinctive sense of place and Treasured consistently understood and community. Create barrier-free environments considered. that enhance social interaction. The stories, unique elements Kaipara centres become accessible and local identity are revealed, Feasibility + viability to as wide a user group as possible, maintained and/or enhanced within Diversity including children, elderly and the design and aesthetics of the The spatial plan provides value people with health conditions or townscape. Work towards developing a healthy, for money outlining a wide impairments. diverse and ‘complete’ community range of realistic development that allows all members to live, work, opportunities and regeneration play and learn within the community projects with multiple pathways for as they choose. implementation.

Integration of uses

Ensure that uses are integrated together (rather than separated) to ensure that complemented uses are co-located and the town centre can become an appealing destination that encompasses the economic and social needs of residents and visitors.

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Housing in the Kaipara District Live - High-Density Work - Mixed-Use tends to be traditional and stand- alone. We are used to large sections and houses with plenty of space. With social, demographic, financial and environmental changes, there is likely to be greater demand for more urban-style accommodation Apartment Retirement Village with a wider choice of housing options. This could include additional semi-detached houses, Work - Main Street townhouses, duplexes and mixed-use developments including retail, office and living in the same block and Town Housing Terrace Housing building, with easy access to high- quality open spaces and facilities. A greater choice of housing options - Live - Medium-Density size, cost, maintenance requirements - also provide a more accessible housing market for generational growth within the communities; as people move through each stage Work - Industry Learn - Schools of their lives, from individuals or couples, to young families, to empty- Duplex Housing Papakāinga nesters, and retirement.

The images adjacent show a range of housing choices, and different types of land zonings to promote business activities that we may consider for the future. The important public Single family house on a smaller section Small lot Small House spaces and institutions that support Live - Low-Density Play - Recreational the community are also represented.

Single family home on large sections Countryside Living

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Kaipara District’s geographical | National Policy Statements - The new NPS-Urban Development | Regional directions location between Auckland and national directions is intended to replace the existing Whangārei and spanning across both National Policy Statement on Urban As a regional authority, Northland west and east coasts places it in an National Policy Statements (NPS) Development Capacity 2016 and Regional Council must amend economically and environmentally are set by the New Zealand central to broaden its reach. As with the its regional policy statement and strong position to grow and support government to provide direction existing NPS, local authorities for regional plans (air, land, water and its communities. In order to promote to local government and decision- urban areas experiencing high coastal plan provisions) to deliver the sustainable growth for the Kaipara makers regarding matters of growth will be required to produce outcomes prescribed in the various District, consistency with national national significance which align Future Development Strategies and NPS’s. The Northland Regional and regional policy documents is in meeting the purpose of the Housing and Business Development Policy Statement (NRPS) identifies fundamental so that an appropriate Resource Management Act 1991. In Capacity Assessments. The new those areas of regional significance planning framework is put in place producing this spatial plan, extensive Future Development Strategy which must be protected - including to enable the balance to be struck consideration was given to the provisions are designed to achieve ecologically significant areas, between growth potential, economic outcomes and objectives of the better spatial planning, including sensitive riparian margins and development opportunities, and relevant NPS, including in particular: by identifying locations for future rivers, as well as coastal and rural protection of natural and cultural intensification, locations where urban landscapes. values. • The New Zealand Coastal Policy development should be avoided, Statement 2010 and infrastructure requirements to | Kaipara - local directions Once adopted, this spatial plan can • National Policy Statement for adequately service that growth. be considered when deciding on Freshwater Management 2014 As a local authority, the Kaipara a resource consent application as (amended 2017) Of particular relevance to Kaipara District Council is legally required providing strategic direction as an • National Policy Statement on District is how the NPS-Urban to update its own policy documents 'other document' under s104 of the Urban Development Capacity Development also includes measures and district plans to give effect to Resource Management Act 1991. This 2016 to support growth in existing urban the NPS. This is achieved through the is particularly useful in a transitional areas by recognising that amenity district plan review and additional period between now, when the Furthermore, the spatial plan has values can change over time and by-laws the council deems relevant spatial plan is confirmed and sets out been prepared having regards to enabling a range of dwelling types to fulfill its obligations to the higher the future direction for these centres, proposed national policy statements, and locations. Furthermore, the order regional and national policy and when the new planning rules, including in particular: NPS-Urban Development will sit documents. Further, decision-makers policies and zones are introduced alongside the proposed NPS on on plans, policy statements, resource to the new Kaipara District Plan • Proposed National Policy Highly Productive Land and the consents and other matters must enabling the outcomes identified in Statement on Indigenous proposed NPS on Indigenous consider the NPS as part of their this spatial plan. Biodiversity Biodiversity. The interaction process. • Proposed National Policy between the three national policy Statement on Urban Development statements will be of interest, in (NPS-Urban Development) particular, the balance to be struck • Proposed National Policy between growth potential, economic Statement for Highly Productive development opportunities for rural- Land production economic based districts such as the Kaipara, and protection of natural values.

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This diagram shows all the inputs and outputs for this spatial plan National Policy Statement on including what documents it will Urban Development Capacity influence in the future or function New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement alongside with. Proposed NPS Highly Productive Land 2017

NRC Regional Plan & Regional Policy Regional Infrastructure Statement Plan NZTA, MBIE, NRC AUG 2019

Kaipara District Plan Kaipara District Council 2021 - 2031 Long Term Plan 2021 - 2031

Mangawhai Structure Spatial Planning for the Key KDC Asset Management Plan Review Plan Review 2020 Urban Areas of Dargaville, 2020 Maungatūroto & Kaiwaka APRIL 2020 Dargaville Township KDC Wastewater and Plan & Twin Coast Water supply model for Discovery Route PBC all reticulated Towns Implementation 2019 AUG 2019

KDC Walking & Cycling Dargaville Placemaking Strategy Plan 2017 2015 KDC Parks and open space strategy 2006 Maungatūroto Kaiwaka Township Kaipara Kickstart Action Plans Improvement Plan Programme 2016 2016 2019-2020

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