Kāpiti Coast Choosing Futures Community Outcomes Te Horo Local Outcomes Te Horo is a peaceful rural and coastal community with a unique environment stretching from the Tararua Ranges to the sea. Te Horo has traditionally served as a ‘food basket’ for harvesting and gathering from sea, river, streams, land and bush, which must be preserved for future generations. 1 Contents Page Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Districtwide Outcome 1: There are healthy natural systems which people can enjoy ..................................... 7 Districtwide Outcome 2: Local character is retained within a cohesive District.............................................. 10 Districtwide Outcome 3: The Nature and rate of population growth is appropriate to community goals ....... 12 Districtwide Outcome 4: The community makes wise use of local resources................................................ 13 Districtwide Outcome: 5 There is increased choice to work locally................................................................ 15 Districtwide Outcome 6: The District is a place that works for young people................................................. 16 Districtwide Outcome 7: The District has a strong, healthy, safe and involved community........................... 17 2 Introduction The Kāpiti Coast: Choosing Future-Community Outcomes process was initiated between 2003-04 and reviewed in 2008-09, aiming to represent community aspirations for the District. Nine other Local Outcomes Statements, similar to this Te Horo one, have been developed by and for the various communities within the District. The Kāpiti Choosing Futures: – Community Outcomes provides the umbrella document which covers environment, growth management, protection of character, access, efficient use of resources, increasing local employment choices, creating a place that works for young people, and general enjoyment of what the Kāpiti Coast has to offer. This Te Horo Local Outcomes statement documents the specific issues for Te Horo that arise under the broader District outcomes. Community Outcomes acknowledge the particular character of the Te Horo community and the vision it has and what the predominant themes and issues are. Community Outcomes researches and records the focus for Te Horo providing future guidance for what is important to the people who live and work there. 3 Background Settlement History Te Horo Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga The elements that have shaped the basic form of settlement of the Peka Peka Ngāti Raukawa (Kukutauaki north) Te Horo area are: Peka Peka Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai (Kukutauaki natural features, for example the Ōtaki and Waikanae Rivers south) and Mangaone Stream, their estuaries and significance as a Katihiku Marae in Te Horo, Tama Te Hura, was established in its food source; current location in 1913. The Marae will celebrate its centenary in the coastal environment; 2013. the location of Māori settlement, for example Katihiku Present day Te Horo is usually viewed as extending from south of Marae; the Ōtaki River across the Hautere Plain to Te Hapua. clearing and drainage of land for farming; the establishment of the railway and subsequently the State Te Horo township Highway. From the early twentieth century, Te Horo developed as a service Māori settlement patterns within the Te Horo area prior to European settlement for surrounding farms centred around the then railway settlement consisted of seasonal settlements associated with station and the main highway. harvest, particularly fishing and some permanent settlements of It is a small rural community that has grown either side of State varying sizes. Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway Line, with Te The Māori translation of Te Horo literally means landslide. But it is Horo Beach on the west side clustered at the beach and the rest of suggested that another derivation of the name comes from an Ati Te Horo on the east side centred around the school, the church and Awa chief, Te Hau te Horo who was killed on the hill behind what is the Te Horo Community Hall on School Road, with surrounding now Marycrest during the battle of Haowhenua. (Changing faces of farmland and lifestyle blocks stretching up to the Tararua Ranges. Te Horo 2009) At times in the past, Te Horo has been a bigger busier, settlement. For tāngata whenua, Te Horo extends down to Peka Peka and up On the corner of Gear Road and School Road there are concrete to Kuku and there is no distinction between Te Horo Beach and Te remains of the Cheese Factory building. Te Horo at one time Horo. The local iwi and hapū are: boasted a Blacksmiths, a Billiard Rooms, 5 churches and 85 Ōtaki Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga dairies/creameries. 4 From 1902 the Hautere Cross Post Office operated from the Te Horo also has some of the best back dune wetlands in the farmhouse on the corner of what is now Ōtaki Gorge Road, the District including the Te Hapua Wetland complex. These wetlands original house was built in 1892 and is still there. are recognised ecological features in the District Plan. In 2012 the estimated population of Te Horo (including Te Horo Te Horo Beach settlement is bounded geographically by the Beach) is 700 and 1500 for Ōtaki Forks. Mangaone Stream on its northern boundary, the coast to the west and an outstanding dunescape in the south and east. The village is Rural Lands accessed by a single road running alongside the Mangaone From the Tararua Ranges to the sea, the Te Horo and Hautere area Stream. There has been considerable development around Te Horo has a strong traditional focus on horticulture, along with dairying Beach, especially along the coast both north and south of the and pastoral farming. The high quality soils in the area offer settlement. Access to the beach is an issue, as is harvesting of significant potential for economic growth of the rural productive stones and driftwood from the beach. sector. The Te Horo Local Outcomes have been developed from existing The Te Horo area is now becoming known for its market gardening, information and documents and input from the community. This small industries such as berry, olive and lavender production as includes: well as life-style properties. Kapiti Coast Coastal Strategy 2006 There are around 100 to 200 people employed in the Te Horo area. Greater Ōtaki Vision 2007 There is no definitive centre or concentrated cluster of economic Kapiti Coast Development Management Strategy 2007 activity within the area; rather a small number of convenience, commercial and industrial activities spread over a wide area (Kāpiti Changing Faces of Te Horo – a record of an exhibition at the Otaki Employment Areas Study 2011, p16). Museum October 2009 published by the Otaki Heritage Bank Preservation Trust. Te Horo Beach Te Horo School A Centennial Mosaic 1893 to 1993 commissioned by the Te Horo School Centennial Jubilee Committee The Te Horo beach area is made up of a stone beach backed by a Input from the Te Horo School, Friends of Te Horo Beach, Katihiku succession of low stone fore dunes, sand flats and back dunes, with Marae and from the wider community (through community scrubland behind. workshops). The stone beach is unique and in contrast to the sand beaches This outcomes document includes the seven District wide outcomes throughout the rest of the District. The stones extend south from the that are relevant to the Te Horo area and additional outcomes specifically for Te Horo that have been drawn from the above Ōtaki River, forming a bank in front of the Te Horo Beach information. settlement. 5 Te Horo School - Our children, Our community, Our future. The school has been a focal point of the community since 1893 Things the current students value about Te Horo include: when it was built on land donated by the Gear family who farmed the rural outdoors; hunting, hiking and camping in Ōtaki much of Te Horo. The school’s vision and school song reflect many Forks and the Tararua Ranges; of the values and aspirations raised by the community during the the countryside with trees to climb, space to play and ride development of the Te Horo Local Outcomes. bikes and horses to ride; TE HORO – WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN Farms and good soil for growing things, hay bales for jumping on; CHORUS: The beach for swimming and fishing, sand dunes, the Te Horo we are your children and we’ll always be sunset; No matter where we roam We’ll always think of you as home It’s quiet and peaceful, no traffic; Te Horo A safe community with friendly people who know each other; It’s very clean, no litter; VERSE 1 Lots to do, school entertainment, Paddy’s Mart. Your land rich and fertile, giving treasure endlessly Gardens of plenty, green fields and laden trees In sight of the Tararuas, from the bushline to the sea You’re the place we call our home, you’re the place we love to be. School Motto VERSE 2 You’re the place we’ll remember, you’ve shaped the way Actions speak louder than words we’ve grown Thanks for all that you’ve given. All the things we call our own Ma te mahi kihai te kōrero In our thoughts and our feelings you’ll always play a part Wherever we go, we’ll carry you with us in our heart. Written for the Centennial of the School by Dave Chadwick. 6 Districtwide Outcome 1: There