We have a plan for recreation on Arawa Road

Kia ora, welcome to the Arawa Road recreation plan project page. Here, you’ll find everything you need to know about the project, including the decision document, the final concept plan, and next steps. Check out the information on the right-hand side of this page for all this and more.

About the project

Arawa Road and Penelope Place is a small settlement in Pongakawa located off State Highway 2, with approximately 70 homes adjacent to orchards and dairy farms.

The Arawa Road Reserve is an unformed paper road often used by the local community and grazed by an adjacent landowner.

During 2022 we engaged with the Arawa Road/Penelope Place community to see what recreation opportunities they would like to see provided. This was in response to feedback received through development of the Te Puke-Maketu Reserve Management Plan in 2021/2022

In April 2023, Council adopted the final concept plan along with agreeing to a staged approach of implementation.

What’s changed?

The proposed community garden was not included in the final concept plan based on community feedback.

There will be improved management and maintenance of the pumice track to enhance access for walking and cycling.

Next steps

The first stage of implementation will be carried out in the short term (next 1-2 years) where we will enhance the use of the road reserve for recreation purposes including:

• Development of natural play features
• Maintaining the existing pumice track including periodic mowing and removal of grazing
• Working with the adjacent property owner to realign the fence with the correct road reserve boundary

We have included funding in the proposed Annual Plan 2023/24 for this.

Decision Story

Whether you’ve been part of the process up to this point or heard about the project more recently, the Arawa Road Decision Story will provide you with key milestones, the reasons we reached these decisions, and who helped us along the way.