INVERCARGILL:
The Big PictureNON-STATUTORY SPATIAL PLAN INVERCARGILL CITY DISTRICT : JANUARY 2012
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Invercargill - the big picture
• Population Growth
• Southland Museum and Art Gallery Redevelopment
• Sustainability
• Urban Revitalisation/Warm Homes
• Visitor Centre
• Sport and Recreation - Walking/Cycling Tracks and Open
Space
• Youth Opportunities
• Awarua Industrial Estate
• Bluff Foreshore Redevelopment
• Central Business District Upgrade
• City Marketing and Events
• Community Safety
• District Plan Review
• Elderly Persons’/Social Housing
• Friendly City
CounCil Vision
Creating an exciting, innovative, safe, caring and friendly City offering lifestyles based on a healthy environment and diverse growing economy.
CounCil has identified Key ProjeCts to assist with aChieVing the Vision
imPlementationThe Vision takes a 30-year horizon. Its implementation will be prioritised to ensure affordability matters are considered as well as
community support. Working together with people and organisations is important in achieving the Vision.
One of the benefits of being your Mayor is that I’m constantly
flying above the city. Invercargill is a beautiful, dazzling jewel of
a city at 500 feet. And if you are fortunate enough to be sitting
by a window you may be able to gaze across a magnificent light
show. It’s like visiting a hundred Gimblett Places at the same
time during Christmas. There are not many cities in the world
where regular commercial aircraft fly so low above the CBD.
The aim of the Spatial Plan is to give us all such a revealing
overview of our proud city and how we view its development.
This is an aspirational, visionary document and Council thanks
the community for its feedback.
Tim Shadbolt
MAYOR
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are the main suburban centres for retail, entertainment and
some services.
• The Community Precints are areas that share some form of
common identity or interest. In many cases they are based
on existing schools.
Identifying the Inner City, the Suburban Nodes and the
Community Precints in this way enables those making decisions
to better understand the structure of the community. The
Council can reinforce the identity of the Inner CIty, the
Suburban Nodes and the Community Precincts in many ways eg.
in the way it arranges its roading, walkway and cycle lane links.
The Spatial Plan reflects corporate knowledge. This has been
gathered in three ways:
• In January 2011 the Councillors undertook a spatial planning
exercise at their weekend workshop in Te Anau.
• In December 2010 senior staff also undertook a spatial
planning workshop.
• The Spatial Plan also reflects the knowledge of senior staff,
about Invercargill.
The Spatial Plan has been through a process of consultation,
and it has been reconsidered in response to that consultation.
It now reflects the community’s and the Council’s vision of
Invercargill and the way it can realistically and sensibly be
encouraged to develop and, in places, redevelop. As such, it is
a valuable reference document for decision making by both the
Council itself and also by the private sector.
This Spatial Plan for Invercargill sets out in mapped form the
long-term (30 year) strategic direction for the city.
Spatial Plans are used widely overseas, often for large
metropolitan areas subject to rapid growth. Their usefulness
lies in the way they record, on a set of maps, the spatial context
of decisions made and directions established in the other types
of plans the Council is required to prepare. For example, the
Council is required to prepare asset management plans for
reticulated services, parks management plans, activity plans for
the ways it delivers services, and a District Plan for managing
land use, but until now there has not been one document which
shows the strategic thinking behind all these plans in relation to,
say, South Invercargill.
This Spatial Plan reflects the Council’s vision for the City, ie.
“Creating an exciting, innovative, safe, caring and friendly
City offering lifestyles based on a healthy environment and a
diverse, growing economy.”
This Spatial Plan is deliberately simple. It shows as much as
possible in map form. Text has been kept to a minimum, and
attempts to articulate the values of parts of the city, and the
issues that need to be addressed in relation to those values.
Frequent mention is made of history and culture – Invercargill is
rich in both.
The Plan introduces a heirarchy of Community Nodes and
Community Precincts.
• The Inner City is the principal commercial, retail and
entertainment service centre of Invercargill.
• The Suburban Nodes at Waikiwi, Windsor and South City
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The MapsThe maps for the Spatial Plan have been developed from the existing District Plan maps. In some instances, there is no “new”
information for that map. These maps have been omitted as indicated on the map index.
Information on hazard - especially inundation and storm surge - is an important dimension of the Spatial Plan. In order to keep the maps
as legible as possible, the hazard information is shown as a separate map.
For the same reason, the Council’s current planned network of Walking Tracks and Cycle Lanes is also mapped separately.
acknowledgeMenTFrequent mention is made in the text to the following publications:
• The cry of the People: The Tangi a Tauira. Ngai Tahuki Murihiku Natural Resource and Environmental Management Plan 2008.
• What’s in a Name: The Origin of the Street and Suburb Names of Invercargill, Bluff, Otatara. Wendy McArthur 2006.
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norTh road Values:
• An area of highly versatile and productive soils near to
Invercargill.
• A clear “edge” to urban Invercargill, defining both city and
country in landscape terms.
• A convenient and central location for activities which service
the rural community.
• Opportunities for rural living close to the city.
Issues:
• There is a need to better define a “gateway” to the city.
The roundabout at the intersection of North Road and the
Riverton – Lorneville – Dacre Highway is now the gateway to
Invercargill. The State Highway south to Invercargill needs
appropriate landscaping – perhaps as an avenue of deciduous
trees.
• Network corridors and their functionality need to be
protected:
· State Highways (to protect functionality, access points to a
State Highway have to be limited).
· The rail corridor.
· The water mains linking the city with the city supply at
Branxholme.
· Overhead electricity network lines 110 kV or greater.
· A potential road corridor alongside the rail corridor to the
west of North Road.
• There is potential for “ribbon development” which could
compromise the functionality of network corridors and result
in increased in demand for services.
• Options should be kept open for rural servicing or light
industrial activities oriented to the rural sector (not “big box”
retail which belongs in or near the Invercargill City Centre),
in the area to the west of North Road extending as far as the
rail corridor, south of the Riverton Highway. If this option
is developed an internal roading system would be required.
Consideration would need to be given to reticulated services
and how they would be funded. In the longer term, this
could be extended to the east conditional on development of
roading access.
• Open space: Some form of green space to the north of
properties fronting Moores Road to provide a buffer between
the residential area and any future rural servicing activity
would be desirable.
• There is a need to collaborate with the Southland District
Council on common rural issues.
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wesT plaInsValues:
• A variety of productive rural activities, some located on
versatile soils of high productivity.
• Conservation values – particularly the waterways and Lake
Murihiku.
• Parts of the area are important for the management of flood
events which could otherwise affect the built-up area of
Invercargill.
Issues:
• Residential expansion and other buildings on land subject to
inundation.
• Appropriate management of sites used for landfill and
cleanfill.
• Maintaining the functionality of the airport.
• Address on-going land management issues in collaboration
with Environment Southland.
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norTh road/waIkIwIValues:
• Important network corridors pass through this area.
• An area of highly versatile and productive soils near to
Invercargill.
• A clear “edge” to urban Invercargill, defining both city and
country in landscape terms.
• A convenient and central location for activities which service
the rural community eg. farming supplies.
• Opportunities for rural living close to the city.
• The suburban shopping centre of Waikiwi established where
tram lines terminated. It has developed as a main suburban
shopping centre.
• Waikiwi is on high ground and is within easy walking and
cycling range of a significant area of the city.
• Waikiwi is a logical focus for activities such as supermarkets
and cafes that have a local clientele and that benefit from
locating near to each other.
• Prestonville industrial area – location of a significant number
of enterprises on which the city depends.
• Historical: “Waikiwi means water bird. It was often written
Waikivi in the early days….” (Wendy McArthur)
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
• The city is richer if these (often historical) communities can be
identified and their identity enhanced.
Issues:
• Protecting functionality of network corridors:
· State Highways (to protect functionality, access points to a
State Highway have to be limited).
· The rail corridor.
· The water mains linking the city with the city supply at
Branxholme.
· Overhead electricity network lines 110 kV or greater.
· A potential road corridor alongside the rail corridor to the
west of North Road.
• Avoiding “inappropriate” development on lower-lying flood-
prone land.
• Management of the relationship between the enterprises and
residents in nearby areas to maintain what each values about
the area.
• Planning for staged residential expansion:
• “Suburban density” – potential for residential development on
the higher ground in the area bounded by North Road, McIvor
Road, and Donovan Park, including extension of Northwood
Avenue to meet with North Road and its associated funding.
• Reinforcing and developing Waikiwi as a place where people
gather, do business, and socialise.
• Find relevant contemporary uses for the site and buildings
previously occupied by the Waikiwi School.
• Consideration of a ring road on both sides of the city ie. west
and east. The route of which would be determined when the
need arises and the route shown on the map is only one of the
options to be considered.
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norTh-easT InVercargIllValues:
• Areas of highly versatile and productive soils near to
Invercargill.
• A clear “edge” to urban Invercargill, defining both city and
country in landscape terms.
• Opportunities for rural living close to the city.
• Potential for urban expansion.
• Anderson Park – a bequest, a destination park and heritage
gallery.
• Donovan Park – purchased in the 1960s in anticipation of
urban growth.
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
• The city is richer if these (often historical) communities can be
identified and their identity enhanced.
Issues:
• Defining “edge” to urban Invercargill to allow for some
residential expansion - eg. McIvor Road, Neas Road and
Racecourse Road.
• Avoiding “inappropriate” development on lower-lying flood-
prone land.
• Maintaining options for future agricultural use of versatile
soils.
• Planning for staged residential expansion:
· “Large lot” residential development (active and deferred
zoning) in the block bounded by McIvor Road, Retreat
Road, Bainfield Road and Neas Road.
· “Large lot” residential development potential in the area
south of Bainfield Road between Queens Drive and the
unformed part of Racecourse Road.
· “Suburban density” – deferred residential development
potential in the block bounded by Donovan Park, Bainfield
Road, Retreat Road and McIvor Road.
· “Suburban density” – residential development potential
on the higher ground in the area bounded by North Road,
McIvor Road, and Donovan Park.
· Determining the appropriate level of reticulated services.
• The farmed area of Donovan Park has potential for
development for residential purposes and such options need
to be considered.
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dee sTreeTValues:
• The functionality of the airport and activities which have a
functional relationship with the airport.
• Historical – the site of the original Port of Invercargill.
• Location of a significant number of enterprises on which the
city depends.
• Scenic – links with the Waihopai River and New River Estuary.
• Avenal – an older suburban precinct on higher land close to
Queens Park.
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
• The city is richer if these (often historical) communities can be
identified and their identity enhanced.
Issues:
• Improving the ‘Gateway to the City” when approached from
the airport.
• Management of noise effects in relation to the airport.
• Wise long-term management of actually or potentially
contaminated lands.
• Wise long-term management of areas that are already
developed but are subject to hazard, because they are low-
lying and/or subject to liquefaction.
• Wise long-term management of areas outside the Invercargill
City Centre so that options are kept open for industrial
and servicing types of activities, and retail activities are
encouraged to locate where they relate to and enhance the
Invercargill City Centre.
• Improving links between City and water spaces.
• Residential – potential for higher densities in Avenal east of
Dee Street.
• Improving linkages between Avenal and Queens Park.
• Avoiding further commercial expansion into the residential
area.
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cenTral cITyValues:
• Defines Invercargill as a “place” – Invercargill people associate
“Invercargill” with such iconic buildings as the Water Tower,
heritage churches - First Church, St Johns Church, the Basilica
– hotels – the Kelvin, the Grand - the Civic Theatre; and such
iconic institutions as H & J Smiths, and E Hayes & Sons.
• It is where people gather – to work, to socialise, to attend
concerts and performances, to perform democratic duties and
functions, to eat food together, to associate with and be seen
by their peers, to celebrate or to demonstrate.
• Because it is where people gather it is where most of the
shops are and they are another reason for people to gather.
Issues:
• Overall, a “holistic” approach is needed to address economic,
social and geographic issues relating to the Invercargill City
Centre.
• Priority A. City centre communication and promotion
· Development of a promotion strategy for the city.
· Development of an events strategy.
• Priority B. City centre focus in Council policies and actions
· Review of city centre relevant issues in the Spatial Plan,
District Plan, LTP and other policies.
· Review of relocation of the Visitor Information Centre to
the city centre.
• Priority C. Business development and attraction
· Business Attraction Strategy based on a business survey
and statistical analysis of economic data.
· Consideration of identification and promotion of Business
Precincts.
• Priority D. Heritage protection and enhancement
· Prioritisation for protection and enhancement of heritage
buildings.
· Improvement of the position of heritage buildings in the
Councils policies and actions.
· Developing the city as a centre of excellence for
earthquake strengthening of heritage buildings, through
demonstration projects and possibly hosting a conference.
map 9 • Priority E. Car parking
· Detailed parking study.
· Options to consider for the development of on-street and
off-street public parking provision.
· Investigation of parking signage, campervan parking, tour
coach parking, disabled car parks and bike parking.
• Priority F. The improved integration of Tay and Dee Streets
· Weather protection for pedestrians around traffic lights at
the State Highways.
· On-street parking to replace part of the long bus bays in
two locations on Dee Street.
· Investigation of a reduction in traffic lanes in Tay Street
in favour of centre parking and areas of planting in the
median.
· Investigation of changes to the traffic light timing in favour
of pedestrians.
· Investigation of the feasibility of a right turn into Esk
Street for northbound traffic.
· Investigation of whether relocation of the Visitor
Information Centre and the Southland Museum and Art
Gallery will help overcome, or conversely, worsen the
severance.
• Priority G. Public spaces
· Investigation of open space opportunities for the area
within the green belt and for the city centre.
· Upgrade proposals for the furniture and lighting in Esk
Street.
· A public space in Esk Street.
· Improvements to Wachner Place.
· A footpath upgrade programme.
· Proposals for a city centre market space.
• Priority H. Arts, culture and interpretation
· Organisational improvements.
· Encouragement of local art in public places.
· Investigation of an arts centre in the city centre.
· Investigation of the relocation of the Southland Museum
and Art Gallery to the city centre.
· Encouragement to owners of vacant or underutilised
buildings to accommodate local artist and SIT fine arts and
music students.
· Investigation of the merits of an arts precinct.
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QUeens parkValues:
• Queens Park – a much loved and used open space that has
become an Invercargill icon.
• The Southland Museum and Art Gallery and the Feldwick
Gates - also an Invercargill icon.
• The Town Belt – helps define the character of the city.
• Network corridors – State Highway 1, and the main trunk
railway, and major urban roads like Elles Road and Queens
Drive.
• Important city infrastructure eg. the water distribution
facilities including the historic Water Tower.
• The suburban shopping and business centre of Windsor
established where tram lines terminated. It has developed as
a main suburban shopping and business centre.
• Windsor is on high ground and is within easy walking and
cycling range of much of the city.
• Windsor is a logical focus for activities such as supermarkets
and cafes that have a local clientele and that benefit from
locating near to each other.
• Surrey Park is the site of many of Invercargill’s sporting
venues, including Stadium Southland and the Velodrome.
• The residential area south of Tweed Street and bounded by
the Town Belt contains some of Invercargill’s notable heritage
houses and heritage precincts.
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
• The city is richer if these (often historical) communities of
interest can be identified and their identity enhanced.
• Today, schools still tend to be focal points of communities.
• Historical: Windsor was named after the English town of
Windsor, not the Royal family. (Wendy McArthur)
• Central City (refer to text for Map 9)
Issues:
• Maintaining the integrity of Queens Park and the Town Belt as
open spaces.
• Locating the Visitor Information Centre where it will best meet
the needs of the travelling public.
• Improving links with Queens Park (the busy roads which
surround it, especially Queens Drive, are a barrier to access
from nearby residential areas).
• Maintaining functionality of network corridors and important
city infrastructure.
• Strengthening the character of Windsor as a place to gather,
do business and socialise.
• Creating options for redevelopment to enhance community
use, possibly by strategic land purchase eg. to form a “village
green” at Windsor, or to enable some areas in need of renewal
to redevelop at higher densities but also with high levels of
amenity.
• Creating options for new residential zonings, particularly
where they relate to existing centres such as Windsor, where
higher densities are encouraged.
• Improving links between Surrey Park sporting facilities and
Tay Street. Surrey Park needs a better ‘presence’ on Tay
Street.
• Encouraging activities serving or marketing to local
communities to locate near schools, which often form a focus
for community life.
• Enhancing the cohesion of precincts/communities of interest,
and the links between them through planning of roadways,
cycleways and walkways.
• Encouraging comprehensive redevelopment of older
residential properties.
• Maintaining the functionality of the industrial area without
adverse amenity affects on residential properties.
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ascoTValues:
• Racecourse Road and Rockdale Road form a well-defined
“edge” to the built-up area. (A compact and well-defined
urban form is more economical to service and therefore more
sustainable.) It also contributes to the character of the city.
• Network corridors – State Highway 1 and the Main Trunk
Railway.
• Cultural significance – location of the Eastern Cemetery.
• Opportunities for rural or lifestyle living close to the city.
• Community significance – location of the Racecourse/
Showgrounds.
• Versatile and potentially highly productive soils – especially
north of Oteramika Road.
• Onslow Street/Otepuni Avenue Industrial area – location of a
significant number of enterprises on which the city depends.
• Today, schools still tend to be focal points of communities.
• Potential for urban expansion.
• Historical – Glengarry – named after the valley beside the
River Garry south of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
Nearby, Glengarry is the name of the parish church in the
village of Invergarry. (Wendy McArthur)
• Suburban shopping and business area of Glengarry.
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
• The city is richer if these (often historical) communities can be
identified and their identity enhanced.
Issues:
• Better defining a “gateway” to the city on State Highway 1.
An opportunity for this may occur with traffic management
improvements at the intersection of Tay Street and
Racecourse/Rockdale Roads.
• Maintaining a well-defined “edge” to urban development.
• Maintaining the integrity of the network corridors.
• Keeping options open for future agricultural use of versatile
soils.
• Strengthening the character and viability of the Glengarry
shopping centre as a place to shop, socialise and do business.
(Glengarry is not on the same scale as Waikiwi, Windsor or
South City, but is a valued local centre.)
• Maintaining the functionality of the industrial area without
adverse amenity effects on residential neighbours.
• Management of the relationship between the enterprises and
residents in nearby areas to maintain what each values about
the area.
• Encouraging activities serving or marketing to local
communities to locate near schools, which tend to be a focus
for community activities.
• Enhancing the cohesion of precincts/communities of interest,
and the links between them through planning of roadways,
cycleways and walkways.
• Planning for residential expansion:
· Potential for urban deferred zoning south of Centre Street
and west of Rockdale Road.
· There is also potential for further ‘lifestyle’ development in
the Ascot Heights area south of Oteramika Road.
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kennIngTonValues:
• Important network corridors pass through this area.
• Areas of versatile and potentially highly productive soils near
to Invercargill.
• A clear “edge” to urban Invercargill, defining both city and
country in landscape terms.
• A variety of productive rural activities, some located on
versatile soils of high productivity.
• Kennington offers opportunities for a village lifestyle
conveniently close to Invercargill.
• Kennington is also the site of significant employment
generating enterprises.
• A significant network (electricity) passes through that part of
Southland District adjacent to this area.
Issues:
• Maintaining the integrity of the overhead electricity network
lines 110 kV or greater.
• Maintaining the integrity of the State Highway and the Main
Trunk Railway Line.
• Keeping options open for future agricultural use of versatile
soils.
• Maintaining the integrity of the 110 kV or greater electricity
network, including the Tuai Street substation and any
reasonable expansion or change to it.
• Maintaining the functionality of the industrial area without
adverse amenity effects on residential properties.
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oreTI Beach Values:
• Oreti Beach is a regionally significant place for swimming,
beach recreation, and surfing.
• Oreti Beach is a regionally significant source of seafood/kai
moana.
• The hamlet on Oki Street and Pacific Avenue offers the
opportunity to live near the beach.
• Landscape values - a wild and scenic beach landscape close to
the city.
• Dunes, wetlands and other natural features which form a
coastal protection zone.
• The Oreti River - scenic values and recreational potential.
Issues:
• Agencies responsible for the beach need to work together
(Oreti Beach is in the Coastal Marine Area, outside the District
Plan, but still inside the City District boundary). Invercargill
citizens are vitally interested in maintaining and enhancing
the beach environment.
• Conservation management of the sand dunes – they have
environmental values in their own right and are also a first
line of defence against extreme storm events.
• Conservation management of the inter-tidal environment and
habitat.
• Maintenance of public access and the freedom to enjoy varied
activities without harming the environment. (Vehicle access
to the beach can be managed but trail bikes and 4WDs must
be kept out of the sand dunes.)
• Management of settlement so as not to intrude on areas of
ecological significance or that are hazard-prone, and so as not
to create demands for extra services.
• Maintenance of landscape values.
• Addressing on-going land management issues on collaboration
with Environment Southland.
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Values:
• “Invercargill’s playground” - a regionally significant recreation
area managed under the Reserves Act by the ICC.
• Is “home” for a wide range of sporting activities that need
space near to but not necessarily within a city eg. Teretonga
motor racing, gun sports, field sports, mountain biking.
• Is a destination for informal recreation with its well-formed
and popular walking and running tracks.
• Is a location where a wide variety of activities, which could be
incompatible, co-exist in reasonable harmony.
Values:
• “(Otatara is) an area that includes large properties, a
high degree of privacy, scenic values and protection and
enhancement of native vegetation.” (Plan Change #9 –
Section 32 report, Invercargill City Council).
• Lowland forest remnants that are considered regionally, even
nationally, significant.
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
• The city is richer if these (often historical) communities can be
identified and their identity enhanced.
Issues:
• Agencies responsible for the river need to work together (the
river is in the Coastal Marine Area below Dunns Road bridge).
• Maintaining water quality appropriate to recreation use.
• Fair and equitable management of limited water space for
multiple recreational uses.
• Management of natural hazard, especially riverbank erosion .
• Maintenance and enhancement of scenic quality.
• Addressing issues of siltation in the lower Oreti River
Issues:
• Agencies responsible for the beach and the reserve area
adjoining the beach need to work together (Oreti Beach is in the
Coastal Marine Area, outside theDistrict Plan, but still inside the
City District boundary. Sandy Point is a reserve and as such is
managed by the Invercargill City Council under the Reserves Act.)
• Conservation management if the sand dunes - they have
environmental values in their own right and are also a first line of
defence against extreme storm events.
• Conservation Management of the inter-tidal environment and
habitat.
• Maintenance of public access and the freedom to enjoy caried
activities without harming the environment.
• Management of settlement so as not to intrude on areas that are
hazard-prone, and so as not to create demands for extra services.
• Maintenance of landscape values.
Values:
• The city’s playground for a wide range of aquatic sports and
recreation.
• People enjoy views of the river – from Sandy Point and from
Otatara.
Issues:
• Conservation of the remaining indigenous vegetation and
landscape features, particularly dunes.
• Controlling development and density to retain semi-rural/
large lot lifestyle ambience.
• Reinforcing the “Otatara Precinct” centred on the Otatara
Primary School. (This is the area where any activities with
a community focus would best be located and where traffic
might be slowed or managed.)
• Managing effects of noise from Sandy Point and from traffic
on Dunns Road.
• Maintenance of the Stead Street/Dunns Road network
corridor.
• Avoiding inappropriate development of hazard-prone areas.
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DUNNS ROAD
DUNNS ROAD
DUNNS ROAD
DUNNS ROAD
MAHUR
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CHRISTI
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new rIVer esTUaryValues:
• “The Estuary should be
· A city playground – a family environment, allow for varied
water sports.
· A symbol of Invercargill – an estuary on display.
· A significant habitat – native species exist alongside
humanity, a refuge for freshwater and marine species, a
spawning ground, a feeding and roosting area.
· A retreat – an opportunity to experience a natural setting,
where the estuary predominates as an ecosystem and
human influences are unobtrusive.
· A place of learning – where people can discover the
heritage of Southland, where people can gain an
understanding of a natural unique ecosystem, the interface
of land, sea and freshwater, where through research
a programme for restoration of the estuary can be
developed.
· A food basket – where there are no health risks from
consuming the products of recreational fishing and
shellfish gathering.
· An opportunity for commercial use – allowing for
commercial uses which are in harmony with nature and
other uses.
· A place with historical and geological values.”
Regional Coastal Plan for Southland as quoted in The Cry of the People – Te Tangi a Tauira Ngai Tahu ki Murihiku Natural Resource and Environmental Iwi Management Plan 2008. (Page 195)
Issues:
• Maintaining the viability of the New River Estuary as a water
body – receiving run-off from a very large catchment.
• Maintaining and enhancing existing values as landscape/
seascape, and for recreation.
• Developing the Invercargill - Bluff Cycle Track.
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MOULSON STREET
CO
NYE
RS
STREE
T
AVON ROAD
BA
IN S
TRE
ET
BAIN STREET
ION
A S
TRE
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PA ISLEY STREET
FROME STREET
CH
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TRE
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CH
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ELLES
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ELLES
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O'HARA STREET
BR
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STR
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BOXALL STREET
POM
ON
A S
TRE
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SATU
RN
STR
EET
MANSE STREET
NELS
ON
STR
EET
MONOWAI ST REET
WOOD HOUSE STREETPAN TON STREET
HUMBER STREET
PRIN
CES
STREE
T
LOTH IA N CRESC EN T
DUNDEE
STREET
MA
ITLAN
D S
TRE
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TRAMW AY ROAD
TRAMW AY ROAD
LAN
CA
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TRE
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GR
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GR
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JENKIN STREET
MARTIN STREET
NEW
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TRE
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JANET STREET
SELWYN STREET
SCA NDRETT STREET
BR
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TRE
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ELIZAB ETH STREET
WICKLO
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MAVOR A PLACE
CO
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BLU
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WA
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BLUFF HIGHW
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BLUFF HIGHW
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BLUFF HIGHW
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BLUFF HIGHWAY
ARMAGH STREET
KILMAR NOCK A VENUE
BRYSON ROAD
LOC
K STR
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KEW ROADSCOTT STREET
MARAMA AVEN
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UTH INGRAM STREET
ROB ER T STREET
ALLAN STREET
WA
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STR
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YOR
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ORETI ST REET
DYS
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STR
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CUSHEN STREET
CHRISTIN A STR EET
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PO
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MCQUARR IE STREET
LANSDOWNE ST REET
LA KE STREET
ENN ISKILLEN STREET
CO
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STREE
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SEVERN STREET
BO Y NE S TREET
RATA ROAD
STIRRA T STREET
STIRRA T STREET
JOH
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TRE
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VERNON STREET
ALBANY STREET
SHANNO
N STREET
WATT ROAD
MAHER STREETDIPTON STREET
HA
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WO
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MCQUARR IE STREET
STEAD STREET
STATION ROAD
BLUFF
HIG
HWA
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FERGUSON STREET
BALL STR EET
BALL STREET
SCOTT STREET
KEL SO CRESC ENT
M A VORA
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WAIAU CR ESCENT
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OTTREY STREET
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clIFTonValues:
• Important network corridors pass through this area.
• Important city infrastructure – the Waste Water Treatment
Plant at Clifton – is located here.
• Location of Southland’s public hospital.
• Planning in the 1960s saw this as an area for significant
expansion, anticipated at that time as a result of down-
stream industries associated with the (then) new Tiwai Point
aluminium smelter.
• The suburban shopping centre of South City
· established where tram lines terminated.
· has developed as a main suburban shopping and business
centre.
· is on high ground and is within catchments of much of the
city.
· is a logical focus for activities such as supermarkets and
cafes that have a local clientele and that benefit from
locating near to each other.
• Historical. South City/Strathern was part of an area bought in
1856 by early settler John Kelly. It was originally like a glen or
wooded area beside Earn Street. Elles Road was named after
Captain Andrew Jamieson Elles, master of the immigrant ship
Philip Laing. Martin St was named after George Frederick
Martin, early real estate agent. (Wendy McArthur)
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
• The city is richer if these (often historical) communities can be
identified and their identity enhanced.
Issues:
• Protecting the functionality of the Bluff Highway, the
Invercargill-Bluff railway, and the water and sewerage lines
serving Awarua and Bluff.
• Protecting the functionality of the Waste Water Treatment
Plant at Clifton and keeping options open for its development
and expansion.
• Protecting the functionality of Southland Public Hospital at
Kew.
• Planning for possible urban expansion - possible urban
deferred zonings are indicated on the maps.
• Developing the potential for “greenways” to improve
the structure of this part of the city, helping to define
neighbourhoods or precincts and the links between them, eg.
the development of the “Southern Greenway” along the route
of the old railway adjacent to Scott Street.
• Improving the provision and development of local
neighbourhood reserve and amenity areas to a level
comparable with other areas of Invercargill.
• Encouraging the long-term restoration of the indigenous
vegetation near Southland Hospital by community groups.
• Strengthening the character of South City as a place to
gather, do business and socialise:
· Strategic land purchase may offer options for
redevelopment eg. to form a village green at South City.
· This area could form the focus of new residential zonings
where higher densities are encouraged on the higher
areas.
• Encouraging activities serving or marketing to local
communities to locate near schools, which are often centres
for community activities.
• Planning walkways and cycleways to enhance the cohesion
of precincts/communities of interest, and the links between
them.
• Further enhancing precincts by open space planning, street
naming, and finding ways to record and tell stories associated
with places.
• Encouraging comprehensive redevelopment of older
residential properties.
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Southland Hospital
Kew
Clifton
Strathern
Kingswell
MOULSON STREET
AVON ROAD
CO
NYE
RS STR
EET
BA
IN STR
EET
BAIN STREET
MAVORA C
RESCENT
ION
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EET
PAISLEY STREET
FROME STREET
TRAMWAY ROAD
TRAMWAY ROAD
CH
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STREET
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STR
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WILLIAM STREET
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MANSE STREET
SATU
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MONOWAI STREET
WOODHOUSE STREETPANTON STREET
BLU
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HIG
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STR
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HUMBER STREET
LOTHIAN CRESCENT
DUNDEE STREET
PRIN
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MA
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LAN
CA
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STR
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JENKIN STREET
MARTIN STREET
NEWB
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JANET STREET
SELWYN STREET
SCANDRETT STREET
BR
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ELIZABETH STREET
WICKLO
W STREET
MAVOR A PLACE
STIRRAT STREET
STIRRAT STREET
CO
NO
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TRE
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ARMAGH STREET
KILMARNOCK AVENUE
LOC
K STR
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MAHER STREET
KEW ROADSCOTT STREET
INGRAM STREET
WA
GN
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YOR
K STR
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ORETI STREET
DYS
ON
STREE
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MCQUARRIE STREET
CHRISTINA STREET
MA
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PO
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MCQUARRIE STREET
LANSDOWNE STREET
LAKE STREET
ENNISKILLEN STREET
CO
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TION
STREET
SEVERN STREET
BOYNE STREET
FERGUSON STREET
VERNON STREET
ALBANY STREET
SHANNON STREET
DIPTON STREET
STATION ROAD
BALL STREET
BALL STREET
SCOTT STREET
KELSO CRESCENT
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SouthCity
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TIsBUryValues:
• Well-defined “edge” to urban development.
• Significant network corridors:
· along the line of the Bluff Highway and the Invercargill-
Bluff railway.
· along the route of the overhead electricity network lines
110 kV or greater to the east.
· water, power and communication links between Invercargill
and Bluff.
• Major industrial estate at Awarua.
• Waimahaka Creek.
• Planning in the 1960s saw this as an area for significant
residential expansion.
Issues:
• Maintaining a well-defined edge to urban development (A
compact and well-defined urban form is more economical to
service and therefore more sustainable).
• Planning for possible urban expansion - possible urban
deferred zonings are indicated on the map.
• Maintaining the integrity of the network corridors.
• Protecting the functionality of the industrial estate at Awarua
– both existing enterprises and the potential for additional
activities.
• Protecting low-lying areas on either side of Waimahaka Creek
from inappropriate development.
• Wise long-term management of low-lying areas that may be
subject to hazard, including sea-level rise.
• Managing the stormwater drainage from the Awarua industrial
estate so as not to significantly modify the character and
intensity of runoff.
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Tisbury
GORGE ROAD -INVER CARGILL HIGHW AY
GORGE R OA D-INVERCARGILL HIGHWA Y
BAY VIEW ROAD
BAY VIEW ROAD
RO
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DA
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RO
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RO
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DA
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RO
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BR
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STR
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BLYT H STREET
BLYT H STREET
MCQUARR IE STREET
MCQUARR IE STREET
BOXALL STREET
BLUFF HIGHW
AY
BLUFF H IGHW
AY
FERGUSON STREET
M OTU RIM
U ROAD
MOTU RIM
U ROAD
NEW
BIE
STR
EET
MOTU RIMU ROAD
MOTU RIMU ROAD
MAVOR A PLACE
KEN T STREET
MILFORD ST REET
SPRIGGS ROAD
TRAMW AY ROAD
TRAMW AY ROAD
END OW MENT ROAD
END OW MENT ROAD
DER
BY S
TRE
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BALL STREET
TIWAI ROAD
TIWAI ROAD
TIWAI ROAD
AWARUA SCHOOL ROAD
AW ARUA SCHOOL ROAD
BAIN STREET
HA
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WO
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RO
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BLUFF
HIGHW
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MU
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RO
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SO
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MU
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SO
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MC
MILLA
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EET
SCOTT STREET
SCOTT STREET
AVON ROAD
AVON ROAD
STIRRA T STREET
STIRRA T STREET
WILSO
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WILSO
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MACKAY ROAD
PER
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BATH ROAD
WILSO
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SOMERVILLE STREET
LEE ROAD
BOL GER ROAD W EST
COLYER ROAD
LARDNER ROAD
BO
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RO
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BO
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RO
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BOUNDAR
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MAHER STREET
MOULSON STREET
EVANS ROAD
EVANS ROAD
O'NEIL R OA D
O'NEIL R OA D
WIXON R OA D
WIXON R OA D
GORGE R OA D-INVERCARGILL HIGHWA Y
MA VORA CRESCEN T
SKYE STREET
MOTU RIMU ROAD
REG
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JUD
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oMaUIValues:
• “A small village, sitting snugly, guards the mouth of the New
River Estuary. An area steeped in history, of importance to
both early Maori and to the development of Invercargill and
Southland, it still offers much to all.” Omaui Concept Plan
2010 – Introduction by Alan Champion
• “The Omaui Greenhills area near Bluff was a very important
area for Maori and although it did not support a large
population, it was occupied over a very long period of time.
The principal settlements were at Omaui and Te Kaika a
Te Wera, slightly west of the once Ocean Beach Freezing
Works.” The Cry of the People – Te Tangi a Tauira Ngai
Tahu ki Murihiku Natural Resource and Environmental Iwi
Management Plan 2008. (Page 197)
• Omaui precinct includes the village and the peninsula.
• Village to remain a rural residential township.
• Historical. Maori place names indicate a rich heritage of
cultural association with this area eg. Ka Puke Taumaha - “the
Heavy Hills”, so named by the Maori, to whom they appeared
to be tired and leaning on one another;
eg. Te Ahi Rari (Greenhills). In pre-European times Maori
visitors carved up the harbour to Greenhills where they left
their canoes and walked overland to Omaui which was the
main Kaika (village) at the time.
· Tuatakiwa: Place names of Rakiura, Ruapuke and Awarua.
Harold Ashwell
Issues:
• Need to maintain, develop and improve recreational/tourist
activities and attractions to increase the reasons to visit
Omaui – especially beach access and walkways through ICC
and DoC reserve land and to the ocean coast.
• Protecting landscape values and character.
• Protecting heritage values and enhancing an appreciation of
the history and cultural significance of the area, eg. Stanley
Town.
• Progressing the implementation of the Omaui Concept Plan.
• Adressing issues of coastal erosion.
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Golf Course
Omaui
STANLEY TOW NSHIP ROAD
STAN LEY TOW NSHIP R OA D
BLU
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HIG
HW
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BLU
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HIG
HW
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BLU
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WA
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BLUFF
HIGHW
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OMAUI ROAD
HEENAN R OA D
CHALM ERS ROAD
HA
RP
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CLARK ROAD
SA NDY POIN
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awarUa - IndUsTrIalValues:
• A large area of land developed and available for industry. Its
flat terrain, proximity to Invercargill and to the Port of Bluff,
proximity to network corridors, and proximity to both railway
and State Highway make this area one of the most suitable
areas for new larger industry in the South Island. This area
is important in enabling Invercargill to maintain economic
critical mass and provide for its future.
• Significant network corridor, along the line of the Bluff
Highway and the Invercargill-Bluff railway.
• Some areas are low-lying and have retained, to varying
degrees, environmental values of wetland areas.
• Historical – the Awarua Radio station site.
• Ecological - the Awarua Wetlands.
Issues:
• Staged development of the Awarua industrial area.
• Maintain the integrity of the network corridor.
• Manage drainage and land use to minimise and mitigate
adverse effects on wetland areas.
• Maintaining the heritage values of the area, in particular
through appropriate management of the site of Awarua Radio.
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HEENAN R OA D
STAN LEY TOWNSHIP ROAD
BLU
FF H
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WA
Y
BLUFF HIGHWAY
BLUFF
HIGHW
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COLY
E RS
I SLA
ND
ROAD
AWARUA SIDING ROAD
AWARUA SIDING ROAD
OLD
BL U
FF H
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WA
Y
SH
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SH 1
SH 1
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SH 1
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awarUa weTlandsValues
“It’s a long trip to Southland, even by godwits’ standards. The
deep south of New Zealand is about as far as these long-distance
travellers get from their Northern Hemisphere breeding grounds.
“The godwits are not the only international travellers here: more
than 20 other Arctic species also make the annual migration
from the far side of the planet to the Awarua Wetlands. Regulars
include several species that are rarely seen in New Zealand,
including the grey-tailed tattler, sanderling and greenshank.
“The wetlands are also frequented by shorter-distance avian
commuters: about a third of the entire southern New Zealand
dotterel population fly here from the mountain tops of Stewart
Island/Rakiura to winter over in Awarua Bay.
“Then there are the locals, who don’t bother going anywhere –
like the fernbirds which flit about year-round among the boggy
Awarua peatlands and shrublands.
“Awarua Wetlands’ 16,000 hectares form one of the five major
wading bird habitats in New Zealand, and a total of 81 bird
species have been recorded here.
“The wetlands are also rich in diverse and unusual plant
communities. Plants normally found in alpine areas grow near sea
level here. Alpine-like bog cushion, bladderworts, sundews and
southern shore gentian mosses, and the largest coastal lowland
red tussock remnant in New Zealand grow alongside an incredible
diversity of wetland habitats and plants: bogs and peatlands, pea
gravel beaches and shell banks, manuka shrublands and mudflats,
saltmarsh and mature kahikatea forest.
“Such diversity supports not only birds, but an outstanding
variety of freshwater fish, lizards and invertebrates – including
more than 100 moth species.” Forest and Bird, 2008
A rich diversity of habitats:
• Dune systems
• Flax land
• Red tussock land
• Shrubland
Number of wetland types – Blanket Bog, Cushion Bog, tarns,
ephemeral wetlands, estuaries, lagoons.
Issues
• Ensuring ongoing viability of the wetland ecosystems.
• Address on-going land management issues in collaboration
with the Department of Conservation, the Southland District
Council and Environment Southland.
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PILCHER ROAD
BLUFF
HIG
HWA
Y
RIT CHIE ROAD
COLYER ROAD
COLYER ROAD
COLYER R
OA
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CO
LYE
R
RO
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COLYER ROAD
COL YER ROAD
AW
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BA
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TIWAI ROAD
TIWA
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TIWA
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TIWA
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TIWA
I RO
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TIWA
I RO
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HALL ROAD
TIW
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RO
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AWARUA SCHOOL ROAD
AWARUA SCHOOL ROAD
GAR RETT ROAD
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Te ara a kIwa - FoVeaUx sTraITValues:
• “Kiwa is an ancestor of Maori who traversed this coastline
and became tired of crossing the isthmus which then joined
Rakiura and Murihiku. Kiwa requested the obedient Kewa
(whale) to chew his way through the land separating Rakiura
and Murihiku. The crumbs that fell from his teeth while
chewing are the islands of Ruapuke, Rakiura and the Titi
Islands ... These places are where battles were won or lost for
Ngai Tahu Whanui. Ruapuke was the most southern place the
Treaty of Waitangi was signed by the great southern chief
Tuhawaiki.” The Cry of the People – Te Tangi a Tauira Ngai
Tahu ki Murihiku Natural Resource and Environmental Iwi
Management Plan 2008. (Page 200)
• Coastal landscape.
Issues:
• Maintaining the wild and scenic character of the western
ocean coast.
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BLU
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BlUFF harBoUrValues:
• Bluff - “Where the highway begins” - is a prosperous, vibrant
and attractive port town for residents and visitors. Bluff
Concept Plan 2002
• “Bluff Harbour is an expanse of water almost totally enclosed
by land … It has always been an important source of kaimoana
for local Maori people ... There were also a number of burial
sites around Tiwai and the Omaui area ... for these reasons it
is unacceptable to the tangata whenua to have the harbour or
its surrounds polluted in any way.” Te Whakatau Kaupapa o
Murihiki, page 60.
• Landscape – a wide expanse of shoal water, its appearance
constantly changes in response to weather, tide and time of
day.
• Heritage. Maori place names of many features around Bluff
Harbour indicate a rich heritage.
• The Port of the Southland Region, with deep water access for
shipping.
• Water quality of a sufficient standard for marine farming.
• Areas in the vicinity of the Island Harbour, and the deeper
water channels in the western part of the harbour, are a
regionally significant recreation resource for small boat
sailing, rowing, and small craft moorings.
• The upper part of the harbour, north of Te Kore Island, is a
large expanse of water, relatively free of strong tidal currents,
and eminently suitable for small boat and windsurfer sailing
and racing (on the top half of the tide). This potential should
be maintained and enhanced.
• Awarua Bay, to the east of the Tiwai bridge, was used until
quite recently for small boat sailing and racing and also for
windsurfing.
• The opportunities for walking on formed tracks along the
coast and through the indigenous vegetation of Motu Pohue
(Bluff Hil).
Issues:
• It is vitally important to maintain the functionality of the Port
of Bluff.
• Wise management of the water space to accommodate the
many values of the harbour and the many groups that use it.
• Planning for residential expansion: there is potential for urban
expansion on the site of the (closed) Konini School and also on
the triangle bounded by Gunpit Road and Walker Street.
• Keeping options open for further development of walking
tracks.
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BlUFFValues
• Bluff - ‘Where the highway begins’ is a prosperous, vibrant
and an attractive port town for residents and visitors. Bluff
Concept Plan 2002
• Ocean Beach and everything south of it can be seen as the
Bluff precinct.
• Bluff is a well-defined community economically and socially as
well as spatially.
• Historical – “Bluff has a longer history than any other town in
New Zealand.” (From the Bluff Tracey Coote)
• Bluff has a rich building heritage and a strong local vernacular.
• Bluff Hill (Motupohue) Values.
· Cultural significance: “The Southland Plains were formed
when the canoe of Aoraki capsized, and Aoraki and his
brothers were forced to climb onto the back of it to avoid
drowning. It was this canoe that became the South Island
(Te Waka o Aoraki). The stern of the waka, being broad
and flat, formed the Southland Plains, culminating the tip
of the stern being Motu Pohue (Bluff Hill). The bodies of
Aoraki and his brothers were changed into mountains”.
The Cry of the People – Te Tangi a Tauira Ngai Tahu
ki Murihiku Natural Resource and Environmental Iwi
Management Plan 2008. (Page 135)
· Landscape significance – the most significant landmark in
the Invercargill City District.
• Recreational – people come to Bluff to fish from the wharf, to
enjoy the coastal and hill walks, and to enjoy the waterfront
ambience.
• The non-residential area of Bluff township and the Island
Harbour accommodate a wide range of activities and
industries on which the region depends.
• People often identify with a particular area of town where
they may have grown up, lived for a long time, and developed
links with people and associations with places.
Issues
• Maintaining the critical mass of the Bluff area – in terms of
both population numbers and jobs/activities.
• Maintaining the functionality of the Port of Bluff.
• Bluff urban issues:
· Maintenance of “critical mass” – to maintain the viability of
the schools, commercial and community facilities.
· Need to improve linkages between the town and the
harbour, particularly in the area of the old Town Wharf, the
Ferry Wharf and the area south to Morrison’s Beach.
· Need to develop and improve recreational/tourist activities
and attractions, including the foreshore, to increase the
reasons to visit Bluff. One way to do this is to make a
feature in public spaces of recording and telling the stories
associated with Bluff.
· Maintenance of views.
· Landscape significance – Bluff Hill - Motupohue is the most
significant landmark in the Invercargill City District.
• Conserving and enhancing the built heritage of Bluff.
• Maintaining landscape values.
• Progressing the implementation of the Bluff Concept Plan.
• Planning for residential expansion: there is potential for urban
expansion on the site of the (closed) Konini School and also on
the triangle bounded by Gunpit Road and Walker Street.
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TIwaI Values:
• Site of the internationally significant Tiwai Point Aluminium
Smelter enterprise.
• Significant network corridors – following the lines of the road
and access bridge, and the overhead electricity network lines
110 kV or greater.
• Burial sites are of significance to the tangata whenua.
• Heritage:
· The old Quarantine Wharf and associated structures are of
historical significance.
· Dog Island was known as Motu Pieu “Swinging Island”. A
man standing on the shore at Bluff attached a rock to a
line and swung it around his head. At its furthest reach it
touched the island.
· Dog Island is also the site of New Zealand’s tallest
lighthouse.
Issues:
• Maintaining the functionality of the Tiwai Point Aluminium
Smelter.
• Enhancing public access around the Tiwai Point shoreline.
• Maintain the integrity of network corridors.
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TIwaI penInsUlaValues:
• Ecological – especially significant wading habitat.
• Landscape .
• Lowland natural vegetation values (see notes on Awarua
Wetland – Map 23).
• The area is also used for environmental indicators with
respect to the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter.
• Recreation potential, both water-borne and around the
margins of the bay.
Issues:
• Maintaining and enhancing natural vegetation.
• Potential for a cycling route around the margins of the bay.
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