Te Ara Tukutuku vision for Wynyard Point

30 October 2023

  • Wynyard Quarter
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Since 2022, guided by Te Ara Tukutuku Plan, Eke Panuku has been working with mana whenua and design consortium Toi Waihanga to co-design the Te Ara Tukutuku vision.

As part of early engagement on the project, the vision is being shared publicly to understand how people might like to experience the space.

Learn more about Te Ara Tukutuku here (includes renders, comparison sliders, plans, photos, links and much more)

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The aspirational vision for what will be the first city centre open space of scale in 100 years has been shared with the public.

Over the next ten to fifteen years, as part of the area’s long-term regeneration and aligned to Te Ara Tukutuku Plan, the northern area of award-winning Wynyard Quarter will be become one of the most beautiful spaces and waterfront destinations in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Eke Panuku Board Chair Paul Majurey, says: “We are creating a space that is distinctly Tāmaki Makaurau, and recognisably Aotearoa. This will be a space for everyone.”

Paul Majurey

“We are creating a space that is distinctly Tāmaki Makaurau, and recognisably Aotearoa. This will be a space for everyone.”

Eke Panuku Board Chair
Paul Majurey

Since 2022, Eke Panuku has been co-designing alongside Ngā Iwi Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau and design collective Toi Waihanga to develop the Te Ara Tukutuku vision.  

The vision is to reconnect people with Te Waitematā and build connection between people and place. Five of the ten hectares will become a thriving foreshore for the land to reconnect to the sea, bringing Tangaroa (god of the sea) and Papatūānuku (earth mother) together again. Restoring and enhancing the mauri of the moana (sea) and the whenua (land) is at the centre of this vision.

The space will acknowledge the original foreshore and lost headlands that used to be located at the bottom of the city and offer interesting land formations and views across Tāmaki Makaurau. A spatial framework has been developed that identifies eight zones within the space that are unique in the world and distinctly Tāmaki Makaurau. The preliminary ideas for the zones include intertidal rock-pools, safe access to the water for waka and people, and civic space for community and cultural activities.

Ngā Iwi Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau representative, Martin Te Moni of iwi Ngaati Whanaunga says: “What we want to do is regenerate this space, look at how can we give back to not only the whenua (land) but also to the moana (Te Waitematā), give back some of the mauri (life force) that was taken and how do we do that?”

Eke Panuku Waterfront Priority Location Director, Fiona Knox says: “It is exciting to see years of planning translate into a more detailed framework for this space that reflects our rich cultural past, as well as consideration for the needs and interests of future generations. Although Te Ara Tukutuku Plan and process will take time, it is so important to get it right, so we create a lasting legacy for Tāmaki Makaurau.”

 

Work is already underway

Before any development can take place, remediation needs to be completed. We are approaching this through a process of Tāmata te Mauri, Tārai, Pōhutukawa (Heal, Form and Cultivate).

Healing the whenua (land) and moana (sea) is already underway. It begins by remediating this contaminated and reclaimed former petro-chemical site to regenerate the land and restore the ecology from the site’s previous uses, towards enhancing the mauri (life essence) of the area.

 

Share your thoughts on Te Ara Tukutuku vision

As part of this early engagement on the project, we’re keen to hear what people think about Te Ara Tukutuku vision. We’d like to hear how you’d like to experience the space, what you might like to learn, and how you’d like to help shape this space for the future?

Share your thoughts on the vision here and read more about the project on Eke Panuku’s website here. Your thoughts will help inform the concept designs for the space to be shared in Autumn 2024.

We welcome you on this journey and will continue to share opportunities for engagement as the regeneration planning and designs develop. 

Learn more here.

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