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KAUKAPAKAPA ENHANCEMENT: WHERE TO FROM HERE? (Posted 27 January 2012, update 12 February 2012.)

Download the Image Boards - please note this is a 23 Mb pdf document;
Download the Image Board Questionaire - Word document;
Download the Community Comment Form - Word document.

Are you interested in helping to shape the future of Kaukapakapa? If so, you may be interested in dropping in to the Kaukapakapa Library while the Kaukapakapa Market is on, on Sunday 19th February from 8.30am until 1pm.

You will have the opportunity to assist with the creation of a long term vision for enhancement projects within Kaukapakapa. You will be asked questions such as "What do you like/dislike about Kaukapakapa?" And, "Do you have any ideas as to how Kaukapakapa could be enhanced?" Image boards will be on display. These will enable you to choose the photographs that you think best depict your vision for the future of Kaukapakapa.

If you want to have a say in the future of Kaukapakapa and are unable to make the Community Drop in Day contact either of the following local Landscape Architects who are assisting KARRA to put together a Kaukapakapa Design and Development Guideline, or download a copy of the community comment form to complete.

The Kaukapakapa Area Residents and Ratepayers Association (KARRA) have received a funding grant from Auckland Council to prepare a Design and Development Guideline for Kaukapakapa. This guideline covers the area encompassed by the Structure Plan including the Village (and the north and south nodes).

It will build on the information provided by the Kaukapakapa Structure Plan and provide a more detailed level of design development based on the community vision for Kaukapakapa. The outcome will be to develop designs and development guidelines for a range of enhancement projects for the Village and local area. These can be implemented gradually over the coming years and provide guidance for any future developments which might occur.

Phase 1 of the project involves getting the communities feedback on the possible future character and facilities desired for Kaukapakapa. This will then guide designs for particular projects in future phases.

Resource Consent Application (Posted 5 November 2011.)

The Council has received Application for Resource Consent for the proposed development in Kaukapakapa between the hotel and the railway line. Anyone wishing to make a submission will need to do so before the 30th November. Copies of the application may be viewed at the Helensville Service Centre as well as the other sites listed in the notice.

Kaukapakapa's 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Links to the event's programme and pictures may be found on our History page.

 

Cakes for Christchurch: to the Women of Kaukapakapa

Monday, April 04, 2011

I wonder if you could pass on my thanks to the women of Kaukapakapa who baked fruit cakes for the people of Christchurch.

I went into an Earthquake Community Centre in Redcliffs where I was offered a large portion of fruit cake. I was told it was baked by the women of Kaukapakapa. It was delicious and my partner and I were so grateful for the support shown by those who made this effort.

We live in Sumner and our house has been badly damaged in the quake. Our property is on a cliff and parts of the cliff have collapsed so for now (and probably for many, many months - if not a year) our future is very uncertain. We have now moved into a rented property and are getting on with making the most of our new reality. In many respects we are very lucky. I can assure you also, that we are very grateful.

The support of people like those in Kaukapakapa has greatly moved us.

Thank you.

Ali.

 

Kaukapakapa School's new website is here!

 

AUCKLAND COUNCIL RODNEY LOCAL BOARD  (Posted 21 March 2011.)

Kaukapakapa Residents may like to know that they have access to the Rodney Local Board via their monthly business meetings. These meetings provide an opportunity to state your issue or ideas directly and are recorded and followed up. Depending on the issues, discussion or project presented, the board then places them into the issues register or identifies them for further planning, consideration, etc.

To make use of this forum an appointment time needs to be made through the secretary, Raewyn Morrison - 09 301 0101 or email raewyn.morrison@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

Update to Kaukapakapa Structure Plan  (Posted 21 March 2011.)

As most residents will have heard, the Structure Plan was adopted by the former Rodney District Council back in September 2010. Since that time we have gone through amalgamation into the new Auckland Council. In late January 2011 several attempts were made to track down the personnel whose responsibility it is to progress the plan. We have now achieved this and we have been advised that the Kaukapakapa Plan is on the list to proceed to the next stage. The Annual Plan was out for submissions which closed on the 31st March 2011.

Karra is continuing to make submissions to the various processes to form the Auckland plan. As more informations comes to hand it will be published on this site.

 

Latest Power Station News

Opponents of the power station have every right to say "I told you so"! On 20 November 2009 the National Business Review reported that "Economic viability and an unsecured gas supply may stall Genesis Energy's plans". Genesis Energy's spokesman admitted to NBR that gas supply could be an issue for the proposed power station at Kaukapakapa and that "The board obviously wouldn't start work without securing a gas supply agreement, but it also depends on capital expenditure, forecasts, electricity prices and other commercial considerations." Since being granted resource consent earlier this year, Genesis Energy has also confirmed that the company plans to exit gas exploration activities, including two prospects the company told the RDC/ARC hearing Commissioners were likely to be sources of gas for the Kaukapakapa plant.

The Electricity Commission's annual assessment of how secure New Zealand's electricity supply will be in future years has just been released for consultation. Confidential information provided by Genesis Energy and other generators was used to prepare a list of all new power stations that the generators expect to build before 2020. While Genesis Energy may have "got its zone" at Kaukapakapa, the gas-fired power station they've proposed for the site doesn't even appear on the ten year list.

Genesis Energy have confirmed to Parliament that capital expenditure on the Rodney Power Station project is already in the tens of millions of dollars. Strange then that a power station which is supposedly vital for security of electricity supply to Auckland and Northland now appears to have been put on the back-burner indefinitely.

 

Proposed changes to General Rural Zone rules in Kaukapakapa

The Rodney District Council has formally notified a variation to the District Plan. The proposed West Coast Rural Policy Area affects a large swathe of General Rural zoned land in South Head, most of Kaukapakapa on the harbour side of SH16, and right up to Glorit, Port Albert and Tapora. The variation is already in effect and puts new controls in place for buildings (scale, design, location), new buildings and external alterations to existing buildings. More stringent activity thresholds will apply to earthworks, tree and bush removal and wetland/watercourse modification. Submissions closed on 23 October 2009.

A summary of the submissions is now available for public inspection on RDC's website here.
The hearing on Variation 132 began on Wednesday 10 March. Dr Neville Miller (Chairman) presented a submission on behalf of KARRA.

 

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