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Help us make good decisions about how local reserves are used, enjoyed, managed and protected.
We only create a reserve management plan for an individual reserve if it has complex issues or opportunities.
Reserve management plans will:
To develop the plans, we will be using the statutory consultation process for developing reserve management plans under the Reserves Act 1977.
Here are the reserve management plans which are currently in progress. We will update this page as more plans are added.
The local board has approved notifying the public of its intention to prepare a draft management plan or review an existing one. The public are invited to submit their ideas to help draft the plan.
Submissions will be reviewed once the public notification period ends. A report will be presented to the local board.
We are engaging with key stakeholders, local board members and mana whenua to draft these plans.
You can make submissions on the draft plan for a two-month period as required by the Reserves Act 1977.
If you want to speak to your submission at a hearing, let us know.
Public consultation on the draft plan has closed. We are collating and reviewing public submissions.
We will summarise the written submissions and present them to the hearings panel.
We have scheduled a hearing, which will be run by an independent hearings panel.
You can let us know before the deadline if you would like to speak to your submission during the hearing.
The hearings panel is meeting to discuss written and oral submissions. It will prepare a report with recommendations on amendments to the final plan.
Draft Rangihoua Reserve and Onetangi Sports Park Reserve Management Plan
The hearings panel has prepared a report which includes recommended amendments to the reserve management plan.
The local board/hearings panel will consider this report and ask for further changes to the plan to be actioned before it is published.