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A birds eye view of how the north end of Wynyard Quarter could be developed in the next 10-15 years. Image: Render: Toi Waihanga

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The scope of this public space development is the biggest Auckland has seen in 100 years. Image: Render: Toi Waihanga

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A visualisation of one of the park’s harbourside spaces, merging land and sea. Image: Render: Toi Waihanga

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Access to the Waitematā and areas for waka to dock will provide more opportunities for local iwi to get out onto the water. Image: Render: Toi Waihanga

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The design aims to regenerate the former industrial site and allow interactions with the surrounding nature. Image: Render: Toi Waihanga

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Te Ara Tukutuku, now out for public consultation, will see the northern area of Auckland’s Wynyard Point transformed into a vibrant habourside destination and parkland.

Over the next 10 to 15 years, as part of the area’s long-term regeneration, the northern part of Wynyard Quarter — the former tank farm — is set to be transformed into one of the most beautiful spaces and waterfront destinations in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Since 2022, Eke Panuku Development Auckland has been co-designing alongside Ngā Iwi Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau and design collective Toi Waihanga to develop the vision for this project, known as Te Ara Tukutuku. The project will provide an aspirational vision for the biggest public space of its kind undertaken in 100 years.

Toi Waihanga is comprised of LandLAB, Warren and Mahoney, Mott McDonald (supported by DONE), Stellar Projects, BECA, Fresh Concept, and New York-based landscape architecture firm SCAPE.

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

The design aims to regenerate the former industrial site and allow interactions with the surrounding nature. Image: Render: Toi Waihanga

The vision is to reconnect people with Te Waitematā and build connection between people and place. Five of the 10 hectares will become a thriving foreshore for the land to reconnect to the sea, which Eke Panuku says will aid in “bringing Tangaroa (god of the sea) and Papatūānuku (earth mother) together again”. They say restoring and enhancing the mauri of the moana (sea) and the whenua (land) is at the centre of this vision.

The scope of this public space development is the biggest Auckland has seen in 100 years. Image: Render: Toi Waihanga

The space will acknowledge the original foreshore and lost headlands that were located at the bottom of the city and will offer parklands and views across Tāmaki Makaurau. A spatial framework has been developed that identifies eight zones within the space that Eke Panuku describe as “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.

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.”

As part of this early engagement on the project, Eke Panuku is inviting interested members of the public to share their thoughts via Auckland Council’s Have Your Say.

Share your thoughts on Te Ara Tukutuku vision

You can have your say on Te Ara Tukutuku vision from 30 October to 26 November 2023. Your feedback will help inform the concept design phase schedued for early 2024.