SOUTH AUCKLAND OPEN GREEN SPACE PAPAKURA
ROBERT MATT TRISH JASON STUDIO 7227 2015
CONTENTS 1.0_Introduction
1.0 Context 1.1 Maori & European Settlement 1.2 Early Industires - Tracks & Agriculture 1.3 Early Industires - Timber & Gum Digging
2.0_ Significant Landscape Features
2.0 Topography - Slope 2.1 Hydrology - Floodplains 2.2 Hydrology - Streams 2.3 Built Environment - Buildings 2.4 Built Environment - Infrustructure 2.5 Remnant Forest - Native Vegetation
3.0_Green Open Space
3.0 Green Open Space - Distribution of Total Green Space 3.1 Natural Open Space - Distribution of Natural Open Space 3.2 Sports Open Space - Distribution of Sporting Open Space 3.3 Leisure Open Space - Distribution of Leisure Open Space
4.0_Future Development
4.0 Future Development - Special Housing Zones 4.1 Future Development - Future Urban Zones 4.2 Special Housing Statistics
5.0_Case Studies
6.0_Conclusion
6.0 Problems with Papakura’s Green Space 6.1 New Techniques for Green Space
1.0
1.1
Maori & European Settlement
Maori Settlement The Papakura-Drury area and surrounds were an important access area for travellers in pre-European times. The Hunua Ranges may be considered a tribal ‘buffer zone’ with the bulk of the ranges being the ancestral lands of Ngati Paoa–Ngati Whanaunga2. The Slippery Creek or Opaheke catchment area, whose waters flow into the Manukau Harbour at Opaheke was a strategic location. It was occupied by a number of tribal groups who ‘could trace their ancestry back to the earliest occupants of the land2. The District has a complex Maori history that involves a number of tribal groups whose mana whenua today is based on the pattern that had emerged by the late 18th century. The locations of Maori settlement, as throughout the Auckland region, were concentrated along the harbour shores and waterways which were protected by a fortified pa, Pukekiwiriki Pa. Wetland areas in the lowlands of the west of Papakura are unlikely to have attracted settlement, but resources abundant in these areas would have been utilised. Geographically, politically, and economically this area was strategically important as a trade and travel link between Tamaki Makaurau and the Waikato in the pre-European times2.
Early European Settlement European settlement in the Papakura District area had begun during the mid to late 1850s. By 1875 it was calculated that Papakura had fifty-five houses and a population of three hundred and sixty four people, which followed by a period of continuity of growth in population, industry, and business2. The determination the early European settlers showed was establishing a sustained community with the early erection of its first businesses and economics such as the timber, milling and gum digging industries. The location of these determined the location of the railway line, which arrived on 20th May 1875. The advent of the railway changed the landscape of Papakura, allowing the town to develop and grow, as the railway was so accessible to passengers and transportation for heavy and bulky goods. The settlement typically arose around this infrastructure and industries sprawling outwards after the erection of the motorway as the motor vehicle became more popular.
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Housing developments east of southern motorway, Takanini, Papakura District. 16 Dec 19761
A jam in the lava cleft, Hay’s Creek, Papakura, 1878. Painting by Alfred Sharpe.1
Forestry workers, Hunua, 19603
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2- Be Unearthed after centuries of burial: Hauling Kauri logs from the ground in the Papakura valley. 27 April 19113
Stockpiled logs, Papakura, May 19981
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Rail line Gum Diggings Timber Cuttings
nknown Sawmill
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Scale 1:50000
2.0
SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE FEATURES PAPAKURA
2.0
2.1
HYDROLOGY FLOODPLAINS
ARDMORE FLOODPLAINS
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4 The Ardmore floodplains consist of a large body of flat A lying land located in the northern sector of the Papakura District, extending out east towards Clevedon. The Wairoa River, from the Hunua Falls is the areas largest river catchment flowing east out towards the lower Waitema Harbour, to the Clevedon Flats.
Proposed Special Housing Area
DRURY FLOODPLAINS
B
The Drury Floodplains primarily consist of a stretch of land dominated by Slippery Creek And Symonds Stream tributaries located on the south eastern boundary of the Papakura District. Future Urban zoning has been proposed in the majority of this area, with focus on a Special Housing Zone off Bellfield Road - Papakura’s ex-Golf Club SOUTH AUCKLAND OPEN SPACE - PAPAKURA
Boundary Road Industrial Park Proposed Special Housing Area Slippery Creek, Drury
FLOODPLAINS
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SCALE: 1:50000 @A3
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3.0
GREEN OPEN SPACE PAPAKURA
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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PAPAKURA
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New
Cumulative dwelling creation in special housing areas
New dwellings
New dwelling consents
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Dwelling creation in special housing areas
Section creation in special housing areas
New
New sections
New residential section
Cumulative section creation in special housing areas
w residential building consents in special housing areas
w residential sectionsin special housing areas
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CASE STUDIES PAPAKURA
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CONCLUSION PAPAKURA
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Space
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