MANAGEMENT PLAN

Park Boundaries & Adjacent Areas Policy

While the definition of the park in the context of its landscape setting is not readily apparent, the park tends to be perceive d as that part of Ngaio Gorge which is largely undeveloped and covered in bush in varying stages of regeneration. Generally the park is seen as the area below Ngaio Gorge Road extending from the industrial development at Kaiwharawhara to Cro fton Downs. Also the legal road in places extends beyond the carriageway into the bush. On the south side of the gorge the Johnsonville Branch railway is the apparent park boundary. In 1982 the Council leased 1.05 hectares of railway land from Hanover Street westwards at a peppercorn rental for tree planting by the Wadestown Residents' Association.

It would be logical for adjoining land, particularly the "plastics factory" site in the low er gorge, the south side of the Kaiwharawhara Stream and the area from the confluence of the Korimako Stream extending towards Wilton Bush and the Otari Native Botanic Garden to be considered as possible future extensions to the park in order to ensure t he more comprehensive and integrated management and use of the entire gorge landscape. Areas for potential additions to the park or management as buffer areas.) (Note: The plastics factory site was purchased by Council for addition to Trelissick Park in December 1994.)

Residents of lower Hanover Street are currently negotiating with the Queen Elizabeth 11 National Trust to covenant the lower pa rt of their properties bordering theKaiwharawhara Stream with particular reference to its landscape value to the park.

Policies:
  1. To extend the park boundaries as circumstances permit.
  2. To incorporate adjacent and nearby Council land in the park as appropriate.
  3. To investigate the possible acquisition of access rights to land on the south side of the stream valley between the conflue nce of the Kaiwharawhara and the Korimako Streams to Churchill Drive.
  4. To initiate discussions with New Zealand Rail on the possible acquisition and management of railway land generally below th e existing rail line.
  5. To consider the possible use of the railway corridor as an integral part of the park should the railway ever close.
  6. To liaise with adjoining private land owners with regard to the complementary management of appropriate portions of their l and as an integral part of the park.
  7. To require consultation so that reserve values can be maintained where works and maintenance on undeveloped legal road may have impact on the park.
  8. To recommend that the District Plan contains measures for the protection and enhancement of the Ngaio Gorge landscape, and in particular the areas of bush and potential regeneration above the road and railway line.


 

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