Waiheke is about to have a plan in place for the future management of the popular Rangihoua Reserve and Onetangi Sports Park.
The Waiheke Local Board approved the adoption of the long-awaited draft Rangihoua Reserve and Onetangi Sports Park Management Plan 2024 at a meeting on 10 October 2024.
As well as being Waiheke’s largest centre for sport and recreational facilities, the park includes important ecological waterways and wetlands.
The park and its surrounding landscape have always been a significant cultural site for mana whenua known as Te Rangihoua that includes the maunga (mountain) pā site Te Pūtiki o Kahumatamomoe, and the Rangihoua awa (stream) and their histories and aspirations are captured in the new plan.
The plan, which has been in development since 2018, has been informed by extensive research and engagement with mana whenua, the local community and key stakeholders to provide a framework for “managing the use, enjoyment, maintenance, protection, preservation and, to the extent that resources permit and as appropriate, the development of part of” the 60-hectare park situated southeast of Waiheke’s Ostend suburb.
“It’s been a long road to get to this point, but we are really pleased to have this plan in place to make sure this important area of Waiheke will be managed well for future generations. Huge thanks to the many stakeholders involved whose perseverance and amazing mahi helped create this plan,” says Local Board Chair Cath Handley
The board is hoping to start allocating funds to initiatives in the plan for the 2025/26 financial year.
You can read the draft Rangihoua Reserve and Onetangi Sports Park Management Plan 2024 here.
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