What Manukau Wants
  

Community Outcomes

Substainable environment and heritage

A rapidly growing population puts pressure on protecting and maintaining our natural environment and unique heritage.

The quality of the City’s environment can affect its image and how people feel about where they live. Clean air and water, access to green space, and an attractive and clean environment are crucial to our sense of health and wellbeing.

Manukau’s range of historic and archaeological buildings and sites play a key role in promoting a link with the past and a distinctive and positive image for the City.

One of Manukau’s strengths is our cultural diversity. To ensure sustainability we need to celebrate, embrace and protect that cultural diversity, preserving the environment, history and heritage.

Outcomes:

Outcome One - Puatake Tuatahi

Manukau’s natural and cultural heritage and significant sites are recognised, protected and enhanced.
Ko Te Kaunihera o Manukau e whakanui ana ki te tiaki i nga taonga o te taiao, me nga taonga tuku iho a nga tupuna.

Manukau’s areas of native bush, wetland, green space, and diverse range of heritage sites are valued across the City.

The community wants greater protection of sites of natural and cultural significance, including waahi tapu. Engagement with Mana Whenua and other community groups would support the identification and protection of these special areas for future generations to enjoy.

Targets

  • The public open space managed by Manukau City Council is retained at not less than 4.4 hectares per 1,000 people.
  • The number of Manukau’s cultural heritage sites protected in the District Plan increases.
  • The number of Manukau’s waahi tapu sites protected within the District Plan increases.

Outcome Two - Puatake Tuarua

Development in Manukau is sensitive to the need to protect cultural heritage and promote environmental wellbeing.
Ko te tumanako a Te Kaunihera o Manukau kia whai ngakau mahaki ki nga taonga tuku iho, orite tonu ki te kaitiakitanga o nga rawa o te taiao.

There is city-wide concern about the environmental and social costs of increasing density of urban development. Urban sprawl and housing developments with small section sizes and narrow streets that inhibit service and emergency vehicle access are common concerns.

Manukau people want high quality urban design standards that create a great city to live in, with stricter policies that protect rural land from unnecessary and incompatible development.

Targets

  • A principle objective of Manukau City Council will be to ensure that all heritage assets listed in the District Plan remain in place.
  • Household densities within identified growth centres increase.

Outcome Three - Puatake Tuatoru

The natural qualities of Manukau’s lakes, streams, waterways and coastlines are protected and enhanced.
Ko nga taha rerenga wai, awa, roto, otira taha moana kia atawhaitia i roto i nga whakaritenga a Te Kaunihera o Manukau.

Manukau’s people want “creeks, streams and beaches for our kids to enjoy”, and to “eat fish and shellfish from our harbours”. Preservation of the coastline, maritime heritage, clean waterways, and the protection of kai moana are key outcomes sought.

Birdlife, including coastal and migratory birds and marine life must be protected and preserved.

Targets

  • The Marine Ecology Indicators in the Manukau Harbour show continued per annum improvement.
  • The level of organic contaminants in various sites in Manukau Harbour declines per annum.
  • Wastewater overflows into waterways or the sea will be reduced per annum to zero by 2016.
  • There will be annual progress towards the rehabilitation of Otara Lake to secondary recreational contact use standards.
  • Urban stream water quality in the Puhinui and Otara Streams when measured three-yearly will show improvement.

Outcome Four - Puatake Tuawha

Manukau is clean, green and pollution free.
Ko te taone nui o Manukau, he taone ataahua, he taonga kihai i taunga e te paru.

People want to live in a clean and green city. Air and land and water quality are key concerns. Litter and rubbish in public places reinforces negative perceptions of the City - an image all communities are keen to discourage.

The community wants a reduction in pollution and waste, with more recycling initiatives and environmental education to create a pleasant environment for present and future generations.

The Tomorrow’s Manukau Sustainable Environment and Heritage Outcome Group suggest that a ‘green city’ is:

“A city that reveres its taonga and has clean water, pure air, healthy habitats, and reflects a more vibrant nature. This will be achieved through caring communities actively engaged with improving the unique character of Manukau’s environment and heritage.”

Targets

  • The public open space managed by Manukau City Council is retained at not less than 4.4 hectares per 1,000 people.
  • Three-yearly surveys will record a per annum reduction in complaints to the Manukau City Council Call Centre about:
    • poor air quality
    • noise
    • sewerage leaks
    • the quality of rivers and sea.
  • The percentage of household waste in Manukau that is recycled will increase from 20% in 2005 to 25% by 2010.63

Outcome Five - Puatake Tuarima

Manukau parks and recreation spaces will be safe, well maintained and designed to reflect the aspirations of their local communities.
Ko nga waahi whakataa, a, ngahau hoki ka tau i roto i te whakaaro pai, ka tiakina hoki kia orite ki nga hiahia a te hunga e noho kotahi kau ana ki reira.

The community rates the City parks and public open spaces very highly and they enjoy the varied opportunities offered for enhancing health and wellbeing. People feel that parks and recreation facilities should be designed, developed and maintained to allow people of all ages and abilities to use and enjoy them without fear of antisocial behaviour.

Targets

  • At least one significant piece of publicly accessible outdoor art, made by a local artist, will be installed in every significant Manukau community.
  • Recreation statistics will show a per annum increase in the proportion of people using Manukau’s parks.
  • The percentage of Manukau people who feel safe in their local parks increases per annum.
  • The proportion of Manukau people who feel that their local park meets their community’s needs does not decline.