Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area
The Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act was
enacted on 9 April, 2008 and recognises the
national, regional and local significance of this
area.
The new Act will preserve the unique character and
heritage of the communities that make up the
Waitakere Ranges - from Whatipu to Titirangi, from
Oratia to Piha and from Swanson to Bethells Beach.
View a map of the area.
About the Waitakere Ranges
Heritage Area
 The
Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act will meet the
challenge of maintaining the character of the rural,
coastal and bush areas of the Ranges on the doorstep
of New Zealand's biggest and fastest growing city.
The new legislation responds to concerns about
the adverse cumulative effects that urban growth is
having on the natural, rural and coastal landscape
and the ecological, historic, and cultural heritage
of the area, and the difficulties in managing such
effects under the current regulatory framework.
The Act recognises the national, regional and
local significance of the Waitakere Ranges,
foothills and coastal areas and promotes long-term
protection and enhancement of this area and its
important heritage features for present and future
generations, while enabling the area to be lived and
worked in.
The Act will function to develop a future
benchmark of what the people of the Waitakere ranges
would like their communities and environment to be
in 10, 50 and 100 years time, preserving the
existing character of the communities and the
transition from the city's urban areas to the
Heritage Area's rural, bush and coastal areas.
Heritage Area map
The Heritage Area includes the bush clad part of the Ranges, the regional parkland, settlements such as Piha, Bethells, and Karekare and parts of the eastern foothills including Oratia, Henderson Valley and Swanson.
For detailed information on the location of the Heritage Area boundary please refer to the online
District Plan Human Environment Maps. The boundary is illustrated as an information annotation on maps D0, D2, D4, E6, E7, F7, F8, G8, G9, G10, & G11.
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Area Map (Size 1019K)
Related documents
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Media Releases
Landmark Legislation Passed to Preserve the
Waitakere Ranges
3 April 2008
Ranges Bill set for final step
13 March 2008
Ranges
Bill gets second Airing
19 September 2007
Delight at Ranges Bill Clearing First Hurdle
23 February 2006
Waitakere Ranges Bill to Parliament
21 February 2006
Ranges' Bill notified by Waitakere, Rodney and
Regional Councils
5 July 2005
Information pack for residents
A special pack of information was developed by
the West Coast Plan Liaison Group, Waitakere City
Council and Auckland Regional Council for
distribution to residents of the Heritage Area. It
contains material (existing and new) from both the
Auckland Regional Council and Waitakere City Council
on what's special about the heritage area, how to
live sustainably and help protect the area (i.e.
from weeds, pests and other threats); as well as
information on community resources.
The pack will be distributed by the resident and
ratepayer groups in the Heritage Area. You can also
come in and collect a copy from the Waitakere City
Council customer service centre or download any of
the information contained in the pack from the list
below.
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What's special about our Heritage Area?
Maori History (Size 1555K)
Cultural Heritage - Creating wider margins (Size
1009K)
Biodiversity of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage
Area (Size 710K)
Waitakere Ranges Regional Park brochure
How do we protect our Heritage Area?
Living series
Living in the
Bush (Size 268K)
Living in the West Coast (Size 333K)
Foothills (Size 545K)
Living by the Manuaku Harbour (Size 355K)
Other Information
A
Healthy Eco-system - What streams, birds,
and other creatures need to keep healthy (Size
647K)
Green Network Community Assistance
Summary for Residents on
Private Land (Size 205K)
Green Network Community Assistance Enquiry Form
(Size 731K)
Plants for you - Green Network (Size 185K)
Invasive weeds of Waitakere City
(Size 206K)
Ecomatters information
(Size 93K)
Three Waters summary
(Size 559K)
Septic tank brochure - A guide to the management
of on-site wastewater systems (Size 1031K)
Sustainable design guidelines - Living in the bush (Size 3M)
Responsible Cat Ownership (Forest and Bird)
(Size 431K)
ARC rates remission information
(Size 15K)
WCC rates remission information
(Size 15K)
Community Resources
Community
directory
Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Community Directory
(Size 378K)
Civil defence
(Size 42K)
Beach Safety on the West Coast (Size
661K)
Further information
If you have any further questions or would
like to be on our regular mailing list,
please
contact us or email:
ranges@waitakere.govt.nz
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