Tainui, Tanner, Tauroa and Hikanui Reserves and Keith Sands Grove

The Draft Tainui, Tanner, Tauroa, Hikanui Reserves and Keith Sands Grove Reserve Management Plan was notified for public comment on Saturday 2 July 2022.

Public consultation has now closed.

Background

The Tainui, Tanner, Tauroa and Hikanui Reserves are a group of natural area reserves in the Havelock North hills, located between Havelock North Village and Te Mata Park. With Keith Sands Grove reserve and road reserve, a key entrance to Tainui Reserve, the reserves have a combined total of over 23 hectares.

The reserves are a mix of Recreation Reserve and Local Purpose Reserve classifications in terms of the Reserves Act 1977, and are owned by Hastings District
Council.

The reserves contain predominantly mature exotic trees, with pockets of indigenous vegetation planted by volunteers in recent years. A corridor of walking
and cycling tracks cross the reserves forming a recreation network with Te Mata Park. Tainui Reserve is characterised by steep sided gullies and contains
two archaeological sites, Hikanui Pā and terraces, with Mangarau Stream running through the lower reaches of the reserve. Tauroa Reserve, the second
largest of the five reserves, contains indigenous planting undertaken in recent years by volunteers, with Te Kahika Stream running through the centre.
The smaller reserves, Hikanui and Tanner, complete the network. The reserves are dog exercise (off leash) areas. Keith Sands Grove (reserve and road reserve) is a popular entrance to Tainui Reserve.

Consultation Documents

Public consultation has now closed.

Next Steps

Later in the year, submissions on the draft plans will be presented to the councillors and mayor for consideration. Submitters will have the option of speaking on their submission to Council.

At the end of that process Council will deliberate on each of the plans and the submissions related to them and may request changes, after which the plans will be adopted.