Council is working on a new Reserve Concept Plan for improvements to the Mangawhai Heads Reserve.

We want to hear how the community want the reserve to be developed before drafting the concept plan. Tell us what you love about the area and what improvements you’d like to see there. 

Giving us your feedback

Give us your feedback via online survey or email: [email protected] 

All submissions must be received by 5pm Sunday 1 September 2024.

Mangawhai Heads Reserve

Mangawhai Heads Reserve encompasses 8.5ha of land at the end of Wintle Street, known as Mangawhai Heads Surf Beach. The land includes the distinctive white rock, historic pā sites, carpark, toilets and the beach front space leased by the Mangawhai Heads Surf Life Saving Club.

FAQs

Why are we doing this?

Discussions around options for the Surf Club and carparking improvements identified a need for a wider discussion on the future of this area.

What is a Reserve Management Plan and a Concept Plan?

Reserve Management Plans are a requirement of section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977. They guide the use and development of a reserve for the purposes for which it is classified under the Reserves Act. 

In the case of the Mangawhai Heads Reserve, the Mangawhai Coastal and Harbour Reserves Management Plan sets guiding direction for how the area can be developed and what activities/uses are appropriate there. It also directs that the Council must prepare a ‘Reserve Concept Plan’ for any further development/redevelopment of the area before proceeding with any works.

A Reserve Concept Plan is a plan showing what further development or redevelopment is proposed. The direction in the Reserve Concept Plan must be consistent with the guiding direction in the overarching Reserve Management Plan.

What’s happening with the surf club?

Repair of the surf club and remediation of the slip is being progressed separately, ahead of this Plan. To get the repairs started as quickly as possible, Kaipara District Council and Mangawhai Heads Volunteer Lifeguard Service have signed a works agreement. Read more about these repairs.

Preparing a concept plan is a separate piece of work that is looking toward the future medium to long term use of the greater area. Council is consulting with the surf club to understand if they have any aspirations for the wider area. Any such aspirations will be incorporated into the draft Reserve Concept Plan to be consulted on with the community.

You can read more about this here: Way forward for Mangawhai Heads surf club and slip repair