Attachment Q6 Teitei Drive 2024 engagement plan Redacted.pdf

DRAFT Comms and Engagement plan Teitei Drive 2024
January 2024
Background
•  Ruapehu District Council has partnered with Kāinga Ora and Ngāti Rangi to enable the
development of residential y-zoned vacant land at Teitei Drive in Ohakune.

•  The proposed development aligns with Ruapehu District Council’s strategy to tackle
Ohakune’s housing chal enges by working with the Government and others to increase the
availability of warm, dry, affordable homes for public housing, long-term worker rental, and
public purchase in the next few years.

•  The proposed plans are for a mixed development of 44 new homes. Fourteen of the 44
homes proposed to be built are for workers to rent long-term and another 15 wil  be
affordable homes. These new homes wil  help to address the shortage of suitable and
affordable house to rent or buy in the area and make it easier to attract much needed
workers to Ohakune to support businesses and the local economy.  Fifteen of the 44 homes
proposed to be built are intended to be used as public housing.

•  The Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents’ Society Inc is opposing the proposed development.
They have launched a Save Ohakune website and have submitted many of the more than 50
Oﬃcial Informa�on Act requests that Kāinga Ora has received on this development to date.
The group has also presented Parliament with a petition, signed by 1200 people, that cal s on
Parliament to order Kāinga Ora not to proceed with the development of the land.

•  To ensure we can meet the �ming criteria of the CIP funding, Kāinga Ora, on behalf of the
partners, is planning to submit a resource consent applica�on in February for enabling works
on the site. Once this is granted, we wil  be able to get the ini�al infrastructure work
underway. The land use and subdivision wil  be part of a second resource consent applica�on
to be lodged mid-2024.

Approach
•  Ongoing engagement and visibility will be the key approach for 2024.
•  Immediate focus will be on engagement with key stakeholders (MP, employers, council ors)
to provide an update on our proposed approach to both the resource consent and ongoing
community engagement.
•  In early February, before the resource consent application for enabling works is lodged, an
email/letter to the community wil  go out with the latest updates and to give people the
opportunity to subscribe to our online database to receive the latest information about the
project going forward.
•  From March onwards, monthly information sessions will be held at the local library. These
sessions are an opportunity for the community to connect with Kāinga Ora, ask questions
about the project, share any feedback, and to learn more about what we do, including home
ownership products we offer.
•  We are stil  working through when and how we wil  introduce the updated master design.
•  Where possible, we wil  encourage Ruapehu District Council and Ngāti Rangi to attend some
of these sessions as wel  to reflect the importance of the partnership.
•  Our engagement is to focus on the need for these homes in Ohakune.

Risks
9(2)(g)(i)
Key messages
•  The proposed development at Teitei Drive in Ohakune is a partnership between Ruapehu
District Council, Kainga Ora – Homes & Communi�es and Ngā� Rangi.

•  The proposed plans are for a mixed development of 44 new homes. It addresses the need for
more public housing from within the community and wil  help address the shortage of
suitable and aﬀordable housing to rent or buy.

•  To enable the development of the land at Teitei Drive to support these homes, $5.2million
funding from the Crown Infrastructure Partners (CIP) was commited in late 2021. This
funding is essen�al for the development of the infrastructure on the site to make sure the
future homes wil  have access to power, telecommunica�on, water and roading.

•  To meet the �ming requirements of the CIP funding, a resource consent applica�on for
enabling works (a culvert and minor earthworks at the site entrance area only) wil  be lodged
by Kāinga Ora with Horizons Regional Council and Ruapehu District Council in February.
Given the current focus is only on enabling works, a permited ac�vity for residen�al zoned
land, we won’t be reques�ng no�ﬁca�on of the ﬁrst resource consent applica�on.

•  The land use and subdivision wil  be part of a second resource consent applica�on to be
lodged in mid-2024.

•  Undertaking the consent in two stages wil  al ow us to get minor infrastructure work
underway with central government funding, while also undertaking further engagement with
the community to provide opportuni�es for them to give feedback on the proposed plans for
the mixed housing development.

•  While we won’t request no�ﬁca�on of the resource consent applica�ons, the decision on
whether to no�fy wil  be made by Horizons Regional Council and Ruapehu District Council.
•  We wil  provide ongoing engagement opportunities for the community, including monthly
information sessions and regular email updates, to connect with Kāinga Ora, so you can
access us anytime if you have questions or to share feedback.

•  While our previous Resource Consent applica�on which was submited with the Council in
July 2023 has not been withdrawn, our focus is on progressing the new applica�on.
To check with Project Team to add to key messages/FAQ

•  What happens with the July 2023 resource consent applica�on?
•  Who wil  review the rc applica�on lodged with RDC?
•  Introduc�on of updated design + lines around what feedback is already incorporated.
Timeline
Activity
Channel
Responsibility
When
Provide draft
Startup
Renee/Linda
Week 29 Jan 2024
comms/engagement plan  weekly/fortnightly
for 2024 to key partners –  catch-ups again
Council and Ngati Rangi

Otherwise email

Update key stakeholders
Face to face  Renee/Graeme/partners
Week 5 Feb 2024
(MP, employers,
conversations
councillors) about the
project

Give MO a head’s up
Weekly report
Linda
Week 29 Jan 2024
about upcoming resource

application + next steps

Letter to community/local
Letter
Renee/Linda/Lucy
Week 5 Feb 2024
media providing an update
about the upcoming rc
application + opportunity
to subscribe to regular
online updates

Monthly information
Face to face
Renee
Commences March 2024
sessions at the local library

1.DRAFT leter

?? February 2024

Update on resource consent applica�on for enabling works

Kia ora,

In November 2023, we have writen to you to provide on update on the resource consent applica�on
for the proposed mixed housing development of 44 homes at Teitei Drive in Ohakune. This
development is a partnership between Ruapehu District Council, Kāinga Ora – Homes and
Communi�es and Ngā� Rangi.

We can now conﬁrm that a resource consent applica�on for enabling works (a culvert and minor
earthworks at the site entrance area only) wil  be lodged by Kāinga Ora in February. A copy of the
resource consent applica�on will be available on our website once it is lodged with Horizons Regional
Council and Ruapehu District Council.

Given the current focus is only on enabling works, a permited ac�vity for residen�al zoned land, we
won’t be reques�ng no�ﬁca�on of this resource consent applica�on, but ul�mately, the decision on
whether to no�fy wil  be made by the Councils.

Next steps
Subject to the resource consent being granted, we are aiming to begin work on site as soon as
possible.

Further work wil  be done on the land use and subdivision resource consent applica�on, which is
expected to be lodged in mid-2024. We will ensure there wil  be opportuni�es for the community to
talk with us about these plans and share feedback in monthly informa�on sessions.

Keeping in touch
Moving forward, you can now subscribe to our online pla�orm to receive regular email updates
about Ohakune.

If you would like to sign up for our email updates please register here:
htps://conﬁrmsubscrip�on.com/h/t/8DD38488D0C6F10A or scan the QR code below.

For more informa�on on the proposed development and the resource consent applica�on, please
visit: Teitei Drive :: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communi�es (kaingaora.govt.nz)

If you have any further ques�ons, please feel free to contact:

Renee Regal – Manager Community Engagement and Partnerships Kāinga Ora
0800 801 601 (please ask to be transferred)
communi�[email address]

Clive Manley – Chief Execu�ve Ruapehu District Council
[email address]

Helen Leahy - Pou Ārahi /Chief Execu�ve Nga Waihua o Paerangi (Ngā� Rangi Trust)
helen@nga�rangi.com

2. Dra� Weekly Report item
We wil  inform the community via a leter drop/email next week that a resource consent applica�on
for enabling works (a culvert and minor earthworks at the site entrance area only) for the proposed
mixed housing development of 44 homes at Teitei Drive in Ohakune wil  be lodged by Kāinga Ora in
February. This development is a partnership between Ruapehu District Council, Kāinga Ora – Homes
and Communi�es and Ngā� Rangi

Given the current focus is only on enabling works, a permited ac�vity for residen�al zoned land, we
won’t be reques�ng no�ﬁca�on of this resource consent applica�on.

Subject to the resource consent being granted, we are aiming to begin work on site as soon as
possible.

Further work wil  be done on the land use and subdivision resource consent applica�on, which is
expected to be lodged in mid-2024. We will ensure there wil  be opportuni�es for the community to
talk with us about these plans and share feedback in monthly informa�on sessions.