14 July 2021
LGOIMA No. 8140008684
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
Matthew Hooton
Via FYI.org.nz
[FYI request #15643 email]
Tēnā koe Matthew
Local Government Official Information And Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA)
Panuku Unlock Locations
Thank you for the follow up questions to our release of 21 June. Your questions and our
responses are set out below and attached.
1. My request was for "[t]he owner(s) of the land at the beginning of the project
and at its completion (or as at today's date for projects that are not
completed". You have indicated all land at the beginning of each project was
owned by Auckland Council. You have not provided information on who owns
the land at completion, or at 2 June 2021. Please provide this information that
you hold.
As indicated in our response dated 21 June, council owned land is sold to a development
partner to develop. Eke Panuku provided a list of development partners to whom the various
development sites in the Unlock locations were sold. Development partners wil on-sell the
property once a development is complete. For example, a site on Racecourse Parade in
Avondale was sold to Ockham which developed 72 apartments on the site. Eke Panuku
does not hold the information on who currently owns or occupies those apartments.
3. Your answer indicates that Panuku holds information about how it “unlocks”
value within town centres, given its staff are able to brief me on this. However, I
wish to be transparent and for the information to be provided as requested,
through fyi.org.nz. You wil be aware that, for the purposes of the OIA and
LGOIMA, “information” includes al written documents but has also been
defined more broadly by the Court of Appeal and by the Ombudsman (see
Ombudsman’s Quarterly Update, Vol 4, Issue 3, Sept 1998) as including not
only the written word but any knowledge, however gained or held, by Panuku,
and therefore includes knowledge in the minds of Panuku employees, board
members and consultants that has not otherwise been recorded in
documentary form. Therefore could you please provide me with this
information in writing. To reduce the work involved, could you please limit this
to Unlock Hobsonvil e, Unlock Henderson and Unlock Avondale at this stage.
As indicated in our previous response, Eke Panuku does not hold the information you have
requested. Eke Panuku offered you an opportunity to come in to talk to their subject matter
experts to understand their work programme bet er, and how Eke Panuku “unlocks” town
centres more generally.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
You have indicated that you are not interested in a meeting. To provide you with as much
information as we can on the Unlock locations, and how Eke Panuku brings value to these
locations, please refer to the below documents:
• High Level Project Plans and Framework Plans for Eke Panuku Unlock locations,
where available (Avondal
e here, Henderson
here, Northcot
e here, Papatoet
oe here,
Panmure
here, Pukekoh
e here, Takapuna
here).
• Spatial delivery plans for Unlock Locations dated May 2021, -
Attachment 1
With regards to Unlock Hobsonvil e:
In July 2016, Eke Panuku and Kainga Ora [then Hobsonvil e Land Company] entered into a
Development Agreement which amalgamated several legacy agreements relating to the
Unlock Hobsonvil e 20-hectare programme [formerly the Marine Industry Precinct], while
also incorporating the newly agreed 14/6 masterplan [14ha. residential and 6ha. mixed use].
The 14 ha. residential component has been sold to two parties, being AV Jennings and
Avanda for a mix of residential housing typologies in accordance with the agreed
masterplan. AV Jennings has completed 101 dwellings and Avanda is currently developing
up to 510 homes on its landholding.
The 6 ha. mixed use part of the site is currently in 4 separate land titles comprising Lots 5A,
5B, 6, 7 and 8.
• Lot 5A has recently been sold to the Ministry of Education for use as an Intermediate
School and comprises 1.5 ha or 15,000m2.
• Lot 5B has an area of 9782m2. It wil be taken to the market later this year and is
expected to be sold and developed for residential use.
• Lot 6 houses the old Wasp Hanger and wil be sold for both retail/commercial use
[Wasp Hanger] with the balance of the site likely to be used for residential housing
• Lot 7 having an area of 15,988m2 and currently housing the Yachting
Development Ltd warehouse is expected to be developed for housing alone.
• Lot 8 having an area of 7089m2 is likely to accommodate a mixed-use development
containing car parking, retail and residential use.
In keeping with the provisions of the Masterplan, Eke Panuku has designed and constructed
the infrastructure to the 20-hectare land holding, including sanitary sewer, utilities,
stormwater, potable water, street lighting, bus stops, rain gardens, footpaths and
landscaping.
Please find attached A Masterplan –
Attachment 2 and A Road Names Plan for Hobsonville
-
Attachment 3.
The decision by Panuku to release the information contained in this response was made by
Eke Panuku Development Auckland’s Chief Executive.
We trust this information satisfies your request. Should you believe that we have not dealt
with your request appropriately, you have the right in accordance with section 27(3) of the
LGOIMA to make a complaint to the
Office of the Ombudsman and seek an investigation.
If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting LGOIMA No.
8140008684.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
Ngā mihi
Joanne Kearney
Senior Privacy & Official Information Business Partner
Governance Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
