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Te Puke Recreation and Aquatic Centre Feasibility Study

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3.2 <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> Long <strong>Te</strong>rm Development Plan 2004 -2024The <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> Long <strong>Te</strong>rm Development Plan 2004 -2024 was developed to provide a‘Blueprint for the community to use - a valuable tool to inform people where the <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> communitywants to go <strong>and</strong> how it plans to get there’.A key component of the plan was focused on the recreation <strong>and</strong> leisure outcomes for the <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> community.As part of the process a series of ‘<strong>Recreation</strong> <strong>and</strong> Leisure Vision <strong>and</strong> Outcomes’ where developed. Theseincluded:• ‘The people of <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> <strong>and</strong> surrounds are happy, fit <strong>and</strong> healthy’.• ‘<strong>Recreation</strong> <strong>and</strong> Leisure is accessible to all sectors of the community’.• ‘An indoor multi sports centre is built for <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> <strong>and</strong> the wider sub region’.• ‘The need for a pool complex with integrated aquatic <strong>and</strong> recreational facilities has beeninvestigated <strong>and</strong> resolved’.• ‘Partnerships between Council, schools, tangata whenua, private sector groups <strong>and</strong> strategic partnersdeliver good outcomes’.• ‘Complementary recreational activities are positioned to maximise effort <strong>and</strong> resources in onelocation’.• ‘<strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> hosts national <strong>and</strong> regional events’.The key considerations that were identified as part of the <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> Long <strong>Te</strong>rm Development Plan 2004 -2024for recreation <strong>and</strong> leisure, were:• ‘There may be an opportunity for a sub-regional, indoor multi-purpose sports facility to be built in <strong>Te</strong><strong>Puke</strong>. This facility could also service Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, Tauranga, Paengaroa, <strong>Puke</strong>hina<strong>and</strong> Maketu. A feasibility study will be undertaken to examine the need, viability, location <strong>and</strong> fundingrequirements to develop such a facility’.• ‘The <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puke</strong> High School aquatic centre has served our community well for many years, <strong>and</strong> willcontinue to in the short to medium term. However, there is concern that in the long term, the existingpool complex will not meet the community’s needs. This issue will need to be carefully evaluated,together with other aquatic developments in the eastern area. It is noted that Tauranga is building anaquatic facility’.3.3 SmartGrowthSmartGrowth was launched in 2004 <strong>and</strong> involves stakeholders such as Tauranga City Council, Western Bay ofPlenty District Council, <strong>and</strong> Environmental Bay of Plenty, Tangata Whenua, Central Government <strong>and</strong> theprivate sector.‘SmartGrowth has been identified as playing a key role in preparing the Western Bay for thefuture, such as planning major transportation projects, business parks, new urban centres,recreational facilities <strong>and</strong> the protection of the natural environment.’15

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