Tumu Kaituna and Tauranga City Council

The Trust is part of a relationship agreement with the other main Tumu Kaituna landowners and Tauranga City Council.

Here are our objectives and aspirations as part of that agreement;

  • Help beneficiaries keep ownership of the majority of their lands for their future generations (note: in order for the land and the Tumu Kaituna area to be urbanised, road and infrastructure corridors need to be vested in Council. This could happen by way of land exchange)
  • Recognise and provide opportunities for owners, whānau and the wider community to reflect the cultural heritage and history of the lands and the area
  • Promote and enable the establishment of uses, places and spaces that recognise and provide opportunities to reflect the cultural heritage and history of the area
  • Support the delivery of the SmartGrowth ‘live, learn, work and play’ philosophy
  • Ensure that the project and associated infrastructure is financially viable taking into account the Trust’s primary objective of retaining ownership of the majority of the lands for future generations
  • Provide for a Papamoa East Town Centre that is wider than the defined town centre core/fringe (in the Wairakei urban growth area) and includes residential development and wider employment opportunities
  • Provide for schooling, institutional uses, mixed-use and residential opportunities that will support and complement both the town centre and wider Papamoa East areas
  • Ensure that the infrastructure provided to and within the Tumu Kaituna urban growth area is:
    • future-proofed to provide for future land use change and growth both within and around Tumu Kaituna
    • efficient, cost effective and fit for purpose
    • resilient to natural hazard risks
    • designed and delivered to accommodate future changes in infrastructure design and delivery
  • Provide an integrated transportation network that:
    • is future-proofed to provide for future land use change and urban growth both within and around Tumu Kaituna
    • accommodates the provision of on- and off-road cycling and public transportation
    • enables efficient connectivity to and within the new urban growth area
  • Ensure that constrained land (ecological, cultural, landscape, and natural hazards) is appropriately managed recognising that the Trust will retain ownership of these areas