Titahi Bay Beach Reserves

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Location

Suburb
Titahi Bay

Primary Purpose of Reserve
Natural

Values & Outcomes

HIDB 353 Titahi Bay Machine Gun Post, constructed as part of WWII coastal defence network. Titahi Bay was a major defence area, partly due to the radio transmission station through which all overseas news was received.

60  (E1A1).

Coastal scarps, native and exotic vegetation. Dunes; spinifex; multiple mouths of small streams.

Walking, beach access, beach activities, picnicking, sightseeing, surf-lifesaving.

Sec 159 Porirua DIST is a Crown Derived Reserve.

Utilities (Important): Water Supply, Sewer, Stormwater.

Use of reserve buildings.

Formed carparks.

Sculptures and carvings-There are four wooden pou (sculptures) along the Titahi Bay beach walkway. These were designed and crafted by carver Nathan Rei and were unveiled and blessed at a morning ceremony in February 2012. The design of the pou is based on the discovery of New Zealand by Maori and European explorers. The pou represent Kupe, Abel Tasman, James Cook and Te Rangihaeata and were carved by Nathan at his Onepoto boatshed on the shores of Porirua Harbour.

Mural - There is a mural on the wall of the surf life saving club which was part of the art boards created by the Art in Action exhibition at Pataka in January 2012. The mural celebrates 100 years of surf life saving in New Zealand.

Lot 1 DP 3737 was purchased for reserve.

1. Integrate the management of Titahi Bay Beach with Arnold and South Beach Parks. Consolidate land parcels and classifications to facilitate practical management and enforcement, as opportunities arise.
   
   
2. Manage the Windley Avenue carpark entrance as a separate zone within Titahi Bay Beach Reserve.
   
   
3. Preserve the attractive character of the beach and its environs, in accordance with the findings and recommendations of the following detailed plans:
   
   Titahi Bay Beach Reserves Management Plan 2008,
   Titahi Bay Beach Landscape and Pathways Concept Plan 2010 and 2013 (in preparation). 
   
   
4. Protect significant natural heritage values by restoring ecological integrity and natural amenity values, in accordance with the findings and recommendations of the following detailed plans:
   
   Titahi Bay Beach Restoration Plan 2011,
   Titahi Bay Beach Management Natural Systems Action Plan (summary) 2010. 
   
   
5. Protect the dune ecosystem through the provision of access to the beach, in a way that controls impacts on the natural dune ecology. Favour soft engineering responses to coastal erosion. Monitor the spread of indigenous (but not local) plants such as; karo, karaka, pohutukawa, and muhlenbeckia australis. 
   
   
6. Encourage casual community use of the reserve, through enabling community uses of buildings, and by retaining easy access pathways, parking and amenity open space.
   
   
7. Prohibit cars from the beach in accordance with the vehicle-free area defined in the Regional Coastal Plan. Consider as appropriate a further reduction in the area available for cars and parking.
   
   
8. Work with the community on issues including ecosystem restoration, stormwater management, beach erosion, safe use of recreation equipment and vehicles, and responsible beach behaviour.
   
   
9. Continue to maintain a liquor ban, and prohibit dogs from any part of the reserve during summer daytime hours. Allow dogs on leash at other times. 
   
   
10. Preserve the machine-gun post and restore by removing the cairn and providing more appropriate interpretation.

Windley Entrance Zone (A):

1. Enable easy and safe enjoyment of the beach and reserves by providing off-beach car parking and pedestrian access to the beach.
   
   
2. Provide amenity planting for shade and shelter, using plants which are unlikely to become invasive.

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