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May 2019

Delivering on Vision 2030

Wha hat is t the he P PGF? F?

Priority:

• Enhance economic development opportunities
• Create sustainable jobs
• Enable Māori to reach their full potential
• Boost social inclusion and participation
• Build resilient communities
• Help meet NZ climate change target

A $1 billion per annum fund focussed on lifting the productivity potential in the provinces

May 2019

“The Lakefront Redevelopment is fundamentally important to the

• verall health and future of the destination and it is therefore

recommended that a team be established to: a) explore international best practice in waterfront regeneration, b) identify leading master planners in this discipline and explore their work and approach, and c) examine the opportunities to create a world class, multi-layered, development that will help drive tourism, enhance the overall quality of life for residents and support a sustainable, long-term regeneration of the city and the wider destination.” Professor Terry Stevens

What are the benefits?

• Quality lakefront experience for residents
• Opportunities to tell cultural stories
• Upgraded play space, closer to the lake and with spaces

for families to picnic

• A wide, smooth boulevard experience for all types of

users

• Improvements to village green, parking and access

What are the benefits?

• Increase in productivity through associated businesses – Hotel,

accommodation, F&B and tourism operations

• Anticipated increase in Rotorua’s GDP from new and expanded

businesses, co-investment and visitor/population growth

• Encouraging private development from iwi and local developers

who own landholding surrounding sites

• Increase in jobs and training to the region (to be delivered by

local education providers). This will ensure locals are best placed to secure short and long-term jobs through relevant training

• An increase in tourism spend driven by the quantity of visitors

and their improved spend thresholds

Key Milestones

Delivery

Pending approval by Council, establish a project advisory group The project advisory group would include Gifted Lands Protocol Committee, Ngati Whakaue, Rotorua Lakes Council, Te Arawa Lakes Trust who will oversee achieving the project

• utcomes

Responsibilities of this group could transition to any agreed Council Control Organisation

May 2019

“There is a need to ‘up the ante’ and improve all aspects

• f quality in all parts of the tourist system… the unloved

aspects of the city need to be re-loved. The top attractors and core assets must receive better support by the rest of the services and infrastructure. Assets must be sweated and made to work harder” Professor Terry Stevens

Latest estimates

• Better access for dog walkers, potential for secondary access
• Safer stopping and parking areas
• Dedicated space for equestrian users
• Additional access from Fenton Park side
• Central play space, encouraging families to picnic and stay longer
• Enhanced bike skills play space for young families
• Safer pedestrian access along Long Mile and entrance to Forest

Hub

• Safer night-time experience along Long Mile
• Spreading user with dedicated areas so the experience is

enhanced

What are the benefits?

What are the benefits?

• Protecting and safe guarding the environment for future users
• Better stormwater management
• Education around cultural stories and history of forestry
• Enabling private development from iwi and investors
• New tourism activities and operations
• Better environmental sustainability
• Increase in jobs and training to the region (to be delivered by

local education providers)

• An increase in tourism spend driven by the quantity of visitors

and their improved spend thresholds

• Enable sustainable public access.

Key milestones

Delivery

Since consultation document agreed:

• visitor economy strategy approved through BOC, Rotorua first

2 priorities endorsed

• positive meetings with Min Jones on 2x projects (get moving

together) & other MPs

• MBIE application for $800k to progress detailed business

cases (supported by BOC, confirm next few weeks)

• BOP surge region, clear priorities, understanding of required

business case

• match funding levels available
• positive progress with partners eg SCION, CNI