Goals
Our parks, open spaces and facilities meet the changing needs of our communities and cultures
Our parks, open spaces and facilities are increasingly used
Our parks, open spaces and facilities contribute to improving people’s health and wellbeing
Priorities
A range of accessible environments that encourage play, activity and informal recreation
- Developing and improving accessibility of parks, open spaces, facilities, harbours and beaches to encourage physical activity as a part of everyday life
Safe and well-connected parks and open spaces
- Providing a range of well-designed, safe parks and open spaces that can be accessed by a range of transport modes
A fit-for-purpose network of facilities
- Providing appropriate, quality, fit-for-purpose open space, sport and recreation facilities at regional, sub-regional and local levels
- Maintaining and investing in major event infrastructure to attract sporting events that bring domestic and international participants and visitors to Dunedin
Partnerships to develop, maintain and enhance parks and facilities
- Facilitating partnerships to make the most of Dunedin’s places and spaces
Ownership and connection to parks and facilities by our communities
- Supporting and celebrating the contributions community groups and volunteers make to local places and spaces
| “We’ve got enough open space – it’s the quality of what we’ve got that’s the issue. We need to take a strategic approach and focus on investing in the areas that need improvement. Quality management and maintenance is critical.” Feedback from stakeholder workshops |
| Open space actions to be led by Council | Working with | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Undertake an audit of existing parks, open spaces and tracks and map the results to establish an understanding of the level of provision and the quality of Dunedin’s parks, open spaces and tracks. | Community Boards, local community groups, Friends of Parks groups, schools, Halberg Foundation, DOC, DPA | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ |
| 2. Review current Reserve Management Plans, including Coastal Reserves, and existing open space policies for relevance and community value | DoC, ORC, Enterprise Dunedin, Kāi Tahu, | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ |
| 3. Develop a citywide park amenities maintenance plan to guide investment amenities including park entrances, car parks, signage and wayfinding, exercise trails, footpaths, public toilets, furniture, bicycle parking and planting | DOC, ORC, Good Food Dunedin | ☑ | ☑ | |
| 4. Develop park design guidelines that respond to the different types and qualities of Dunedin’s parks and open spaces and reflect universal design, crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), and low impact design principles. | DoC, ORC, Dunedin Amenities Society, Keep Dunedin Beautiful | ☑ | ☑ | |
| 5. Develop a Dunedin Play Spaces Plan, focusing on improving the quality of play spaces and experiences and establishing levels of provision | Community Boards, local community groups, Friends of Parks groups, schools | ☑ | ☑ | |
| 6. Develop key open spaces as community, education and heritage hubs, providing for a range of uses of open space such as community gardens, allotments, dog walking, access for community events and activities, |
ORC, DoC, Sport Otago, Kāi Tahu, Friends of the Dunedin Botanic Garden, Good Food Dunedin, Heritage New Zealand, Pouhere Taonga | ☑ | ||
| 7. Enable a range of volunteer and community programmes to increase and diversify community participation in open space |
Community Boards, local community groups, Friends of Parks groups, Halberg Foundation, Volunteering Otago, Sport Otago | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ |