The Dunedin City Council is seeking submissions on the future of Hereweka / Harbour Cone.
Hereweka / Harbour Cone covers 328 hectares on the Otago Peninsula and is recognised and appreciated by Dunedin people for its landscape, ecological, heritage and cultural values.
The DCC is seeking public feedback on the current Hereweka / Harbour Cone Management Plan (2012), including thoughts on how the plan could be updated to better reflect any changes, challenges and opportunities that have emerged over the past decade.
The consultation period began on Monday, 21 July 2025 and runs until Monday, 18 August 2025.
DCC Parks and Recreation staff, in collaboration with the Hereweka Harbour Cone Trust, will then review feedback and prepare a revised draft Hereweka / Harbour Cone Management Plan, which will be shared for further public feedback in late-2025.
In January 2008, the Dunedin City Council approved purchase of the 328-hectare property on the Otago Peninsula that has become known as Hereweka, or Harbour Cone. The DCC purchased the land to protect its significant landscape, ecological, heritage and cultural values and in recognition of its potential recreational and commercial values.
The Hereweka / Harbour Cone Management Plan 2012 was adopted in 2012 to provide a policy framework to integrate the multiple objectives that the Dunedin community had for this property, while ensuring that management and enhancements were based on sound principles and in alignment with the values of the property.
After the plan was adopted, the DCC determined that the best vehicle to manage the land in accordance with the plan would be an independent charitable trust. In July 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding was formed between the DCC and Hereweka / Harbour Cone Management Trust Board Incorporated.
Although the property within the plan is not classified as reserve, the DCC will use the review process described in section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977. This will maintain consistency with other management plans and ensure a robust public consultation process.
For more information, visit: www.dunedin.govt.nz/consultation