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Kaipara Wharves

Wharves help people to connect with each other and enable transportation of goods.

A water-based transport network helps to connect communities, and support and attract residents, businesses and tourists to the Kaipara district.

The Kaipara Wharves project included:

Assessing what opportunities water-based transport would create for tourism and transport for Kaipara
Plan for phasing key wharf projects around other dependent projects (roads, kai and tourism)
Building Dargaville pontoon, upgrading Pahi wharf and building a new gangway and pontoon, building Pouto wharf, and completing investigations for beach landings at three marae.

Progress:

The Kaipara Water Transport Network and Wharves Feasibility Study/ Programme Business Case was consulted on and finalised in 2020.
Construction for the Dargaville pontoon was completed in mid-October 2020.
Construction work for the Pahi wharf upgrade, including a new pontoon and gangway was completed in December 2021.
Construction work for Pouto wharf started in August/September 2022 and was completed in June/July 2024.

Resources

Pouto wharf technical design drawings 2022
Pouto wharf artist impression render 2022
Pouto wharf common questions
View the 2020 Wharves Feasibility Study and Water Transport consultation document (PDF, 14.8MB).
Full Wharves Feasibility Study/Programme Business Case (PDF, 4MB)
Marine Asset Condition Assessments (PDF, 6MB)
Pouto Point Marine Asset Condition Assessment (PDF, 5MB)

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