Waitangi Park

Key Features
- A high level of mixed recreational uses for a diverse range of users;
- Sophisticated and effective environmentally sustainable design focussed on Water Sensitive Urban Design;
- Connectivity to the urban framework within which the waterfront site is positioned; and
- Amplification of the park’s physical components by woven narratives pertinent to the Wellington region, referencing both the natural and cultural heritage of the site.
- Five (5) operative zones the promenades; activity zone (skate park, playground, petanque and half-court); cultural and ecological overlays; the field and environmental infrastructure.

Sustainability
Waitangi Park created a benchmark for sustainable landscape design in the Wellington Region. The park’s environmentally sustainable design and the water sensitive urban design strategy not only contributes to improved water quality but also contributes to the visual appeal of the park generating a unique character for the place. Sustainability features incorporated into Waitangi Park include:

- Water conservation (daylighting + cleaning of Waitangi Stream, collection and treatment of storm-water, harvesting of storm-water for irrigation);
- Quality improvement of urban storm water runoff (no net increase of pollution in natural water
systems);
- Bio-diversity, cultivation and use of native species that were sourced locally;
- Use of renewable energy (wind/solar power) and thereby the reduction of greenhouse gases.