Pukekohe

The Pukekohe population is projected to grow to over 50,000 people in the next 20 years.

Responding to growth taking hold in south Auckland, we’re working to boost Pukekohe’s attractiveness as an employment destination and town centre.

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Latest updates from Pukekohe

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Kai Franklin Chef's Table: Pull up a Chair in Pukekohe

15/03/2024

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Kai Franklin The Kitchen Project
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Focus on Food at 1 Roulston Street

01/03/2024

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Pukekohe: Edinburgh Superblock to go to market

21/02/2024

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Devon Lane transformed for the Pukekohe community

15/12/2023

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Over The Gate with Richard Davison

10/08/2023

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Pukekohe Plan endorsed by Franklin Local Board

19/07/2023

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Pukekohe parklet perfect for your puku

27/02/2022

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Shaping urban spaces with Unitec’s young talent

08/07/2020

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Panuku and Franklin Board celebrate the Pukekohe Show

21/02/2020

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Plan for Pukekohe revealed

03/02/2020

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Festive Food
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Festive food in the heart of Pukekohe

03/12/2019

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Pukekohe Regeneration
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Pukekohe regeneration set to begin

19/06/2019

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Panuku To Help Shape Pukekohe's Future
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Eke Panuku to help shape Pukekohe's future

04/12/2018

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The Pukekohe population is projected to grow to over 50,000 people in the next 20 years.


A shared vision for Pukekohe

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To make sure this part of Auckland grows in a planned and sustainable way, Auckland Council has asked us to deliver urban regeneration to help create a vibrant, competitive, safe and walkable town centre, with better access to employment, education and healthcare.

Eke Panuku will be working in Pukekohe to deliver this for the next five to 10 years.

Our strategic plan for Pukekohe - Kia Puawai a Pukekohe - outlines how we will implement regeneration in the short, medium and long term.

Our initial activities in Pukekohe will be to look at options for the key council-owned properties in the town centre and understand how we can maximise the use of parking.

As part of this, we’re working with the farmers’ market owners and together will trial a move from the market’s current Massey Ave car park to the town square.

We’ll also be investigating how to make better use of existing council properties:

  • There are 27 council-owned properties that we have identified as being of interest to us for redevelopment potential. These properties have been endorsed and approved by Auckland Council-elected members.
  • These include eight street-level car parks, several small open spaces, three commercial properties (with tenants) and the Auckland Council offices at 82 Manukau Road.
  • We plan to sell and redevelop these properties over time with development partners to get the best outcomes for Pukekohe. This will be done with guidance from the Franklin Local Board. Revenue generated from these site sales will be channelled into a fund, which is then allocated to projects that invest in our communities
  • We have identified eight key moves which will be our focus over the coming years.

These key moves are the projects where we can make the biggest contribution, spanning precinct redevelopment, public realm investment and placemaking.

What's happening in the near future?

  • We are working on a masterplan for the town centre which provides a game plan to encourage growth and attract investment.
  • We are preparing to investigate possible parking improvements. This will help inform the future reconfiguring and transformation process, by reviewing the current usage and needs of people who frequent Pukekohe’s town centre. We will do this with Auckland Transport and Franklin Local Board. We understand that the rural needs of people who visit, work, learn and live in Pukekohe need to be a consideration in this process.
  • Our remit is focused on the town centre, however, we are exploring other ways to contribute to the growth demands in Pukekohe.
  • We are working with the market operators in Pukekohe to find a suitable home so that its future is secure.

Plans

Pukekohe Streets for People

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The Innovating Streets for People programme is designed to help create more people-friendly spaces in our towns and cities. It aims to make it faster and easier to transition streets to safer and more usable spaces

The idea behind Innovating Streets for People is ‘co-design by trial’. This is a new approach where the local community has a greater say in redesigning their own neighbourhoods. Various ideas can be tested, and tweaks can be made to find what works best.

From late April to 30 June 2021, an Innovating Streets for People project ran in Pukekohe, involving temporary trials in King Street and Devon Lane.

We led the ‘Pukekohe Streets for People’ project alongside Auckland Transport. The majority of the project is funded by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency through their Innovating Streets programme, which funds community-based initiatives to make streets safer and more liveable.

The concepts for the trial were informed by a series of co-design sessions with a local advisory group, businesses, and youth, as well as drop-in sessions in the town centre.

Feedback from this process has been incorporated into the masterplan.

 

Why Pukekohe?

There has been significant growth in the areas around Pukekohe in recent years, and more growth is likely in the future.

To ensure that Pukekohe is well-prepared for this growth, we’re working on a 10-year plan for the Pukekohe town centre in partnership with mana whenua, the Franklin Local Board, Auckland Transport and Auckland Council.

Our early thinking involved improvements to Devon Lane and King Street, and the potential redevelopment of some car parks over the next 10 years. We have since removed King Street from our plan based on feedback from locals.

Pukekohe projects and events

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Pukekohe plan

07/06/2022 - 15/08/2022

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  • In Progress

Roulston Park

01/07/2022 - 31/05/2025

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  • Undergoing Construction

Parklets in Pukekohe

01/01/2022

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Devon Lane Improvements, Pukekohe

01/09/2021 - 31/12/2023

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Better Access to a Better Roulston Park – Pukekohe Intersection Upgrades

01/12/2023

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