In August 2008, the ARC purchased nearly 50 hectares of new parkland at Te Arai, in the north east of the Rodney District.
The land, adjoining a Rodney District Council coastal reserve, holds high ecological, cultural heritage, recreational and scenic values. Highly sensitive dune lake ecosystems, wetlands, coastal broadleaf forest and regenerating forest cover the majority of the land.
Securing this property for parkland guarantees the protection of a sensitive headland which overlooks a significant section of coastline and contains some of the region's most outstanding scenic and ecological features.
Future management of the property as parkland will be considered through a Regional Park Management Plan process. This will include consultation with Iwi, Rodney District Council and the public.
There is currently no formal public access to this land.
The ARC's newest park, 50 hectares of coastal land at Te Arai.
