The signs on the temporary fence behind are for a sculpture by Kaea Tamaariki to be installed where the extension to the carpark was proposed.
The sign is only in te reo other than these collaborators: Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei - Mana whenua; Auckland Transport - Project lead; Rongoã Landscapes Ltd - Landscape construction lead; and Xanthe White Design - Landscape architecture and design lead.
There is also a sketch of what appear to be loops with children playing on them and a statement “this project wishes to acknowledge the guardians of the land, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei - it is your flame that keeps the hearth of history alive”. When I visited two Tongan stone masons, Sione and Sam, were reshaping bluestone kerbs supplied by Auckland Council and some larger blocks from Mt Eden Prison to form the design.
The previous location for a carpark extension, where vehicles now park on the grass and AT has placed boulders, was ignored by Auckland Transport. This was endorsed Mayor Wayne Brown who sent to the AT Board to be incorporated in the cycleways design. Instead AT added a footpath to the design therefore making it illegal to cross the cycleway and footpath to park on the grass area where 30 carparks were located.
At the top right of the carpark, another potential location to extend parking for dog walkers, there is a construction site. It is the location of the site materials for the renewal of Meola Reef Dog Park paths. Once they are finished, rather than returning this area to grass, it would be easy to use it for an extension of the carpark.
Gael Baldock, Community Advocate
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