Kia Ora
Beachlands has evolved from an early beach settlement to an expanding coastal community
Beachlands South provides an opportunity to plan and deliver a world class master-planned development in a coordinated way. It will offer modern, high-quality housing choices and lifestyles, as well as areas for new schools, a village centre, and places for local businesses in a manner that is sustainable, enhances the natural environment, supports the local community, and contributes to the wider Auckland region.
Our Vision
Beachlands South is a place defined by its symbiotic relationship with the natural environment. Seamlessly extending and connecting with the existing town of Beachlands, it draws upon the existing rural coastal character of the area. It is an innovative, regenerative and low-impact development that is sustainable and resilient and will thrive for many generations.
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Working with Mana Whenua
We are partnering with tangata whenua Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki.
Ngāi Tai exercise mana whenua and mana moana responsibilities at the Kahawairahi – Kauriwhakiwhaki (Beachlands) area.
Our collective relationships with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki predate the establishment of the Beachlands South Limited Partnership and have been mutually strengthened during the course of the master planned approach.
Our master planning has enabled greater alignment with the environmental, social, and cultural aspirations of mana whenua.
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki have and will be fully engaged during the plan change process as well as horizontal and vertical development anticipated across the whenua (land).
About Us
Beachlands South represents a unique opportunity to plan and deliver a world class master-planned destination in Auckland.
The project will be developed by the New Zealand Government Crown entity, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund, and parties associated with the Russell Property Group – collectively known as Beachlands South Limited Partnership.
The partnership is exploring exciting opportunities for the site with any future plans and associated infrastructure improvement to be developed in consultation with the local community for the benefit of Beachlands and Auckland as a whole.
About Russell Property Group
The Russell Property Group (RPG) is part of the Russell Group of Companies, one of New Zealand’s largest privately owned and operated construction and property organisations. The Group is 100% New Zealand owned and has operated successfully for over 50 years. RPG prides itself on successful partnerships in construction and property development. RPG was established in 2010 and collaborates with investment partners to optimise a property’s full potential, through design, investment, build and management.
About NZ Super Fund
The NZ Super Fund is a NZ$58 billion global investment fund established by the New Zealand Government to help pre-fund universal superannuation. A long-term, growth-oriented investor, the Fund has more than $8 billion invested in New Zealand, including significant stakes in Kaingaroa Timberlands, Kiwibank, Datacom, Fidelity Life and NZ Gourmet and APHG (LabTests), along with a portfolio of rural land, more than $1b invested in listed New Zealand equities, and significant commitments to funds supporting small and medium sized local companies.
About Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki (Ngāi Tai) are original inhabitants and Iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau. The Iwi is based in Maraetai, the Waitematā and Tikapa Moana, and exercises mana whenua and mana moana interests across Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf. Its marae are Umupuia and Whataapaka. Ngāi Tai has whakapapa and other relationships with all Iwi in the region and beyond into Waikato, Hauraki and the East Coast. The Ngāi Tai Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement was enacted in July 2018. Iwi entities have ownership responsibilities for approximately $30 million of assets including Macleans College alongside Hāpai, and various property developments. Its entities are undertaking a number of environmental, cultural, social and commercial projects to revitalise the manawa of Ngāi Tai and increase the net monetary worth of tribal members.
About Hāpai
Hāpai is a property fund that is unique in Aotearoa being 100% Iwi owned and controlled, and singularly focused on empowering enduring Māori success in the property sector. Hāpai concentrates on combining Iwi capacity with proprietary opportunity to drive the collective growth of the Māori property economy. Hāpai was founded in 2019 by six Iwi, and has since grown to over twenty Iwi investors, to undertake their property investment collectively, enabling scale, diversification and effective execution. Hāpai’s investment mandate covers commercial investment property, housing (build-to-rent and retirement villages) and development property (land and residential development). The Hāpai portfolio includes eight commercial properties, over 200 residential BTR properties under development, alongside over 750 residential sections in the development pipeline.
Latest News
Media release: April 12, 2024
Private Plan Change 88 for Beachlands South granted.
Master-planned development proposed for Beachlands South provides for new schools, coastal walkway, village centre and new housing.
The owners of the proposed Beachlands South development, Beachlands South Limited Partnership (BSLP), is delighted that the independent commisioners have granted its application for a private plan change (PC88) to enable the development.
Development manager and Russell Property Group managing director Brett Russell says the project team is pleased that their thorough planning and commitment to a sustainable, first class development has been recognised in the decision.
“This ruling for urban development in Auckland is one of regional significance,” he said. “It reflects many years of careful considered planning and work with key stakeholders and the Beachlands community by our multifaceted, local and international project team.
“We are delighted that this care and attention to detail, and the comprehensive nature of our application, has been recognised by the independent commissioners in their findings,” he said.
“We will continue to work closely with the Beachlands community, Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki and wider connections within the Auckland region as we move forward.”
The proposed Beachlands South development is for a 15-20 year development of 307.2 hectares of coastal land near Pine Harbour in East Auckland that includes the Formosa Golf Course.
“Beachlands and the wider Auckland region stands to benefit from master-planned, high quality urban development at this site,” said Mr Russell.
“Since the 1930s, the Beachlands area has developed and grown in an ad hoc fashion. This masterplanned development offers an opportunity to complete the expansion of the coastal community in a coordinated way offering modern, sustainable, high-quality housing choices and lifestyles supported by
new infrastructure, including improved water management, improved roading public transport services, new schools and a coastal walkway”.
Mr Russell said Beachlands South was a long-term development that would sustainably contribute to Auckland’s need for new housing, as well as more self-sufficient urban communities with a lower carbon footprint.
For further information, please contact:
BeachlandsSouth@russellgroup.co.nz
About Beachlands South
The plan change land area of 307.2 ha comprises of 255 ha of land owned by Beachlands South LP incorporating the Formosa Golf Course land (170.5 hectares at 110 Jack Lachlan Drive) and 84.7 hectares of land at 620 and 712 Whitford-Maraetai Road with the balance of 52 hectares of land held by others.
The Beachlands coastal community was established in the 1930s and since that time has evolved through a series of plan changes in an uncoordinated way. The Beachlands South masterplan is an opportunity to complete the expansion of the community in a coordinated and innovative way which greatly enhances lifestyles for all of those who live there, now and in the future. Partners in the Beachlands South Limited Partnership include the NZ Super Fund, Russell Property Group and partners, Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki, and Hāpai.
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