Parnell's Vision For The Parnell Train Station

and Parnell Community Committee

Vision for Parnell Station

Parnell Station to be located at Cheshire Street, alongside Mainline Steam’s buildings

Learning Quarter Domain

Mainline Steam

Parnell Road

Key Stakeholders • Residents of Auckland, particularly from the south and west, incl. Parnell workforce and Learning Quarter students & faculty • Visitors to Auckland – Tourism • KiwiRail & ARTA – using public land zoned Special Purpose 3 (Transit)

Key Opportunities with the station at Cheshire Street • Quickest and easiest access to Parnell town centre and Auckland War Memorial Museum • Level and direct access to heart of the Learning Quarter (University and AUT) • The next slide shows award-winning architects, Stevens Lawson’s vision for development of the site, highlighting accessways to Parnell, Domain and Learning Quarter

Key Opportunities BIG land (+ 2hectares) = BIG potential – Event/tourism-focused – Celebrate local Maori history – Community-focused – High density state housing for Seniors – Learning Quarter or Auckland Medical expansion – High tech/Incubator business

Our Vision Create an Auckland Icon To create the Southern Hemisphere’s most beautiful train station, with optimum utility for future generations. (Parnell Station will be the fourth busiest urban train station in Auckland - ARTA)

Our Vision • Develop Parnell Station as a destination in its own right. • Retain the Mainline Steam building as the centrepiece of the Parnell Station development! • World-leading train station architect (Britomart) believes this site is an AMAZING opportunity. • Every city in Australasia would give their eye teeth to develop something iconic here for future generations.

Inspiration for Mainline Steam building: CarriageWorks Contemporary Performing Arts Centre Redfern, NSW

http://www.tzg.com.au/projects/carriageworks-at-eveleigh-8

Multiple award-winning conversion of the former 1888 Carriage Workshops building at Eveleigh

Tonkin Zulaikha Greer’s adaptive reuse of the building as the CarriageWorks Contemporary Arts Centre has embraced the building’s past whilst providing it with a bold new future.

The centre includes three flexible theatre spaces, rehearsal rooms, administrative offices, workshop space and amenities.

Imagine this in Parnell!

Highlight Heritage Waipapa Stream’s rich history

• Protect and celebrate our unique landscapes, features and history - the Waipapa Stream valley has been used and abused for too long and the Domain disconnected from Parnell. • The Newmarket Station Building could be a focal point for exploring the key role the Waipapa Stream played in Auckland’s development. • Build on the historic steam train presence in combination with re-sited heritage Newmarket station. • The next slide highlights the amazing history of this neglected Parnell valley.

Newmarket Park

Flax Mill / Brewery (1850) Old Grammar School Schoolmasters (Kinder) House

Pukekaroa Hill

Claybrook House (1842) Old St Marys Church Old Parnell Tunnel (1866-1872)

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New Parnell Tunnel (1915)

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War Memorial Museum (Pukekawa Hill)

Hobson Park Road (now Birdwood Cres)

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Domain Bridge (1840s – 1865) Knox Church Major Matson’s Brookside (1848)

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Great Parnell Landslip (1866)

Hulme Court (1842) (Under Railway Bridge)

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Te Rauparaha’s Internment (1846)

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Domain Entrance (1872-1914)

Mainline Stream Train Sheds Acclimatisation Society Ponds (1860) Chinese Market Gardens (1850) Lowe & Motions Flour Mill (1844 - 1866) Robertson Rope Walk (1844)

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Carson and Clark Saw Pit (1845) Parnell Bridge (1845-1860) Niccol & Sharp Boatyard (1845) Arrival of first Settler ships (1842) Waipapa Marae (1850)

Carlaw Park

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Ireland Bro. Tannery & Dock (1845-1860)

More Positives • Electrification will remove any gradient issues (current train hardware can handle the gradient). • NZILA award-winning Boffa Miskell plan exists for daylighting the Waipapa Stream and landscaping the valley (ARC - initiated). • Opportunity to create a gateway to The Domain • Suggest minimal or no provision for car parking to accentuate public transport and walk/ride focus

Current Status • ARTA originally proposed a train station at Carlaw Park. New options include a station midway between Mainline Steam & original site, and another adjacent to Mainline Steam. • Despite City Development Committee enthusiasm for Cheshire Street site, FPF still shows a Parnell Train Station at the Carlaw Park location – but it’s not yet included in the 10 Year Plan. (Report requested by Cr Bhatnagar delayed and expected for November 12 meeting.) • ARC / Mike Lee 100% behind Waipapa Valley/Cheshire Street location. • Rodney Hide MP, Cr Ken Baguley and Hobson Community Board briefed and supportive.

Future Status • Commitment by Kiwi Rail, ARTA, ARC,ACC to Parnell Train Station at Mainline Steam Site, Cheshire Street. • Commitment to a heritage “destination” masterplan for the Cheshire Street site in the District Plan. • District Planning identification of the Parnell Train Station at Cheshire Street NOT Heather Street.

Don’t say “No” To say we have no money is to say we have no vision or patience

An invitation To create a

“destination” station rather than a train stop

A Commitment To creativity To community To connectivity To a new Auckland icon

Contacts Parnell Inc.

Stevens Lawson Architects

Debbie Harkness, Manager Ph 09 379 0606 mb 027 601 0641 email [email protected]

Nicholas Stevens Ph 09 377 5376 email [email protected]

Parnell Community Committee

Luke Niue and Jenni Goulding Luke: ph 377 6623 mb 021 055 4574 email [email protected] Jenni: mb 027 274 8944 email [email protected]

Carriage works buildings at Cheshire Street, looking towards Newmarket.

Interior of main Carriage works building at Cheshire Street. Lower-ceilinged wings run along either side of this main work space

Interior of main Carriage works building at Cheshire Street.

Interior of Carriage works building outer wing. Cheshire Street