Tamaterau pull-over area upgrade

  • Project typeImprovement work
  • Project value$304,000
  • Contractor nameRobinson Asphalts
  • Completion Date27 May 2022
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Slower drivers heading into Whangārei from Whangarei Heads and Parua Bay will be able to pull over easily at Tamaterau and allow others to pass.

Improvements

The pull-in area has been upgraded and asphalted. Other improvements include:

  • marked parking areas
  • improved exit and entrance
  • more space around the central pohutukawa tree and other mature trees to allow water to seep through the ground to their roots

An image showing upgrade work on Tamaterau pull-over area.  

Project details

The $304,0000 project is being funded by both the Tourism Infrastructure Fund and Council.

We would like to thank the following for their contribution:

  • Design by Hawthorn Geddes Engineers and Architects
  • Road safety audit by Northern Civil Consulting
  • Original arborist advice by Arborlab
  • Cultural advice and monitoring by Ngāti Pūkenga ki Pakikaikutu and a wider collaborative hapū group He Manu Kōtuku
  • Archaeological advice by Geometria
  • On-site arborist advice and monitoring by McLean Tree Services
  • Construction by Robinson Asphalts
  • Mural painting by Isaiah Rameka with collaboration with Ngāti Pūkenga ki Pakikaikutu and the Parua Bay school children

The back wall of the bus shelter has been painted with the handprints of Parua Bay Primary School children.

An image of the upgraded Tamaterau bus shelter.  

Location

553-647 Whangarei Heads Road, Tamaterau 0174  View Map

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