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Champagne corks were popping last week as international developer Aventuur received resource consent for its Auckland Surf Park, to be built in Dairy Flat.
The community will have a chance to ask questions and find out more at a public event to be held in Dairy Flat this month.
The project has taken around seven months to complete the consent process through government’s Covid-19 recovery fast-track consenting.
The 43ha surf park, which will be built at 1350 Dairy Flat Highway, includes a Wavegarden ‘Cove’ lagoon with surf waves, high performance sports and leisure facilities, tourist accommodation, a farm-to-table restaurant and garden and public walking and cycling trails.
It also has a solar farm and Spark data centre on site. Excess heat from the data centre (powered by renewable energy including the solar farm) will warm the surfing lagoon year-round, which Aventuur says is a world-first.
Other sustainability initiatives include regenerating streams on the property, native plantings, the use of ‘zero embedded carbon’ concrete, harvesting rainwater, composting, and no single use plastics.
The facility is predicted to generate more than 400 jobs during construction and 100 full-time equivalent positions once it opens.
Construction is expected to begin late this year, with the Auckland Surf Park opening to the public in the summer of 2026-27.
The public event is at Dairy Flat Hall on Saturday, July 27, from 9am to noon. Sir John Kirwan is hosting the drop-in day. Everyone is welcome, along with feedback.
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