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Tūparikino Active Community Hub

We’re working with sports and community groups and Ngāti Tūparikino and Ngāti Te Whiti hapū to build a multi-purpose hub for our rangatahi and future generations. The Tūparikino Active Community Hub (TACH) is important to building a Sustainable Lifestyle Capital where people want to live, work and invest. Located by the TSB Stadium and the New Plymouth Raceway, the TACH will share the site with Taranaki Racing, with easy links to Pukekura Park and the city centre.

Background​

  • A 2019 Needs Assessment report found many sport and recreation codes are unable to access appropriate facilities in the district. The quality of facilities is generally low and no longer fit for purpose. Currently many sports compete for space in aging facilities, with many tamariki playing or training late into the evening and many sports are limiting numbers due to the lack of space.​
  • A modern sport and recreational hub would be able to hold national sports tournaments along with major lifestyle events like kapa haka.​​
  • NPDC’s 2021 10-Year Plan (10YP) had $40million to pay for about a third of the project plus $11m for running costs and other parties raising the rest of the money.​​
  • The 10YP had a record 4,563 pieces of feedback and Paying it Forward had more feedback than any other item (4,447).​​
  • With costs rising to around $110m in 2023, Councillors put a scaled back TACH back on the agenda for the 2024-2034 10-Year Plan with a proposed $35m investment.​ We received 3,222 pieces of feedback to the 10YP with 46% supporting the proposed funding and an additional 18% backing an increase to $50 million.​​

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Page last updated: 03:31pm Tue 17 June 2025

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