Author Archives: Sarah Francis

Key Points: We Need Your Support The Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust is working diligently to address community feedback following the public notification and submissions regarding the resource consent. As part of this effort, the building proposal has been removed from the plans. In June, the Tasman District Council provided additional financial support, bringing their contribution toContinue reading “Māpua Boat Ramp Project Is Still Moving Forward”

Following the public notification of our resource consent in February and the subsequent submissions, the Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust has been actively working to address the community’s feedback. In April, the Trust applied to the Tasman District Council for additional funding to support the consenting process. While the Council initially expressed concerns about allocatingContinue reading “Trustees Focus on Ramp Construction After Council Advances Additional Funds”

The Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust has submitted its application for resource consent for a new boat ramp, a new community building on Waterfront Park and for use of part of the parking space in Kite Park for trailer parking. Public submissions have now closed. Tasman District Council (TDC) has received 328 submissions, of whichContinue reading “Two-thirds of Council submissions are in support of the Māpua community boat ramp”

The Tasman District Council (TDC) has publicly notified the application for resource consent on behalf of the Mapua Boat Ramp Community Trust, through the TDC Newsline (the council website). Public submissions on the Māpua Community Boat Ramp resource consent application are open until 26 February. This is your opportunity to have your say about thisContinue reading “Two weeks remaining for public submissions on Māpua boat ramp plan”

The trustees are pleased to announce that Tasman District Council has set a date of 26th January 2024 for notification of the resource consent application for the Māpua Community Boat Ramp. It will be notified on the TDC Newsline website, closing 26th February 2024.

The Māpua community needs your help! We need to raise $350,000 towards the construction of a community boat ramp and maritime facility that will provide safe access to the beautiful Tasman Bay and Waimea Estuary. We have created a Give a Little page to make donating even easier. Our vision is for a double laneContinue reading “Please Give a Little”

Māpua community’s dream of having a replacement boat ramp is finally on its way to being realised after more than a decade of being in the works. A major step completed this month was that the Māpua Boat Ramp Community Trust filed the Resource Consent Application with the Tasman District Council (TDC). The Trust securedContinue reading “Māpua Boat Ramp Dream in Sight”

In January 2023 the Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust conducted a community survey of opinions about the boat ramp and community facility building to house the Tamaha Sea Scouts and their boat storage. Overall 589 households were visited with the survey and invited to participate. Of those households, 87% were in support of the boatContinue reading “Community Survey Results Are In”

The Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust will be going house to house to conduct a survey to verify community support for the project. The survey will run from Monday 16 January until the end of February 2023. The results will be used in the resource consent application. Extensive consultation is ongoing, and has involved allContinue reading “Community Survey Commencing January 2023”

Trevor Marshall, the Project Coordinator for the Māpua Community Boat Ramp, will be making a presentation for local Māpua residents this October. The talk will cover the Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust’s plans to build a new boat ramp at Waterfront Park. Information will also be provided about a proposed new facility for the localContinue reading “Presentation on Community Boat Ramp for Māpua Residents this October”