{"id":771,"date":"2026-05-23T14:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/771\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:55:45","slug":"takapuna-golf-course-public-backs-driving-range-and-9-hole-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/771\/","title":{"rendered":"Takapuna Golf Course: Public backs driving range and 9-hole plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">It is situated between the Wairau Valley and the suburb of Milford, both of which experienced some of the worst flooding over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/auckland-floods-cyclone-gabrielle-and-a-year-of-extreme-weather-the-front-page\/2WDQNVGHLBHM5NEQAQOIUKKLIM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Auckland Anniversary Weekend in 2023<\/a>, and where David Miller and Daniel Newth died after being swept away in floodwaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Public consultation on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/democracy-and-the-takapuna-golf-club-decision-making-without-the-shouting\/premium\/H33YVHI7RNFIXCPVV5NXB3KGPI\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/democracy-and-the-takapuna-golf-club-decision-making-without-the-shouting\/premium\/H33YVHI7RNFIXCPVV5NXB3KGPI\/\"> park\u2019s future recreational use<\/a> showed support for a mix of activities. Individual submitters expressed a slightly stronger preference for golf, while organisations favoured a more balanced approach, with a modest lean toward other types of recreation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">When asked what forms of golf should be provided at the park, both individual submitters and organisations favoured a driving range and a nine\u2011hole traditional course. An 18\u2011hole beginner\/intermediate course was a close third choice among individual respondents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Council staff will now prepare information, analysis, and recommendations for the Kaip\u0101tiki Local Board, before a final report in March, when the board will decide on the mix of sport and recreation facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">The council\u2019s stormwater division, Healthy Waters, has done further work on the proposed wetland, detention, and fill areas, identifying several constraints, including basalt outcrops and access challenges across the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">As a result, the wetland footprint has been shifted to more closely follow the historic wetland area, with dry detention zones positioned above the basalt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Last September, golfing retailer Golf Warehouse announced a $20 million proposal to build a new \u201cworld-class\u201d nine-hole course, with a new driving range, a new community stadium to replace the at-risk Eventfinda Stadium, and other recreation and sporting facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is situated between the Wairau Valley and the suburb of Milford, both of which experienced some of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[787,786,783,794,456,784,791,795,540,44,790,796,789,788,793,594,792,782,785,797,781],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-9hole","tag-and","tag-backs","tag-based","tag-course","tag-driving","tag-emerged","tag-feedback","tag-from","tag-golf","tag-have","tag-individual","tag-layout","tag-ninehole","tag-option","tag-plan","tag-preferred","tag-public","tag-range","tag-submitters","tag-takapuna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}