Porirua Harbour Strategy Wins Planning Award

The Porirua Harbour and Catchment Strategy and Action Plan has won the Geok Ling Phang Memorial Award for the project's "significant contribution" in the Wellington region.

The Award comes from the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Planning Institute and will be presented to Porirua Harbour Strategy Coordinator Keith Calder tonight, Thursday 8 November 2012.

"This is an acknowledgement, on a regional level, of best practice multi-agency partnerships and an integrated approach to catchment and estuary management planning."

Keith says the strategy is the product of four years of community and multi-agency consultation that provides a framework of action and coordination that will improve the health of the harbour and its streams.

"The strategy describes three primary objectives - reduce sedimentation rates, reduce pollutants and restore ecology – and the actions being undertaken or planned to meet those objectives."

The strategy was recognised because it highlights the valuable contribution sound planning makes to the quality of where we work, live and play and it addresses current needs and those of the future, says Phil Gurnsey, Wellington Planning Institute Branch Chairperson.

"The strategy is a worthy recipient of this Award on World Town Planning Day. It demonstrates significant community buy-in and the benefits of planned consultation in achieving a shared vision for the Porirua Harbour."

Geok Ling Phang (nee Lee) was a Wellington town planner who tragically died in an accident in 2009. She was a cherished wife and loving mother of three children. This is the third year the Memorial Award has been presented.
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