The new Kaikohe Library and Civic Hub is a step closer to becoming a reality after detailed design plans were presented to and approved by the project’s steering group.
The designs will provide a transformative facility for Kaikohe, located at the intersection of Broadway and Raihara Street. As part of the approval process, members of the steering group visited the site to get a sense of the scale and scope of the project.
“This significant milestone will be followed by finalising detailed designs, applying for building and resource consent, and then a tender process to select a contractor for the landmark build,” Far North District Council said in a statement.
A team of architects, landscape architects and designers, including Kaikohe’s own ĀKAU design studio, worked on the plans after consultation with the community. Design workshops gathered feedback from 1045 respondents, including taitamariki from five local schools and Ngā Hapū o Kaikohekohe, a collective of six hapū in Kaikohe.
The Council first revealed a preliminary design for the multi-purpose facility at the State of the Far North Address in November last year.
Council says the project is due for completion in 2026.
