Ruakaka Town Centre is starting a massive expansion now that land has been bought, to almost triple the size. This will allow space for larger format stores including home furnishings and appliances, hardware and garden, electronics and a restaurant with a drive-through along with many smaller shops and professional offices. There is space reserved to move the SuperValue supermarket to a much larger new store when they outgrow their present space. The current Supervalue store is being expanded further this year, just 2 years since it opened.

Parking will be easy with more than 400 carparks.

This expansion is required to meet the needs of the Ruakaka community, which is forecast to increase from 3150 in the 2007 census to 9,000 in 2017.

Existing shops will enjoy being part of the growing Ruakaka community, with all the business opportunities that this expansion will bring.

Design Concepts for Stage 4 - 11 Shops and Upstairs Offices

Viewed from new Marsden Point Road entrance, with the SuperValue Supermarket at right hand side

Viewed from Takutai Place Extn, with new Ruakaka Community Hub at left hand side

The Town Centre integrates with the other facilities in the block: the Police Station and Kindergarten along with the new Library and Whangarei District Council Service Centre soon to be built on Takutai Place, which will be extended through to Sime Road.

The Council sale of the land to expand the Town Centre shows their commitment to sensible planning with Bream Bay College, the Recreation Centre and Ruakaka Tavern all adjacent. It is by far the largest block in the area zoned business 3 for retail shopping development - refer to WDC Business 3 for details.

Looking further ahead, the location is central to all existing residential areas and new subdivisions along Peter Snell Road, Marsden Point Road and in One Tree Point. These new subdivisions will be necessary to house all the workers and their families for the industrial and export industry expansion on land closer to the Oil Refinery and the deep-water Port Marsden.

The growth of Ruakaka will be driven by new industries moving into the area. There is an abundance of land for varying activities including residential, light industrial, heavy industrial and export/import facilities using the port, that developers are converting from farming. Further expansion will come when the rail link is connected through to the main trunk line to handle the increasing volumes of logs, woodchips, wood panels and other bulk commodities.

Developers offering industrial land include:

If you would like to be part of the region's main commercial centre, please
Contact us: shops@ruakaka.co.nz

Development Plan (pdf 937kB)