Restoring Te Auaunga Oakley Creek stream provides wider benefits for the community.
Te Auaunga Oakley Creek is an Auckland Council Healthy Waters project in Mt Roskill, Auckland that prevents flooding from nearly 200 homes in three Local Board areas, enables housing intensification in a brownfield site, and has established a river park along Te Auaunga (Oakley Creek).
The project restored 2km of Te Auaunga, daylighted seven piped tributaries, restored eight hectares of open space, and treated the water quality of the contributing catchment. Te Auaunga is an exemplar of water sensitive design in the sense that it preserves and restores the natural environment to support urban intensification, uniquely within a brownfield development.