29 August 2025
Maungawhau Station development site Progress update and have your say Kia ora community member Auckland Council and Auckland Transport are in touch to provide an update on the development site adjacent to the new Maungawhau Station and within the Uptown precinct. With the station and the City Rail Link (CRL) due to open next year, we know the community remain interested in the future of the site. This month we held several workshops with ward councillors and local board members, Uptown Business Association, as well as the CRL Maungawhau Station Community Liaison Group. We’d now like to share these updates more widely and invite you to have your say on interim plans for the site.
Key updates Auckland Council, Auckland Transport, and City Rail Link Ltd are continuing to work together to maximise opportunities for the development site that has been enabled by the CRL project – both for the short, medium and long term. Over the last few months, a dedicated working group led by Auckland Council has reviewed plans for the site. The outcomes of the review are as follows.
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Auckland Council has built in more flexibility for the long-term development site, to ensure maximum value is achieved while also providing for good outcomes for station users, the local community and future residents of the site. This is being done by deferring immediate delivery of the proposed Tunnel Street accessway and allowing developers to consider the site as a whole to determine where accessways and open spaces could be built within their plans.
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Auckland Council is also working on progressing the release of sites for sale. Building in more flexibility to the main development site opens up the possibility of working with a single developer with the scale and track-record to deliver a quality large-scale development. While marketing of the site is expected to commence next year, the scale of the development is such that a developer will likely take several years to design and build. The development process must also be delivered according to central government legislation priorities alongside Auckland Council planning requirements. Auckland Council will be in touch with the community as this process moves forward.
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Auckland Transport is also investigating future-proofing the transport network in the area. This would enable some buses to come in closer to the train station from existing routes on Mt Eden Rd and New North Rd, to reduce walking distance for train-bus transfers. While private vehicles and ride-shares will be able to access the station entrance for pick-ups and drop-offs from day one of CRL operations, buses will drop off and pick up from New North Road and Mt Eden Road. Auckland Transport is investigating possible designation of land within the development to enable the possibility for buses to enter the site in future (for example, land to enable future widening and upgrade of Ruru Lane).