A new wave park facility is coming to the city’s North Shore, bringing excitement to surfers and residents alike.
This multi-million-dollar project, announced today, will break ground later this year in Dairy Flat.
The new wave park, developed by global surf park creators Aventuur, will feature a world-class training facility, surf school, restaurants, and accommodation. The park will be powered by a seven-hectare solar farm and a Spark data centre, making it eco-friendly. Excess heat from the data centre will warm the pool, a first-of-its-kind innovation.
Trevor McKewen, spokesperson for Aventuur, highlighted the unique aspects of the project, emphasizing its renewable energy use and the benefits for surfers who will enjoy warm waves. The project’s cost is substantial, running into hundreds of millions of dollars, with significant contributions from Spark.
The surf park has already received resource consent, meaning construction can proceed without delay. The announcement event was attended by famous surfers Adrian ‘Ace’ Buchan and Glenn ‘Micro’ Hall, who expressed their excitement.
Mayor Brown also spoke at the event, reassuring residents that the project would not increase their taxes. He emphasized the local employment and business opportunities the park would bring, aiding Auckland’s tourism recovery.
Eager surfers will need to wait until summer 2026 or possibly the following year to enjoy the new facility. The anticipation is building for what promises to be a world-class surfing destination in Auckland.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).