{"id":333912,"date":"2026-03-17T12:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/333912\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:10:10","slug":"central-hawkes-bay-district-council-pledges-200000-to-rebuild-the-tukituki-tarewa-swing-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/333912\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Hawke\u2019s Bay District Council pledges $200,000 to rebuild the Tukituki-Tarewa Swing Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
The rebuild, which needed to accommodate a higher bridge deck above river flood levels, would cost about $1.2m.<\/p>\n
There was $565,000 available from the insurance payout, which was the cost to build like-for-like in March 2022. <\/p>\n
A community fundraising campaign supported the original Tukituki-Tarewa Swing Bridge and then gifted it to the Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Council, as one of its assets. <\/p>\n
When it was destroyed, Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Council gave the insurance money back to the Trust, and the council put the money in an interest-bearing account while a decision was made. <\/p>\n
Ian Sharp, left, and Will Foley both believe the Tukituki-Tarewa Swing Bridge between Waipawa and Waipukurau is a great connector and tourism asset for the region. Photo \/ Central Hawke’s Bay District Council<\/p>\n
Reconnecting the loop would improve the trail users\u2019 experience, Foley said. <\/p>\n
Hawke\u2019s Bay was named as one of nine hero regions in Tourism New Zealand\u2019s latest campaign in Australia, targeting the cycling tourist dollar. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want a piece of that dollar. The knock-on benefits to our district, people and businesses would be tenfold. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want plenty of reasons for people to stay, play and shop here, and this bridge will add to that, complemented by the Ruahine ranges and our stunning coastline,\u201d Foley said. <\/p>\n
Rotary River Pathways Trust trustee Ian Sharp said the bridge crossed the river, joining the Waipawa and Waipukurau sides of the Tukituki Trails.<\/p>\n
It was a tool for community connection, used by cyclists, runners and walkers. It was also a gateway to other activities, including the neighbouring mountain bike park.<\/p>\n
\u201cReceiving this money from council gives us confidence we will raise the balance needed to rebuild the bridge,\u201d Sharp said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are looking to launch our fundraising campaign in about three weeks\u2019 time and will once again be asking for the support of our community. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a project very dear to the heart of our district, and we are very keen to get it underway.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rebuild, which needed to accommodate a higher bridge deck above river flood levels, would cost about $1.2m.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19348,1561,1565,1853,5205,7557,1976,111,43,139,69,51925,29158,17152,48886,142198,223,61,21419,179055],"class_list":["post-333912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-19348","tag-bay","tag-bridge","tag-central","tag-council","tag-district","tag-hawkes","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pledges","tag-putting","tag-rebuild","tag-rebuilding","tag-swing","tag-the","tag-to","tag-towards","tag-tukitukitarewa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}