La Rosa Reserve Stream Daylighting

The La Rosa Reserve Stream Daylighting project by Boffa Miskell embodies what sustainability is by definition. It is a project that has enhanced ecological, cultural and community values while minimizing the project implementation impacts through adaptive reuse and the management of embodied energy. However this project is more than just a successful stream day lighting project, it goes beyond re-engaging the community and enhancing ecological values. The projects biggest success is in the development of a knowledge base in stream ecology and development economics which provides the resources for similar projects to follow suit. La Rosa Stream is a catalysis for positive change that demonstrates how urban water projects should perform to a standard not yet seen in New Zealand.