Eastbourne Community Board

The Eastbourne Community Board represents your local community and advocates to Hutt City Council about local issues, including public transport and facilities such as libraries and parks. The board is made up of five members. This is a first past the post (FPP) election, so you vote by ticking the name of your preferred candidate on your ballot paper. Compare the candidates and their policies to decide who to vote for in the Eastbourne Community Board election.

Recreation and culture

From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.

Recreation and culture

From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.

  • Focus on active recreation that utilises the natural environment, supporting life-long participation and mental/physical welfare.

    Consider life-long benefits for the community at large when looking at spending and focus on sports facilities.

    Support libraries and other community facilities that cater for the wider community in diverse ways.

  • Work with youth to prioritise what facilities council should provide to engage them and support them to participate as citizens.

    Promote Eastbourne as a destination for touring bands and musicians.

    Embrace our place by the sea by hosting regular aquatic-based sporting events.

  • Lead community events, such as scavenger hunts and the Eastbourne Games, to encourage strong community connectedness.

    Promote the use local venues, such as churches and clubs, as important contributors to building community connectedness.

  • Finalise the plan for upgrading Williams Park and implement it.

    Encourage (safe) wharf jumping!

  • Liaise with the project team, council and residents as the Tupua Horo Nuku Eastern Bays Shared Path is constructed.

    Liaise with residents, council and sports clubs to ensure we preserve and enhance Eastbourne's public parks and spaces.

  • Continue working on the many projects started in the previous triennium.

    Ensure the integration of Williams Park Plan with Tupua Horo Nuku.

    Encourage people to get outdoors and enjoy this beautiful place.

  • Support Eastbourne's many initiatives in sport, recreation, arts and culture, welfare and the environment, through funding where appropriate.

  • Focus on active recreation that utilises the natural environment, supporting life-long participation and mental/physical welfare.

    Consider life-long benefits for the community at large when looking at spending and focus on sports facilities.

    Support libraries and other community facilities that cater for the wider community in diverse ways.

  • Work with youth to prioritise what facilities council should provide to engage them and support them to participate as citizens.

    Promote Eastbourne as a destination for touring bands and musicians.

    Embrace our place by the sea by hosting regular aquatic-based sporting events.

  • Lead community events, such as scavenger hunts and the Eastbourne Games, to encourage strong community connectedness.

    Promote the use local venues, such as churches and clubs, as important contributors to building community connectedness.

  • Finalise the plan for upgrading Williams Park and implement it.

    Encourage (safe) wharf jumping!

  • Liaise with the project team, council and residents as the Tupua Horo Nuku Eastern Bays Shared Path is constructed.

    Liaise with residents, council and sports clubs to ensure we preserve and enhance Eastbourne's public parks and spaces.

  • Continue working on the many projects started in the previous triennium.

    Ensure the integration of Williams Park Plan with Tupua Horo Nuku.

    Encourage people to get outdoors and enjoy this beautiful place.

  • Support Eastbourne's many initiatives in sport, recreation, arts and culture, welfare and the environment, through funding where appropriate.