Puketāpapa Local Board
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.
Develop online and offline engagement initiatives, especially with young people, to get more voices involved in local government.
Ensure public funding continues for public facilities and services.
Promote and support a vibrant community cultural events calendar throughout the year, including Puketāpapa Proud.
Explore ways to enhance inclusion in our local parks, eg different age groups, dog owners and people with disabilities.
Facilitate the use of existing community spaces, eg churches, halls and clubs, for arts or cultural groups to meet in.
Support communities to host local events such as Matariki events, markets and sports days.
Create new opportunities for the local diverse community to reflect their culture through events and programmes that bring everyone together.
Review current policies and strategies for using public facilities to identify gaps in the local community and determine improvement needs.
Review current sporting facilities and assess needs for improvement to bring the city up to date, requiring collective effort.
Create a local board plan to tell the heritage story of diverse communities in Puketāpapa.
Ensure that parks and facilities meet the needs of all residents such as neurodivergent and disabled people.
Ensure that the need for outdoor space and recreational opportunities is planned and funded as neighbourhoods intensify.
Ensure local facilities receive adequate support to serve their communities effectively, alongside work to promote usage of the facilities.
Support key community events such as CultureFest, the Puketāpapa Diwali Festival and Manu Aute Kite Day.
Engage with local communities to identify gaps in facilities and services and how to appropriately address them.
Increase public open spaces that respond to growing density and diverse needs, fostering connections within communities.
Build and maintain play spaces to support play for all ages as 'an everywhere activity,' while providing for diverse communities.
Ensure public facilities, such as libraries and leisure centres, are adequately funded to continue providing vital community services.
Ensure sports facilities are adequately maintained and utilised.
Seek community input on improvements to parks and green spaces.
Support local community events such as the cultural festival, Matariki kite day and localised events like Molley Green Day and kids' markets.
Develop online and offline engagement initiatives, especially with young people, to get more voices involved in local government.
Ensure public funding continues for public facilities and services.
Promote and support a vibrant community cultural events calendar throughout the year, including Puketāpapa Proud.
Explore ways to enhance inclusion in our local parks, eg different age groups, dog owners and people with disabilities.
Facilitate the use of existing community spaces, eg churches, halls and clubs, for arts or cultural groups to meet in.
Support communities to host local events such as Matariki events, markets and sports days.
Create new opportunities for the local diverse community to reflect their culture through events and programmes that bring everyone together.
Review current policies and strategies for using public facilities to identify gaps in the local community and determine improvement needs.
Review current sporting facilities and assess needs for improvement to bring the city up to date, requiring collective effort.
Create a local board plan to tell the heritage story of diverse communities in Puketāpapa.
Ensure that parks and facilities meet the needs of all residents such as neurodivergent and disabled people.
Ensure that the need for outdoor space and recreational opportunities is planned and funded as neighbourhoods intensify.
Ensure local facilities receive adequate support to serve their communities effectively, alongside work to promote usage of the facilities.
Support key community events such as CultureFest, the Puketāpapa Diwali Festival and Manu Aute Kite Day.
Engage with local communities to identify gaps in facilities and services and how to appropriately address them.
Increase public open spaces that respond to growing density and diverse needs, fostering connections within communities.
Build and maintain play spaces to support play for all ages as 'an everywhere activity,' while providing for diverse communities.
Ensure public facilities, such as libraries and leisure centres, are adequately funded to continue providing vital community services.
Ensure sports facilities are adequately maintained and utilised.
Seek community input on improvements to parks and green spaces.
Support local community events such as the cultural festival, Matariki kite day and localised events like Molley Green Day and kids' markets.
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