What is the project
Are you climate ready? Auckland Council, Ngāti Tamaoho and the Papakura Resilience Network are joining forces to help Papakura prepare for a changing climate future. We’d like you to join us!
We are testing new ways of working together, and planning for the future. In 2025, Auckland Council is offering some seed funding to get Papakura started on some of its joint priorities.
Initial discussions have kicked off, but there is still time for you to be part of the conversation.
Why in Papakura
Papakura’s geography makes it sensitive to changes in climate and weather patterns, including flooding and sea level rise. This area is also growing – which means that more people will be affected.
If we join forces and plan ahead, we will have time to prepare for these changes. There are also opportunities to create a better life today - like neighbours helping neighbours, cleaner air, greener spaces, cleaner waterways, and community kai/food gardens.
What is happening already?
Papakura has already begun to prepare for change.
The Papakura Local Board has adopted a shoreline adaptation plan, which sets out a strategy for council-owned land and assets that will be affected by coastal hazards and climate disruption.
The Papakura Resilience Network has developed a Disaster Resilience Plan. It is setting up Community Emergency Hubs and ‘street meets’ so locals can support each other in an emergency.
Sustainable Papakura has been working on community-led projects to nurture and protect Papatūānuku/Mother Earth.
Participatory Budgeting - the community decide where the funding goes
On 5 April a group of stakeholders came together to discuss their projects and agree on which stakeholder initiatives got funding and how much they got.
Some projects have such strong potential benefits to the community that they have received funding from alternative budget sources. These include the Climate Resilience Network's Communiations and awareness campaign and Papakura Marae's community solar concept.
Larger proposals that are in further development through advice, expertise, and bringing partners together include Ngāti Tamaoho's Otaawhati|Ray Small Park protection/restoration and Takanini Gurdwara offer of land for gardening.
The community decided where budget of $85,000 using the criteria below.
- CLIMATE READINESS - initiative helps Papakura to be climate ready and resilient
- NEW IDEA - no one is doing anything like this
- REACH - the initiatives would reach key (vulnerable) groups in Papakura
- SEED FUNDING - is funding is needed to make the initiative possible
- NEED - if we need the initiative happening in the part of Papakura proposed
- IMPACT - this project will make a big difference
- RIGHT SCALE - the support level matched the level of the initiative.
The five videos presented below, show members of the groups discussing and presenting their recommendations for the allocation of the budget.
Your ideas to get Papakura Climate Ready
These are some of the great ideas that local people have pitched to help get Papakura climate ready.
On 5 April there is a workshop to decide how available seed funding can be used to support these ideas.
Pitch 1 - Ngāti Tamaoho - Otaawhati
Matekino Marshall from Ngāti Tamaoho proposes a project to join the forces of iwi, community, and council to protect and restore Otaawhati (Ray Small Park a closed landfill), Pahurehure Inlet and the Manukau Harbour
Slide 4. includes a video One News Dec 2024: Historic landfills could be exposed to the risks of climate change.
To View this please click on the link: More than 1700 old NZ landfills could be impacted by climate change
Pitch 2 - Kootuitui - removing clutter and addressing drainage
Dr Abdul Nishar JP Chairperson of Kootuitui ki Papakura proposes a project where support & advice are provided to households/whaanau on section drainage & rubbish removal alongside their existing warm, dry homes programme.
Pitch 3 - Takanini Gurdwara - sharing land and skills for growing food
Daljit Singh from the Supreme Sikh Society and Takaanini Gurdwara proposes the Gurdwara offer use of their land and their expertise to support, garden allotments, community gardening and/or teaching of gardening to enable community gardening.
Pitch 4 - Drury - engaging with the rapidly growing communty.
Rod Cunningham from the Drury Community Committee talk about developing cohesion and climate readiness in a rapidly growing community which is expected to be a centre of 60,000 people. They also want to promote climate resilience, and utilise the library as an effective communications hub.
Pitch 5 - Community Resilience Network - spreading the word
Brian Collins from the Community Resilience Network proposes a, education and awareness-raising campaign, connecting with Papakura community through kai/food and kai resilience.
Pitch 6 - Papakura Marae - solar energy
Tony Kake from Papakura Marae proposes the idea of targeted sharing of community generated solar energy.
Tony shows a video on power sharing. To view it click on the link below.
Pitch 7 - Sustainable Papakura - repair cafe
Helen Korte from Sustainable Papakura is proposing a local Repair Café to fix and extend the life of appliances, bikes, clothing, electronics, and other household items.
Pitch 8 - CRN Street meet project
Andrea Beard from Papakura Community Resilience Network – Street Meet project of getting to know and watching out for neighbours and contributing to insights on disaster and climate readiness.
Andrea shows a video of a street meet and the impact it has. To view this click on the link below.
Pitch 9 - Bluelight/Red Hill - spongy and shady
Willy Iosia from BlueLight / Red Hill proposes a tree planting, stream remediation, including learning and training opportunities for tamariki & rangatahi .
Willy shows a video on Shady and Spongy. Click on the link below to view it.
Pitch 10 - Auckland Council - next steps, funding and collaboration
Nadia De Blaauw from Auckland Council Social Wellbeing team summarizes how local government is contributing / will contribute to a climate ready Papakura.
Gallery of the workshops
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What you told us in the workshops
Haeranga brochure
Workshop feedback
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Community Resilience Network workshop 20 September 2024MS Word (572.49 KB) -
Takaanini Gurdwara workshop 21 September 2024MS Word (497.71 KB)
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Red Hill Community Centre 30 September 2024MS Word (700.23 KB)
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Drury Community Saturday 12 October 2024MS Word (791.72 KB)
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Disability community at Papakura Marae - Wednesday 30 October 2024MS Word (1.68 MB)
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Kootuitui ki Papakura Thursday 17 October 2024MS Word (2.17 MB)
– staff, volunteers, whānau, Māori wardens
Workshop Resources
Document Library
Papakura Online
Next steps
The next step is to talk about how Papakura can move from ‘surviving’ to ‘thriving’ in a changing climate/taiao.
Ngāti Tamaoho, Papakura Marae, Takanini Gurdwara Sahib, the Kootuitui Trust, the Papakura Māori Wardens, Blue Light Youth organisation, Redhill Community Centre, the Drury Rugby Club, and our local business associations and others have started the conversation – will you join them?
How to share your thoughts
Papakura locals know this place best. We’d love to hear from you too!
- Are there signs the weather is changing?
- Do you have a special place that you would like to care for in a changing climate future?
- What kind of future do you hope your children and grandchildren will inherit?
- Do you have ideas about how Papakura can get climate ready?
Please share your thoughts, photos and experiences about the places you love in Papakura. You can:
- share your stories in our online and participate in the Discussion forum to discuss ideas with others
- add a mark on the Map and share comment about the places you love
- come along to our community workshops (see our project timeline).
