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WAITANGIRUA VILLAGE PLAN 2019 – 2020

Our people, Our neighbourhood, Our future


CONTENTS

(i) Foreword page 3 (ii) Acknowledgements page 4 (iii) Map of Waitangirua and photos page 5 (iv) Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee 2019 page 5

• Formation • Our vision, values, mission and objectives • relationship to Village Plan

(v) Waitangirua Village Steering Committee Members Page 7 (vi) About Waitangirua page 8

• Demographics – who lives in our neighbourhood page 9 (vii) Context of Village Plan: page 10

External Developments page 10 • Porirua Redevelopment – a 25-year plan worth $1.5billion • Transmission Gully Waitangirua Developments page 11 • Groups, services and facilities in Waitangirua

(viii) Development of Waitangirua Village Community Plan Page 14 a. What people like about Waitangirua b. Concerns or areas of improvement c. Changes and developments people would like to see

(ix) Key Projects page 16 (x) Appendices:

1. Key Project priority tables pages 19 2. Waitangirua Village Committee Report 2017 pages 23 3. Gallery pages 58


Foreword The iconic Waitangirua Community Park was blessed September 2011 under the mantle of the first Waitangirua Residents Committee. The second committee known as Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee first began collaborating with the Porirua City Council Village Planning Programme early 2017 and together we are proud to produce our 1st Waitangirua Village Plan in 2019. The programme provides our residents a platform to actively participate in shaping the future of our environment, guided by a shared vision to create an enhanced place to live, work and play. We are excited to advance the aspirations of our Village Community, to contribute to and participate in the Long Term Plan 2012 – 2025 under the auspices of the Local Government Act 2002 which requires “Community Outcomes that are derived from full consultation with stakeholders in the community and happen at least once every six years.” On the advice of former City Council Community Development officer Seanoa Faraimo, he encouraged us to form a committee when the safety of our children in public places became a reality and concern right before our eyes. Conversations with our neighbours gave us a clear indication of what is valuable and essential to a thriving community. They were based around family connections, friends and neighbours, safe and clean streets and annual inorganic rubbish collection, employment opportunities, accessible roading and paths for everyone, upgrade the Mall like back in the day with more shops. To move forward we created an action plan with the aim to carry out a survey and series of feedback meetings with the community to arrive at a Plan. All that was carried out in 2017 and in 2018, and a second phase of surveys and consultations were completed by May 2019. The Committee look forward to continuing our relationship with Porirua City Council to do what it takes to create a safe, caring, innovative and thriving Waitangirua Village Community. Yours sincerely,

H.S. Lorna Kanavatoa, Chair, Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee Greetings and welcome to Our Plan A lot of background work has gone into producing this plan for Waitangirua Village Community. I am proud to welcome everyone to the Waitangirua Village Plan 2019 and I am also equally proud to submit it to the Porirua City Village Planning Committee as another step towards implementation. Yours faithfully,

Fa’afoi Seiuli, Eastern Ward Porirua City Councillor


Acknowledgements Acknowledgments and respect to our pioneer parents, friends and families of Waitangirua who gave freely to help shape and give voice to the future of our people, our home, our Village community. Our grandchildren who this work is for, as they in turn will take their place to keep our neighbourhood secure, vibrant and place of pride. We acknowledge Waitangirua Residents Association of 2007 and all the associated teams who were integral to the awesome legacy of the iconic Community Park. Much appreciation for the experiences and insights shared generously by our sister Village Planners to our efforts, namely Ascot Park Residents Association, Pauahatanui Residents Association, Plimmerton Residents Association and Elsdon Residents Association. Also, expert friends who have freely given advice and guidance throughout this process. Acknowledge each person who has contributed substantially to the work of the WVC Steering Committee to bring this 2019 Village Plan to fruition. We appreciate connection with the Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office, NZ Police and Transmission Gully /Waitangirua Link Road management teams who have contributed to confidence building in our community. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with Porirua City Council Village Planning team. The Committee expresses our deep appreciation to everyone who contributed their memories, stories, ideas, dreams, aspirations and expectations to our Village Plan.


Map of Waitangirua Village Community, Porirua City.

Waitangirua Link Road meets Warspite Ave on the left side of map.

1. 2. This is an artist’s impression: 1.Waitangirua Link Road junction with Warspite Avenue: looking from beside Papalaulelei Presbyterian Church on the right towards Niagara St and the Mall. Traffic lights will manage vehicles and people. 2. Looking from Warspite Ave with Papalaulelei Presbyterian Church on the left and Maraeroa Marae on the right lined by “sound proofing” wall where signage and art works will welcome incoming traffic.


Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee 2019 The Steering Committee came together after our former Community Development Officer had been encouraging us to form up to turn our long-held wishes into actions. He advised us to strike a partnership with the Porirua City Council Village Planning Programme, and in 2017 Waitangirua began building its relationship with Council. The Village Planning Programme is a collaborative process between Council and communities with the aim of enhancing each of Porirua City's diverse local communities (Residents Committees or Villages) through involving residents in planning and decision-making. The programme revolves around the development and implementation of village plans. We are mindful of achievements and benchmarks of the previous Residents Association with the Award winning iconic Waitangirua Community Park - so we have their legacy to inspire us. This collaboration approach amongst local Waitangirua and other Porirua communities; local, regional and central government, must continue as it is critical in meeting the needs of our Waitangirua communities. Our Vision Waitangirua a safe, strong, caring, people rich, prosperous and sustainable community, where people and the environment are in harmony, celebrate and protect our taonga and embrace innovation. Our values

• Our families, our homes, our neighbourhood community • Respect Mana Whenua of Ngati Toa Rangatira and Maraeroa Marae community • Embrace all peoples and value diversity, respect each other and our visitors • Honesty, reciprocity, kindness, mutual respect and transparency • Respect nature, water and environment.

Our Mission To create a village plan that reflects the aspirations of our community Our Objectives

• Encourage the community to actively engage with local and central government to reduce barriers to fairness and justice

• Equality and equity • Get to know our neighbours and neighbourhood • Promote self-help strategies during disaster and emergencies • Ensure our neighbourhood has access to safe clean water in storage and community bores • Access to affordable family healthcare, education and social services • Promote prosperity as an expectation and encourage setting up of small businesses • Self-sufficiency, cooperative activities, resources and spaces that connect our community and

inspire participation


• Work together with neighbouring Villages to protect and restore our waterways, flora and fauna

• Water reticulation and surface water management • Promote healthy and educated families

Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee Members

*Lorna Kanavatoa - Chair Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee *Shane Cotter – Steering Committee Computer & Information technician *Sharifa Isaako – Waitangirua Mall owner *Jimmy Isaako - Hungry Tiki Family Restaurant proprietor *Christine Sampson – People with Disabilities Advocate Faafoi Seiuli – City Councillor Ray Edwards – Steering Committee Secretary Simon Phillips - CEO Maraeroa Marae Health Clinic Heather - Ann Karena-Fuimaono - Lecturer ECE Whitireia Polytechnic Maatuafao Pusa Finau – Oasis People with Disabilities Coordinator Elizabeth Brothwood-McKee – WREMO First Responder Corrina Tupene –Treasurer Maraeroa Marae Assoc Executive Committee Mark Shanks – Cycling, Sports and Recreation Jack Kirifi – Porirua Pacific Artists Network Jason Ataera - Principal Tairangi School Michelle Whiting - Principal Corinna School Epirosa Fuimaono – President Titahi Bay Lions Club Mahia Fuimaono – Member Titahi Bay Lions Club Other contributors to the Plan:

• Chrissy Leggott – “Chrissy’s All for Free” Community support initiative. • Terangi Iasona – Waitangirua Pharmacy Assistant • Angela Wallace – Sports Coach

Waitangirua Village Planning Committee Representatives


About Waitangirua

Purakau mo Waitangirua ki Porirua

A History of Waitangirua, by Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee

Awarua and Rereroa of myth. 2017 Awarua & Rereroa featured in the Porirua skatepark

Awarua the adventurous taniwha persuaded her friend Rereroa the albatross to teach her to fly. Her attempts to learn to fly helped carve out the landscape around Porirua harbour where she ducked, dived and frolicked happily with her friend and teacher. Kupe an ocean voyager from Hawaiki pursued the greedy giant pet octopus of Muturangi down the forest lined harbour of Awarua, but the octopus eluded Kupe until he finally met his demise at Kupe’s hand in Totaranui, Queen Charlotte Sounds. (Grace, Wiremu 2016 “Awarua the Taniwha of Porirua”). Kupe’s double hulled waka Mata-Hourua Hourua is said to have landed at Wai-tawa, just inside Porirua heads, south side. Te-punga-o-Mata-Hourua, the anchor stone of Mata-Hourua, is said to be lying on the sandy flat north-east side of the railway bridge, Porirua. (JPS History and the Traditions of the Taranaki Coast). Many Iwi before Ngati Toa Rangatira lived awhile in the basin until Te Rauparaha and other iwi moved south from Kawhia, Taranaki and Cambridge. Te Rauparaha’s niece Rangi Kuīni Wikitōria Topeora was a tribal leader of great mana, a peacemaker, and composer of waiata moteatea which record amongst other things events and political standpoints of significance and are embedded in their iwi’s consciousness. Topeora signed the Treaty of Waitangi in Kapiti on 14 May 1840 and was a sister to Te Rangihaeata. Te Rauparaha eventually settled at Taupo (Plimmerton) and Te Rangihaeata built a Pa at Pauahatanui arm of the harbour. As they were custodians of the hills, they felled trees for waka, they foraged for delicacies in the forest and swamps, snared birds, harore from the tree trunks, pikopiko from the fern gardens, tuna, patiki from the swamps and streams. that trickled down the little gullies around Waitangirua. Significant to the history of Waitangirua Intermediate school, Te Kura Maori o Porirua is Te Rongo. Te Rangihaeata’s wife was killed at the Wairau Incident in Tuamarina (Nelson Marlborough region) in 1843. As was the custom in those days, Te Rangihaeata brought the head of Te Rongo back to where her iwi could mourn her near where Te Kura Maori o Porirua is today. Her people wept and cried so many tears that two streams were formed and flowed from that point, to Parumoana as one stream and the other stream to Pauatahanui. Hence the name “Waitangirua”, that refers to the tears of grief that flowed and formed the two streams.


Whalers and sealers worked off stations on the coast while local Maori continued to gather seafood from the ocean, the harbour and the shoreline. Settler farmers moved into eastern Porirua and eventually cleared most of forested areas and as a consequence many varieties of natural food sources disappeared. Development was rapid by the 1950s, more people were moving closer to Wellington City for work. Porirua was one of three regions that that were designated ‘dormitory settlements’, they were all linked by an active railway service and that provided housing for the families that were moving from many parts of New Zealand (‘the urban drift’) this included Maori and new immigrants from afar such as Pacific Islands and Europe. Since the 1870s Porirua Psychiatric Hospital had been the primary employer for the local Porirua population followed by Todd Motors in 1970s. In the 50 years between 1936 and 1986, the national Māori population changed from 83% rural to 83% urban, one of the fastest rates of urbanisation in the world. The speed of this transformation created integration issues for Maori and others.

Many spiritual connections continue today.

Matua Mark Metekingi of Ngati Toa Rangatira gifted this taonga; a special thanks to Corinna Ratana for sharing this wonderful story with the Waitangirua Committee at one of the stakeholder meetings.

Demographics – who lives in our neighbourhood Our people

Waitangirua is a relatively youthful area. Of the 4,257 people1 living in our community 10.6% are under four years of age. 37% are 0-17 years old compared with 29% in Porirua City as a whole. In 2013 there were only 6 people older than 85.

Waitangirua is also a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and strongly Pacific community especially in comparison with Porirua City as a whole:

• 62.6% of people identified in the 2013 census as Pacific - compared with 24.6% citywide • 23.1% identified as Maori – similar to the city as a whole with 19.6% • 19.2% identified as European - compared with 60% city-wide, and • 5.3% as Asian – closely in line with 6% in Porirua City as a whole

Samoan people are the main Pacific population group in Waitangirua. 16% of Waitangirua residents were born in Samoa and 27% of our community speak Samoan, which is the second most commonly spoken language after English. Seven per cent of local residents speak Maori. Waitangirua residents come from 10 other countries – aside from New Zealand. While this is primarily from the Pacific (Samoa, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Fiji, and Tuvalu), significant numbers come from Asia (Myanmar, Laos and Thailand), Colombia and the Middle East regions. Many from Myanmar have come as refugees. 29% of people in Waitangirua were born overseas compared with 23% city-wide. Our homes Waitangirua now has one of the highest concentrations of public housing in NZ, with most of these houses built in the 1960s and 1970s. This is reflected in:

• 23% of households purchasing or fully owning their home in 2013 (compared with 58% city-wide)

• 60.9% are renting – with 40.5% in social housing.

1 2019 estimate based on an increase from the 4,020 counted in 2013 census


The population of Waitangirua has been relatively stable since 1996 with small changes in housing and the average number of people in each house. The total number of households (all rental) - increased by 45 between 2006 and 2013. Our employment In 2013 there were more labourers in Waitangirua than any other occupation. Labouring (21%), and community and personal service work (13%) were the most common types of employment. Between 2006 and 2013 there were noticeable changes in the employment of people living in Waitangirua. The 2013 census saw an increase in managers and professionals – along with more people employed in community and personal service work. There were fewer technicians, trades people and machinery operators and drivers. There was also an increase in the number of people in Waitangirua with formal qualifications, the percentage rising from 43% in 2006 to 49% in 2013. 2 In 2013, 78% of people in Waitangirua were in paid employment. The Social Deprivation index identifies Waitangirua as having a high deprivation index rating – just behind Cannons Creek which has the highest in Porirua.3 Context of the Village Plan

Waitangirua is currently the focus of significant activity and change. There are two main external initiatives affecting Waitangirua and a number of locally led initiatives. Combined they indicate a changing scene for Waitangirua over the next few years. These developments influence the Village Plan, and it is likely that community input must be engaged in the process. External Developments Porirua Redevelopment – a 25year plan worth $1.5billion The Porirua project was announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Russell School on 1 November 2018 to work alongside the community, Porirua City Council and Ngati Toa Rangatira to regenerate state housing, local facilities and amenities in the suburbs of Ascot Park, Cannons Creek, Ranui and Waitangirua. The Project will deliver 3500 new or upgraded state, affordable and market homes over the next 25 years. The project will remedy the many state houses that are cold, damp and not the size and type that families most need now, and in the future. This includes:

• warm and dry houses for Housing New Zealand tenants in order to better fit the needs of modern tenants. Tenants will be rehoused and supported through this process

• new public housing will be mixed with affordable and market housing, creating greater home ownership options for those who want to buy their own home. Options will include Kiwi Build homes and preference will be given to existing residents

• better facilities and amenities such as parks, public spaces and other issues for improved neighbourhoods in Eastern Porirua

2 Qualifications = secondary school and post-secondary school qualifications 3 The Social Deprivation Index is a measure of socio-economic status calculated for small geographic areas. The calculation uses 9 dimensions of socio-economic disadvantage such as employment, transport and communication (internet connections) to create a score.


• working together with other agencies to increase employment, training and business opportunities, and improve local services

HLC will be in the community, from May 2019, to talk to residents about how neighbourhoods might be better designed, to make it easier for people to come together, to get around and to do business. Housing New Zealand’s Castor Crescent redevelopment is underway, building 53 new homes which will be ready in 2020, and the first affordable homes will be available soon after. The HLC Community Development and Engagement Manager and Porirua City Council Community Partnership staff are actively working together. They are pro-actively seeking local community involvement and participation into the planning for Waitangirua (and the rest of Eastern Porirua) so that the developments reflect local ideas, plans and priorities. Transmission Gully Transmission Gully is a new four-lane motorway running from MacKay’s Crossing to Linden due to be completed in 2020. Of the four motorway interchanges and two new link roads, one will directly connect eastern Porirua with the motorway via a two-way intersection onto Warspite Avenue, Waitangirua. This link road is designated as a local road and therefore the Council’s responsibility. The link road will connect with an upgraded intersection at Niagara Street and Warspite Avenue, with traffic signals. Design requirements identified in the Technical Report4 were (p79):

• narrowing the carriageway to encourage safe driving behaviour • landscaped verge with street trees • cycle lanes along the road shoulder • street lighting around the Warspite Avenue intersection, and • in consultation with Maraeroa Marae, local church and community - giving consideration to:

o the creation of a gateway feature to mark the entrance into Waitangirua e.g. in the form of a ‘Pou’

o agreement with Maraeroa Marae about treatment of the interface with the link road e.g. regarding landscaping and planting and avoiding a no-man’s land area not clearly associated with the road or immediate environment

o agreeing with the Papalaulelei Presbyterian Church on planting and landscaping o the design of the junction to enhance access to neighbourhood facilities and cater for

pedestrian and cyclist needs across all four legs of the intersection, through: having pedestrian phases in the traffic lights at the Warspite Avenue junction clearly delineated crossing points with road markings dropped kerbs that are accessible to all users especially those with mobility

issues tactile paving for the visibly impaired These modifications need to be considered across the Waitangirua Village

4 Transmission Gully: Urban and landscape design framework, technical report 23, p 79: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/urban-design/transmission-gully/docs/transmission-gully-technical-report-23-section-5.pdf

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/urban-design/transmission-gully/docs/transmission-gully-technical-report-23-section-5.pdf

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/urban-design/transmission-gully/docs/transmission-gully-technical-report-23-section-5.pdf


This connection will bring considerable change to the area through road design and increased traffic flow, about 3,000 vehicles per day. The 2018 CPTED recommended that a CPTED audit be revisited once this link road is opened. Within Waitangirua There are a number of enterprises within Waitangirua itself that indicate the energy, ideas and cooperation that brings vitality to Waitangirua. We mention a few in this plan to give a flavour of our community resourcefulness and resilience in spite of the many challenges over the years. Maraeroa marae is frequently referred to as the key, connecting local organisation, it was built by the multicultural community of Waitangirua during the heydays of hope and employment. Ngati Toa Rangatira supported the vision of the people for an intertribal marae in Porirua (Turia the Maraeroa Way 23 May 2008). The marae continues to provide noho marae education for schools who come to stay over every year including sports clubs, cultural performers, training courses and workshops (across all sectors such as health and social services; and the Justice sector); birthdays and for tangihanga. They also have the kaumatua accommodation and the Maraeroa Marae Health Clinic that delivers a range of Primary Care, Public Health and Addiction services including traditional healing i.e. mirimiri to the individuals, whanau / families and their communities. The Marae once had a carving school, a catering programme and a thriving market garden. The Mall was once a thriving shopping hub and continues to be a key focus for our community. There is a Four-Square store, a Laundromat, bottle store, a hairdresser, bakery, several takeaways shops, and a restaurant among its tenants. The Mall also houses the Oasis Community Café, Immanuel Kingdom Ministries, and Wesley Community Action Waitangirua. The Porirua Market runs from the back of the Mall. The Mall’s rear car parking area is also used by Natone Park school for sports and activities as an unofficial extension of their playground area. Next door is the Ora Toa Waitangirua Health Centre and the Waitangirua Pharmacy. The Porirua Saturday Market run by the Titahi Bay Lions Club operates at the back Waitangirua Mall carpark, from 4am to 12noon on Saturday mornings all the year round. The market is bustling with island music a strong attraction, and offers Maori, Pacific and Asian flavours, fresh foods, fruit and vegetables fresh from the gardens. Like other open-air markets, it is a common social centre and attracts people from near and far such as: Kapiti Coast, Wellington, Wairarapa, Hutt Valley and our Porirua neighbours. They operate an open mic; surveys are carried out among the shoppers and the White Ribbon Riders make their annual visits too. Locals and visitors sitting in the sun chatting, eating their kai makes for an enjoyable way to spend the morning. In 2018 four local organisations i.e. Waitangirua Wesley Community Action (the host provider), Maraeroa Marae Health Clinic, Taeomanino Trust and Tumai Compass Health PHO came together to form Te Roopu Tiaki Rangatahi with the support of Porirua City Council and other funders. The aim is to foster youth leadership through the “Paepae”. This group was launched at the Waitangirua Basketball courts in April 2019 and the second three-three Basketball, an initiative promoting basketball skills and healthy choices in local schools, joined these youth celebrations. This event attracted many families and the roopu/group has other youth activities planned for 2019.

Waitangirua is big on education providers which include a Kohanga Reo, two Samoa language pre-schools, three kindergartens and two other pre-schools, and three mainstream primary schools. There is Te Kura Maori o Porirua, which is a Maori medium school, it also includes Te Wharekura. Te Wharekura is a high school and is a contributing school to Te Wananga o Raukawa in Otaki.


In 2018 Corinna School became the first school in the country to provide its staff – including the caretaker, cleaners and teacher aides who mainly live in the community – with the “living wage”. The three primary schools – Tairangi, Natone Park and Corinna – combined for an end of year children, whanau and community celebration at the Waitangirua Mall playground in December 2018 to build ‘neighbourhood connections’ and to have fun. They plan to do this every year. Atamu (Incorporated) and the Ekalesia Faapotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa (EFKS) Porirua Church on Waihemo Street, run a very successful A’oga Amata Samoa medium pre-school and plus a Healthy Eating and Healthy Action exercise programme for their congregation and local community, with health nurse checks. Some years ago, had a programme to install and plant garden boxes in local home sections. They also have well designed plans for social housing and social lending for their families. Samoa Early Education Development Service (SEEDS) is a well-established early childhood centre in Westmeath Street. SEEDS and EFKS have community fruit trees and vegetable gardens as part of their service to the Waitangirua community. Te Toka Ahuru Kohanga Reo provides tikanga and Te Reo Maori for Maori and others. They are situated on Warspite Avenue near the Mall. Waitangirua has seven pre-schools including kindergartens so overall many of our community are well served. Wesley Community Action-Waitangirua is located on the north western side of the Mall. It has become a hub for the local community. They work to bring out the best in parents, families, individuals and groups by supporting them to create change in their lives. Working with families to help reduce and prevent youth suicide, they offer practical outlets for creativity such as a popular Children’s bakery and sessions on the effects of bullying. Other amazing relevant work led by Lizzie McMillan-Makalio won the Drug and Alcohol Practitioners’ Association Aotearoa New Zealand (DAPAANZ) “Cutting Edge (annual event)” Supreme Award for the P-Pull Initiative. DAPAANZ is the national body that sets, enforces and monitors standards of practice for Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Practitioners in NZ. “Chrissy’s all for free” a corner house initiative in the heart of our village that receives generous donations and supports many families with quality clothes, linen, footwear, toys, books, school uniforms, BBQs and gift parcels on special days and much more. Chrissy’s has become an important feature in our community. Waitangirua Action Group (WAG) is established by women who were contracted to advise on graffiti removal. They also provide placements for youth doing community service i.e. via courts, Police and Corrections Department. Le Ta Va’a is a community vaka building project in Waihora Crescent led by experienced Pacific Ocean mariner John Misky. The project has taken a couple of years now and it’s been worked on between the times when John returns from being at sea on the large Samoa ocean going vaka called Gaualofa. Many local people have had a hand in preparing this vaka for its maiden voyage which should be announced very soon. The very popular Waitangirua Community Park is in the front of the Mall and was built through combined community leadership with Council support. The large playground includes basketball courts, family BBQ area and a stage. There is a council owned slip road, and some parking areas were recently upgraded to provide safer egress for traffic and pedestrians, especially for people with disabilities and children.


There are two other parks in Waitangirua – Waihora and Natone Parks. Natone Park, close to the Mall, is a largely unusable area due to drainage issues making it too swampy for much of the year. There are also several community playgrounds in the area. Most businesses are located within the Mall and there are others in the Commerce Crescent area.

Development of Waitangirua Village Community Plan

The Village Plan was developed using a number of approaches. The issues raised through each of these steps are detailed, collated and attached as (Appendix two) This involved surveys. The Village Planning Committee undertook surveys in April and December 2017 at a community barbecue. This was followed by the CPTED Audit which is explained in the next paragraph. The Committee was then invited by the primary schools to survey children, parents and teachers at the inaugural combined schools end of year event at the Waitangirua Mall in December 2018. Approx. 75 people, of all ages, participated in the surveys. In general surveys asked: What do you like about Waitangirua? What don’t you like? What changes and developments would you like to see? The Community Safety Audit (CPTED) was undertaken in late 2018, which involved observations designed to assess safety in and around the Waitangirua Mall; comments from 64 people were received, and a booth was organised at the Saturday market where 40 local residents shared their views and ideas for our community. The area in Waitangirua addressed by the CPTED is bordered by Warspite Avenue, Niagara Avenue and Kokiri Crescent and is outlined in the map below. The CPTED produced a practical plan of action around the Mall for immediate implementation by Porirua Council, in association with the Village Planning Committee. The plan focused on:

• Development of the area as a ‘shared space’ • Changed entry/exit routing onto Warspite Avenue from the carpark to prevent hold ups and

traffic frustrations • Introducing speed humps into the car park area

Additionally, there were 20 interviews with key local stakeholders and those involved with developments affecting Waitangirua next phase. The CPTED many other recommendations were presented at a workshop of 20 people in March 2019. This included several of those stakeholders interviewed, along with Village Planning Committee, City Council and HLC mandated to identify priorities for the 2019/2020 Waitangirua Village Plan.


What people like about Waitangirua It is clear that people of Waitangirua really enjoy and like living in our neighbourhood. People see many benefits from calling this home and are keen for the existing strengths to be built on in any future developments. The good ideas contributed in the preparation of this Village Plan and the willingness to lead on activities indicate an interest in working together for the common good. The overall sense is that people love their suburb and the ‘community feel’ that it has. From the surveys and interviews – family, neighbours, community – all emerged as extremely important, and at the same time emphasising the collaborative efforts amongst several organisations - such as the schools, Maraeroa Marae Health Clinic, Wesley Community Action, Oasis and others. The Mall, the playground, the market and Maraeroa Marae have all been mentioned as important. The CPTED report noted that the general feel of the mall area is that it’s a well-used space. Members of the community from young to old use the mix of services at various times of the day. Concerns or areas for improvement People do have concerns. There was a clear message that people want to grow a better-connected neighbourhood and community. There are concerns about:

• the area being a bit run down, needing better signage and areas tidied up • improved safety through better road crossings was frequently mentioned – the crossing on

Warspite avenue opposite the Mall was mentioned along with the need for interactive traffic lights and greater attention to the needs of people with disabilities

• safety for children was mentioned in relation to a previous reported abduction. Associated with this was value in young people being able to develop a more positive perception of the Police

• cars speeding especially along Warspite Avenue, parking dangerously and other associated behaviours in the shopping area, were mentioned along with children running out onto the car park area and drinking/antisocial behaviour behind the shopping complex

• road repairs, rubbish and broken footpaths, and issues with lights and bins were repeated regularly


Changes and developments people would like to see in Waitangirua There were multiple suggestions and much enthusiasm for changes and development. Suggestions included: Community

• Stronger, more connected community and stronger relationships. “We need to know each other better”. A couple of people commented that neighbours were better connected in previous times

• Tapping into ‘hard to reach’ members of the community • Building on local strengths and existing positive developments • Supporting and nurturing local entrepreneurial skills and talents • Addressing general affordability issues: e.g. accessible dental care, peoples' pay not increasing

while costs are Practical activities:

• Better use of land/sections: community gardens, neighbourhood gardens started, with community orchard – chicken runs

• Build a free community library – gifted books for sharing • Recycling bikes – possibility of Maraeroa as ‘hub’ • Children’s involvement in community garden, painting murals • Saturday market concept extended to weekdays: using a swap-meet style where locally

produced goods can be sold, and people have an alternative source of income • Fix the murals, remove tagging, touch ups. • Empty parks to have play equipment, Natone Park developed back to former high use • Beautifying parks • Empty sections – where there have been very negative events – to be looked after and fixed

up Especially re children: and young people:

• Parents want better outcomes for children – often under difficult circumstances • Hub activities - recreation for young people as top priority and a space that could be used by

children and adults as a community space, where events could happen, they could ‘hang out’ or services were offered

• Recreational activities – the children wanted more activities on the courts, basketball workshops or lessons were examples given

• Connectivity e.g. computer access – 11 schools could work together and get systems set up Safety:

• Interactive and synchronised traffic lights • Safe and inclusive environment • Youth and community centre.

Children surveyed had 'much' bigger plans, with 'aspirations' of a sports stadium on 'Natone Park', a swimming pool, and ‘youth and community centres’

Key Projects Key projects identified are clearly building on the positive activities and relationships that already exist in Waitangirua. There are local concerns around the perceived lack of resources given to the area but


there is also significant willingness and energy to create opportunities, stronger community connections and key priority projects Waitangirua tables (Appendix one). Overall, people see that Waitangirua is run down, things need ‘fixing’ and traffic needs slowing down with greater attention to safety. As the CPTED report noted, local people often feel ‘that Waitangirua has a bad rep,’ but that isn’t reflected in what they actually see around them in the community. Workshop participants identified priorities. Individuals also volunteered for projects they were prepared to contribute to getting off the ground. This volunteering often meant bringing the commitment of their organisations with them e.g. the school children of the primary schools for community gardens; the Maraeroa Marae Health Clinic team for contributing to the celebration of the Waitangirua and Maraeroa Marae whakapapa / genealogy. One particular priority identified was for Waitangirua to be more accessible for those with disabilities. Such a cross cutting issue must be included in all design aspects of Waitangirua’s redevelopment. 1. Project One - Community Gardens People are keen to see better use of land in Waitangirua, through more community gardens and community orchards. They see this as fostering community spirit and connection between residents, engaging young people, making a good use of empty spaces and creating a source of food -- as well as being more attractive. They are particularly keen to see greater involvement of children in community gardening. Ideas for action include community gardens in a variety of places:

• the strip of land in front of the Mall • on the land between Tairangi and Te Kura • planters in the Mall • the berm in front Maraeroa Marae on both-sides of the bus stop

2. Project Two – celebrating the values and kawa (protocol) of Waitangirua The stories of how Waitangirua was created and what it really means to local people to live in and be members of the community, were seen as being extremely important to express the identity of Waitangirua and the existing positive energy in the community. The 2018 CPTED report identified that signage in the area was outdated and lacking relevant detail. Ideas for action include:

• signage across the community, at the entrance and exit points of Waitangirua, that reflects the history and meaning of places in Waitangirua. This may involve some street and place names being renamed to reflect historically significant people, places or events

• opportunities for capturing, recording and sharing community stories from the past • community notice, board, and signage at Waitangirua Mall that well-designed and identify

businesses and organisations in the Mall • mural, painted by local artists, on the ‘sound protection wall’ created for the Transmission

Gully link road into Waitangirua and beside Maraeroa Marae • creating a space for local carvers and artists to develop skills and contribute to the community.

Maraeroa Marae was seen as a main meeting and connecting community place including for fostering carving and artistic talent

3. Project Three – sprucing up the community People were proud of some of the murals, planting and other locally led developments in Waitangirua but considered that resources were limited both for local people and in terms of Council contribution.


Road repairs, rubbish and broken footpaths, and issues with lights and bins are concerns for people. The 2018 CPTED report also identified concerns around petty vandalism in and around the Waitangirua Mall play area. People would like to see the area cleaned up and repaired and more resources allocated to the area. Ideas for action require further discussion and clarification but include:

• more art works – e.g. murals, sculptures • bus stops improved and painted up • more greenery, plants, fruit trees • more seating, peaceful spaces, a water feature • tidying up and refreshing past projects • the alleyways and walkways tidied up • there is a walkway between the Waitangi Health Centre and Natone Park School

4. Project Four – building better connected neighbourhood This maybe a combination of 1, 2 & 3


Appendix One

Key Priority Projects for Waitangirua

Process: (1) A term of reference and a project structure to be put in place which will oversee all the projects. (2.) All projects will have identified leader and members (3) All Projects will have a project plan that will be signed off by the Waitangirua Village Committee (4.) A communication Plan will be developed this will assist the internal and external communications including e.g. local stakeholder, Porirua City Council and Homes, Land, Community (HLC) etc.

Projects Decision Steps Who/ Whom Indicative Timeframes

Costs Comments

2020 - 2023 (Proposed three-year program)

PROJECT ONE - community garden For consideration across all projects: To Improving access for all including those with disabilities

Conveners: Jason, Ray, Shane, Pusa

1. Raised garden at front of the strip of land in front of the Mall

Karina and Paula – specifically for this project

year one

2. Between Tairangi and Te Kura Jason, Ray, Shane, Pusa

year one

3. Planters in the Mall Jason, Ray, Shane, Pusa

year one

4. The berm in front of the Maraeroa Marae on either side of the Bus Stop

Jason, Ray, Shane, Pusa

Year two


PROJECT TWO – celebrating the values and kawa (protocol) and histories of Waitangirua consider research funding for WVC project

Note: Funding for research, identifying achievable projects, engagement, phasing in, implementation

Project Conveners: Simon, Jimmy, Sharifa, Lorna

There will be a lead in time where a lot of preparatory will need to be done including planning & researching particularly in year one & Year two will be the implementation

1. Signage across the community - at the entrance and exit points of Waitangirua - that reflects the history and meaning of places in Waitangirua e.g. hills, streams

Community noticeboard to be seen from slip road. Well- designed Directory signage, identifying businesses & organisations in the Mall and Village.

Simon, Jimmy, Sharifa, Lorna

Year one & two

2. Rename streets and place names e.g. Hills of Belmont Regional Park- overlooking the Village and historical inappropriateness

E.g. Hills behind Corinna School: Te Puke o Tahora, is the name of their school hall from Ngati Toa recorded on a plaque.

Michelle Whiting Principal of Corinna

Year one & two

· This may involve some street and place names being renamed to reflect historically significant people, places or events

Year one & two

3. Murals to be painted by local artists on the sound protection wall i.e. Link Road to Warspite and next to Maraeroa Marae


Year one & two

4. Create a space for local carvers and artists to develop skills and contribute to the community.


Year one, two maybe three


Capturing, recording and sharing community stories and histories

Expand on the following: Significant buildings: 1. Maraeroa Marae built by a local multicultural community. Significant meeting place, connecting community place, local education stayover for local schools, 1980s Maraeroa Carving School run by Lou Keropa & continues to support community needs e.g. Funerals, social services awareness raising, training space, conferences, carving and artistic talent. 2018 Marae executive gifted a large dedicated space for Pasifika people.

Simon Phillips and team


2. Waitangirua Mall: 1975 pop in Centre, 1981 Prince Charles to Mall, 1982 PCC signed a building lease, 1985 Todd flourishing assembly plant in Porirua and the economy ensured a draw card for people far and wide, an awesome social and economic Centre e.g. with many retail outlets, community police, post office, butcher, coffee house, a mural history of the village is depicted on the Mall walls and much more



Project Three – sprucing up the community

Many of these could be part of project 1 and project 2 except for work on bus stops, more seating and alleyways tidied up

more art works – e.g. murals, sculptures

More work is required here including considering integrating them into project one and two

To be decided To be Decided

bus stops improved and painted up more greenery, plants, fruit trees more seating, peaceful spaces, a water feature tidying up and refreshing past projects the alleyways and walkways tidied up The walkway between Kokiri Crescent & Natone Park School Project Four – building a connected neighbourhood

Regular neighbourhood events and a youth gathering place

More work is required here including considering integrating them into projects one and two

To be decided to be decided


Appendix Two

Waitangirua Village Community

Report 2017

REPORT 2017

Porirua City and the community work to improve city villages. The Village Planning Programme is a ground-breaking

partnership between the City and its communities.

It puts communities in charge of developing a vision for their neighbourhoods and then partnering with the City to make it happen. This vision is brought together through community

consultation and developed into Village Plans, which lay out the community's goals and aspirations for the future of their

neighbourhood.

Prepared by Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee - a voluntary group working in the general

interests of Waitangirua Village Community Lorna Kanavatoa, Terangi Iasona, Angela Wallace, Shane

Cotter, Christine Sampson, Jimmy Isaako, Sharifa Isaako, Ray Edwards, Jason Ataera and Fa’afoi Seiuli PCC Councillor


Contents

1. Acknowledgements 2. Executive Summary 3. Literature Review 4. Methodology 5. Introduction 6. Waitangirua Village Community BBQ 8 April 2017 7. Themes 8. Results 9. Conclusion 10. Appendices

1. Strengths Weakness Opportunities and Threats Analysis

2. Survey questions 2017 - Community Poster/flyers

3. Survey questions 2011 4. LTC Review of Mall street environs 5. Acts, Policies and Partners 6. Summary of Survey Event 7. References 8. Community Events 2017 – local and national


Acknowledgements This report is dedicated to our parents who packed their bags with hopes and dreams, many with babes in arms and set off for the “promised land” in search of work and education for their families. First settlers came 60 years ago from near and far, they helped build this community and watched Porirua grow into a city from farmlands. The City scarped the rolling hills, built new State houses and the people set up homes in Waitangirua, looked for work and sent their children to school. New schools were built to cater for the new burgeoning population. Eventually Kenepuru Hospital provided medical services separate from that of infamous Porirua Mental Hospital. With new friends the new citizens fundraised, supported schools, built our marae, our churches, utilised the green spaces and filled our community halls. They continued to maintain their language, culture and carried ageless philosophies forward unfortunately, this became harder to do and maintain over time. Pioneers of ECE rose from within our community with Tairangi Kindy leading the way. We now have 2 Samoa preschools, 3 mainstream preschools, 1 Kohanga Reo, 2 mainstream primary schools, a Kura Maori and 1 Wharekura – Maori language medium education. We are rich in language, culture and diverse community people. Late 1980’s the international stock market slid into a crash, businesses left for Auckland, Wellington’s economy followed suit offshore and other work was out-sourced, all conspiring to under-mine the hopes of early prosperity to living lives of survival. By all accounts it has been difficult to flourish financially in the intervening years. 10 years ago, Waitangirua Residents took up a new challenge and laid the foundations for the revitalisation and development of Waitangirua. This project lifted the gaze of the community and saw the re-purposing of the Mall carpark, design and completion of the award-winning Community Park on 11 December 2010. We owe former Porirua Community Development Officer Seanoa Faraimo much appreciation who until recently tirelessly urged several residents to form another collective following the opening of Waitangirua Community Park. Finally, 7 years later, a new Porirua City Council Village Planning Programme team and the establishment Waitangirua Village Community Steering Committee of 2017. Family and friends, supporting businesses, organisations, schools and children of our Village are ready and proud to take up new challenges, they are the new heroes.


Executive Summary Purpose

1. Waitangirua Village Community Steering committee entered into a partnership with the Porirua City Council Village Planning Programme team to develop a revitalisation and development programme for Waitangirua Village Community commencing in February 2017.

2. The purpose of this paper is to report on progress made by the committee, conversations with our neighbours and on a survey that was conducted over the months of April and May 2017 in Waitangirua, a village of Porirua City.

3. A Waitangirua Village 1st Draft Plan has been derived from a SWOT analysis; a survey carried out earlier this year. It was submitted in August this year. However, at this stage in December the Plan is a work in progress.

4. The survey is to provide data and a platform from which all contributing information may advance the aspirations of the community.

The survey – Community Engagement The purpose of the 2017 survey was designed to give voice to our community 10 years following that which was carried in 2011. We set about to do this by different means for example we held a BBQ event where we gathered 50 responses. Other methods of distribution were by a mail drop, handouts, street canvassing, email, Facebook, radio stations, Kapi mana and drop boxes. There were few paper returns but sparked more conversations and oral submissions. The survey returns were sorted thematically, and figures collated into a table. The oral submissions are noted here as well. Post survey newer opinions were forthcoming and added to the paper. Subsequent Surveys The committee identified gaps in the initial survey, and they are

• Youth and the elderly Subsequently, we now have a proposal to work in partnership with Sport Wellington to initiate another survey to collect feedback from these groups regarding how the 2 large parks may be utilised more or differently. This will probably apply to other green spaces in our village.


Literature Review This review of the following articles was carried out to inform this document of aspects of history policies and instruments of law that underpin village planning which also secures a relationship with Local Government and Central government and the empowerment of “community” to participate in decision making. Aspects of these documents will form the basis upon which leverage may be made to advance Village Planning in Waitangirua in partnership with the PCC Village programme team. The next 2 articles give an historical overview of what came together in a decade that impacted NZ and especially worker communities like Waitangirua. • Willis, Richard, 1994 Ten Years of Change in New Zealand Manufacturing Employment.

Victoria University of Wellington. • NZ History (https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/the-1980s) So much happened by 1987 that

NZ has never really recovered from economically since i.e. NZ went Nuclear Free much to USA disappointment, “Rogernomics” had lowered the NZ from the top 6 in the world to 19th place and corporatized government departments based on business models and deregulated economy. Labour returned to govern, Wall Street crash 1987 and so by 1990 election Labour suffered its greatest loss since 1931. Prime Minister Jim Bolger and Finance Minister Ruth presented the 1991 “Mother of All Budget”. The radical wing of the National Party promoted individual liberty and small government which meant Maori and Pacific people who worked in government run operations e.g. Ministry of Works, NZ Rail became a state-owned enterprise and sold in 1993, and also many worked in the Freezing Works. National severely cut government spending, including for those on welfare. Unemployment at that time reached levels not seen since the Great Depression of the 1920s/30s; Nearly 200,000 people were out of work at the time. There simply was no work for thousands of New Zealanders. Waitangirua has survived but there has not been any marked improvement on its employment and income status or the quality of homes.

Statistics NZ (website 2017) “Unleashing the power of data to change lives” Stats NZ's purpose is to empower decisions by adding value to New Zealand's most important data. Their goal is to increase the value of data to decision-makers 10-fold in the next 15 years. This will require focused and coordinated effort across the data ecosystem and building strong relationships with suppliers, stakeholders and customers as the foundation of how they work to ensure availability of data and statistics for decision-makers, policy-writers, Māori and iwi, businesses, community groups, and individuals.” This passage serves to emphasise the significance and the value of data and reporting to interested and relevant parties. Statistics NZ is a significant government agency, and little is known about all aspects of its role. Statistics provide data upon which all government agencies base their funding allocations on e.g. Local authorities and local government. So Waitangirua Village Steering Committee’s role is to ensure we provide data about our people, our aspirations for the environment in which we live. We carried out an initial SWOT analysis based on conversations with our neighbours and can be seen the appendices. Better Public Services 2012-2017. Results for New Zealand New Zealand's State sector faces increasing expectations for Better Public Services in the context of prolonged financial constraints compounded by the global financial crisis. There is demand for improvements in addressing complex, long-term issues that affect New Zealanders. The key to doing more with less lies in productivity, innovation, and increased agility to provide services. Agencies need to change, develop new business models, work more closely with others and harness new technologies in order to meet emerging challenges.

Result 1 reducing long term Welfare dependencies


Result 2 – 4 supporting vulnerable children Result 5 – 6 boosting skills Result 7 – 8 reducing crime Result 9 – 10 improving interaction with Govt

Local Government Act 2002 (2017 amendment) To ensure the community become involved in Town Planning and development of their Villages within that city. Plimmerton was first to leverage off the Act in 2004. Local Government New Zealand, in the matter of Local Government Regulatory Performance to the Productivity Commission. Local Government New Zealand policy principles. To get to grips with why this is important reading is that it informs what LGNZ (of PCC is a member) are seeking to improve productivity if the following is considered. • Local autonomy and decision-making: communities should be free to make the decisions

directly affecting them, and councils should have autonomy to respond to community needs.

• Accountability to local communities: councils should be accountable to communities, and not to government, for the decisions they make on the behalf of communities.

• Local difference = local solutions; Equity; Reduced compliance costs; Cost-sharing for national benefit (see appendices)

The Porirua Healthy Safer City Trust is our local Safer Community Council. The Trust (a Registered Member of the Charities Commission) was established in 1993. PHSCT has 13 Trustees and seven employees. Porirua Safer Community comprise eleven community agencies i.e. Porirua City Council, Housing New Zealand Corporation, Kapiti-Mana Area Police, Regional Public Health, Accident Compensation Corporation, Porirua Healthy Safer City Trust, Porirua Chamber of Commerce, Water Safety NZ, Capital and Coast DHB and Porirua Fire Service and Maraeroa Health Clinic. • What do they do? Work in the area of community safety and undertakes project work such

as “Safer Streets”, issues around Alcohol, Family Violence and wider strategic safety issues that impact on the Porirua Community. (see PCC website)

Housing New Zealand Corporation is a Crown agent that provides housing services for people in need. Is the biggest residential property owner in New Zealand. (See HNZC website). • Our Vision: To be the social housing provider of choice. • Our trained housing advisors provide a range of services and can answer most questions

on the spot. Our Customer Services Centre can help with: • getting a state house or flat repaired; checking a tenant’s account; lodging complaints and

providing feedback • answering questions about damage and rental debts and credits • getting in touch with organisations which can help a tenant with other issues. Partners include: Ministry of Social Development (MSD), manages all applications for social housing, assesses housing need, administers income-related rents for social housing tenants, delivers other social services, and provides accommodation support to people in need living in the private sector Sadly, the gravity of the initial conversations with our community regarding these ministries’ customer services is a strong reason to follow up with more information. Many reasons for dissatisfaction are they are difficult, frustrating, nasty, condescending, patronising and variable in their responses causing very unhappy tenants and their families. The main barriers are


communication, understanding and perception of HNZC expectations, unreasonable expectations around computer literacy and use, letters of inspection of the property are received more than once a year, feel invaded regularly, last time they came in and took photographs without asking permission and not sure of what they were photographing and haven’t heard from them since. Feel threatened and unsafe in the place they call home especially seeing houses being taken in the night and families made homeless television news Both Ministries make them feel small and helpless. In conclusion these are but a few articles and quotes from websites that point directly at Local Government commitment to Village Planning programme in their local authority area. In addition, Central Government agencies services as with Housing New Zealand and Ministry of Social Development have according to media reports and experiences of our community are contrary to what the services are said to adequately provide. Methodology With the news of the Waitangirua Link Road from the Transmission Gully Expressway soon to break through to Warspite Ave, it was key to take stock of what our future could look like with Waitangirua driving the design and aspirations of our Village Community. A look at the make-up of our population provides a window into who the Committee needed to reach out to in our neighbourhood as we progress. 2016 Census showed Waitangirua had a population of =4062 and 1092 households. By wards shows Northern Ward: 20,628 Western Ward: 10,443, Eastern Ward: 20,643 = Waitangirua 2016 = 4,062, The population of Porirua City approximately 52,000 residents made up of Pakeha (64%), Pasifika (26%), Maori (20%) and Asian (6%), (some of mixed ethnicity) 10% residents in the 65 years and over category and 25% residents in the 0 to 14 year category Goal: The goal was to design initial survey questions to canvas views from households, individuals, visitors, schools, businesses, family and friends of Waitangirua regarding the status and revitalisation plans for Waitangirua Village. It relies heavily on qualitative epistemological standpoint. The main aim of the survey was to find common ground and to give “voice to the community “as a way to identify what matters to them and will contribute to the Waitangirua Village Revitalisation and Development Plan. Purpose: The decision to give voice to the community and carry out a survey to collect data to inform and draw up recommendations for the Village planning process going forward. The Survey: The first intention of the survey was to obtain qualitative data rather than an emphasis on quantitative evidence. The research is located within the social, cultural, economic and historical context of Waitangirua, a suburb of Porirua City founded just 52 years ago. The survey was designed to advertise the intention of the Committee and City partners by asking 5 simple questions about what they love, dislike, what could be improved, safety in our homes and neighbourhood and any other hopes for Waitangirua Village (see appendices) There was an accompanying poster promoting the Community BBQ event where participants could fill in surveys and or post their responses in Drop boxes left at strategic places or respond on email or Facebook (see appendices) The survey did not ask participants for their name, age, gender, ethnicity or if they were residents. This was designed so as not to burden participants but to get straight into sharing their spontaneous responses.


Data Collection Team The data collection Team: most are well known in the community, like many of those canvassed come from different ethnic backgrounds mainly 1st generation NZ or “city” born, speakers of English and other heritage languages. We felt at the outset this facilitated a qualitative approach to data collection and those surveyed would more likely respond to this team but not necessarily put pen to paper. The team’s children helped with mail-drops. (This approach it is safe to say, well suited many of those interviewed for this survey.) Who did we canvass? The Team canvassed friends and families of Waitangirua from all age groups.

• At one local primary school the Principal and teachers were enthusiastic for their school to participate in the rebuilding of their Village. They felt a responsibility to ensure their pupils began to participate in their community by having their say through the survey. They interviewed their pupils and provided collective responses.

• Others were children playing at the park, children who came up to us and asked what we were doing with the papers in our hands. We took their responses into account. Some adults were also canvassed in the same manner.

• Some adult participants who no longer live in the Village but return regularly to their favourite shops and the Lions Saturday Market. They were especially keen to contribute to the survey and the future revitalisation and development of their “home where they were born. Be good to see it the way it was in the 70s and 80s”.

• Some children lived with their parents in Waitangirua but stayed with the grandparents during the week closer to the school they attended. They considered themselves to be residents of Waitangirua.

• Spoke with the Kura Kaupapa and their interests were in educating their children and proud to be an Enviro-school that partnered with Mountains to the Sea and PCC. Returning the Kenepuru Stream to a pristine state was their mission and contribution to improving the Village. To our knowledge no one else responded directly to the survey.

Survey Distribution and Collection: The widest method of distribution was by handouts and mail-drops to 1092 households, businesses, pre-schools, schools also posted on their websites and communicated to parents via newsletters.

• All schools accepted to promote the survey and meetings to their parents via Facebook or email newsletters. Kura Maori hoped for Te Reo Maori medium.

The campaign also entailed informal conversations, spontaneous interviews and writing up responses in interviewees’ presence. We also canvassed via our new Facebook page and email networks. We valued these spontaneous responses. Under Phase 2 gaps that have been identified will be soon addressed by having focus groups for example elderly, disabled and youth. Data Collected 2011 Data from 2011 was handed to the team in early July 2017 and was appended to this work and a comparative analysis will feature later in this paper. This survey was not sighted prior to the 2017 survey to learn from, either in design or content. Nevertheless, keeping this work in the forefront will influence the interaction and selection of focus groups in PHASE 2. The methodology is presented as a list of methods that can be easily read, informative and just as importantly can be replicated in the future. The first step to designing a revitalisation and development Village Plan, we identified that data was an essential element. The Committee needed to understand the environment, who


was in it and what they wanted. In doing so we acknowledge the work completed some 7 years previous by a different team. We then needed to design a plan for how we would carry out our investigation and put into action. METHOD 1. In preparation we carried out an initial Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis and held conversations with our neighbours and based on that the plan took shape. 2. Designed a programme of community engagement a. Phase One:

• spoke with friends and neighbours to gauge interest in progressing further and gained an insight into how people felt about the Village revitalisation and development.

• designed a survey, poster flyer, media strategic plan, a Facebook page and foundations have been laid for the development of a website.

• contacted the PCC Village Planning Programme team and submitted workings ie SWOT analysis and expectations of content of a poster and collaborated and updated the City Council on progress.

• created a media plan, signed off final poster and survey, organised a BBQ in the Community Park to engage with the community and give out surveys to be filled in. Posted survey on FB and received oral submissions.

• mail dropped flyers and survey to households, emailed radio stations and Kapi Mana News, provided Drop Boxes, carried out a street campaign.

• Collected the responses and compiled a summary to be followed up by a full report. • spurred on by nasty attempted abductions of 3 children from the Community Park,

priorities were designed which included a request for monitored CCTV over the park to draw attention to the safety in the park and grounds of school and Health Clinic grounds. We did this with the Council in meetings and on Facebook. The Primary School interacted with the Police.

• Phase Two • Identified gaps where sections of the community were beyond the design scope of the

survey and method of collection. Focus groups will be formed to include elderly, disabled, youth and other categories as we go.

• Held 2 community meetings the first meeting was to update progress where the Summary of Survey was presented as planned.

Data or Findings) (Will present results of the research here as simply and clearly as possible.) Recommendations for action (cut and paste from village plan short and long term plan) Conclusion In conclusion the intention to compile data was carried out according to the scope and methodology to first answer ‘do we need to do this?’, how we would carry out the research, create a summary, take into account who would be suitable to assist and which pieces of legislation Local Government Act, City Council instruments and Safer Porirua would be the best to leverage from and inform the next step which is to enter into creating an actual Village Plan with our community.. This report will serve as a background document and underpin a programme of revitalisation and development of Waitangirua Village and early estimation will be completed within the next 5 years.


Introduction This report is 2-fold in that it records the process in which a collective of Waitangirua residents entered into a partnership 2017 with the City Partnerships Village Planning team to create a revitalisation and development plan for Waitangirua Village Community. The survey provides qualitative data and from which an analysis and recommendations have been derived. The main aim of the survey was to find common ground and to give “voice to the community “as a way to identify what matters to them and will contribute to the Waitangirua Village Revitalisation and Development Plan. The Committee in progressing towards the final Village Plan it embodies the aspirations of the City Council Priorities. The Report is for the use of Council and Community and it will serve as a background document for the organisation. PCC Strategic Priorities: Children and young people, growing prosperous City, Healthy and protected Harbour, to have a great village and city experience. …. provides a wide range of recreational, social and cultural opportunities for all ages through: services that are prompt, efficient and respond to community interests activities that bring the community and businesses together to celebrate the city's diversity residents having a say on the look and feel of their village sound and resilient infrastructure that supports the city's aspirations Performance indicators Maintain community satisfaction with levels of service across all groups of activities provided by the Council Maintain stakeholder satisfaction with the village programme – PCC website 2017 Background Several iwi had been in residence before Ngati Toa Rangatira, Taranaki Whanui and others moved into the region permanently in the early 1800s and set up residence across the region. Food resources were plentiful e.g. tuna, patiki, watercress, puha, kouka, nikau, manu, harakeke and aka for traps, mushrooms, the bush, cultivations, the mud flats, streams, estuaries, the reefs and deep sea were virtually pristine. From the 1950’s planning and building was well under way. 1965 Porirua became a city 22kms from the Capital City that made up the Greater Wellington region. Waitangirua was part of a new social experiment housing mainly Maori of NZ’s “rural urban drift”, diverse multi ethnic new immigrants from the Pacific, Scottish, Indian, Irish, English and Chinese all seeking employment and many became workers for the “University on the Hill” – Todd Motors and several factories on the “Westside “and in the CBD. 1965 GEC Kodak and Ashley were leading employers. It was a very youthful community. (Wikipedia) There was money to send home, play housie, buy taro (although many went to go to Newtown on the train to buy), church offerings and eventually at least one car and a colour television per household. Todd1975. By 1970s the “Mall” had become a bustling hub of the community, the parks were well used until Black Monday economic crash began in Hong Kong and spread rapidly (19th Oct 1987 Wikipedia). Businesses departed Wellington, unemployment reached levels not seen since the Great Depression of the 1920s/30s, government liberalisation/ deregulation of


the economy in the early 1980s (Willis. Richard 1994). An example of the havoc launched on our community: “The budget essentially dismantled much of what remained of the welfare state institutions established in the 1930s by the First Labour Government. unemployment benefit was cut by $14.00 a week, sickness benefit by $27.04, families benefit by $25.00 to $27.00 and universal payments for family benefits were completely abolished.[2] Richardson introduced many user pays requirements in hospital, schools and services previously free to the populace, paid for by the government.[3] Public services: state housing were devolved essentially into companies under government contract ’Wikipedia’ Little cash in the community meant Write Price supermarket closed and other tenants eventually moved out of Waitangirua Mall including the butcher, shoe shop, Community Police and Post Office. New World in Cannons Creek closed and the focus moved to the development of Porirua City Centre. Large supermarkets were built near where people worked, close to railway station and government agencies. The Mall and community never recovered. The fact remains though that whether families moved or stayed, Waitangirua is still home. 2002 the Local Government Act came into being and first leveraged by Plimmerton Village planners. By 2005 Waitangirua Residents began to devise the first plan to create a community space for everyone and to revitalise the Waitangirua Hub. The international award winning Waitangirua Community Park was declared opened December 2010.

So why do this now in 2017? The Steering Committee want to create a revitalisation and developmental plan that we predict at most elements will be completed by 2023. Most members have grown up here and don’t intend to leave any time soon. Some have business or charitable interests in the Hub, and all have participated in some capacity in events in the Village. All members have experienced the ebb and flow of Global economics and impact that has had on our families and business. The greatest desire of the Committee is to generate energy around rebuilding and developing on earlier community and City work that successfully improved our neighbourhood and boosted our confidence that more can be done in the very near future in partnership with PCC. Strong short- and long-term planning, sustainable Village and a leap of faith has brought us this far.


WAITANGIRUA VILLAGE COMMUNITY SURVEY KEY THEMES

Come and have your say about

our neighbourhood


WAITANGIRUA VILLAGE COMMUNITY BBQ

for friends and families held on 8 April 2017 Introduction The Waitangirua community BBQ was held on 8 April as a way to engage the community and invite residents to have the opportunity to have a say about their neighbourhood through a survey. Drop Boxes were also provided throughout the neighbourhood at various venues for filled forms could be left. A poster/ flyer and survey form were designed and were posted at key businesses and schools 2 weeks prior to the event and used in mail drops carried out during that week. The survey was inclusive of friends and families of Waitangirua Village Community. This initial survey did not require respondents to provide their names or their addresses and it was not confined to residents. We are mindful of the large numbers of visitors, friends and family connections to the village community and they will matter as people who will continue to return many times as they may do for years to come. The BBQ began at 11am an hour before the Lions Saturday Market closed at 12 o’clock. WHAT WE DID IN PREPARATION: MEDIA STRATEGIC PLAN Created a media plan to promote our first event. The plan forms a template to follow in the future and is key to getting the greatest reach by committing to the following actions:

• Establish a Facebook page with initial greetings and guidelines • Create a poster flier to promote the event with the main messages of date, venue,

purpose, colourful and celebrate our local people e.g. Jerry Collins. the Mumsie’s and our children

• Send and mail drop on the week leading up to event by i.e. Radio, Kapi mana News, Neighbourly, Village Facebook, FB pages we manage personally, emails, word of mouth and announcements at meetings

• Held a Community BBQ, 1st Community Engagement Event • We canvassed people on the street, did mail drops, posted posters at local businesses,

handed out at the Saturday Market, visited school offices, pre-schools and engaged with community leaders and others.

OUTCOME • Our families enjoyed participating in the mail drops, activities and doing community stuff • Received 50 filled in forms on the day • Received oral submissions, email responses and recorded them and absorbed them into

the paper submission as a separate category. • Respondents weren’t required to supply their addresses or their names – mostly opted not

to sign • They came from a cross section of our community, children, teachers, kids in the park,

market goers etc we know this because of where they were picked up from e.g. Drop boxes at key places and handed personally to us.

Residents wanted more of the following: • Community events, Improved amenities, Tidying up of our neighbourhood • Things for kids. Residents would change: • Improve safety on our roads • Improve our walkways and green spaces


• Add seats and picnic tables • Look after our streets, properties, rubbish • Have more play areas and family areas. Vision – how would we like to be in the future? COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PHASE 1

1. Village BBQ survey event was a key aspect to a 4-part community engagement plan it comprised oral submissions, street campaign, mail drop, BBQ event

2. Village Community Feedback Meeting 1. This would take place post survey analyses, findings and recommendations

Aim of the Survey The main aim of the survey was to find common ground and to give “voice to the community “as a way to identify what matters to them and will contribute to the Waitangirua Village Revitalisation and Development Plan. Refer to Appendix 1. Copy of the Survey. Five key questions were designed to help those taking part to give voice to their ideas and thoughts around what mattered to them. The questions were:

1. What do you love about our neighbourhood? 2. What don’t you like about our neighbourhood? 3. What would you like improved in our neighbourhood? 4. How can we keep our streets, homes and neighbourhood safe 24/7? 5. What else would you like to add e.g. Services, health and safety, jobs, wheelchair

and pushchair access. Organic waste, link road, traffic lights, bus stops, zebra crossing, beautification.

The final analysis will consider oral submissions noted at the end of this document. Themes emerging from the Feedback

The Survey created a key opportunity for voices of friends and families of our village community to come together and ‘start a conversation’ with the City Village Planners on what we who live, work, shop, learn and reside in Waitangirua - would like to see happen for our community. There were over 50 responses gathered on the day, others collected from designated drop boxes and sources. Some were canvassed and some adults and children respondents were assisted by scribing on their behalf. Total collected:90 Theme 1: Belonging to a community Belonging, Services and Connection, belonging were central themes from feedback shared through the survey. These included comments as follows:

Belonging Services Connection The people The place Good opportunities The people Friendly, Family Home, helpful Caring, peaceful

Friendly shop keepers Good family community events

Multi-cultural Children’s playground The market The community Supportive

School Park

The market The Saturday markets


Community spirit shops Acceptance nice

Good bus service Landscape -hills

Good neighbours respectful

Local schools Takeaway shops

Theme 2: Challenges for the neighbourhood Feedback from survey highlighted residents concern about broken glass, the use of drugs and the lack of activities for young people. Comments emphasised the lack of adequate street lighting, this was repeated many times. This issue has been placed under the question 4 regarding community safety. Comments included as follows:

• Lack of adequate street lighting, Lack of security, Reputation • Gangs, Young people roaming around, youth with nothing to do • people asking for money/being asked for money • more rubbish bins /too much litter/rubbish on streets, clean up the rubbish, glass on

the footpath, broken glass • drugs, alcohol, people drinking n the street, people drunk on the street, people

begging/yes/yes • dangerous people, street kids • nothing for the youth to do repeat • not enough street lighting lights go off early at Community park • Alley way between Kokiri –Warspite often dirty full of rubbish • Safety for children at park – refers to attempts to abduct

Theme 3: Things which could be improved More community events, more events for youth, more shops empty shops/more shops, Bringing people together/more community activities More parks/swimming pools/sports facility/skatepark Community hall/ yes/yes, Recreation facilities More help for youth/more activities for youth More activities yes for kids and babies More police services, Waitangirua mall done up, Brighten up the shops, Better communication from govt agencies


Revitalisation of the shops, Signs helpful signage Activities for kids, Traffic control, slow down signs Theme 4. A Safe Community Better street lighting/cameras, More police presence and patrols, Community constable, Community patrol, Night patrol, Safer and better roads, Stop violence, Street lighting in mall/better lighting, Awareness, Security cameras, Neighbourhood watch yes/yes/yes/yes/ neighbourhood patrol, Use social media Facebook, Something organised in case of earthquakes etc. Help children from violence-Help newcomers, Look out for the elderly Theme 5: Community expectations on developments Categorising the comments back demonstrated that four key areas needed to be addressed. Health access was a key area which residents wanted information about. Suggestion – share with the community what services are available and what they provide, how to contact the services, signage pamphlet drop Defibrillator, Disability access, Wheelchair-access, 24 hr medical centre 24 hr Emergency services, Housing with wheelchair/pushchair access, Services for drug and alcohol addictions Some where to go in natural disaster/emergency More family activities, Community space/hall, More parks for kids, Activity centre for kids, Skatepark/playing areas, big chess board, Youth centre/community centre/activity centre More community events Beautification projects, Community gardens, Recycling, Organic Waste collection, Local Employment, Crossing s on the road, Work for youth, Govt Agencies working together to address youth problems New Proposals Service-station, Supermarket, Fix up Natone Park, Reopen mall provide jobs, More and better housing, Library What are the possible impacts and benefits does Transmission Gully/Waitangirua link road have on Waitangirua Village community?

• More and different people will use this Link. • Prosperity, another access to jobs in Lower Hutt and Wellington, bring more business

to Waitangirua • Traffic and crossings need to be located properly and safely for all users

Key stakeholders: we need to do more work these groups to bring them in to participate or find ways to communicate effectively with. Have made contact with preschools and primary schools Maraeroa Kaumatua Koro Waata Peita and Kuia Diane and Aunty Rangi Health and social services Clinics etc Wesley Social Services Church Families •Samoa Methodist •EFKS Waihemo Samoa AOG SEIKI Community and all those ethnicities mentioned before in the demographics of our Village.


The following submissions were received on social media and oral submissions, A String Orchestra School and hub, studios, classrooms, performance space, afterschool homework and practice space, sports

• Artspace, Exhibition space, Art Market, up market Coffee shop – atmosphere, daily meeting place, village vibe, small meeting spaces, a Destination.

• Library


Appendices

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS ANALYSIS

INTRODUCTION This analysis was carried out early on and acted as a starting point to collect data and to guide towards drawing up a survey. BACKGROUND Other tribes occupied the Porirua Basin and Ngati Toa Rangatira became mana whenua in Porirua the early 1800s. They named our home Waitangirua - the musical sound of two streams that border our suburb. Europeans established farmlands on the eastern hills. 57 years ago, people began to move into the new Housing New Zealand estate a social experiment that brought Maori from the country and immigrants from Pacific nations into the hills of Porirua East and beyond. 1973 The “Bottom Tavern” was moved from the western end of the Mungavin in the “Centre” to Waitangirua and became Maraeroa Marae our own community marae. Our community park is 7 years old. Our people are diverse, resilient, adaptable, resourceful, committed, courageous, adventurers; many once lived on tribal lands or have migrated from other countries and are speakers of different languages, their life experiences just as diverse and interesting. Current statistics are as follows: 4020 population, 1092 households and a prediction of a decline in population over the next 25yrs or so. Strengths:

• We are rich with 4020 people of diverse populations; 12.80 people per hectare, 314 hectares, residential, parkland and rural sections

• A creative and multicultural community, local heroes and tertiary qualified generation (135 in 2013), several are in professional employ, the public service, the service provision and vocational positions.

• Majority of residents are of Maori Pacific heritage and more than half of all residents speak more than one language. Many of new immigrants to Porirua live in Waitangirua are Colombian, Sri Lankan Tamil, Burmese, Iraqi, Afghani, Iranian, Syrian and Somali. People and diversity are our strength.

• Have a large number of children under 15 years old and 25 years • Iconic Lions Club Saturday Market, Community Centre Café hub, Wesley Social Services;

Martial Arts Hall on Natone, • Maraeroa Marae, Tuvalu Community Hall, several Church Communities, • Waitangirua Health Centre, Maraeroa Health Clinic- Well Health PHO and Waitangirua

Pharmacy • local children’s playgrounds, Waitangirua Community Park, Natone Park, part of Belmont

Regional Park • Fa’apo Style Cuts Barber, Lords and Ladies Hairdressers, Chicken Shack Takeaways, Bakery,

Pizza shop, Laundry, Off License, 4 Square Dairy, Hungry Tiki Family Restaurant, Save Mart, Chrissy’s All for Free,

• Education: Homebase education services-Whanau Manaaki Kindergarten, Tairangi Kindy, Community Kindy and Waitangirua Kindergarten, A’oga Amata, Seeds Early Education and Childcare Services, Te Toka Ahuru Kohanga Reo; Corinna, Tairangi and Natone Park primary schools, Te Kura and Whare Kura o Porirua and access to 3 adjacent neighbourhoods each with their own colleges zoned to include our children


• Close and long-term relationships with neighbouring villages ie. Waitangirua share a similar history of hiatus and degradation over time, friend and family connections, specialist education i.e. for deaf and gifted children, work, play, recreation, sports teams, festivals, services

Weaknesses: Need sustainable development across the board in order to support whole population including those in need of specialist support, illiterate adults, MSD beneficiaries, unemployed, disabled, street beggars, intoxicated few in public places,

• Housing our people in clean, dry, warm, mould free homes and championed by responsive Government services.

• Weak profile of Civil Defence Centres for support, education and emergency planning and services, no neighbourhood watch

• improve lighting and install security cameras over the park, school and surrounds for after dark, evidence of drugs use, needles and alcohol use in the school grounds, Health Centre grounds and Mall;

• Inorganic rubbish in back yards and public spaces – need regular clearance • Want to help those who for a number of reasons are unable to mow their lawns and clear

inorganic waste • Better roading and paving - substructure, steep drive on and off ramps, paths and gutter

designs with pedestrians and people with differing disabilities in mind. Each person young or old needing independence, safe and easy movement – some types of wheel chairs get stuck on the side of the road in the gutter and people are in danger of tipping over on to their faces and no help in sight and would not be advisable for any helpful person to lift them up, walking frames and sticks get stuck; need easy access to shop doorways; need standout and significant early warnings for zebra crossings to give time to cross.

• no organised youth activities or venue in the evenings or weekends (24/7) • Improve capacity, review community park design and surfaces for tri-cycling, learners,

adult/family exercise and walking. • increase tenants and businesses in the Mall complex • ideas for use of the grounds at the “back” of the Mall • Accommodation for making arts, performances, theatre, indoor sports • beds visitors e.g. Home stay and or motels; • lack knowledge around sections for housing and buildings for community use • no sense of history

Opportunities: Destination Waitangirua Village, We could expect a growth industry where there are 6 people over the age of 85 living in Waitangirua in 2013, with the largest numbers are 426 0 to 4-year olds. Nearly 2000 of a total of 4023 are 24 and under. These numbers provide strong motivation and vested interest to stimulate growth, development and productivity in the suburb and neighbourhoods. Work must begin on short- and long-term planning to ensure a solid base upon which to create opportunities first by building and strengthen what we have. Waitangirua Link Road will play a huge part in this in supporting aspirations for wealth and wellbeing of our neighbourhood. Employment and ability to create employment or self-employment, to develop and promote small or micro-businesses including an Artspace and Marketplace for artists and others ie:

• cottage industries for traditional heritage arts to flourish, • High end Coffee House for locals and visitors; • Healing hub: traditional and natural healing, festivals • link to Tourism NZ, Trade NZ; internet, • experience clean air, friendly community people and a safe place to be;


• Link Road will provide easy direct access by road and from all directions e.g. Airport, Inter Island Ferry services bring more people to the Village for our offerings;

• Signage – an awesome opportunity to work with the right people to promote our unique suburb,

• Develop Natone Park for sports: Training athletics track, mini sports, pavilion, styles and popular sports e.g. tag and flag, concerts and festivals

Threats: The things that may threaten Waitangirua’s ability to develop and cater for residents, visitors and the open-air market are:

• Inclement weather conditions, other natural disasters, reliant on access to the suburb by motorway and internal roads.

• Unsafe spaces and people, • lack of motivation and stamina to participate to develop • Obstruction by nay Sayers, private and public landlords i.e. HNZC, media • Unrealistic or conflicting expectations • PCC may not be forthcoming, and funds may be withdrawn, may have to rely on co funders

etc • Change of government • Downturn in the national economy • Competing interests from neighbours • Workload and capacity of the Village planning committee

As mentioned before this SWOT analysis was to inform the design of the survey and provide substance help direction going forward from this point.


building a strong, caring and innovative neighbourhood with Porirua City Council WAITANGIRUA VILLAGE COMMUNITY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES

Have your say about our neighbourhood survey 1. What do you love about our neighbourhood ………………………………………………………… • ------------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. What don’t you like about our neighbourhood • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ 3. What would you like improved in our neighbourhood? • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. How can we keep our streets, homes and neighbourhood safe 24/7 • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ 5. What would you like to add e.g. Services, health and safety, jobs, wheelchair and pushchair access, organic waste, Link road, traffic lights, bus stops, zebra crossings, beautification • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ • ------------------------------------------------------------ SURVEY Thank you for your time and input into the future of our neighbourhood. This survey will play a big part of our Waitangirua Village Plan 2017-2018. If you run out of room write on the back if you wish. DROP BOXES Put your form into the Waitangirua Village Community Drop Boxes at the following places by Tuesday 18th April 2017: Billy’s 4$quare Shop, “Hungry Tiki Restaurant”; “Oasis Community Café/Centre”; PIZZA SLICES; Waitangirua Mall, Waitangirua Pharmacy; Natone, Corinna & Kura Maori Schools; Maraeroa Health Clinic; “Fa’apo Style Cutz” 2 Commerce Crescent; “Chrissy’s All for Free” 97 Kokiri Crescent Waitangirua


WAITANGIRUA VILLAGE COMMUNITY RESULTS OF INITIAL SURVEY TABLE CARRIED OUT 8TH APRIL 2017

BELONGING TO COMMUNITY CHALLENGE FOR COMMUNITY The people, family friendly, Home, helpful, caring, peaceful, The community Supportive, Community spirit Acceptance, nice, Good neighbours, respectful, Signs helpful signage PARKS

50 13 13

Bullies, beggars, drinking, drugs. DOGS RUBBISH + TAGGING, broken glass needs more bins for glass FIGHTS BAD BEHAVIOUR

27 5 22 6

BBQ 4 MARKET 14 THINGS TO BE IMPROVED SAFETY+SECURE COMMUNITY CROSSINGS –traffic speed n speed humps WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

15 6

SAFETY + SECURITY CCTV +LIGHTING

17 16

PARKS + BEAUTIFICATION: More parks/swimming pools/sports facility/skatepark Community hall/ yes/yes,

20 ROVING PATROLS NIGHT WATCH POLICE PATROLS Traffic control, slow down signs

10 15 10

HUB ACTIVITIES Recreation facilities. More help for youth/more activities for youth, Activities for kids,

23

MALL improvement Waitangirua mall done up, Brighten up the shops, Revitalisation of the shops,

10

EXPECTATIONS JOBS 5 MORE SHOPS 11 FOODBANK 1 MENTAL HEALTH 2 COMM 3 LINK ROAD TO 2 ORGANIC WASTE + RECYCLING TIP

5 1

MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS 4 WKEND HEALTH CENTRE4 CIVIL DEFENCE HUB 3 SIGNAGE WELCOMING 4

Services More police and health services, Better communication from govt agencies

Appendices


SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY EVENT This was the first report back to the community presented at the first monthly meeting held on 22 May 2017. This summary related directly to the questions which also provided a brief background. WHAT WE DID: Media strategy and included the following • Established a Facebook page • Designed a poster flier with PCC to promote the event • Held a Community BBQ, 1st Community Engagement Event • We canvassed people on the street, did mail drops, posted posters at local businesses, handed out at the Saturday Market, visited school offices, pre-schools and engaged with community leaders and others. OUTCOME

• Received about 50 forms on the day • So received oral submissions, email responses and recorded them and absorbed them into

the paper submission as a separate category. o Respondents weren’t required to supply their addresses or their names – mostly opted not to

sign o They came from a cross section of our community, children, teachers, kids in the park, market

goers etc we know this because of where they were picked up from e.g. Drop boxes at key places and handed personally to us.

Residents wanted more of the following: • Community events; • Improved amenities; • Tidying up of our neighbourhood; • Things for kids. Residents would change: • Improve safety on our roads; • Improve our walkways and green spaces; • Add seats and picnic tables; • Look after our streets, properties, rubbish • Have more play areas and family areas. Vision – how would we like Waitangirua to be in the future? Community Engagement: PHASE 1 1. Village BBQ survey event was a key aspect to a 4-part community engagement plan it comprised oral submissions, street campaign, mail drop, BBQ event 2. Village Community Feedback Meeting 1. This would take place post survey analyses, findings and recommendations Aim of the Survey The main aim of the survey was to find common ground and to give “voice to the community as a way to identify what matters to them and will contribute to the Waitangirua Village Revitalisation and Development Plan. Refer to Appendix 1. Copy of the Survey. Five key questions were designed to help those taking part to give voice to their ideas and thoughts around what mattered to them. The questions were: 1. What do you love about our neighbourhood? 2. What don’t you like about our neighbourhood 3. What would you like improved in our neighbourhood? 4. How can we keep our streets, homes and neighbourhood safe 24/7 5. What else would you like to add e.g. Services, health and safety, jobs, wheelchair and pushchair access. Organic waste, link road, traffic lights, bus stops, zebra crossing, beautification. The final analysis will consider oral submissions noted at the end of this document.


Process going forward Following the survey, a summary of the feedback has been provided to create a fuller conversation on what is important to the families, whānau and people living in Waitangirua. This report provides a summary of the key themes highlighted from feedback. The Survey created a key opportunity for voices of friends and families of our village community to come together and ‘start a conversation’ with the City Village Planners on what we who live, work, shop, learn and reside in Waitangirua - would like to see happen for our community. There were over 50 responses gathered on the day, others collected from designated drop boxes and sources. Some were canvassed and some adults and children respondents were assisted by scribing on their behalf. Total collected was 90 Themes emerging from the Feedback Theme 1: Belonging to a community Belonging, Services and Connection, belonging were central themes from feedback shared through the survey. These included comments as follows: The people: The place Good opportunities Friendly family, Home, helpful, Caring, peaceful, Friendly shop keepers, Good family community events, Multi-cultural, Children’s playground, Saturday market, The community, Supportive Community spirit School, Community Park, shops, Acceptance, nice, Good bus service, like to see the police, landscape –hills, scenery, Good neighbours, respectful, Local schools, Takeaway shops Theme 2: Challenges for the neighbourhood Feedback from survey highlighted residents concern about broken glass, the use of drugs and the lack of activities for young people. Comments emphasised the lack of adequate street lighting, this was repeated many times. This issue has been placed under the question 4 regarding community safety. Comments included as follows: Lack of adequate street lighting, Lack of adequate security, Bad reputation , Gangs, Young people roaming around, youth with nothing to do, people asking for money; being asked for money; begging, drugs, alcohol, people drinking in the street, people drunk on the street, dangerous and scary people, street kids, not enough street lighting, lights go off early at the Community Park, more rubbish bins too much; litter/rubbish on streets, Alley way between Kokiri –Warspite often dirty and full of rubbish Theme 3: Things which could be improved Bring people together, More community events and activities, More events for youth, More shops, fill the empty shops, More parks, swimming pools, sports facility, skatepark, Community Hall, Recreation facilities, Upgrade the community park, Better communication from govt agencies, More help and activities for youth, More activities for kids and babies, holiday programmes in the weekends, More police services, Waitangirua Mall done up, Brighten up the shops, Signs, Traffic control, Slow down signs, Keep the community and streets clean, Good crossings on the main road, Niagara, Kokiri especially with the Link Road traffic and near the schools Te Kura Maori, Westmeath, Loongana, Waihemo, Corinna. Theme 4. A Safe and Secure Community Better street lighting, CCTV cameras, more police presence and patrols, Community constable, Community patrol, Night patrol, Neighbourhood watch, neighbourhood patrol, slow down signs. Stop violence, help children from violence, Better street lighting in mall, Awareness , Security cameras to include the local school Use social media Facebook


Something organised in case of earthquakes etc Safer and better roads, help newcomers, Look out for the elderly Safety for children at park – refers to attempts to abduct Theme 5: Community expectations and new developments Categorising the comments back demonstrated that four key areas needed to be addressed. •Health access was a key area which residents wanted information about. •Share with the community what services are available and what they provide, how to contact the services. Defibulator, adequate Disability access, Wheelchair-access, pushchair access • 24 hr medical centre 24 hr Emergency services • Housing with wheelchair and pushchair access • Some-where to go in natural disaster/emergency • Services for drug and alcohol addictions • Community Centre /Activity centre for kids and park for running sports etc • Recycling Organic Waste collection • More housing NEW additional topics and conversations in the community and committee table • Supermarket • Petrol station • An athletic park on Natone Park, skatepark • Develop and upgrade Saturday Market space • Library and Artspace Coffee shop Chess board • Community Hall Beautification projects • Work for youth local employment Reopen mall provide jobs • Govt Agencies working together to address youth problems More family activities Community space and hall More parks for kids in the village; Skatepark/playing areas; chess board; Youth centre/community centre/activity centre More community events Beautification projects Community gardens Local Employment What are the possible impacts and benefits does Transmission Gully/Waitangirua link road have on Waitangirua Village community? Each one of the themes may be leveraged off the Local Govt Act 2002 and safety and security in the village a key component of the survey may seek leverage through Porirua Safer Community Trust Porirua City Parks and Maintenance and beautification programme: Relating to the condition of the roading and seeping water in the streets and properties


APPENDICES Waitangirua Village Plan 2-minute survey 2011

from Liz Makalio Wesley Waitangirua for PCC and Community Park Are you a resident?

• 10 youth - yes 25 Adults –yes 2 adults - no (Cannons creek What do you like about living in this area?

• Musical talent & It’s a big family, everyone knows everyone & is related somehow • I love it here now because I get the chance to make music and teach kids more • This is my home for me, I was raised here, when bad things happen the actual grass roots leaders

respond and get good outcomes • The people of the community • The people • That we only have 1 gang living here • Family environment • The people in our street and the Marae • I know everyone around me • Friendly atmosphere, with friends, family, the park • The people and the part at Waitangirua park • The community know each other, we have worked well together to resolve underground conflict,

everyone is friendly • I like how the park and shops are all close together & easy to get too (walking)

The People • The People and I was brought up here • The People and the New Park (AWESOME) • I like the people, we all know each other • Its whanau orientated, its where I grew up • The Mongrel Mob are all in this area, its just 1 big whanau-based community • The new park and the people • The Mall park. • Close to park, walkways and bush

What don’t you like about living in this area? • The stupid reasons for fights • The way others feel like they dominate others, the way people from other cities think they gona get

jumped here • The tagging on the walls • Judgements made by others about lifestyles in Waitangirua, the marae is not used for a worthy purpose

that benefits the people. • The alcohol stores, drugs and gangs • Bad council facilities, roads, lighting and crime • People make out its full of youth gangs here and it’s not • Negative attitude from outsiders • Gangs and not regular buses • People think it’s a bad place and want to fix us

The People • Love the people • Projects or people that are negative to our way of living or doing things • The council telling us what to do instead of working alongside us • People who judge our community, who don’t understand and use their roles for personal gain • Work and better job opportunities for low income families, upgraded houses • The pub! Because when there are functions people leave their empty beer bottles everywhere and

there is urine all over the place. • Pub entrance in the wrong place • How people judge us all and think we have problems


• The graffiti, drunk publicans from the Hill 16 • The lady from the creek who comes up tries to tell us wots wot, she should stay in her own area • Pub entrance sux • We helped out at Marae and they didn’t even offer us anything, no thanks • Going to the park and seeing smashed bottles everywhere • There’s not a lot of activities apart from normal fares the come to town • No regular activities for children and parents

What other projects & activities do you believe are required to make our area a better place to visit, work, play or live?

• Advertising what’s going on, more events, sports and music • More projects that shows the people skills and strengths, run by the people for the people and reach

out to those not engaged. • Unity, Pride and just say hi every once in a while, a bigger place for youth and kids of all ages to join and

work together • Community gym to help promote healthy active living • Create more jobs, educate, train more people, reduce poverty • Anything runs by the people • A pair of ears to listen to the wants and needs of our youth and families • Less liquor outlets, safe areas for tamariki and speed bumps on roads. • Focus in kids more • Should be markets more things at mall • A community centre that will run activities and projects in the area • More after school programs for our kids • Alcohol ban in park and mall, community centre run by community, Pub entrance to back of mall • More attractions for the younger community like creekfest, concerts colleges can show case • Weekend Sunday market • We need a community hall run by the residence of Waitangirua • Alcohol bans, community centre run by community, not creek people, not no it all’s!!! • Community centre run by the people of Waitangirua • A community centre run by Waitangirua residents • More parks, neighbourhood get togethers, get to know community • More get togethers • More kids’ activities • Swimming pool would be wonderful, more community gala’s, Fairs, after school activities

What is the best way to involve your whanau in Waitangirua community projects and activities? • Through music • We got to know about it first and then try to be more active in the community • Kanohi te kanohi, more activities to get whanau active. • Project must make a difference and not be a talk fest and led by local leaders who can be trusted. • Through knowing who is running it, locals all the way • Walking alongside and not leaving anyone behind • Don’t have fake people running it • To pick us up • A community centres • Being part of the Mumzys • When I know the general whanau\community are there it makes me want to be there too • To have a better advertisement team to really support the flow of spreading the word about projects • Notice board • More info to be put out there e.g. flyers etc • When I know everyone else is going, it makes me want to go too and be part of it • Pamphlets, notice board, sent out letters • Get out there in people’s faces to be known • Send out letters, pamphlets, advertise at shops • Newsletters


Do you want to be kept informed about local projects and activities? Majority say yes Waitangirua Village plan 2 minute survey 2011 from youth 12years to 14years Are you a resident? 10 youth - yes What do you like about living in this area?

• The amount of people who love singing • Being with my mates\family, I know most people and its fun. • I was born in this area and my friends • That my friends live here with my family • There is fun places to go after school like this club (Wesley Bakers club) • All my friends and my school • Most of my mates live around here • A lot of my family and friends live around this area • Being with my friends • What don’t you like about living in this area? • The tagging and the fighting • Nothing, I love everything • The amount of tagging in this area • I don’t like how there’s fighting and tagging on every corner of our streets • Most of the dogs • The gangs, dogs (pit bulls) • The dogs bark a lot, they’re scary • The fighting • It’s boring, it’s got tagging everywhere

What other projects & activities do you believe are required to make our area a better place to visit, work, play or live? • More confident voices for the area • Don’t know • Don’t know • Don’t know sorry • A behaviour club where people could go to sort out their anger issues and how to solve it. • Don’t know • Painting the tagging, keeping the young occupied, sports programs and more artwork • Painting over the tagging and more artwork and keeping it clean • Cleaner more colourful • What is the best way to involve your whanau in Waitangirua community projects and activities? • Inviting them to your area of participation getting them involved in what you’re doing. • More festivals and community days • Tell them how cool it is and let them tag along. • Hanging out • Churches, youth, relations, hang out with family and mates

Do you want to be kept informed about local projects and activities? • Majority say yes


APPENDICES

Waitangirua Link Road to Transmission Gully Review prepared by LTC: Ray Edwards Angela Wallace and Shane Cotter

Providing a detailed review of streets and environs around the front of the “Mall” hub Consider concurrent improvements to: A:Niagara St - 1.Disabled & pushchair road access 2.Lower plantings on corner by new traffic lights 3.Improve turn into Mall car park 4.Water toby protection B:Warspite Ave - 1.No 261, ensure access suits disabled family 2.Maraeroa Marae boundary untidy 3.Uneven footpaths C:Pedestrian Crossing - WVC and the community must be consulted 1.Disabled access 2.Signage 3.Traffic calming; 4.Re-design D:Corinna corner - 1.Disabled & pushchair access E:Waitangirua Health Centre - 1.What is in the future? 2.Re-design car park to join main car park at Mall F:Mall access - 1.Corner of entry too narrow 2.Vehicles parking on grass by toilets - security/cleaners? G:Basketball court boundary - 1.Plantings too high, 2.Kerb to court via path not graded 3.Cracking in coloured path due to poor foundation 4.Small plaque on Mosaic has “mosaic” - incorrectly spelt H:Bus stop - 1.What is the plan? 2.Extra road width? 3.Kerbing suitable for wheelchair egress? I:General - 1.Bus drivers don’t always use ramp onto/off the bus Appendices – ACTS AND POLICIES Local Government Act 2002 (2017 amendment) To ensure the community become involved in Town Planning and development of their Villages within that city. Plimmerton was first to leverage off the Act in 2004. Local Government New Zealand, in the matter of Local Government Regulatory Performance to the Productivity Commission. Local Government New Zealand policy principles. To get to grips with why this is important reading is that it informs what LGNZ (of PCC is a member) are seeking to improve productivity if the following is taken into account.

• Local autonomy and decision-making: communities should be free to make the decisions directly affecting them, and councils should have autonomy to respond to community needs.

• Accountability to local communities: councils should be accountable to communities, and not to government, for the decisions they make on the behalf of communities.

• Local difference = local solutions: avoid one-size-fits-all solutions, which are over-engineered to meet all circumstances and create unnecessary costs for many councils. Local diversity reflects differing local needs and priorities.

• Equity: Regulatory requirements should be applied fairly and equitably across communities and regions. All councils face common costs and have their costs increased by Government. Government funding should apply to some extent to ease this burden.


• Reduced compliance costs: legislation and regulation should be designed to minimise cost and compliance effort for councils, consistent with local autonomy and accountability. More recognition needs to be given by government to the cumulative impacts of regulation on the role, functions and funding of local government.

• Cost-sharing for national benefit: where local activities produce benefits at the national level, these benefits should be recognised through contributions of national revenues.

Better Public Services 2012-2017. Results for New Zealand New Zealand's State sector faces increasing expectations for Better Public Services in the context of prolonged financial constraints compounded by the global financial crisis. There is demand for improvements in addressing complex, long-term issues that affect New Zealanders. The key to doing more with less lies in productivity, innovation, and increased agility to provide services. Agencies need to change, develop new business models, work more closely with others and harness new technologies in order to meet emerging challenges. BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES 2012-2017 State sector updates on delivering Better Public Services, including the Government's 10 priority results and targets. 3 May 2017: A new set of results have been announced by the Government. To see them, please visit Better Public Services – the next step. Government agencies are working together and with communities to come up with innovative ways to deliver better public services.

• Result 1 reducing long term Welfare dependencies • Result 2 – 4 supporting vulnerable children • Result 5 – 6 boosting skills • Result 7 – 8 reducing crime • Result 9 – 10 improving interaction with Govt

Statistics NZ (website 2017) “Unleashing the power of data to change lives” Stats NZ's purpose is to empower decisions by adding value to New Zealand's most important data. Their goal is to increase the value of data to decision-


makers 10-fold in the next 15 years. This will require focused and coordinated effort across the data ecosystem and building strong relationships with suppliers, stakeholders and customers as the foundation of how they work to ensure availability of data and statistics for decision-makers, policy-writers, Māori and iwi, businesses, community groups, and individuals.” This passage serves to emphasise the significance and the value of data and reporting to interested and relevant parties. Statistics NZ is a significant government agency, and little is known about all aspects of its role. Statistics provide data upon which all government agencies base their funding allocations on e.g. Local authorities and local government. So Waitangirua Village Steering Committee’s role is to ensure we provide data about our people, our aspirations for the environment in which we live. Porirua Healthy Safer City Trust (PHSCT The Porirua Healthy Safer City Trust is our local Safer Community Council. The Trust (a Registered Member of the Charities Commission) was established in 1993. PHSCT has 13 Trustees and seven employees. Porirua Safer Community comprise eleven community agencies i.e. Porirua City Council, Housing New Zealand Corporation, Kapiti-Mana Area Police, Regional Public Health, Accident Compensation Corporation, Porirua Healthy Safer City Trust, Porirua Chamber of Commerce, Water Safety NZ, Capital and Coast DHB and Porirua Fire Service and Maraeroa Health Clinic. What do we do? Porirua Healthy Safer City Trust (PHSCT) works in the area of community safety and undertakes project work such as “Safer Streets”, issues around Alcohol, Family Violence and wider strategic safety issues that impact on the Porirua Community. (see PCC website) Housing New Zealand Corporation is a Crown agent that provides housing services for people in need. Is the biggest residential property owner in New Zealand. (See HNZC website). Our Vision: To be the social housing provider of choice. Our trained housing advisors provide a range of services and can answer most questions on the spot. Our Customer Services Centre can help with:

• getting a state house or flat repaired • checking a tenant’s account • lodging complaints and providing feedback • answering questions about damage and rental debts and credits • getting in touch with organisations which can help a tenant with other issues.

Partners include: Ministry of Social Development (MSD), manages all applications for social housing, assesses housing need, administers income-related rents for social housing tenants, delivers other social services, and provides accommodation support to people in need living in the private sector Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), has responsibility for building and housing policy in New Zealand and provides funding to stimulate the growth of other social housing providers Ministry of Health and district health boards which provide health services to our tenants Police (external link) and local councils (external link) promote safer communities in areas where we have a large presence, and to develop communities that we support. HOUSING NEW ZEALAND and WORK AND INCOME Housing New Zealand Corporation is a Crown agent that provides housing services for New Zealanders in need. Housing New Zealand Corporation is a statutory corporation set up on 1 July 2001 under the


Housing Corporation Act 1974, as amended by the Housing Corporation Amendment Act 2001. Its primary role is to provide and manage housing for New Zealanders in need of housing assistance.[1] The Corporation was an amalgamation of Housing New Zealand Limited, Community Housing Limited, and the Ministry of Social Policy. Its shareholding ministers are the Minister of Housing and the Minister of Finance. The Corporation was the New Zealand Government's principal advisor on housing. In 2011 this role was transferred to the Department of Building and Housing, and then in 2012 it was again transferred to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. In April 2014 the Ministry of Social Development took over the assessment of housing needs to determine who was entitled to social housing and their rent subsidy entitlement.[2]

Reprint as at 20 November 2012

Resource Management Act 1991 Public Act 1991 No 69

Date of assent 22 July 1991 Commencement see section 1(2)

Part 2 s 5 Resource Management Act 1991 Reprinted as at 20 November 2012 Part 2 Purpose and principles 5 Purpose (1) The purpose of this Act is to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. (2) In this Act, sustainable management means managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources in a way, or at a rate, which enables people and communities to provide for their social, economic, and cultural well-being and for their health and safety while—

(a) sustaining the potential of natural and physical resources (excluding minerals) to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations; and (b) safeguarding the life-supporting capacity of air, water, soil, and ecosystems; and (c) avoiding, remedying, or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on the environment.

6 Matters of national importance In achieving the purpose of this Act, all persons exercising functions and powers under it, in relation to managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources, shall recognise and provide for the following matters of national importance:

(a) the preservation of the natural character of the coastal environment (including the coastal marine area), wetlands, and lakes and rivers and their margins, and the protection of them from inappropriate subdivision, use, and development: (b) the protection of outstanding natural features and landscapes from inappropriate subdivision, use, and development: (c) the protection of areas of significant indigenous vegetation and significant habitats of indigenous fauna: (d) the maintenance and enhancement of public access to and along the coastal marine area, lakes, and rivers: (e) the relationship of Maori and their culture and traditions with their ancestral lands, water, sites, waahi tapu, and other taonga:

68 Reprinted as at 20 November 2012 Resource Management Act 1991 Part 2 s 7 (f) the protection of historic heritage from inappropriate subdivision, use, and development:


(g) the protection of protected customary rights. Section 6(f): inserted, on 1 August 2003, by section 4 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23). Section 6(g): replaced, on 1 April 2011, by section 128 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (2011 No 3). 7 Other matters In achieving the purpose of this Act, all persons exercising functions and powers under it, in relation to managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources, shall have particular regard to— (a) kaitiakitanga:

(aa) the ethic of stewardship: (b) the efficient use and development of natural and physical resources:

(bb) the efficiency of the end use of energy: (c) the maintenance and enhancement of amenity values: (d) intrinsic values of ecosystems: (e) [Repealed] (f) maintenance and enhancement of the quality of the environment: (g) any finite characteristics of natural and physical resources: (h) the protection of the habitat of trout and salmon: (i) the effects of climate change: (j) the benefits to be derived from the use and development of renewable energy. Section 7(aa): inserted, on 17 December 1997, by section 3 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 104). Section 7(ba): inserted, on 2 March 2004, by section 5(1) of the Resource Management (Energy and Climate Change) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 2). Section 7(e): repealed, on 1 August 2003, by section 5 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23). Section 7(i): inserted, on 2 March 2004, by section 5(2) of the Resource Management (Energy and Climate Change) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 2). Section 7(j): inserted, on 2 March 2004, by section 5(2) of the Resource Management (Energy and Climate Change) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 2). 69 Part 2 s 8 Resource Management Act 1991 Reprinted as at 20 November 2012 8 Treaty of Waitangi In achieving the purpose of this Act, all persons exercising functions and powers under it, in relation to managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources, shall consider the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi). POLICE Living in a safe community. This theme aims to assist children and young people connect with caring people and caring organisations that contribute to a safe and connected community. Students have a role to play in contributing to the creation of safer communities. Role of the Police This resource provides photographs that describe the range of specialist roles that Police Officers fulfil in their duty to prevent crime and crashes, improve public safety, detect and bring offenders to account, and maintain law and order. School-wide interventions To more deeply address issues regarding living in a safe community, schools could implement a school-wide intervention in partnership with Police. he New Zealand Police is one of many community agencies that assist children and young people to live and learn safe from crime and crashes. Links to other community agencies that provide support Successful relationships


The following links are to organisations that provide support around developing and sustaining successful relationships. Child protection Child, Youth and Family (link is external) work with families to ensure children and young people are safe and live in an environment in which they thrive, and provide families with support to raise confident, secure children. Oranga Tamariki | Ministry for Vulnerable Children website (external) and the Child, Youth and Family's website (link is external) provide information about the signs of abuse and neglect, and how to get help. changes the purposes and principles of the Act to better ensure children and young people are at the centre of decision-making while considering them within the context of their family, whānau, hapū, iwi, family groups, and broader networks and communities

• allows young people to remain or return to living with a caregiver until the age of 21, with transition support and advice available up to age 25 • strengthens information sharing provisions to keep vulnerable children and young people safe from harm • extends the youth justice system to include most 17-year-olds (those charged with specified serious offences will be dealt with in the adult courts) • enhances the complaints processes.

Violence prevention Deter Bullying (external) is part of the Ministry of Education’s Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) website with information about bullying. Bullying prevention and response (external) is a guide for schools that provides practical advice on how to prevent bullying and respond effectively when it does occur. The Sophie Elliott Foundation (external) aims to prevent violence against women by raising awareness about the signs of abuse in dating relationships. They are Police’s partners in Loves-Me-Not. It’s Not OK (external) is a community-driven behaviour change campaign to reduce family violence in New Zealand. Violence Free Waitakere (external) website demonstrates many ways of working to prevent violence and nurture a robust community. Online safety NetSafe (external) promotes confident, safe, and responsible use of online technologies. The Orb (link is external) is an online incident reporting tool. www.cyberbullying.org.nz (link is external) - information and advice on cyber-enabled bullying for young people, parents + teachers. Connect Smart (link is external) provides information on how to improve online protection. Skills development Kidpower NZ (link is external) provides training so people have the skills to maintain personal safety. Counselling services Kidsline (link is external) is a telephone counselling service for all kids up to 14 years of age. Helpline: 0800 54 37 54 Youthline (link is external) offers support to young people. Their online Info Zone (link is external) provides tips, tricks and techniques for life. Helpline: 0800 37 66 33 Free Text: 234 Email: [email protected] (link sends e-mail) What’s Up (link is external) is a counselling phone line for children and young people 5-18 years old, staffed by trained counsellors. Helpline: 0800 942 8787 If you come across a broken link, or have suggestions for other relevant links, please email [email protected] (link sends e-mail). Travelling safely The following links are to organisations that provide support around the safe use of our transport networks.


The New Zealand Transport Agency (external) website includes information relevant to young people: Young Drivers (link is external) section of the NZ Transport Agency’s website. The NZTA Education Portal (link is external) -road and rail safety resources for teachers to use as part of their local school curriculum. The Ministry of Transport (link is external) website includes information relevant to young people: The Drivers Licence (link is external) section provides information on getting your licence Young drivers crash facts (link is external) provides a PDF file of all the latest statistics. ACC – On the Road (link is external) offers information about driver fatigue, drink driving, young drivers and more. AA – Safety on the Roads (link is external) is a section of the Automobile Association website on road safety and includes information specifically about young drivers. SADD – Students Against Dangerous Driving (external) enables student-led action to reduce the youth road toll. Practice (link is external) provides a practical plan to help learner drivers pass their restricted licence. Responsible citizens The following links are to organisations that provide support around the protection of personal possessions and respect the possessions of others. Neighbourhood Support (link is external) aims to make homes, streets, neighbourhoods and communities safer and more caring places in which to live. Junior Neighbourhood Support (link is external) is a programme to promote a sense of pride, safety and community spirit, in children and in the wider school community. Community Patrols of New Zealand (link is external) are voluntary groups who give time and take responsibility to help the Police make their communities safer. Crimestoppers (link is external) enables people to give information about crime without revealing their identity. Phone: 0800 555 111 or complete a confidential online form (link is external). The Ministry of Justice’s Stop Graffiti Guide (link is external) is a practical resource on how to stop graffiti vandalism. BNZ Safer Schools (link is external) is a project to protect school property using a forensic property marking product to deter theft. Victim Support (link is external) provides a free 24/7 community response to help victims of serious crime and trauma. Māori wardens (link is external) help make our communities safer, assist rangatahi and support whānau. email [email protected] (link sends e-mail). Healthy body, healthy mind The following links are to organisations that provide support around the respect for body and mind and resisting the abuse of behaviour-altering substances. Alcohol Alcohol.org.nz (link is external) is the Health Promotion Agency's site for information, advice, research and resources to help prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm. Alcohol Drug Helpline (link is external) supports those who are concerned about their own or someone else’s drinking or other drug use. Helpline: 0800 787 797 Smokefree (link is external) provides facts about the dangers of smoking and information to encourage New Zealand smokers to quit. All drugs. The New Zealand Drug Foundation (link is external) aims to reduce and prevent the harms caused by drugs, by advocating for policies and services that build a healthy society. DrugHelp (link is external) provides support to people for whom drug use is causing problems. Helpline: 0800 787 797 Pasifika Helpline: 0800 787 799 Whaka-tu-tangata Helpline: 0800 787 798


KidsHealth (link is external) offers information on how smoking, drinking, and doing drugs affect people's lives. (see website for information)


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