by CRN | Nov 12, 2025 | Drop-Ins, Healthy Homes, Preparedness
Helping people turn their houses into ‘healthy homes’ is all in a day’s work for Kootuitui ki Papakura. Headed by Warm Dry Homes team leader Whiti Herewini, a Kootuitui team visits people and provides advice around insulation, ventilation, curtains and more, to help...
by CRN | Oct 30, 2025 | Emergency Plan, Papakura, Preparedness
Saturdays, 10:00–12:00 • Papakura Museum (Living with Floods exhibition)No speeches, just friendly, practical conversations with local Resilience Guides. Bring your questions — leave with one action you can take at home. Attend and enter to win valuable prizes! 2025...
by CRN | Oct 25, 2025 | Community, Papakura, Preparedness
Self-reliant households. Connected neighbourhoods. That’s real resilience. The truth about “being resilient” When officials say “be resilient,” many of us hear “cope harder, alone.” That’s not how communities get through a storm. During the Auckland Anniversary...
by CRN | Jul 19, 2025 | Emergency Plan, Floods, Preparedness
Remember the January 2023 floods that left parts of Auckland underwater? While we can’t predict when the next emergency will strike, we can prepare for it. The new Papakura Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan makes it clear: every household needs...
by CRN | Jul 16, 2025 | Floods, Papakura, Preparedness
If you live in Papakura, you probably remember exactly where you were during the January 2023 storms. The water came fast, and it came hard – leaving many of us dealing with flooded homes, businesses, and roads that turned into rivers. But here’s the thing:...
by CRN | Jul 1, 2025 | Community, Preparedness, Street Meets
There’s something special about neighbours coming together over a simple sausage sizzle—and on June 21st, 2025, the residents of Twin Parks in Papakura experienced exactly that. Their very first Street Meet, held at the corner of Twin Parks Rise and Okawa Ave, showed...
