Raureka Community Plan

Hastings District Council is supporting the Raureka community to develop a community plan.

Community plans are an excellent way to help communities to develop their strengths. They are a way to get access to the activities, services, infrastructure and assets that you would like to see in place in your community.

A team of Raureka residents will be established to seek input from across the Raureka community to find out what they would like to see in the plan. Let us know if you want to be part of this team at the end of the survey.

Please take this opportunity to have your say about the issues and opportunities for your community and fill out the below survey.

ISSUES: What are we concerned about?

• Housing - Lack of affordable housing
• Safety - Lack of police presence
• Education - Truancy at school
• Social Support
  
  1. Limited services available for various demographics in the community
  2. Social inequality throughout the community, leading to isolation felt by certain neighbourhoods in the community
  3. Present health issues including drug and alcohol use

OPPORTUNITIES: What do we want in our community?

Create a stronger community

• Increased safety in vulnerable areas of the community
• More police presence and support
• Reduction of vandalism at the school
• Establish community leadership
• Form a Kapa haka / Mau rakau group and ensure that it is connected to the stories and the Iwi surrounding Raureka
• Increase the availability of sporting and recreational programmes
• Activate a community blog/notice board to promote events such as motivational speakers or activities for the community to attend, and success stories from people in the community
• Reduce social isolation / foster connections between community and agencies

Improve education outcomes

• Develop a shared vision, values and aims relevant to the school and its community
• Connect parents and teachers more
• Identify and develop our young leaders within the schools and community
• Build pride within the school
• Could be done through school events that include participation from the wider community or fostering healthy sporting and art competitions between the primary schools

Establish Better Social Services

• Increase employment opportunities
• Provide programmes to support community members with drug and alcohol use/dependence
• Increase programmes available targeted at children/rangatahi
• Provide more parenting support
• Find location for a community hub/community centre to operate programmes