The Environmental Team at Community Waitakere are seeking keen volunteers to join the ‘Henderson Helpers’ who can assist with the ongoing restoration of Henderson Creek through Project Twin Streams.

This is a great opportunity to help out the local community and environment, learn new skills and meet new people. Tasks will include mulching, weeding, planting, seed collection, environmental monitoring, rubbish collection and much more!

The first ‘Henderson Helpers’ session will be on Tuesday July 9th, from 10am -3pm and will then meet fortnightly from this date on. BYO lunch; snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Please follow the link for more information, or contact Chris Burton on (09) 838 7904 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Community Waitakere publishes a demographic analysis of Waitakere’s three Local Boards

We are pleased to publish our demographic analysis, ‘The People In Your Neighbourhood’, an exploration of population characteristics of three Local Boards in Waitakere.

Community profile’s are a useful source of information for residents, communities, organisations and local government to use when working together to plan for social infrastructure and community development projects.  This report also complements the recent community development assessment of the community sector of Waitakere.

This piece of work was prepared to give a more detailed and local snapshot of population characteristics, mainly in the area of neighbourhood wellbeing.
  
It does not attempt to describe a community’s resources and assets, while the findings should be contextualised to broaden our overall understanding of the communities we work with.

We have mainly used Census 2006 data for this report. 

Although the data was collected sometime ago, it is timely that this information is available prior to the start of the new financial year, and that a robust analysis is available for comparing with the new Census 2013 findings when these become available.

Please click here to view the analysis.

Community Waitakere welcomes your views and feedback.

Regards,
Matt Appleyard This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Robbers, tortoises and riparian planting...coming to all the best cinemas in New Zealand in 2013. The film production 'Up The Creek' spins a tale that is fun and informative for audiences of all ages. This short film, written by Simon Grant, is available on DVD for $20.00 including postage and packaging by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your order.

Times and locations of further screenings to be announced on this website soon.

A perfect film for a wide audience!

For more information click here

This summer was something special and in this warmth and golden sun we celebrated the wonderful contribution of our previous CE Pat Watson.   We had a morning together with collaborators, partners and friends.   There were many community development activities including: creating photos messages for a farewell & thank you video for Pat, a sharing circle of fabulous stories and  the signing a rather large card in the shape of a ‘Pat’ wordle!  Pat has made an awesome contribution to building Community Waitakere over the last 5 years in her role as the CE and over the last 30 years in her involvement with the development of WADCOSS (as CW once was).  Thank you Pat for all your hard work and dedication to building a strong, sustainable Waitakere with thriving, connected communities.  But we know you will still be in the wings assisting us and providing sound advice anyway you can as a Friend of Community Waitakere.  It was not good-bye, but rather see you around soon!  Thanks to everyone who shared the day.  There are a few photos below to enjoy: