Neighbours Aotearoa Grant
Neighbours Aotearoa is a community initiative all about growing, connecting, strengthening and celebrating neighbourhoods.
Community Waitākere has facilitated events to promote Neighbours Aotearoa in Hikurangi West Auckland since 2016. Our role is to assess and distribute funds to applicants on behalf of the Waitākere Ranges, Henderson-Massey and Whau local boards.
Connecting, strengthening and celebrating neighbourhoods
These events have grown from one day per year to an entire month, typically held around March-April.
The idea is to encourage people to get to know their neighbours by hosting an event and inviting those residing around them, with the intention of building stronger connections amongst our local communities.
This can take many forms, including open days for existing community groups, people inviting others living on their street over for a BBQ and kōrero, planning neighbourhood resilience groups or having a whole block party.