Trial Consultation
Final consultation process for The Strand
Traffic Counts on the Strand
Key goals for the Safer Strand trial were to: It was important therefore to monitor how much traffic is now using the Strand (on each side) and how fast it is going and compare these to previous traffic counts taken last year prior to the trial. Traffic counts on the South Strand Traffic counts on…
Play trail opening
International Children’s Day on March 2nd was the perfect opportunity to open the Play Trail and bless and name the little Play Whare that was so beautifully built by local resident Dave Beere. The Whare was named Kohungahunga by Arapeta Hamilton representing the young people and infants for whom the whare was created. Supported by…
Make new memories on the Strand this summer
As summer arrives, we hope that the Russell Community is able to make new memories on The Strand in Kororāreka Russell! Our transformative placemaking project is now underway, creating vibrant spaces for residents and visitors to enjoy. This initiative was shaped by the voices of our community through an extensive consultative process, and aims to…
Voting
It’s taken a bit of time to ensure that we have got the voting process set up to ensure that everyone who wants to, can have their say. The first step was to refine the number of concepts that were put forward into easy to understand concepts that people could read about and consider. This…
Activation & Creativity weekend
With so many ideas and suggestions, the next step was to refine them down into actual proposals that could be taken forward. There were 6 clear themes, which we decided to workshop over the weekend. These were: These were workshopped throughout the weekend, while other activities such as hop-scotch and Tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses) were…
It’s a wrap!
Our Placemaking Pop-up closed at 4.00 pm today with a total of 601 suggestions on the wall and on behalf of the Steering Committee and all our volunteers, we’d like to give our heartfelt thanks to everyone who came in and gave us their time and thoughts. Over the 10 days we have had heaps…
Pop up guests
From locals with specific knowledge of the history of Korāreka Russell, to Council experts on roading and climate resilience, we have a range of people who will be popping in to the Pop-up so that members of the community can find out more specific information. Here is the schedule for their visits. Pop in and…
Opening day
Our Pop-up opened on Wednesday with a Karakia from Deb Rewiri reminding us of Tuia and the weaving of people together, because that’s exactly what this project is all about! We’re hoping to hear from everyone, whether they are live here full time, live here part time, come here for a few months regularly or…