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Our Community - Our Solutions

PLACE-MAKING & COMMUNITY EMPOWERED PROJECTS
We believe strengthening the connection between people and the places they live in raises the spirits & mental health of communities which in turn contributes to growing a more thriving community.  We create, support, partner and provide the vehicle required for community led projects (including our own) to thrive & grow.   
*** URGENT COMMUNITY UPDATE WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE AUDIT DONE ON THE OTARA TOWN CENTRE 2021.  CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT.
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April 2022 the Otara-Pap local board passed the recommendation for the creation of two new collectives to govern our Otara town centre. Attached is the final survey results from an independent audit done of our Otara town centre a year ago that has led to this proposal.

Some of our current projects include:

The Pātaka Kai Open Street Pantry Movement
​Pataka Kai Open Street Pantries Website
Pataka Kai Open Street Pantries FB Page
Pataka Kai Open Street Pantries Group
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Increasing Civic Engagement through digital platforms
Southside WOKE
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The Ōtara Kai Village
​The Ōtara Kai Hub Village is a social eco sustainable space focused on enabling families experiencing food insecurity to have dignified access to affordable nutritious food in their neighbourhood.  It also recognizes that the 'Social' is a vital part of the change process and that food is a powerful connector and catalyst to expanding wider social, economic and cultural opportunities for individuals, families and communities.
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​The Ōtara Bike Burb
The Ōtara Bike Burb is a resident led community bike hub setup to support road bike pathway opportunities for local youth, fix/repair/redistribute bikes back into the community, provide advocacy and support for local road bike riders, to encourage the community to ride safety, to get out explore our community and to support changing the negative narrative around road bikes in Otara.
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​The Manukau Bike Burb
The MBB is the partner bike hub to the Ōtara Bike Burb.  It has been created to help support improving cycle ways in our main city centre and connecting safe cycle ways for our surrounding suburbs to here.   There are a lot of awesome places and spaces to visit here in the Manukau City centre and it is fast become the next Auckland City especially with the increase of tertiary students to the area.
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The Ōtara ​Mara Kai
The new Ōtara Mara Kai community garden is a "non-plot" allocated garden for the Ōtara community.  This community garden is managed by kaitiaki who live in Ōtara.  A portion of the harvest goes back to the Ōtara Kai Village social kai store for re-distribution back into our community, some used to make free community meals via the OKV Cafe and the rest to the wider community.  One of our objectives is to help expose our local Māori through old traditions of food and growing, how to eat well and nourish the body and soul through Te Ao Māori practices.  ​
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​Te Kapahaka o Te Puke o Taramainuku 
A Community Kapa Haka Roopu for residents living in Ōtara & Papatoetoe.  Join our roopu HERE.
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New Zealand Fruit and Food Share Map
Find our nationwide map HERE - https://bit.ly/3bf7pVA
Join the Nationwide FB Group HERE
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UN-Official Otara Town Centre Page
Find what's happening at the Otara Town Centre here - https://www.facebook.com/OtaraTownCentre

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Some of our OTHER community projects & signature events

Click on the pics below for each Otara Christmas event to view our Christmas videos.
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Clover Park Community Safety Hui
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Otara Haka For Christchurch
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2020 Event
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2019 Event



​"Never do for a Community what they can do for themselves"
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  • Initiatives
    • Clover Park Community House
    • My Street Neighbourhood Project
    • Community Well-Being Projects
    • Youth Hub
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  • Media & More
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  • Contact
  • Covid-19