Hikurangi

Below are the latest updates of  some long term projects that community groups and I have been working towards.  🟢 A commitment from Council through the Long Term Plan to replace the footpaths on King St in the main business strip. When this will happen, exactly where, and what they will be made from is not yet determined.  🟠 The council also committed seed funding to the Sports Hub including a new playground and skate park on the sports grounds.  🟣 A confirmation of our funding request to engage Conservation Architects to do the plan for restoring the Library building and old BNZ building to their heritage nature has been approved.  These are all major projects for Hikurangi that will start developing within the next couple of years.​

We need people who are willing to get in touch with their neighboursto seek feedback on a variety of topics, on a semi-regular basis.You choose your area,we'll send you the information to shareand you send the responses back to us. A great way to stay in touch with your neighboursand keep informed of local topics in discussion. Expressions of interest to:admin@hikurangi.co.nz or 021 616 755

Book your shuttle-ride for Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday between 9am to 4pmph/text 021 616 755 oremail friendship@hikurangi.co.nz Monday and Wednesday trips got to Whangarei and back; do you have a hospital or physio appointment, or need to go to the pharmacy, WINZ, get to a course or workplace, even if you want to shop. Book the Hikurangi shuttle. Tuesdays are for local Hikurangi trips or planned tours. You can book a seat as an individual, or get a group together to book multiple seats.Some examples:- local places of interest tour ie: Hikurangi museum, Hikurangi library, Jack Morgan museum,- garden tours,- op shop/antique shop tour,- visit local beaches,- go to a festival or event,- town basin day out, etc Community Groups can hire the shuttle for a group tour even in the weekend.Edit Post Text

The Hikurangi Civil Defence Plan is now live and active and we are asking all Hikurangi residents to become familiar with it and learn the process of what we do locally in a natural disaster when an evacuation is required.  Our primary evacuation base for Hikurangi is the Hikurangi War Memorial Hall (also known as the town hall) located at 24 King Street.  However, we are aware in the past the town hall has been inaccessible during some floods therefore we have created a plan that allows for alternate evacuation bases to be opened upon request should the need arise for them to be used.  We have divided Hikurangi into 4 zones and we ask all residents to get familiar with the map and learn where their nearest evacuation base is.   The Civil Defence Plan can be found HERE, under the H section of the page.  Please read this carefully paying particular attention to page 9 which shows the zoned areas and outlines the nearest evacuation base for that area.  Please do remember the primary evacuation base for everyone is the town hall, however if this is inaccessible you can contact the Hikurangi Civil Defence chairman Cory Haslam on 022 191 5709 to request another evacuation base be opened for you.  These backup evacuation bases will not automatically open during an emergency, they will only be opened upon request if the need for their use is confirmed.  Below you will find the quick guide to a local emergency evacuation.  We can provide printed copies of these along with a colour copy of the zoning map for you from the Friendship House office (currently located in the town hall but will be moving to the library building in the first half of 2024) at a cost of $3.  

We have some exciting news! We all know Whangarei has a Mens Shed, and what an amazing asset they are to the community!  We are so excited to be able to announce that a similar initiative is looking to start right here in the Hikurangi District! The Hikurangi Community Shed is being started by two local motivated Mens Shed members who want to see the lads and lasses of Hikurangi have a space where they can come together, be social, and work on projects.  People with all kinds of skills are invited to register and we are currently seeking interested peoples to reach out and let us know if you are interested in joining, so we can start to work out the details of what this initiative will look like.  We have organized an initial meeting for January 2024 where we want interested people to come along, and hear what we are trying to create in our awesome village.  This is open to any one in the Hikurangi District, and you don't NEED to have a particular skill to join!  We will be welcoming anyone who wants to join in and learning is a part of what we do as much as doing is!  The Community Shed will likely operate in two aspects, a male shed time and a female shed time, because we all know the wives like the hubby's to get out of the house for a while and the hubby's enjoy getting away from the wives just as much! In our space we will have a variety of equipment and tools so you can create (or carry on with creating) whatever it is you want to create.  At this stage our location for the shed isn't confirmed but we do have some options up our sleeve.  To make this successful, we need people!  So if you are interested in hearing more about what we are trying to achieve, please come along to our meeting in January.  Please do contact Mike if you have any questions before the meeting.   All details on the flyer below: