Parks and Spaces

June 2022. Recently, Papamoa Residents and Ratepayers Assn learned that the council is planning to carry out a review of the parks and reserves in the city with a view to finding out what is needed in the way of maintenance and upgrades. The committee of PRRA has approached the council with an offer to take part in the review and come up with a report and suggestion about the state of the parks and reserves and future needs. The council has welcomed the offer and will shortly provide the committee with information about things we should be looking for when we inspect the sites.

Papamoa has 21 Parks and reserves in an area that stretches from Sandhurst Drive to the very far end of Papamoa Beach Road. Sports fields are not included in the review, nor is the Te Ara o Wairakei reserve.

PRRA sees collaboration with the council on this matter as a good way to influence decisions early on about how ratepayers’ money should be spent. Working with the council right from the beginning of the project is better than coming along after decisions have been made and complaining about mistakes and omissions.

PRRA needs helpers to do the legwork entailed in visiting the sites, carrying out the inspections and reporting back to the committee. There won’t be a whole lot of meetings.

We envisage that that there will be an informal get together before we start and then a final chat before the results and recommendations are sent off to the council. The work can be carried out to fit in with each helper’s personal timetable. If you are able to help out on this project in one way or another, let the committee know by sending an email to

chairprra@gmail.com

List of Parks

Neighbourhood reserves in Pāpāmoa (Sandhurst Road to Te Tumu) are as follows;

 

Lavender Place Reserve

Doncaster Reserve

Tremough Reserve

Leet Reserve

Simpson Reserve

Taylor Reserve

Palm Springs Reserve

Motiti Reserve

Kohekohe Reserve

Livingstone Reserve

Te Kio Reserve

The Boulevard Reserve

Spinifex

Golden Sands

Emerald Shores

Coast Reserve

Tuihana

Waterford Downs

Hartford

Parewaitai

Montiicola