The path to PACT

Community Engagement Highlights

From March 2025 to August 2025, the Sunnynook Catchment Working Group in partnership with Community Think facilitated a community engagement process focused on the future of the Sunnynook catchment.

This process brought together locals to explore shared concerns, priorities, and possibilities for the catchment. It was a chance to listen, learn, and think together about what matters most in their community.

Neighbourhood Share and Connect

On Sunday, 9 March, the Sunnynook Community Centre was transformed into a Neighbourhood Share and Connect event where people came together to learn skills, connect and share their ideas about the future of Sunnynook, Tōtara Vale and Forrest Hill.

You can watch what happened here!

Group activity sheets

One of the ways that people got involved was through an activity sheet where we asked locals to prioritise the ideas they liked most and how they wanted to spend the allocated funds, watch this video to see how it worked!

Community Dinner

On Sunday, 22 June, the Sunnynook Community Centre invited people from Sunnynook, Tōtara Vale and Forrest Hill to come together for some delicious food and to share their ideas about recovery in Sunnynook, Tōtara Vale and Forrest Hill.

You can watch what happened here!

Activities happening in Sunnynook

Making an Emergency plan

Get prepared — Get Ready (NZ Civil Defence) - Get Ready — Emergency preparedness in New Zealand

Get prepared Me takatū Work out what you need to do to get your household, work, school or marae ready.
getready.govt.nz

Make a household emergency plan Whakaritea he mahere ohotata ā-kāinga - Get Ready — Emergency preparedness in New Zealand

Make a household plan with your whānau to get through. Think about the things you need every day and work out what you would do if you didn't have them.
getready.govt.nz

Supporting the people impacted

Social and Wellbeing Support

Navigators are here to help - OurAuckland

Based in storm affected communities across Tāmaki Makaurau, Storm Recovery Navigators (Navigators) from Auckland Council’s Tāmaki Makaurau Recovery Office (Recovery Office) have hit the ground running and are here to help you!
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Support services

Neighbourhood Emergency plan

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan

Community Happening calendar

Sunnynook Newsletter

Sunnynook Community Centre publishes quarterly newsletters to provide to our community.  These historical and current newsletters are provided to you on this page.  Click on the relevant section to view and download the newsletter file in PDF format.

Share advice for next time an event happens

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan

Advice from insurance companies

Storm-related webinars and consultations

Know of other activities already happening in Sunnynook? Let us know here.

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