Welcome to Tapawera Community | Tapawera Community

Nau mai, haere mai Tapawera and Surrounding Valleys!
Welcome to your Community Website!

You’ll find heaps of information here about local events, community services and resources, groups, businesses, local happenings, and more. Please get in touch via the contact form if you wish to know more about anything, or have something to add!

Community-Led Development Programme

The Community Led Development Programme (CLDP) is an exciting partnership between the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) and the Tapawera community which will allow local people to envisage and create the Tapawera they'd like to see.

In September 2022 Tapawera joined the programme when Tapawera Connect signed a five-year agreement with DIA on behalf of the community. Click here to learn more about the Community-Led Development Programme.

It’s a great opportunity for the Tapawera community to take the lead and shape the future we all want to see. With CLDP it’s the community that is in the driving seat. Visit the Tapawera CLDP page to learn more and grab the opportunity to get involved!

If you have an idea for a community-led project or event in Tapawera please contact us for help with next steps and explain how access to funding works.

Community Notice Board

The following is the information regarding the new hub that was shared in a slide presentation at the Information evening on 10 September.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Steve Udy or Tim Leyland at TDCC (tapaweratdcc@gmail.com) or contact Tapawera Connect (Nicola Allan 021 250 6232, or Phoebe Quinlivan 021 211 6730).

Tapawera and Surrounding Valleys Community Plan

The plan has now been finalised!

Click here to download the PDF.

Physical copies are available at:

- Tapawera Community Centre
- Tapawera Area School
- Tapawera Community Library
- Purpose HQ Cafe

TAPAWERA to/from MOTUEKA , WAKEFIELD , RICHMOND

Tapawera Transport Trial Routes - Winter Schedule

Weekly - Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
Download the schedule here

Tickets - $6 One-way - $12 Return.
Volunteer drivers do not handle cash

PAYMENT IN ADVANCE
You must call and pay for your seat
Motueka ISite 03 528 6543

New Community Hub for Tapawera

After many years of discussion, the opportunity for a new community hub in Tapawera has arrived.

Extensive community consultation identified a need for a fit-for-purpose new community hub to support community connection and access to support and wellbeing services in the local area.

Funds were secured for a feasibility study, which looked at options in the community based on community needs.

The Tapawera and Districts Community Council (TDCC) received the final report at the end last week.

Could you be a Tapawera "twitcher?"

Tapawera provides crucial habitat to two endangered birds, the "Black Billed Gull" and the "Black Fronted Tern". Lets get familiar with these amazing birds so we can recognise, and therefore help protect these fantastic feathered locals!

For more information on the RIver Bird project, contact Kate Radloff.

Local Happenings Click an image for more details

Tapawera School would like to invite any interested locals to join us in the development of the school and community garden.s

Initiatives and Regular Events

Introducing...

Tapawera Connect

Tapawera Connect is an Incorporated Charitable Trust supported by the Department of Internal Affairs which was set up in 2020 to support connection and resilience in our community. The committee members meet fortnightly and help facilitate action from within the community to achieve our shared community vision.

Contact Tapawera Connect.

The Tapawera & Districts Community Council aims to give a voice to the residents of the Tapawera district and promote the improvement of our community. We promote the interests of Tapawera and surrounding areas for the betterment of residents, local enterprises and community services.

You can learn more about the make-up of the council and how it works here.