Papakura Resilience

Locals helping locals get ready

The Papakura Community Resilience Network (CRN) is a community-led initiative working to ensure Papakura, Drury, and Takaanini areas are prepared for disasters by fostering strong local connections, increasing awareness, and providing essential resources. We believe in the power of community and collaboration to reduce risks and build a more resilient future for everyone. We are...

Community-driven disaster preparedness
Working alongside Māori partners for inclusivity and cultural alignment
Emergency hubs and local leadership
Training and emergency exercises

You can read the current version of the CRN's Disaster Resilience Plan here.

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How We Make a Difference

Our team leads efforts in disaster readiness by organizing training, setting up community hubs, and working directly with local residents to build resilience from the ground up. With a focus on self-sufficiency, we enable communities to respond quickly in times of crisis.

Community Training—Workshops and exercises to teach disaster response.

Emergency Hubs—Strategically located places for safe refuge and support.

Resources and Support—Guides and toolkits to help families prepare for emergencies.

How You Can Get Involved

There are many ways to support our community resilience efforts, from attending training sessions to becoming an emergency hub leader. Together, we can ensure that Papakura is ready for whatever comes our way.

FREE Workshops and Training

Host	Training	Date, Time, Place	Register
Papakura Business Association & Takanini Business Association	Training on being business-ready for the unexpected Workshop climate disruption/local ideas	Wednesday 20 November, 6 – 8pm, Papakura Museum (next to Papakura Library, 209 Great South Road.	RSVP
Papakura Community Resilience Network, Papakura Local Board and Auckland Council staff	Follow-up workshop on climate disruption	Wednesday 6 December, 9am – 1pm, Papakura Local Board office	RSVP

Outline of Workshops and Training Sessions

Climate disruption and Local Ideas

Papakura faces a changing environment and changing weather patterns. We’ll be better off if we work together to plan for the future. To kick things off, we’ll be bringing together some of the latest information and sharing real life examples of what Papakura and other communities are doing to prepare in the face of a disrupted climate. The focus of this workshop is to start a conversation and generate some local ideas about how Papakura can make sure that it thrives in a changing future.

Psychological First Aid

How we can provide initial emotional and practical support to someone who has experienced a traumatic event – either a large-scale disaster event or a personal traumatic incident. A mental and emotional equivalent of medical First Aid. This aims to build community resilience and the capacity to respond well to traumatic events in the workplace, school, or community.

Operating a Community Emergency Hub

If an emergency occurs, how to activate and run your local facility as a Community Emergency Hub. This includes assessing that your hub is safe to open, what the hub provides, roles and responsibilities of hub volunteers, working as a team, and how you would set-up your hub.

Essential First Aid

A course that provides you with life-saving knowledge including CPR – or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – which is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating, as well as managing choking, bleeding, and burns. This is aimed at equipping more of us to be able to support our families, neighbours, and community members at any time, including during an emergency.

Business-Ready for the Unexpected

Getting ready for emergencies is everyone’s responsibility. How do we find out about the hazards that could affect where we live or work? What are the likely impacts of emergencies and how do we plan for them? What happens if we are stuck at work? How do we keep operating once an emergency has occurred?

This will be a practical, interactive workshop focused on planning to give your business a better chance of recovering quickly. Get together with other businesspeople and share ideas to start your planning.

Host a "Street Meet"

Too often, work and social media have made it harder to get to know those in your neighbours. Street Meets are free, sponsored events, block parties and sausage sizzles designed to get folks together. They are intended to be initial points of connection for building wider community resilience, establishment of community hubs, and preparation for disasters.