Activity: Civic and community buildings 

Council provides and supports a range of accessible, affordable, safe, and well maintained community and civic buildings strategically located around the district. 

Council recognises the importance to the community of providing a range of public spaces strategically located where they can meet, exchange information and hold events. Council also supports Heritage Kaikohe and Far North Regional Museum Trust so that they can showcase, communicate, and preserve the district’s cultural knowledge.

Key facts 

Council maintains the following civic and community buildings: 

• 3 Library buildings (Kerikeri, Kaikohe and Paihia).
• District office, archives and publications buildings in Kaikohe.
• 20 community halls.
• 18 community buildings.

Council also supports:

• Te Ahu, Kaitaia.
• Heritage Kaikohe (formerly known as Kaikohe Pioneer Village).
• Far North Regional Museum Trust. 

Our major achievements in 2012/13 

• Infrastructure and Asset Management team are making good progress on the business case options to identify community facilities that could be divested to community groups and improving disability access for key facilities.
• Buildings are safe and do not cause a hazard to users. 

Challenges we experienced

• Unable to provide adequate physical access to facilities in 2012/13 in accordance with Disability Access Standards. This project is deferred until the business case options have been worked through with the new Council after October 2013.

Plans for the next 12 months 

• Continuing to identify community facilities that could be divested to community groups, and improving disability access for key facilities.
• Continue to develop the business case for the rationalisation and proposed re-development of all Kaikohe based Council buildings and facilities.