Project Te Aroha was inspired by the Reefton Revival presentation in March 2024, which showed that there was energy and enthusiasm in Te Aroha to work together to showcase our town and our passions. Business Association Pres, Alli Ward worked her magic and The Te Aroha project was underway.

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• 24 March 2024 Reefton Revival Presentation – Paul Thomas visited Te Aroha as part of the MPDC Speaker Series. If you weren’t there you can find out more here: Punching above its weight: The revitalisation of Reefton. | Inspiring Communities
• 23 April 2024  Community Brainstorm – over 50 community members met and in a session facilitated by MPDC staff discussed opportunities and ideas for Te Aroha
• 13 May 2024   Ideas to Action  – the community was invited to a second facilitated session. Numbers wer donw due to a spike in Covid and other seasonal viruses but 25 attended. They were asked to choose their preferred area, to identify why this was important for Te Aroha and then produced some project ideas. The whole group was then asked to put their names to projects that they valued and could usefully contribute to. The projects are summarised in the breakdown section below. ( in progress)