Grow community engagement and capacity for sustainable community-led development, to address community well-being, resilience and environmental issues.
Current Projects
Our Priority areas for 2025 include:
- Hapū-led Aspiration Projects
- Youth / Rangatahi Support
- Community Events & Workshops
- Building Capacity, Collaboration & Cohesion
- Support for Community-Led Projects
- Sustaining Raglan Naturally as an Organisation

Community Events & Workshops

Community-Led Development
- Skills and capacity building and celebrating.
- Te Tiriti Workshops - Facilitator Training.

Community Resilience
- Building understanding and bringing community together to take action.

Natural Environment
- Supporting leadership growth, events to build engagement and action.
Hapū-led Aspiration Projects
Plan for 2025: Educate. Create. Activate.
Achieving the flourishing relationships envisioned in Te Tiriti o Waitangi requires learning and sharing: connecting with the stories of people and place that are unique to Whāingaroa.

Connecting Through Partnership
- Waitangi Day 2025
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi Community Activation Workshops

Connection Through Mātauranga Māori
- Matariki ki Whāingaroa 2025 Festival
- Mātauranga Māori Workshops

Connection Through Toi Māori
- Mana Wahine & Mana Rangatahi Toi Māori Projects
- Storytelling through Film
Youth (Rangatahi) Support

Youth-work Coordinator
Collaborate with the Youth-work Collective, Raglan Community House, and RN to appoint a Youth-work Coordinator.

Secure Funding
Secure additional funding to support youth-focused initiatives.
New Community-led Projects

Support new projects
Work with community groups to support new projects.

Community Wellbeing Connector
Consider the reactivation of the Community Wellbeing Connector role.
Sustaining Raglan Naturally as an Organisation

Sustain Raglan Naturally
Supporting the Board with future funding and partnerships for the organisation.

Hub of Information
Raglan Naturally website as CLD hub and regular updates for community.