The community in Mt Roskill has people from over 50 different cultures making it one of the most ethnically diverse suburbs in Auckland. There are people from Pacific, Indian, East and South Asian backgrounds and the leadership for this community needed to recognise this, so that everyone could feel included.
The Mt Roskill community-led development initiative started a programme called 'Roskill Champions' to recognise and provide support for anyone from the neighbourhoods in the suburb to take the lead on something they felt passionate about.
Watch the video about their first project that brought a community hall back to life, and learn how the community has become self-sufficient.
In 2014, Darryl, a resident in a Housing NZ retirement village, approached Roskill Together at a community event and shared his idea about rejuvenating a community hall that hadn't been used in 10 years.
Using community-led development principles, Roskill Together helped Darryl establish a committee and develop a programme of activities based in the hall for the village residents.
Watch the video to find out more about how Darryl and his team have become self-sufficient and continue to use the hall regularly for social and community activities.
Mt Roskill was one of four communities that agreed to work in partnership with Community Operations to pilot the Community-led Development approach over five years.
With community-led development, we work within five guiding principles developed by Inspiring Communities: