It’s time to get snap happy and share what you love most about Birkenhead.
Entry is free and the photo competition is open to both young people (under 15 years) or adults (15 or over). All entries will be on the website and exhibited in the neighbourhood (details of locations will be on the website).
Relate your shot to one or more of the Birkenhead Neighbourhood Plan’s principles of:
- Views and open aspect
- Village feel
- Bush and green space
- Quality built environment
- Connectivity and flow.
It’s simple to enter as photos can be submitted through the. There are conditions of entry though, so make sure you read the full details, including terms and conditions of entry, on our website www.birkenhead.org.nz . Entries close on 22 July 2018.
We acknowledge the kind support of Harvey Norman Photo Centre, Wairau Park.
Our place Birkenhead – what’s next?
The team is identifying placemaking activities to improve parts of Birkenhead in keeping with the neighbourhood plan principles and ideas suggested. Placemaking is about how we feel in a place and the stories we share about our place. Placemaking has the potential to transform under-utilised public spaces into vibrant community assets where people congregate and add vitality to the community.
Ideas include creating new attractive seating that will allow people to enjoy the stunning natural environment, telling the story of Birkenhead through its parks and heritage, and adding interactive art that encourages people to linger.
In Auckland there has been a growing recognition that placemaking matters in creating healthy, prosperous communities where people want to live, work, play and learn. Good examples where this is working well include Wynyard Quarter and the waterfront as well as the shared spaces within the city centre.
Shared spaces and community gardens in the city centre have seating and are designed to encourage people to linger or interact.
Placemaking is a low-cost community led approach and we are pleased to have the support of the Kaipātiki Local Board to start working in this area.
Contact us at BirkenheadPlanning@gmail.com for further information or to get involved.
