Pop-Up Council Colab Sucess

A huge thank you to everyone who visited our Pop-Up Council's and Civil Defence tents over Labour Weekend, at Te Kawau Maaro O Maniapoto Hui-aa-iwi in Te Kūiti! We loved chatting with so many of you, answering questions, and connecting with whanau and tamariki. It was a fantastic weekend thanks to YOU!

Big shoutout to our team and our awesome partners from Waitomo District Council and Waipā District Council for helping to make this event happen. Ōtorohanga Māori Ward Councillor Jaimee Tamaki expressed how "amazing" it was, to have "councils available for whanau to engage with and learn how to communicate with councils" in the future. She mentioned how this created an environment that allowed people to feel comfortable to ask questions and or ask how they can make a change.

For all our talented artists who entered the Coloring Competition, we had over 80 enter across 2 days and have contacted the 8 winners. – prizes have been posted, and you should have received yours by now! We hope you enjoy them and keep up the amazing creativity!

We're looking forward to our next Pop-Up adventure – stay tuned, and don’t forget to check out more about the Pop-Up Council here: https://engage.otodc.govt.nz/pop-up-council