Welcome to the Hūnua, Ararimu, & Paparimu Valley Residents Association

Building a stronger community through connection, advocacy, and collaboration for all Hūnua, Paparimu, and Ararimu people, community and environment.

Emergency Readiness Plan

Are you emergency ready? Join our meeting 27 March to hear about our plan

Hunua CCTV Update

An update on our CCTV project, and how number plate data now links to the NZ Police system.

HAPVRA Latest Update

Read our latest update for the month and find out about what we're working on.

Community Events

Check out what's happening in our community!

About HAPVRA

HAPVRA has been working towards building connected communities, Hūnua, Ararimu and Paparimu established 2004. With a commitment to preserving the unique lifestyle of rural South Auckland. HAPVRA provides a platform for locals to address concerns related to infrastructure, security, emergency management and development while fostering a strong sense of community. Being rural means our needs a different, and HAPVRA aims to bridge the gap by advocating for improved resources and ensuring that local voices are heard at a local government level. Recent funding from Franklin Local Board has enabled HAPVRA to focus on high priority projects in our communities, such as CCTV cameras and emergency management plans. If you would like to learn more about what we are u to we warmly invite you to reach out and attend a committee meeting. In the meantime please check out our Facebook page to see what’s happening in our area.

Emergency Resources

Our slice of heaven in the Hūnua Ararimu & Paparimu Valley

Send your photos to contact@hapvra.nz

Emergency Resilence Planning: Hunua, Ararimu, Paparimu Valleys

There is ongoing work within our community to stay emergency ready. HAPRVA is building a plan for the wider communities that detail what to do in the event of an emergency. 

We have received funding from Auckland Council for a range of community initiatives to keep our rural community safe, including the emergency plan, which will be tailored to suit the individual needs of our three valleys. We need to hear your experiences of major storms, droughts, fires and other emergency events.

We are reliant on local knowledge so that the plan is robust. This includes:

What is in the Neighbourhood Response Plan:
  • Contact us to learn more: contact@hapvra.nz 
Civil Defence suggest that the Neighbourhood Response Plan should be flexible and able to be updated and changed. In other words, not cast in stone.
To discuss any of this please contact any of the people listed here on the Neighbourhood Response Plan team.

Local Directory

Coming soon!

We’re all about supporting local. If you have a local club, business or service, get in touch and we can list it on our website. contact@hapvra.nz 

Weather watch

Thank you to the people who regularly record the weather and rainfall in our area.

 

Weather Watch Hunua (1990 – 2025)
Driest year1993   1168.9mm
Wettest year2023    2366.9mm
Driest MonthJan-2020      7.7mm
Wettest MonthMar-2017458.3mm
Thank you to Louis for this data. 

 

Current Rainfall:

Month of January 2025Hunua49mm
Month of January 2025Ararimu 49.5mm

A thank you to support from

our community partners

Are you ready for an emergency?

If you're new to living rurally it is really important that you are prepared for anything. Please read our latest blog post on getting ready in the event of an emergency.