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.

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.

Stop Jones Rd Managed fill

Stop Ararimu Managed fill

Weather watch

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

Weather Watch Hunua (1990 – 2025)
Driest year	1993	1168.9mm
Wettest year	2023	2366.9mm
Driest Month	Jan-2020	7.7mm
Wettest Month	Mar-2017	458.3mm
Thank you to Louis for this data.