Strong Voices

Accessible Properties has joined forces with Tauranga City Council to bring a new community centre to Gate Pā, a suburb with nearly 225 Accessible Properties homes.

The community centre will be built next to Anzac Park, on land that Accessible Properties is making available for the project.

Everyone will be able to use the community centre. It will provide a variety of professional services and advice, community programmes and events, multi-purpose rooms, a kitchen for food preparation, kaumātua services and a community noticeboard.

Accessible Properties General Manager Tenancy Services Tania Wilson says, “We’re thrilled to have collaborated with Tauranga City Council to bring the Gate Pā community centre to life.

“We are building more much-needed homes in Tauranga, but it is fundamental to our kaupapa that we also support their communities.

“The project responds to the Gate Pā community’s desire for a central hub where people can get together, learn, have fun and connect. We’re really excited to see this vision realised,” she says.

Locals, including Accessible Properties tenants, mana whenua and other interested people, have had a direct say in the location and design of the facility, and identified areas of need and opportunities.  

The new centre is planned to open in late 2025.

Caption: Artist’s impression of the proposed concept (subject to change).