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Issue #4 – 2016 Congratulations On Your New Home Welcome to Hobsonville Point. You’ve date, around 20 per cent of the homes and chosen a great place to live. We’d like to half of the planned amenities are built. help you get acquainted with your new Hobsonville Point is a friendly place. It has neighbourhood as quickly as possible. This been designed to encourage interaction. booklet provides you with details of, and It is full of people who are excited to be contact information for, the services and part of something new and keen to foster activities available within Hobsonville Point community spirit. We invite you to get and nearby. There is plenty of information on involved at whatever level feels right for you. the website too at: hobsonvillepoint.co.nz. Welcome to the neighbourhood. It’s great Plus, keep an eye on our Facebook page for to have you. news updates. Hobsonville Land Company (HLC) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Housing . The company is charged with overseeing the transformation of Mark Fraser Hobsonville Point from defence base to a Development Manager - Precinct Director diverse community of 8,000 plus people. To Hobsonville Point Resident

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Living in a community that is still under On-Street Parking construction requires some patience. The key thing to remember is that the Many of our new residents express situation is temporary. If there is work concerns about a lack of street parking. going on in the immediate vicinity of Again, please be patient. Builders your new home, it will come to an end and trades use some of the on-street and the builders and trades will move on parks while they’re in your immediate to a new area. neighbourhood, but once they have moved on, there is more than adequate Unfortunately, construction is a messy parking available. Hobsonville Point activity. Hobsonville Land Company provides higher numbers of street parks actively manages our developer partners, than the Council requires. To help builders and contractors to keep them everyone, we encourage you to use meeting deadlines. We make sure they your garage – should you have one – keep public safety top of mind, that they for your car. There are many storage fence off earthworks, and remediate solutions available these days that damaged landscaping. allow you to maximise garage space. Head-height shelves, lockers and bike racks can store items off the floor while keeping them accessible.

EXPLORERE HOBSOHOBSONNVVILLILLEE PO POINTINT COUNCIL Pharmacy Please contact Council for road Open from 8:30am – 5:30pm Monday to and park maintenance related issues. Friday and 9am – 12pm Saturday. phone: (09) 301 0101 phone: (09) 222 0319 www: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz email: [email protected]. Dental centre POST OFFICE See their website for more info: Closest facilities are at Hobsonville Village, www: hobsonvillepointdental.co.nz 2-10 Clark Road. A larger Post Office can be found at Westgate Shopping Centre. FACEBOOK Keep up to date with what is happening Medical Centre at Hobsonville Point by following us on Open 8:30am – 5pm Monday to Friday. our Facebook page. phone: (09) 222 0381 www: facebook.com/hobsonvillepoint email: [email protected]. or www: facebook.com/groups/ hobsonvillepointcommunity REFUSE STATION (residents Facebook page) The Waitakere Refuse and Recycling Centre is 800m from the Lincoln Road exit on the FIBRE CONNECTION . The address is 50 Your preferred service provider (e.g. Spark, The Concourse, Henderson. The centre is open Mon– Vodafone, My Republic) Fri from 5am to 6pm, Saturday from 8am until 5pm, will be able to make a request to Chorus and Sunday from 8am to 4pm. Last loads admitted for your connection. If you need assistance, please 15 minutes before closing time. contact the Information Centre in Hastings Street. www: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz email: [email protected] (Transfer Stations section) phone: (09) 869 2407 phone: (09) 301 0101 LANEWAY SOCIETY RESIDENTS SOCIETY If your vehicle access is via a private lane All Hobsonville Point homeowners belong then you’ll probably belong to a Laneway to the Residents Society. If you have an issue Society. Contact Crockers Property Management for regarding your neighbourhood please contact your queries regarding your laneway. Residents Society representative at contact: Jill Walker Crockers Property Management. email: [email protected] contact: Jill Walker phone: (09) 623 5824 email: [email protected] phone: (09) 623 5824 www: hobsonvillepointresidentssociety.org Essential Information onstellation akapuna via the T venue. A ociety have esidents Society have

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HOBSONVILLE POINT Coastal PLAYGROUND walkway Te Ara Manawa Enjoy the award-winning playground in Hobsonville Creation of the Coastal Walkway is Point Park with the sculptures that pay tribute to currently underway which will loop 4kms our native flora.T he park was designed by Landscape of track (suitable for both walking and cycling) Architects Isthmus along the coast, crossing the Hobsonville Group and made by Cicada Workshop. Point Park and taking in The Landing and Playground / Playspace / BBQ @ Kanuka. Bomb Point along the way. The walkway is being constructed in stages over the sunderland lounge next two years. The first section through Hobsonville This former Air Force building is now a community Point Park and around the hall available for hire through retirement village is already complete. the Venue Hire team at . To make a booking: HQ BUILDING phone: (09) 301 0101 The repurposed defence force headquarters will soon be available for use by the community Yacht Club through Auckland Council. The Hobsonville Yacht Club are encouraging local membership for boaties and non-boaties. Club INFORMATION CENTRE nights are held Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. To start getting to know Hobsonville Family membership is $150, Juniors $20 and social Point visit our new Information Centre on Hastings members $50 per year. The yacht club also has Street. Information Centre and all display homes junior sailing on optimists which takes place at the open 10am-4pm daily. weekends, as well as big boat sailing. email: [email protected] For more information visit the website: phone: (09) 869 2407 www: hycnz.org.nz

Kaipatiki Project Kaipatiki Project has been collecting seeds, potting and planting on site with the help of volunteers. No experience is necessary to join as a volunteer. Guidance will be provided. email: [email protected] phone: (09) 482 1172

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