Community Little Library — The team effort involved the North Shore Men’s Shed, who built the library, artist Jenny Firth, who painted it, Brian Peak and Chris Gregory who installed it and Jan Tasker and Cathy Fraser who helped with the signage and the launch.
Community Matters
Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel — October 14, 2021
Takapuna Methodist Church (TMC) has a long history of innovative community development.
It has also built up a reputation for providing leadership within the national Methodist church for seeding effective community work. Examples include:
- 50 years of providing Nancy’s Afternoon, a monthly social outing for up to 12 rest homes on the North Shore
- working with four other churches to provide Takapuna Interchurch Community Service (TICS) from the neighbouring Richardson Centre
- Know Your Neighbour partnership with Lifewise (later police) provided a Community Development Worker to support local communities and led to Neighbours Day Aotearoa (NDA)
A new initiative was the launch of a new Community Little Library that was blessed by Rev Peter Norman and unveiled by North Shore MP Simon Watts. The idea is for the public to take a book and share it with their neighbours, circulating great stories in the community, at the same time as making connections and forming new friendships.
