Te Awamutu Alive

Te Awamutu Alive is a voluntary committee tasked with promoting the Te Awamutu district and organising events for local people to enjoy. The committees' current and previous projects include:

Pride of Te Awamutu Awards
TV2 Street Party
Waipa Networks Rose and Cultural Festival

In addition, Te Awamutu Alive co-ordinates and assists with a wide range of other activities and promotions.

If you would like to contact Te Awamutu Alive, you can do so via the i-SITE Information Centre.

Following is an excerpt form a report to Waipa District Council Policy Committee, 25 September 2001. It outlines the structure and function of the Te Awamutu Alive committee.

TE AWAMUTU ALIVE

MOTTO: Innovate, Celebrate, Motivate

INTRODUCTION

Within Te Awamutu and the surrounding districts are many opportunities for encouraging increased economic and social benefit for the community at large. The natural environment, quality infrastructure, strong traditions, vibrant and diverse leisure options and partnerships combined with innovation and adequate resources all contribute to a strong basis for promotional opportunities and community betterment.
Te Awamutu Alive is a volunteer group of diverse community representatives, facilitating promotion of Te Awamutu township and surrounding areas.

MISSION STATEMENT

Te Awamutu Alive will help strengthen and promote Te Awamutu and surrounding districts by fostering community events, activities, ideas and pride through:

Supporting community organizations to achieve common goals of active local participation, increased visitor numbers and positive outcomes that will benefit the community at large. The support may include knowledge, information, promotion, funds or help.
Creation and support of local events that foster creativity, achievement, excitement and involvement, to engender a sense of pride and community belonging under the identified themes approved by the TACPRO Executive Committee.
Providing a voice, leadership, vision and direction for promotional activity for Te Awamutu and districts to increase the area profile, develop an image and promote active participation.
Working closely with partner community organisations to achieve balanced representation and build a resource base that will meet the current and future promotional needs for Te Awamutu and surrounding area.

Objectives of Te Awamutu Alive:

To help foster local pride and participation in town and district activities / events.
To enhance local activities / events with ideas and action to attract out of town visitors.
To develop and enhance existing themes.
To generate and support new promotional ideas and suggestions.
Encourage new / key business establishment in Te Awamutu and area.
To support local / partner organisations with promotions / events that incorporate some or all of the above.

Goals

Develop broad town / district promotion strategy to include short / medium and long-term goals incorporating existing themes and approved new ideas.
Increase visitor numbers both for overnight stay and participation and attendance at local events.
Strengthen and develop existing themes to increase community participation.
Cultivate proposals / funding schemes to support objectives.
To co-ordinate, facilitate and generate promotional initiatives, ideas and activity that individually or collectively support the advancement of Te Awamutu and surrounding areas, both in the quality of lifestyle as well as the growth of the town’s economic base.