The Colville Project

The Colville Project The Colville Project Trust - building community wellbeing. The Colville Project has four key stages. Please visit our website for more details
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The Colville Project is a community-led project which aims to create a Northern Coromandel Peninsula that is a thriving place to live, work and play across your lifespan. The Colville Project will provide facilities for a well-being and education Centre (health area, community services, library, op shop...), housings and recreational area. The Project grew from strategic consideration of th

e wider needs of the remote, rural communities of the Northern Coromandel Peninsula, and has undergone extensive community consultation, demonstrating strong support. A feasibility study (2017), which included consultation with a range of key stakeholders, found the Project “a feasible solution to the identified demographic and isolation needs in the area." The Colville Project is a four-stage project, which has a formal Concept Design (Beca, 2019); and has completed a geotechnical assessment and factual report (Beca, 2021), on land the Trust has purchased in 2022. The Colville Community Health Trust (CCHT) has been working for over 8 years to build a targeted health facility in Colville Village. In partnership with Colville Social Services Collective/Colville Junction, The Colville Project Trust has been created to run de projet. We want thriving and engaged communities in the remote rural Northern Coromandel Peninsula. The Colville Project will work to address issues of inequality and opportunity by:
 Providing fit-for-purpose facilities to ensure our remote rural communities (and the
thousands that visit here), have ongoing access to a wide range of medical, social,
education and training services and resources; and robust connectivity.
 Facilitating housing choices which support people to remain in and/or return to
their own community, despite circumstance.
 Providing children and young people with options ‘now’ and into their future.
 Growing opportunities for community development, including employment.
 Positively contributing to rural health practice across Aotearoa by strengthening the
local provision of training opportunities for trainee health professionals.
 Ensuring whatever we do is flexible enough to remain as beneficial and constructive
assets for our communities into the future. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? We believe in communities determining their own futures. To date our communities have raised over $1million towards the Project. We need to keep this momentum going. Further fundraising and investment is essential, and our plan includes options for philanthropic, investors and fundraising, and building meaningful relationships and partnerships that align with our Project’s values. If you would like to discuss potential for opportunities, please contact us.

Thanks to Junction for another great Pānui.
03/09/2026

Thanks to Junction for another great Pānui.

Coromandel Town Chronicle for September is out! p15
02/09/2026

Coromandel Town Chronicle for September is out! p15

TCP’s Wellbeing and Education Centre includes a health wing, community spaces, meeting rooms, a library, and technology ...
27/08/2026

TCP’s Wellbeing and Education Centre includes a health wing, community spaces, meeting rooms, a library, and technology access – all active contributors to the pillars of ageing-well. Spaces designed for all ages, stages and abilities along with adequate storage, increase the scope of the services and programmes that can run in them. A room with a reliable connection, specialist equipment, and a trained health professional beside you, enables local reach into clinics and hospitals despite distance. Access to resources like a library and technology widens the world we live in.

“Unless the remote people have family support, they have to move.” (community member)Having a place to live is key to ag...
21/08/2026

“Unless the remote people have family support, they have to move.” (community member)

Having a place to live is key to ageing well.

TCP’s role in housing is to provide land, enabling third-party providers to deliver both age-appropriate and family housing.

These are both important social cohesion factors in a region with no elder-housing options and limited secure-tenure family housing options.

Being able to get around your community is key to ageing well. Coromandel Independent Living Trust's 2020 Age-Friendly C...
18/08/2026

Being able to get around your community is key to ageing well. Coromandel Independent Living Trust's 2020 Age-Friendly Community Survey showed: 95% of respondents drive themselves (less when aged 80+) because of the lack of public transport.

Travel distances in the Northern Coromandel are substantial. Having no car or family support can mean losing your independence or being forced to move. TCP is designed to remove barriers by enabling increased local support and opportunities. It’s focused on bringing more equity-balance to our remote rural communities.

Our older residents hold this place together - as trustees, committee members, volunteers, and neighbours. But with a q...
13/08/2026

Our older residents hold this place together - as trustees, committee members, volunteers, and neighbours. But with a quarter of our region aged 65+, not only do we need them, but they need us. 🌿
Asked what they need to age well, older New Zealanders name five pillars: an adequate income, a place to live, social connection, being able to move around their community, and health care they can afford. The Better Later Life strategy adds a sixth: environments people can actually use.
In the Northern Coromandel, five of those are constrained and one barely exists.
Our new article sets out what that means here, and what difference the right facilities can make. Read it here: https://www.thecolvilleproject.nz/post/ageing-well-in-northern-coromandel

Our older residents are the people who hold this place together. They are the ‘growers’ and ‘builders’, the trustees and the volunteers, the people who know where the water pipes run.Across the Thames-Coromandel District, 35% of residents are aged 65+, the highest proportion of any district ...

Always grateful to Colville Junction for their wonderful Pānui publication
06/08/2026

Always grateful to Colville Junction for their wonderful Pānui publication

Our Coromandel Town Chronicle article page 6
06/08/2026

Our Coromandel Town Chronicle article page 6

Restoration is a team sport. 🙌This mahi belongs to our community. This year volunteers gave in-excess of 60 hours to sup...
30/07/2026

Restoration is a team sport. 🙌

This mahi belongs to our community. This year volunteers gave in-excess of 60 hours to support w**d management - and every one has made a difference.

Our current funding has wrapped up, but the work continues. We are seeking support to restore our high-biodiversity-value areas for kākā, kiwi, and generations to come.

Want in? Sign up as a volunteer or donate through the link in our bio. 💚

158 hours. Plenty of stubborn w**ds. One healthier forest. 💪Over summer, our contractor Richard from Remnant Restoration...
23/07/2026

158 hours. Plenty of stubborn w**ds. One healthier forest. 💪

Over summer, our contractor Richard from Remnant Restoration addressed moth plant, kahili ginger, banana passionfruit, pampas and more across our high biodiversity-value stream, wetlands and native forest.

All work followed kauri dieback hygiene protocols . Slow, steady, and so worth it.

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