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GISBORNE’S TE HAPARA School is the third school to have a new playground build by Mitre 10’s Helping Hands Project Playground initiative.
Mitre 10 worked with leading local design and installation company Playground People to ensure the playgrounds cater for the youngest tamariki at each school to the oldest, with the aim of keeping children engaged in active play throughout their primary school years.
The three playgrounds, at Colwill School in West Auckland (supported by Mitre 10 MEGA Westgate),
South New Brighton School in Christchurch (supported
by Mitre 10 MEGA Ferrymead), and Te Hapara School in Gisborne (supported by Mitre 10 Gisborne), will benefit the communities around them, as well as the school children.
The call for Project Playground submissions last year generated over 550 responses – almost half the primary schools in New Zealand – looking for help to improve their play spaces.
“We absolutely knew there was a need, but not how great that need was in reality,” says Jules Lloyd-Jones, Chief Marketing Officer at Mitre 10 NZ.
Indeed, such was the response from primary schools looking to improve their play facilities that Project Playground will likely continue once the first three builds are complete.
www.mitre10.co.nz/helpinghands
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