"I am excited to be involved by volunteering my time and offering my specialist design skill insights in the proposed new C-Play playground with the ultimate goal of creating a valuable resource for our youth and the local community. My belief is that design is all about creative spaces inspired for the whole of life, including play.  I am excited to be involved by volunteering my time and offering my specialist design skill insights in the proposed new C-Play playground with the ultimate goal of creating a valuable resource for our youth and the local community. My belief is that design is all about creative spaces inspired for the whole of life, including play. Caroline Bay has many valuable stories to retell from our past in forming the community we have today. Stories of finding shelter, to gather and grow kai,  produce and products. Stories of calm and stormy times. Stories of both local iwi and European settlers alike. The local stories that are informing the design of the playground. Our new C-Play playground will reflect the stories of our past along with carrying our cultural vision into the future of what makes our place here so special, through the experience of Child directed PLAY." - John Rushton. Rushton Architects