Reading Time: 2 minutes King’s Birthday honours recipient Qiane Matata-Sipu recognises the conflicting emotions of receiving an honour from the Crown, an entity which represents the colonial structures she has been working to dismantle throughout her career. However, Qiane is happy to have 20 years of hard mahi (work) recognised, and to have her life’s purpose – to amplify ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Forty years ago, Graeme Walls stood on the Queen’s Wharf and took a giant leap of faith onto a massive 11,000-tonne selfcontained hospital ship. That giant leap onto the former cruise ship in 1983, has spanned an incredible 40-year career of helping others in 70 different countries all over the world. Graeme lives in Onehunga, and ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Coastguard Titirangi has a found a new temporary home on the Onehunga Wharf after a significant landslide destroyed their 45-year old home in French Bay. The coastguard is operating from the temporary base after their base was severely damaged by the landslide during the devastating floods on the Auckland Anniversary Weekend. They signed a lease ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes The local Onehunga community has a strong preference for a light rail route along the SH20 motorway rather than it snaking its way through the suburbs. Auckland Light Rail (ALR) say they received feedback from the community, stating that the majority of local residents prefer to have the rail route along the motorway and the Onehunga ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robin Young from Māngere Bridge was proved to have a very generous heart when he was awarded the esteemed Queen’s Service Medal for helping the community. Robin received the award as part of the King’s Honour Roll for ‘valuable voluntary service to the community or faithful service to the Crown’ on a regional level. He ...