Reading Time: < 1 minute A gremlin crept into the system and omitted Sapna Samant’s editorial piece in the October issue. The Editor of the ONEHUNGA COMMUNITY NEWS apologies for the error. Sapna is the Green Party candidate for Maungakiekie. “I am a GP, an award-winning filmmaker, a radio producer, a writer, a single mum, an activist and tauiwi who ...
Reading Time: 3 minutes An Auckland transport commentator says there is no value for KiwiRail to build a heavy rail route through Onehunga. KiwiRail dropped the bombshell recently when it announced its plans to go ahead and build the 12km Avondale to Southdown heavy rail line on the designated land that snakes through the middle of Onehunga. This comes ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Onehunga resident and veterinarian, Joelle March, WOWed the judges and came second overall in the Avant-garde section of the prestigious 2023 World of Wearable (WOW) Art competition. Described as “a fusion of folds and funky fashion,” by the WOW judges, her creation ‘Sen no hida (1000 Folds)’ was produced in collaboration with her mother, Carolyn ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Abysinnian & Somali cat club of NZ had their purrfect annual show in September at the Onehunga Community House, in the penultimate championship show before the club’s 50th anniversary in 2024. Fifty-one cats and 17 kittens entered the Sharon Thomas Memorial 2023 Championship Show in categories including pedigree shorthair, domestic shorthair, domestic longhair, companion ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes About 3,500 local school children receive delicious and nutritious hot lunches every school day, which helps them focus and have energy to learn and grow. All the children from Royal Oak Intermediate and Te Papapa Schools receive the hot lunches as part of the Ka Ora Ka Ako Ministry of Education-led Healthy Lunches Programme. It ...