Reading Time: 2 minutes Aria Clarke used to start singing as soon as she woke up in her cot, and years later, her passion for music remains strong. The 12-year old musician and songwriter from Onehunga has been recognised for her compositions, recently becoming one of five finalists for the Kōkako Award, for best children’s performance with her song Be ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Onehunga Sports Football Club has seen a surge in girl footballers since the Women’s World Cup concluded. According to the club’s president, youth coordinator and coach, Jannine Stewart, the club has reported an astonishing 300% rise in the number of six to eight-year-old girls, leading to the formation of three all-girls Mountain Football teams ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes First Foundation, an organisation dedicated to providing tertiary scholarships to deserving high school students, celebrated is 25th anniversary, by introducing its 2024 cohort of 89 scholars. First Foundation has now reached a milestone of 1,002 scholarships since its creation, including 99 students from the three local high schools. First Foundation focuses on students who, due ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Local author Ryan Bodman won the Judith Binney Prize For Illustrated Non-Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for his first book, Rugby League in New Zealand: A People’s History. Ryan’s book was published by Bridget Williams Books in 2023, and won in the Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Awards category. The first book ...