Reading Time: 2 minutes Onehunga’s Daniel Smith (32) hammered his way to become the top carpentry apprentice in New Zealand. He won the coveted title of New Zealand’s top apprentice at the New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Apprentice Challenge sponsored by ITM, in Wellington in June. Twenty regional finalists from across the country competed for the top prize, with ...
Reading Time: 3 minutes One Tree Hill College has become the first school in New Zealand to purchase and retrofit a former state house, providing its trade students with invaluable hands-on experience. This pioneering project not only equips students with practical skills, but also aims to deliver a healthy, dry home to a deserving family through an auction. The ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Onehunga Business Association marked significant changes this month: a name change, title change, new businesses were introduced and two new dynamic team members. Due to the success of the recent Business Improvement District (BID) expansion, their new name is Business Onehunga – putting business first. The town manager, Amanda Wellgreen, has stepped into the ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes A life changing car accident in 1969, while working for the British Government in Bolivia, set Vivian Naylor on a new vocation. This journey led her to being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours. Thrown from the passenger seat of a Landrover that lacked seatbelts, as ...