Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Onehunga High School student, Sima Hala, was proud to make her international rugby debut for Tonga at the 2022 Oceania Rugby Women’s Championships in July. The announcement was a celebrated event for the Hala family, as older brother Kali Hala has also donned the red jersey for the Tonga National Rugby Union Team. The ...
Reading Time: < 1 minute The recent Festival of Dance at Onehunga’s Dance for Life Academy was the culmination of a season of fun and learning for students, who were able to show their skills on stage to an audience of family, friends and visitors. The school runs classes from pre-school children to adults – or as they put it, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Marcellin Principal Dean Wearmouth is moving to a new job at the end of the third term, as . He has been appointed as the founding principal of St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury. Unlike the traditional Marist Catholic Schools, St. Ignatius will be the first Jesuit- inspired high school in New Zealand. ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Royal Oak Primary and Intermediate schools both won national championships in the annual Tournament of Minds competition at Victoria University in September, with the Intermediate’s winning team heading to Canberra this month for the World Tournament of Minds. Team Kevin, named after a minion from the Despicable Me movies, is currently fundraising for the trip ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Onehunga and Māngere Bridge are once again connected for walking and cycling, with the opening of the new bridge in August by the Minister of Transport, Michael Wood. After years of being unimaginatively known as the New Old Māngere Bridge, it has now been officially named by mana whenua – Ngā Hau Māngere (Gentle Lazy ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Urban intensification in Auckland breaks up native habitats and threatens wildlife, but creating ecological corridors may help to lessen its effects. For over 20 years, Hillsborough resident, Grant Taylor, has campaigned “largely on his own” to establish an ecological corridor in his local area. Grant is passionate about conservation. He has protested alongside Save Robbies ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Senior firefighter, Toby Kerr, drives for nearly an hour each way to get to Onehunga for firefighting shifts, where he works long hours in the career he loves and has been working in for 20 years. However, with three children at home and a wife on maternity leave, he has picked up a second job ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes In August, talented Tongan songstress and musician, Emily Muli, was named Best Pacific Female Artist Award at the 2022 Pacific Music Awards. The 27 year-old was nominated for four of the 13 categories, competing against some of New Zealand’s top artists. Onehunga’s very own hip-hop veterans, SWIDT, also won three awards on the night for ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes A local with a passion for broadcasting has realised a dream he’s had for a long time – a podcasting network serving the residents of Onehunga and surrounding suburbs. Josh Couch, an award-winnng podcaster and radio producer, says he wants the venture to connect people in the neighbourhood with local issues. “I saw this ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Marking your 70th birthday with a parachute jump over Waikaraka Park may not be most people’s idea of a fun celebration, but for keen sky diver Mike Jones, it was the only way to do it. The event, at the end of July, almost didn’t take place. Mike and his friends had to complete the ...