Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal kaiārahi (mentor), Calvin Devine, has been mentoring youth by reconnecting them to their culture using the age-old art of whakairo (Māori traditional carving). Through a programme called Mahinga Rakau, he has been collaborating with Year 7 and 8 students at Te Papapa School, to create their very own taonga (treasure) using wood and carving ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesJane Treseder provides male clients access to free good quality clothing to wear to a job interview, important meeting, or major life event. They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression, so Fix Up, Look Sharp director and founder, Jane Treseder, is helping men put their best foot forward. With ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnehunga Water Treatment Plant will be upgraded for fluoridation. At the end of July, the Ministry of Health directed Auckland Council and its water and wastewater service provider, Watercare, to fluoridate the Onehunga and Waiuku water supplies. Similar directives were also given to 13 other local authorities around the country. Onehunga’s water supply comes ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe long-awaited new Old Māngere Bridge is set to open in August and it promises to be a beautiful asset for our community. Not only will it restore the vital crossing back to the Onehunga and Māngere Bridge communities but with its wide decks, fishing bays and seating, be a place to visit for everyone. ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn June, over 250 Cornwall Park District School students, staff and families braved the chilly conditions on the school field at dawn to bring in the 2022 Māori New Year. Matariki has been a significant event in the school for many years, and this year those assembled listened to the haunting putaratara blown by three Dilworth students, joined in ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnehunga High School principal, Deidre Shea, described the school’s newly-completed gym and classroom block to be a triumph, at the official opening ceremony for both buildings in June. The ceremony itself was low-key, acknowledging the fact that the buildings were already in full operation, but all who attended were impressed by the quality of ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new playground is in place at Māngere Bridge School, reflecting the local environment and history, and using traditional Māori playground concepts. They just need a bit more of a funding boost to get it complete. The school raised more than $200,000 towards the playground, and is seeking sponsorship to complete the last few elements, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Māngere Bridge school student is one of three winners of an art competition held by Auckland Light Rail. Waterlea School pupil, Alexi Herrold, was pleasantly surprised when her teacher approached her with the exciting news. “I never thought I would win. First, I told my best friend, and then my classmates, who were all ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesMagical. Thought-provoking. Joyous. Accessible. Sustainable. Creative. Collaborative. All describe Comet Project Space’s Enchanted Garden exhibition at Naomi and Bill Kirk Park in Māngere Bridge, held in May. The park was transformed into a luminous, flower-filled garden, with live handpan music completing the effect. The artwork is titled Inflorescence, meaning the process of flowering. Flowers, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA mentoring organisation is in dire need of more people to be mentors for children with a parent in jail or under a community sentence. Thousands of New Zealand children suffer grief, trauma, stigma and financial stress because of their parent’s situation and Pillars/Ka Pou Whakapou is a charity that provides vital support to those ...