Reading Time: 2 minutesSince July 2013, Imraan Ali has been a familiar face at Onehunga Library. Almost eight years to the day he took on the role as library manager, he said goodbye to the Onehunga community to take on a new role as the Botany Community Library Manager. As part of a complete restructure, Libraries, Community ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn June, Onehunga Primary School student, Tahila, fulfilled her promise to shave her hair off to help support patients and families living with a blood cancer. The Shave for a Cure fundraiser event was also in honour of her late grandfather who fought and beat lymphoma cancer. The Year 6 student had always wanted ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring office hours, you can usually catch Tevita Tu’ifua out on the mainstreet as the Onehunga Community Liaison Officer, but outside those hours he is busy organising the Europe-based Tonga National Rugby Sevens Team in preparation for the upcoming Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Monaco. As head coach, Tevita had already been training a ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn April, Labour MP, Kiri Allan, revealed that she had been diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer. In a frank and emotional Facebook post, she explained she had neglected to go for a smear test for several years. “To be honest, I’m one of those gals that hates anything to do with ‘down there’, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany of you will have noticed the brand-new ONEHUNGA mural on the corner of Onehunga Mall and Princes Street. Made possible with the support of Transpower NZ and the Onehunga Business Association, it stands out as a nostalgic ode to the area, featuring popular iconic symbols of Onehunga’s past and present. Artist, Bobby MacDonald, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn Onehunga Primary School Year 6 student is taking part in Shave For a Cure, to raise funds for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC). On Friday 11th June, Tahila will shave off all of her hair at a special school assembly, to support patients fighting cancer. LBC is a national charity dedicated ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesRoyal Oak has a new free food pantry at St John’s Anglican Church. The pantry is part of the Pātaka Kai Open Street Pantry Movement (OSPM) – a grassroots crowd-sourced solution to help meet local food needs. OSPM believe that kai (food) has a role in nourishing a person’s tinana (physical wellbeing) and wairua ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn May, Onehunga High School announced its 2020 Dux at the annual Scholarship Assembly. It was an opportunity for the school to celebrate its highest academic achievers, coming from one of the most challenging school years for decades. Principal, Deidre Shea, said that despite the difficulties of 2020, the school had once again achieved ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesManukau Road is dotted with housing projects, indicative of the changes in the area since the zone updates, with more intensive housing to cater for a growing population. The population of Onehunga is due to increase by 43% in the next 20 years – particularly in the older age bracket and school-aged population, and more ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt was with great relief that Onehunga RSA members were able to hold a Remembrance Service this year, after last year’s level 4 lockdown. Due to continuing uncertainty over Covid-19, the parade down Onehunga Mall did not take place, but the service itself went ahead upstairs in the Club Onehunga building. RSA and Club Onehunga ...