Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the impact of Covid-19 many people have had to reconsider their careers and are looking at new options, such as a trade. If you are thinking about changing direction, the place to start would be at Site Safe New Zealand, which runs a wide range of safety courses from their Auckland office in Beachcroft ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesSarah Mikkelsen and Danika Revell want to empower thousands of New Zealand women to speak openly about their periods without the stigma that usually goes with it. They are co-founders of the Period Place, an advocacy charity whose vision is to make New Zealand the first “period equitable country” in the world. Period equity refers ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFree English language classes are available in Onehunga for migrants and refugees needing to improve their spoken and written English. Run by EmployNZ, the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programmes are accredited, and available for New Zealand citizens and residents who are 19 years and over. Anita Smith, EmployNZ’s Auckland regional manager, says ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesClaire Bunt’s love for people has taken her to many wonderful places around the Pacific, and to African countries including Nigeria and Ghana. However, her love of the sea eventually drew her back to live in a house overlooking the Manukau Harbour, where she continues to draw inspiration as a writer in her retirement years. ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesMs Barbara Ala’alatoa of Mãngere Bridge was made Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her outstanding service to education. As a New Zealand-born Samoan, she lives by the code that teachers have the ability to change lives. Ms Ala’alatoa has always led from the front, and feels lucky to have held many ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new property plan will see Onehunga Primary School cater for at least 800 students by 2030, with a wholly redeveloped site. The first of four stages will begin this year, with a four-storey building constructed on the current car park. This will have capacity for 17 teaching spaces, and administration space, and is ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesMark Twain once said, find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Self-taught comic artist Michel Mulipola is a true example of this – he has combined his love of drawing, gaming and pro-wrestling, and turned them into a thriving career. Michel has been ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesPublic consultation for the Waikaraka Park Reserve Management Plan (RMP) is finally underway. Having been delayed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the consultation phase finally started on 18th June. It will run for two months until 18th August. The RMP is a guidance document, providing a policy framework for the future management ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen we first went into lockdown, our April magazine had just been printed. As a non-essential business, we would not be able to deliver this edition until the end of April-early May, and, disappointingly, we were unable to publish a May magazine. However, we are now back in the office and delighted to bring you ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen lockdown descended upon New Zealand in the last week of March, a large army of volunteers went into overdrive all over the country to support their fellow citizens throughout the seven long weeks that followed. One such group was the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) volunteers. Although their offices had to close, on the first ...