Reading Time: 2 minutesForty years ago, Graeme Walls stood on the Queen’s Wharf and took a giant leap of faith onto a massive 11,000-tonne selfcontained hospital ship. That giant leap onto the former cruise ship in 1983, has spanned an incredible 40-year career of helping others in 70 different countries all over the world. Graeme lives in Onehunga, and ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesCoastguard Titirangi has a found a new temporary home on the Onehunga Wharf after a significant landslide destroyed their 45-year old home in French Bay. The coastguard is operating from the temporary base after their base was severely damaged by the landslide during the devastating floods on the Auckland Anniversary Weekend. They signed a lease ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe local Onehunga community has a strong preference for a light rail route along the SH20 motorway rather than it snaking its way through the suburbs. Auckland Light Rail (ALR) say they received feedback from the community, stating that the majority of local residents prefer to have the rail route along the motorway and the Onehunga ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesRobin Young from Māngere Bridge was proved to have a very generous heart when he was awarded the esteemed Queen’s Service Medal for helping the community. Robin received the award as part of the King’s Honour Roll for ‘valuable voluntary service to the community or faithful service to the Crown’ on a regional level. He ...
Reading Time: 3 minutesA prominent Onehunga resident has called the light rail routes ‘ridiculous’ as several schools, houses and heritage buildings will be affected, while another resident is questioning the lack of communication from the rail company. Auckland Light Rail has proposed two options for a route from the city centre to the airport, and both will affect ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA group of dedicated adult swimmers meet several times a week to train at Onehunga War Memorial Pool (Jellicoe Park), and some of them are even taking their skills to international multi-sport events. Kylie Brown is one of these, and recently competed in a triathlon in Spain, despite only swimming seriously for seven years. Like ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Dylan Jones (university student) Rats have become an unwelcome sight around Onehunga, as town officials point to people littering as one cause of the rodent boom. One hotspot, an outdoor carpark on Waiapu Lane, is a central point for accessing grocery stores, schools and Onehunga Mall. Upon investigation, the Onehunga Community News spotted ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe new editor of the Onehunga Community News has a passion for people, the written word – and good coffee. Lara Fagan took over the editor’s role from Rachel Sturges in March, and says, “I’m honoured to be appointed as the new editor of this fabulous and fast-growing magazine. I am thrilled to be a ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo young local archers aimed high and hit their targets when they competed in two back-to-back archery tournaments in Australia. The archers, Jaeda Alaalatoa-Dale from Māngere Bridge, and Audrey Rossolatos from Onehunga, quivered with excitement when they were named in the New Zealand Archery Team to compete in Adelaide. They shot in two back-to-back tournaments, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Onehunga Train Station will soon welcome another kind of transport entirely, as the future home for a community bike hub. The bike hub, pending resource consent, will sit at the Onehunga Mall entrance to the train station, where two shipping containers will be placed. One container will be a storage space and one will ...