Employ NZ – free English language classes
Free 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...
Queen’s Birthday Honours – Ms Barbara Ala’alatoa MNZM
Ms 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...
A calling to write
Claire 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...
Onehunga Primary site redevelopment will cater for 800
A 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...
Michel Mulipola – self-taught comic artist, wrestler and gamer
Mark 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...
Planning for Waikaraka’s future
Public 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...
Support us – support local
When 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...
Thanks to our community volunteers
When 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...
A huge learning curve
When the announcement was made to move to alert level 4, schools had limited time to prepare for the weeks of home schooling ahead, but the way they...
Cornwall Park – a car-free future?
One of the upsides of lockdown was the huge drop of traffic around town, making it quieter, less polluted, and safer to bike and walk. Cornwall Park was...