Speeding through our streets must stop
Vehicles using our residential streets as through-roads, and travelling at high speed, is a serious and pressing issue in Onehunga and surrounding suburbs. (Crash site – the Mesarich’s...
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Stray cats on the radar
The Community Cat Coalition (CCC) has received a grant from the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board to fund a cat de-sexing project in Onehunga. CCC is a community network which...
Life skills and strong values give youth a good start
A youth mentoring trust, based at the once-derelict Te Papapa Bowling Club, is providing athlete development, tutoring and life-skills programmes to at-risk male youth who have dreams of...
Neglect of beach reserve “a disgrace”
A local resident who walks every day through Taumanu Reserve, says its neglect is a “disgrace”. In November, Patrick Dyer contacted the Onehunga Community News to highlight the...
The swirl of the kilts and sound of the pipes
Waikaraka Park will be echoing to the sounds of the Highlands on February 28th. The Auckland Centre Pipe Bands’ Championship is being held at the park for the...
Bowel screening saves lives – information day at Onehunga Library
If you’re between 60 and 74 years-old, and living in central Auckland, you can have a free bowel cancer test – all in the privacy of your own...
Happy Christmas from us all at Onehunga Community News
The Onehunga Community News team: L-R Tim Plant, Janet Hannah, Sharleen Haimotu-Tavai, Amanda Peart, Rachel Sturges When I wrote last year’s Christmas message, little did I know...
Onehunga Primary finally get their mini-fair
Onehunga Primary students finally got their 2020 mini-fair in November, after Auckland stayed at alert level 1. The mini-fair is a tradition at the school, and is held...
St Oswald’s closes its doors for good
It is the end of an era for St Oswald’s Anglican Church in One Tree Hill, as their congregation voted to close their doors permanently due to an...
Cornwall Park and Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill road closure update
During Covid-19 Alert Levels 4 and 3, the Tūpuna Maunga Authority and Cornwall Park Trust worked together on closing both parks to vehicle traffic. However, while most of...