Reading Time: < 1 minute Dany Miller-Kareko (Ngāpuhi) brings her local knowledge and strong focus on manaakitanga into her role as the new manager of the Onehunga/Oranga Community Hub. The Hub includes Onehunga Community Library, Onehunga Community Centre and Oranga Community Centre. Dany worked with Auckland Council for three years in a variety of roles, most recently managing a ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe all-tide boat ramp at Māngere Bridge will be maintained more regularly from now on, in a new plan with Auckland Council, where dredging will take place three times a year to remove mud build-up. Ramp user, Natalie Waite, is pleased action has finally been taken, after advocating to the council for nearly two years. ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesDid you know that the business of chocolate tasting is even more complicated than wine tasting? Along with taste, the colour and texture of the chocolate, its sheen and even the sound it makes when you break a piece off must be just right. This is according to Elle (Coco) Crocker, chief judge at the ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe newly-opened bridge connecting Onehunga with Māngere Bridge, Ngā Hau Māngere, has not come without its teething problems, with reports of noise, alcohol, littering and graffiti and dog excrement left on the bridge. Māngere Bridge Village manager, Kate Adams, says the lights and cameras are back working on the causeway after being unintentionally damaged and ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesFormer Onehunga High School student, Sima Hala, was proud to make her international rugby debut for Tonga at the 2022 Oceania Rugby Women’s Championships in July. The announcement was a celebrated event for the Hala family, as older brother Kali Hala has also donned the red jersey for the Tonga National Rugby Union Team. The ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe recent Festival of Dance at Onehunga’s Dance for Life Academy was the culmination of a season of fun and learning for students, who were able to show their skills on stage to an audience of family, friends and visitors. The school runs classes from pre-school children to adults – or as they put it, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesMarcellin Principal Dean Wearmouth is moving to a new job at the end of the third term, as . He has been appointed as the founding principal of St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury. Unlike the traditional Marist Catholic Schools, St. Ignatius will be the first Jesuit- inspired high school in New Zealand. ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesRoyal Oak Primary and Intermediate schools both won national championships in the annual Tournament of Minds competition at Victoria University in September, with the Intermediate’s winning team heading to Canberra this month for the World Tournament of Minds. Team Kevin, named after a minion from the Despicable Me movies, is currently fundraising for the trip ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnehunga and Māngere Bridge are once again connected for walking and cycling, with the opening of the new bridge in August by the Minister of Transport, Michael Wood. After years of being unimaginatively known as the New Old Māngere Bridge, it has now been officially named by mana whenua – Ngā Hau Māngere (Gentle Lazy ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesUrban intensification in Auckland breaks up native habitats and threatens wildlife, but creating ecological corridors may help to lessen its effects. For over 20 years, Hillsborough resident, Grant Taylor, has campaigned “largely on his own” to establish an ecological corridor in his local area. Grant is passionate about conservation. He has protested alongside Save Robbies ...