Onehunga Arts Festival
Onehunga’s thriving creative community is about to be showcased in our own inaugural arts festival, taking place between 22nd and 30th June. Organiser, the Onehunga Business Association (OBA),...
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A reminder of the past – a place in the future
In March, Onehunga Community News wrote about the demolition of most of the factory buildings that were part of the old Woollen Mills site on Neilson Street. All...
1000 trees for community garden
After a year’s pause in its planting endeavours, the Onehunga People’s Garden (OPG) is ready to take root again. In May, a large crowd of volunteers turned up...
Our community, together
By the time this magazine is delivered to your home or business, it will be around three weeks since the terrible attacks in Christchurch. Fifty people - men,...
What’s happening on Māngere Mountain?
Over the past month, around 150 exotic trees have been removed from Māngere Mountain/Te Pane o Mataoho. In their place, 13,000 native trees and shrubs will be planted...
WWI fundraisers honoured 100 years on
The refurbished graves of two women who were honoured by Belgium for their fundraising efforts in World War I were unveiled at a special ceremony at Waikaraka Cemetery...
Key to life is friends
In March, comedian and mental health advocate, Mike King, brought his I am Hope tour to Waikaraka Park, to talk to the students of the Wellington Phoenix Soccer...
Free Women’s Health Checks
Cervical cancer is diagnosed in about 150 women a year in New Zealand, with about 50 women dying from it. What a lot of women do not realise,...
Sadness as iconic bridge closes
When the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) announced in November that the Old Māngere Bridge was closing at the end of the month, it was a great shock...
Playcentre marks 50 years
[caption id="attachment_719" align="alignright" width="250"] Mira and Leo Cossar, cut the cake with Noeline Johnso[/caption] In November, Onehunga Playcentre marked its 50th Golden Jubilee with a huge celebration. Past...