Reading Time: 2 minutes Shiny new letters now adorn the Grey Street entrance to Jellicoe Park in Onehunga, after the old letters disappeared last year. The Onehunga Community News reported earlier this year about the archway missing almost all its letters, having been reduced to just E, I, C and E in the name ‘Jellicoe Park’. Following this, a ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nestled in the heart of Māngere, Ambury Park Centre stands out in the world of equine therapy. Ambury Park Centre is the only Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)-affiliated facility that combines riding therapy with a secondary school for students aged 13-18 with diverse needs, and a vocational programme for adults with disabilities. The evolution ...
Reading Time: < 1 minute A gremlin crept into the system and omitted Sapna Samant’s editorial piece in the October issue. The Editor of the ONEHUNGA COMMUNITY NEWS apologies for the error. Sapna is the Green Party candidate for Maungakiekie. “I am a GP, an award-winning filmmaker, a radio producer, a writer, a single mum, an activist and tauiwi who ...
Reading Time: 3 minutes An Auckland transport commentator says there is no value for KiwiRail to build a heavy rail route through Onehunga. KiwiRail dropped the bombshell recently when it announced its plans to go ahead and build the 12km Avondale to Southdown heavy rail line on the designated land that snakes through the middle of Onehunga. This comes ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Onehunga resident and veterinarian, Joelle March, WOWed the judges and came second overall in the Avant-garde section of the prestigious 2023 World of Wearable (WOW) Art competition. Described as “a fusion of folds and funky fashion,” by the WOW judges, her creation ‘Sen no hida (1000 Folds)’ was produced in collaboration with her mother, Carolyn ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Abysinnian & Somali cat club of NZ had their purrfect annual show in September at the Onehunga Community House, in the penultimate championship show before the club’s 50th anniversary in 2024. Fifty-one cats and 17 kittens entered the Sharon Thomas Memorial 2023 Championship Show in categories including pedigree shorthair, domestic shorthair, domestic longhair, companion ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes About 3,500 local school children receive delicious and nutritious hot lunches every school day, which helps them focus and have energy to learn and grow. All the children from Royal Oak Intermediate and Te Papapa Schools receive the hot lunches as part of the Ka Ora Ka Ako Ministry of Education-led Healthy Lunches Programme. It ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes After months of uncertainty, Auckland Light Rail has recommended the light rail only route to be built alongside the SH20. ALR selected this route due to the overwhelming response and tremendous feedback from almost 2,300 community members in the limited timeframe earlier this year. This route will cause minimum disruptions, is the simpler of the ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Parking congestion outside Onehunga Primary School is a constant concern for the principal as she sees cars stopped on yellow lines and double parked every day, and says students are being put in danger for the sake of a quicker pick up. “Convenience cannot outweigh children’s safety. It’s just too high a risk,” says Viki ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes A young woman from Onehunga is swapping her spring cardigan for layered thermals to take a trip of a lifetime to a glacial wonderland. Rose Lasham (21) is one of 22 young New Zealanders chosen from 550 for the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s ninth Inspiring Explorers Expedition, to explore South Georgia Island in the Antarctic. The ...