Reading Time: 2 minutesParking 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 minutesA 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 ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesGrassroots podcast radio network Onehunga.FM is once again online with a brand new podcast about – yes you guessed it – Auckland Light Rail. Rachel Sturges is the host of the brand new podcast for Onehunga.FM’s radio show, called IMBY, an acronym for ‘In My Backyard,’ a clever play-on-words for local issues in the neighbourhood ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Onehunga Business Association is proposing to expand the town’s business improvement district (BID), as they can see the great potential the town has to offer. According to Amanda Wellgreen, town manager at the business association, there are 450 businesses in the current BID boundary, and they are aiming to include about 650 more, to ...
Reading Time: 3 minutesOnehunga is soon going to be home to over 700 new homes as a development boom has hit the town. Kāinga Ora is building 400 of these homes, Ockham is developing 210 homes in Jordan Avenue, and the Onehunga Mall Club is building an apartment block that will house 102 one and two-bedroom apartments. Resource consent ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesWatercare is carefully monitoring raw water at the closed Onehunga Water Treatment Plant, as low levels of a toxic chemical are still being detected. The local plant in Spring Street was temporarily shut down in October last year after the plant did not meet the new drinking water standards set out by the World Health ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Central Interceptor, a 14.7km sewerage tunnel being dug under Auckland, has passed a significant local milestone. The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is now close to 7km into its journey, having crossed under the Manukau Harbour and 110 metres below Hillsborough. The boring machine, Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, has already passed beyond the Onehunga area. The interceptor is ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesKing’s Birthday honours recipient Qiane Matata-Sipu recognises the conflicting emotions of receiving an honour from the Crown, an entity which represents the colonial structures she has been working to dismantle throughout her career. However, Qiane is happy to have 20 years of hard mahi (work) recognised, and to have her life’s purpose – to amplify ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesForty years ago, Graeme Walls stood on the Queen’s Wharf and took a giant leap of faith onto a massive 11,000-tonne selfcontained hospital ship. That giant leap onto the former cruise ship in 1983, has spanned an incredible 40-year career of helping others in 70 different countries all over the world. Graeme lives in Onehunga, and ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesCoastguard Titirangi has a found a new temporary home on the Onehunga Wharf after a significant landslide destroyed their 45-year old home in French Bay. The coastguard is operating from the temporary base after their base was severely damaged by the landslide during the devastating floods on the Auckland Anniversary Weekend. They signed a lease ...