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Edition #16<br />
february <strong>2016</strong><br />
Free!<br />
<strong>275</strong> times<br />
<strong>275</strong><br />
times<br />
Our stories, our people, our Māngere<br />
Kōrero paki ō tatou, Tāngata ō tatou, Ngā Hau Māngere ō tatou<br />
FAITH FUELS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE<br />
Faith, family and a famous brother<br />
teachers a hard time I got to a point where I realised<br />
have all played a role in Ema<br />
I did want something more in life.”<br />
After high school Ema did an admin course at a<br />
Piutau’s rise to her prestigious<br />
training organisation and was able to get a job<br />
role as a Public Defence lawyer<br />
in the Department of Corrections. Despite not<br />
at the Manukau District Court.<br />
having the relevant qualifications she was<br />
The ex-Mangere College student might<br />
able to work her way up from office girl to a<br />
have left high school with only the bare<br />
probation officer and she was even helping<br />
minimum required to enter university,<br />
with prosecutions before she completed her<br />
but a desire to make a difference has<br />
law degree. Her time working for Corrections<br />
seen her secure a coveted job and set<br />
made her realise so many people weren’t<br />
herself up for a successful career in the<br />
getting justice and it inspired her to return to<br />
criminal justice system.<br />
university in her late 20s to become a lawyer.<br />
Ema says she’s probably the last person<br />
She says working with criminals might be<br />
you would expect to have made it in<br />
daunting for some, but for her it’s like a<br />
the high-flying world of lawyers and<br />
calling.<br />
judges.<br />
“It’s really rewarding knowing you’re making<br />
“So often people who knew me<br />
a difference. I may lose a case, but you can<br />
at high school are surprised to<br />
still have a positive influence on someone<br />
see me as a lawyer but even<br />
through getting them to shift the way<br />
though I did hang out with<br />
they think and perceive life.”<br />
the wrong crowd and gave<br />
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3...<br />
Inorganics is back<br />
It’s been a while since we had an<br />
inorganic rubbish collection in<br />
Mangere/Otahuhu, but one is on its<br />
way! The Auckland Council rates-funded<br />
annual collection is starting up again<br />
from mid-<strong>February</strong> <strong>2016</strong>, but there are<br />
going to be some big changes. Residents<br />
will receive a flyer from Council three<br />
weeks before their collection. The<br />
flyer will ask you to contact the Council<br />
(either online or by phone) to book your<br />
collection. But if you don’t book, your<br />
stuff won’t be picked up. Once your<br />
booking has been made, you’ll be given<br />
a collection date. On collection day,<br />
you’ll need to put your inorganic rubbish<br />
(old furniture, appliances, outdoor<br />
equipment, electronics and renovation<br />
items) inside your property, not on the<br />
verge. If you don’t have space, let the<br />
Council know when you book and<br />
they’ll come up with a solution.<br />
Only 1m3 will be picked up, about<br />
the size of a small trailer load. Two<br />
trucks will collect the rubbish- the<br />
first taking the reusable goods to the<br />
Community Recycling Network centre<br />
in Penrose, which distributes items to<br />
community groups. The rest will go<br />
into landfill. ME Family Service’s Talking<br />
Rubbish team is out and about on our<br />
streets at the moment letting people<br />
know about the changes. ME Family<br />
Services CEO Peter Sykes says the<br />
Council’s new inorganic collection policy<br />
means Mangere residents need to look<br />
for alternative ways to recycle or dispose<br />
of their unwanted stuff.<br />
“We need to be looking towards other<br />
ways of using resources and preventing<br />
illegal dumping,” he says.<br />
For more info contact the Talking<br />
Rubbish team: koia@mefsc.org.nz<br />
& justine@mefsc.org.nz. And check<br />
out:www.makethemostofwaste.co.nz
2<br />
Summer holiday programme fun!<br />
Māngere<br />
East<br />
Community<br />
Centre<br />
Holiday<br />
Learning the wonders of Ihumatao Stonefields<br />
Programme<br />
Local high school making big impact<br />
IMPACT PROJECTS: Southern Cross students taking part in a number of projects around<br />
the school designed to beautify and bless the school and local community.<br />
New Dialysis Unit brings hope<br />
The Diaverum Haemodialysis Unit was opened and a blessing was given<br />
by Kaumatua on the 29th of January. The Unit was opened by Phillip Balmer,<br />
Director of Hospital Services, CMDHB and Esteban Harper Cox, Managing<br />
director, Diaverum. It is located above the Mangere Community Health Centre,<br />
10 Waddon Place. The new service is set to further enhance medical services of<br />
Mangere and provide a much needed resource to the many patients with kidney<br />
problems living in the area<br />
NITTY GRITTY<br />
Words: Justin Latif Design: Jo Latif<br />
Publisher: ME Family Services<br />
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Checking out the entertainment at Christmas @ Centre Park, Mangere<br />
Southern Cross Campus is<br />
a school on the up and get<br />
set to see more of their<br />
amazing students out and<br />
about in the community<br />
looking for ways to make a<br />
difference.<br />
Deputy Director Natasha Hemara<br />
spoke to <strong>275</strong> <strong>Times</strong> at their launch<br />
of the school’s Impact Project week<br />
in late December. The Impact Project<br />
week is a way for students to give<br />
back, doing beautification projects<br />
around the school and community.<br />
Ms Hemara says the students will<br />
be given further opportunities to<br />
undertake projects in the community<br />
this year focused on giving back and<br />
showcasing the awesome students<br />
coming out of the school.<br />
“We’re trying to build skills of<br />
resilience and responsibility so they<br />
can be proud of who they are.<br />
“We’ll be going out and giving to<br />
local charities, churches and beyond<br />
that, forming partnerships with local<br />
businesses."<br />
Ms Hemara says the school is on the<br />
cutting edge of educational practices<br />
and has recently received a very<br />
positive endorsement of its work in<br />
the latest ERO review.<br />
“We’re a different school now.<br />
We’ve really developed and come<br />
a long way. We’re producing some<br />
phenomenal and amazing achievers.<br />
And it’s important the community<br />
knows that we’re here for it.”<br />
Contact: Tuhin Choudhury
FAITH FUELS FIGHT<br />
3<br />
FOR JUSTICE cont...<br />
The immense pressures that come with the job mean her faith<br />
and family are a huge source of encouragement.<br />
“My faith is one of the only things that keeps me going. It<br />
teaches me to treat people fairly and with respect, regardless<br />
of whether I’m being sworn at or abused and it allows me to<br />
handle the pressure and the stress.”<br />
Another source of inspiration has been seeing her brother<br />
Charles break into the All Blacks, and continue to follow his<br />
dreams despite the setbacks he’s faced.<br />
“Seeing Charles make the All Blacks has encouraged me to<br />
keep going and chase my goals. We sort of understand the<br />
pressures we each face and we’ve been able to help each<br />
other. Growing up we didn’t have a whole lot of people who<br />
had gone down professional careers - so we really just had to<br />
work it out on our own and the key factor was our faith.”<br />
Ema Piutau's church Breakthrough Centre is holding<br />
their annual Omega Family Day at David Lange Park<br />
on Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 27. It's set to be an awesome<br />
event with heaps of fun games, activities and sports<br />
for the whole family. Check out the poster (right) for<br />
more details.<br />
editorial<br />
For many in our community, the excitment of a new year<br />
has been tempered by the sad news of the passing of Eden<br />
Nathan (at the time of printing the other teenage girl injured<br />
in the car accident was still on life support at Auckland City<br />
Hospital). As the tributes have filtered through, we've heard<br />
of her beauty, her intelligence and her courageous spirit.<br />
Every life counts, whether it's long or shortened by tragedy<br />
and as we were reminded by a Pastor at the tangi, Eden<br />
was a person of great value and dignity in God's eyes, knit<br />
together by His fingers, and made only a little lower than<br />
the angels (Psalm 8). Whilst the manner of her passing has<br />
us questioning why and how, there need be no questions<br />
about what she meant to her Creator.<br />
Our local Member of Parliament Su'a<br />
William Sio regularly states that Mangere<br />
is the home of the young, gifted and<br />
beautiful. So let us remember Eden<br />
as someone who embodied those<br />
same traits, like so many others across<br />
Mangere. On that note let us remind<br />
all our youth that they are loved, valued<br />
and have so much potential to fulfil.<br />
And if we can really inspire that next<br />
generation to achieve what they're truly<br />
capable of then this community will shine<br />
just as brightly as Eden Nathan's sparkling<br />
smile.<br />
Jo and Justin Latif<br />
VERSE OF THE MONTH: What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?<br />
You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honour. Ps 8:4-5<br />
(Sponsored by Bill & Bridie Keenan)
Community Notices<br />
MANUKAU MaGPies' Hosting Origin legends<br />
State of Origin Legends of League event on Thursday <strong>February</strong> 4, at<br />
5pm at Moyle Park. Mal Meninga, Laurie Daley, Petero Civoniceva,<br />
Kevin Walters and Brent Tate are all scheduled to visit.<br />
MANGERE EAST HAWKS GET RABBITS VISIT<br />
Mangere East Rugby League Club has its muster day on Thursday<br />
<strong>February</strong> 4, and on the same day at 7pm the club will be receiving a<br />
visit from the South Sydney Rabbitohs.<br />
PREPARE FOR WINTER - FREE INSULATION<br />
The Warm Up New Zealand Programme which provides free<br />
insulation in homes with a Community Services Card or Super Gold<br />
CSC is running out in June! Ring 0800 777 111 to find out more.<br />
COMPUTER & CV WORKSHOPS AT TOWN CENTRE<br />
Free basic computer skills lessons at Mangere Town Centre Library<br />
every Wednesday, 9.30am - 12pm. The Mangere Town Centre<br />
Library is also hosting CV writing workshops every Friday.<br />
TALKING RUBBISH<br />
The Talking Rubbish team from ME Family Services will be running a<br />
free workshop on how to minimise your waste plus present info on<br />
the changes to the inorganic collections. Wednesday, <strong>February</strong> 10,<br />
10.30 - 11.30am at Mangere Bridge Library.<br />
LIVING WAGE ANNOUNCEMENT<br />
The Living Wage Movement Aotearoa and the Manukau Rugby<br />
League Club warmly invite you to attend the announcement of the<br />
<strong>2016</strong>/2017 New Zealand Living Wage Rate on <strong>February</strong> 29, 6pm at<br />
the clubroom at Moyle Park, Bader Drive.<br />
LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS PUBLIC FORUM<br />
The Respect Our Community Campaign was set up in 2013,<br />
in opposition to the East West Link. Now we are exploring the<br />
possibility of putting candidates forward for the <strong>2016</strong> local body<br />
council elections. ROCC is really open to your input. If you think it’s a<br />
good one – let ROCC know and show your support on <strong>February</strong> 11,<br />
7pm, Mangere East Community Centre, 372 Massey Road, Mangere<br />
East.<br />
Mangere East Community Centre<br />
FREE and low cost classes in: Drivers Licensing, English, Samoan, Te<br />
Reo Maori, Cook Island Maori, Niuen, Parenting Courses, Korowai<br />
and much more! Ring 09 <strong>275</strong> 6161 or go to www.mangereeast.org<br />
Young creatives<br />
apply here!<br />
Welding +<br />
Panel beating<br />
BUILDING<br />
AND<br />
CARPENTRY<br />
Recreation<br />
& Sport<br />
Automotive<br />
Joinery<br />
& Cabinet<br />
making<br />
Forces<br />
Pre-Entry<br />
Hospitality<br />
Don’t<br />
just dream it.<br />
Barista<br />
Warehousing<br />
& Forklift<br />
Operations<br />
BECOME IT!<br />
Lincoln Jefferson from the Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust<br />
Brand It Competition launches for new<br />
environmental initiative. A branding competition is<br />
inviting creative students to find a cutting edge name and logo<br />
that represents South Auckland youth and the environment.<br />
Entries for the Brand It competition open on 15 December<br />
2015, with students to submit their branding concept entry<br />
to the website http://www.beautifulmanukau.org.nz/Brandit-competition.html<br />
either as a 30 second video clip or a<br />
letter. Closing date is 15 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2016</strong>, and finalists will<br />
be announced on 29 April <strong>2016</strong> on the MBCT website and<br />
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/beautifulmanukau.<br />
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