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4 Get started on a new career in the trades With projects such as the development at Auckland Airport, new housing areas, and public transport infrastructure – the opportunities for qualified tradespeople has never been better. The Southern Initiative’s Māori and Pasifika Trades (MPTT) training programme offers free trades training for Māori and Pasifika men and women 16-40 years old. “There is massive development in construction and infrastructure across Auckland so the work is there - our job is train people to have the skills needed and to be work-ready,” says recruitment coordinator Dale Williams. “If you are a school leaver with limited qualifications, a mum or dad looking to go back in to the workforce or in a job with limited security, we want to hear from you.” Having a great attitude and desire to learn is all you need to get started. Improving employment prospects and earning capacity of local workers Mr Lane bids farewell to Māngere College is a key driver towards creating transformational social and economic change for South Auckland. Skilled tradespeople can make good money and some eventually go on to own their own business. MPTT provides a pathway to an exciting career, help with getting a drivers’ licence trainees can get help to get their drivers’ licence and mentoring during and after their course. Three of MPTT’s training providers, Skills Update Training Institute, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Tai Poutini Polytechnic, have bases in Māngere. If this sounds like you, call 0800 0800 874 678 (TSIMPTT) or go to www.mptt.co.nz or Facebook MPTT: Māori and Pasifika Training. After 19 and half years at Māngere College, and 42 years, 7 months and 13 days (not that he's counting) in teaching, Jerry Lane is hanging up his teacher's whiteboard marker. The Deputy Principal says the main highlights of his time at the college have been interacting with the students and the end of year prizegivings. His one regret is seeing students who don't reach their potential. But a great source of pride has been seeing how much the school's NCEA grades have gone up and he puts that down to the teachers working to improve the students' study habits. His parting message to the community is: "Māngere College is a good school - safe, happy and you should send your kids here."
Sutton Park School strives to help community Get Legal 5 Sutton Park School senior management, the school public health nurse, the Health Promoting Facilitator for schools and the Social Worker in Schools Heidi Lomiwes (pictured far right) are currently planning Sutton Park’s first ever community expo. They will be inviting doctors, youth workers, early childhood centres, police and anyone else that offers support to this community to have a stall where they can promote their services or give out information that is relevant to the issues facing our people. The expo is set for Wednesday, May 11 from 3.30pm-6.30pm. For more information about being a stall holder email: heidi@mefsc.org.nz Sutton Park school students, families and the community filled a container bound for Teidamu Primary School in Fiji. The container was filled on site at the school. Students and teachers were involved in the process of collecting, sorting, cataloguing and packing the container with items like desks, chairs, clothes, food and sports equipment. The school wants to thank everybody who partnered with us, especially our generous parents and Blue Scope Pacific Steel for sponsoring the container. Here's the latest column from the Māngere Community Law Centre. This month the focus is on the Disputes Tribunal. Have you had a car crash and the guy at fault is refusing to pay for repairs? Maybe your plumber did a shoddy job on fixing the tap and you’ve had to pay for someone else do it? Or maybe you can't decide who should pay for the fence repairs. Disputes in life are inevitable but how do we resolve it when it costs too much to hire a lawyer. That’s where the Disputes Tribunal comes in. The Disputes Tribunal (formerly known as the Small Claims court) is the place to go for any financial disagreements under $15,000. Fees range from $45 to $180 and allow you to put your side of the story to an impartial referee who can adjudicate on your dispute and order someone to pay up if necessary. One good thing about the Disputes Tribunal is you don’t need a lawyer and it’s a relatively quick process to get your matter heard. At the Māngere Community Law Centre we advise many clients to use this avenue and people find it a really worthwhile course of action when they’re faced with a sticky situation. The key to a successful claim is to make sure you have evidence to back up your side of the story. This could include video evidence, receipts, contracts or eye witness accounts. But whatever the situation is, make sure you can back your story up. One last aspect you need to know about the Disputes Tribunal is that it's not the place to get your undisputed debts recovered, have your tenancy issues sorted or clear up a disputed will or estate. For more information visit us or check out www.justice.govt. nz. The Māngere Community Law Centre has been serving the unmet legal needs of the community since 1986. If you’d like to make an appointment to see a lawyer call 275-4310.
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