275 Times December 2017 - January 2018
Mangere community news. This month: Aorere College choir + Lorde, award-winning artist Andy Leleisi’uao, photos from the Mangere East Xmas Festival, sustainable pet beds, a double-shot of the maramataka, and more!
Mangere community news. This month: Aorere College choir + Lorde, award-winning artist Andy Leleisi’uao, photos from the Mangere East Xmas Festival, sustainable pet beds, a double-shot of the maramataka, and more!
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EDITION #37<br />
DEC <strong>2017</strong>/JAN <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>275</strong><br />
Māngere’s<br />
times<br />
<strong>275</strong> times<br />
Free!<br />
Our stories, our people, our Māngere<br />
Kōrero paki ō tatou, Tāngata ō tatou, Ngā Hau Māngere ō tatou<br />
Serving the community: Village Café staff Jordyn-Lee Daniels, Maria Hunt & Martha Tamati.<br />
Great coffee & healthy kai<br />
The Village Café is<br />
set to flip the fastfood<br />
culture in South<br />
Auckland by offering<br />
healthy kai and topquality<br />
coffee in the<br />
heart of Māngere East.<br />
Māngere is well known for its<br />
takeaways: they’re cheap and<br />
easy, and can be difficult to<br />
pass up when you’re rushing<br />
home to feed the whānau.<br />
Although convenience and price<br />
are key when grabbing a quick<br />
meal, the Village Café team sees a<br />
growing demand for better-quality<br />
‘ready-to-eat’ food in the area.<br />
>> continued on page 2
GREAT COFFEE<br />
& HEALTHY KAI<br />
>> continued from page 1<br />
In response, the small,<br />
dedicated group of locals has<br />
set up a new social enterprise<br />
(and a smart new food truck)<br />
with two main goals:<br />
• y to make healthy food<br />
available in an environment<br />
where it’s not the norm, and<br />
• y to create pathways to<br />
employment for local<br />
young people.<br />
TAKING THE PLUNGE<br />
Since opening in front of the<br />
Metro Theatre, Massey Rd, in<br />
August, chef Maria Hunt and<br />
the team have welcomed a<br />
growing stream of customers. <br />
Some are just curious, but<br />
most can’t wait to taste the<br />
low-carb/healthy fat (LCHF),<br />
gluten-free, dairy-free and<br />
even vegan options – made<br />
with familiar ingredients<br />
like coconut cream, kumara,<br />
raw fish and koko Samoa.<br />
And while they’ve been serving<br />
up this delicious kai, the<br />
team have also helped over<br />
12 young people hone their<br />
barista and customer-service<br />
skills behind the counter.<br />
LOOKING AHEAD<br />
The Māngere East Community<br />
Centre is running the Village<br />
Café food truck as a first<br />
step towards a permanent<br />
community café within the<br />
new community centre<br />
planned for Māngere East.<br />
Long-term, the team plans to<br />
open more health-focussed,<br />
locally-run cafés around South<br />
Auckland to help tackle health<br />
inequalities and unemployment.<br />
In the meantime, you can<br />
check them out for yourself:<br />
Wed – Fri, 7:30am – 3pm*<br />
& Sat, 8am – 3pm at Metro<br />
Theatre (Māngere East<br />
Hall), 362 Massey Rd.<br />
@TheVillageCafeMangereEast<br />
@thevillagecafeme<br />
The flash little café truck<br />
is also available for<br />
functions and events!<br />
*Closed for Xmas: 31 Dec – 9 Jan<br />
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Above: An LPG tanker navigates the intersection at Station and Walmsley Roads,<br />
Ōtāhuhu. (I’ve dubbed this ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Intersection’.)<br />
Getting about<br />
by Donna Wynd<br />
Welcome to the first of<br />
a series of articles about<br />
transport, cycling and<br />
other things urban in the<br />
Māngere/Ōtāhuhu area.<br />
When the editor of this fine rag<br />
suggested I write something about<br />
300 words long, I quickly realised<br />
how much there was to be said.<br />
So I’ve decided that rather than<br />
trying to say everything at once,<br />
I’ll make this a regular column<br />
on whatever interests me (and<br />
hopefully you) about getting<br />
around our community.<br />
Burning questions<br />
Residents of Māngere and Ōtāhuhu<br />
know there is much to discuss:<br />
• y Where are the safe cycle lanes<br />
on the Great South Road?<br />
• y How can we make it safer for our<br />
kids to walk and cycle to school?<br />
• y What will be done to improve<br />
safety and accessibility for<br />
pedestrians, cyclists and the<br />
disabled around the Ōtāhuhu Train<br />
Station – and it’s road frontage –<br />
that I have dubbed ’The World’s<br />
Most Dangerous Intersection’?<br />
• y How can we make all of this<br />
work in the context of our<br />
rapidly changing environment?<br />
There are other issues that need to<br />
be aired as well. High on the list –<br />
and of particular interest to residents<br />
of Māngere – is rail out to the airport.<br />
Rail to the airport...?<br />
Some of you may recall the<br />
proposed SMART project. This was<br />
to be an arterial route from the<br />
airport to the city and included<br />
plans for rail to the airport as well<br />
as cycling and pedestrian lanes.<br />
It would have vastly improved<br />
access to both Onehunga and the<br />
airport for people in Māngere.<br />
This project has been quietly<br />
dropped, and heavy rail to the airport<br />
has been ruled out by Auckland<br />
Transport and NZTA (the people<br />
who bring you state highways).<br />
In its place is a vague<br />
promise of light rail.<br />
No one knows what light rail<br />
will cost or where the money<br />
will come from, and it won’t be<br />
started till 2020 or thereabouts.<br />
As you can see, there’s enough here<br />
to keep us going for quite some time.<br />
Share your ideas<br />
I hope to set up a Facebook<br />
page as a forum where people<br />
can share their ideas.<br />
In the meantime, if you have<br />
anything transport-related that<br />
you think needs to be put out<br />
there, drop me a message at<br />
bikeotahuhu@gmail.com<br />
Donna is an independent researcher<br />
with a background in public policy<br />
and economics. She has a Masters<br />
degree in Economic Geography,<br />
and lives in Ōtāhuhu with 3<br />
dogs, 2 cats, and 6 chickens.
Grace’s<br />
Place<br />
closed<br />
for good<br />
Community action<br />
has succeeded in<br />
closing down a seedy<br />
Māngere liquor outlet.<br />
Grace’s Place in Savill Drive, Māngere<br />
East has been permanently closed<br />
by the Alcohol Regulatory and<br />
Licensing Authority (ARLA).<br />
Grace’s Place was a tavern, but<br />
also provided TAB facilities and<br />
pokie machines for gambling.<br />
In June, the Auckland District<br />
Licensing Committee (DLC) decided<br />
not to renew the tavern’s liquor<br />
licence, because the primary<br />
activity at the premises was<br />
gambling – not the sale of alcohol<br />
and other refreshments. The DLC<br />
ruled that this was against the<br />
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.<br />
The owner of Grace’s Place<br />
appealed the DLC’s decision.<br />
Usually when such appeals are<br />
made, owners also ask ARLA if they<br />
can continue to trade until their<br />
appeal is heard. But in this case the<br />
owner didn’t make that request.<br />
As a result, the tavern’s on-licence<br />
expired, and on 11 October, the<br />
<strong>275</strong> <strong>Times</strong> editor Roger Fowler checks the<br />
locked doors of ‘Grace’s Place’ in Māngere East.<br />
Inset: A message on the front door<br />
explained why the tavern was closed.<br />
Auckland Council advised the<br />
owner that she should have<br />
ceased trading on 2 August.<br />
The owner immediately applied<br />
to ARLA to continue trading.<br />
But this move was met with<br />
opposition from Glenn McCutcheon,<br />
a Māngere resident and member<br />
of ‘Communities Against Alcohol<br />
Harm’, who also opposed the initial<br />
licence-renewal application.<br />
Glenn was concerned that Grace’s<br />
Place had been trading without a<br />
licence since August. She pointed<br />
out that ARLA couldn’t allow the<br />
tavern to trade when the licence had<br />
already expired. The<br />
owner’s application was too late.<br />
ARLA agreed, and ordered Grace’s<br />
Place to close until a decision on<br />
the appeal had been made.<br />
The appeal was heard on 16<br />
November and on 29 November<br />
ARLA announced that Grace’s Place<br />
must remain closed permanently.<br />
Young speakers find their voices<br />
Public speaking can be scary.<br />
For most teenagers, it’s as bad as<br />
getting your teeth pulled out!<br />
Māngere resident Warren Christie<br />
wants that to change. In May he set<br />
up a Toastmasters club just for 11 to<br />
17-year-olds. “I wanted to provide<br />
a supportive environment where<br />
teenagers could build effective<br />
communication skills,” Warren says.<br />
“I’ve been humbled to see the<br />
progress that everyone has made –<br />
from overcoming their nervousness<br />
when speaking, to getting up<br />
and leading the meetings.”<br />
The club operates just like Toastmasters<br />
for adults. Members learn<br />
how to improve their listening<br />
skills, give effective feedback and<br />
present their ideas logically.<br />
Warren is also the founder of<br />
the MCBC Toastmasters Club<br />
(for adults), which has members<br />
from all over South Auckland.<br />
Current club president Ruth Malo<br />
is another Māngere resident.<br />
“Her journey with Toastmasters<br />
started last June... now she is<br />
leading the club,” says Warren.<br />
“We teenagers and adults alike<br />
started with Toastmasters in the<br />
Above: Warren Christie, founder of MC UTH<br />
Gavel Toastmasters Club for teenagers (left),<br />
with club members Conrad, Reno, Gabriel,<br />
Gaius, Jade & Christian. (Photo: Casey S Clark)<br />
same way: we took the first step to<br />
overcome our fears and amazing<br />
things have happened since.”<br />
For more information about<br />
Toastmasters, contact Warren<br />
on 021 0281 8482, or email:<br />
mcbc@toastmasters.org.nz<br />
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PHOTO GALLERY<br />
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Māngere East<br />
Xmas Festival<br />
The Māngere East Xmas Festival, which was<br />
held on 18 November, also celebrated the<br />
20th anniversary of the Māngere East Centre.<br />
1. Theresa keeps up with the big<br />
girls from Tevarua O Te Rangi.<br />
2. Tigi Ness plays his new guitar – with<br />
grandson Loxmyn Ness on sax.<br />
3. King Kapisi & Teremoana Rapley<br />
4. Māngere East Primary School’s<br />
Samoan Group<br />
5. Tia Ormsby’s Māori-themed dance<br />
6. Gayne and the Four Fathers belt out a<br />
raunchy version of ‘Midnight Special’.<br />
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Maramataka<br />
By Ayla Hoeta<br />
Kia ora whānau! This issue<br />
of the maramataka will<br />
take you all the way into<br />
<strong>2018</strong>. See you next year!<br />
Matiti Muramura<br />
(<strong>December</strong>)<br />
Matiti Muramura is the third<br />
phase of summer. It’s still a<br />
great time for planting – and<br />
even better for fishing.<br />
This month the bush and<br />
the seashore turn red with<br />
pohutukawa blossom.<br />
It’s an excellent time to<br />
celebrate the warm weather<br />
and head to the beach!<br />
Matiti Kaiwai<br />
(<strong>January</strong>)<br />
In the fourth phase of summer<br />
the dry ground opens up as<br />
Papatūānuku thirsts for water.<br />
Ngāpuhi people call this time<br />
‘Te waru i Kataina e Rehua’ –<br />
the eighth month of the year,<br />
when the ground laughs as<br />
a result of the Rehua star.<br />
Tohu o te rangi<br />
Rehua continues to shine bright.<br />
Tohu o te whenua<br />
There are three tohu this<br />
month: pohutukawa, northern<br />
rātā and plums! Early Christmas<br />
plums are ready to eat or<br />
make jam with. This is the<br />
time to start preserving food.<br />
Tohu o te moana<br />
The kahawai that started to<br />
gather last month begin to<br />
run in <strong>January</strong>. The Oturu<br />
day this month (New Year’s<br />
Day) indicates the time that<br />
kahawai start to run.<br />
We’d love to hear from anyone<br />
who lives by a river mouth (or<br />
who goes fishing at New Year’s)<br />
whether this tohu was correct.<br />
Don’t forget, if you’d like your<br />
own copy of the maramataka<br />
dial, email me at ayla.hoeta@<br />
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz<br />
Kia pai o koutou hararei!<br />
Tohu o te rangi<br />
(Signs in the sky)<br />
Rehua (Antares) will rise in<br />
the east around 8 <strong>December</strong>.<br />
Tohu o te whenua<br />
(Signs on land)<br />
When Rehua rises the<br />
pohutukawa tree will blossom.<br />
Hawaiians call both the star and<br />
the tree ‘Lehua’. They recognise<br />
the connection between them<br />
just as we do in Aotearoa: when<br />
the Lehua star appears, the lehua<br />
(pohutukawa) flower blooms.<br />
Most pohutukawa should<br />
be in flower by mid-<br />
<strong>December</strong>. You might also<br />
see the northern rātā, which<br />
flowers at the same time.<br />
Tohu o te moana<br />
(Signs in the water)<br />
Kahawai fish start to<br />
gather at the river mouths<br />
from early <strong>December</strong>.<br />
KEY DATES FOR SUMMER DEC JAN<br />
Rakaunui: Highest energy day 3 2<br />
Oturu & Rakau<br />
Ma Tohi:<br />
Takirau:<br />
Korekore Te<br />
Whiawhia,<br />
Korekore Te Rawea<br />
& Korekore Piri:<br />
Tangaroa A Mua,<br />
Tangaroa A Roto &<br />
Tangaroa kiokio:<br />
Orongonui, Omauri<br />
& Mutuwhenua:<br />
Whiro:<br />
High energy days. Plant<br />
root crops & watery crops.<br />
Plant kumara<br />
& other root crops.<br />
Low energy days – good for<br />
reflecting.<br />
Fishing & planting days.<br />
(On Tangaroa kiokio rats<br />
come out during the day!)<br />
Good days for planting all<br />
types of kai.<br />
Lowest energy day. Best for<br />
resting & planning. Also a<br />
good night to torch for eels.<br />
2 & 4 1 & 3<br />
5 4<br />
7, 8<br />
& 9<br />
10, 11<br />
& 12<br />
14, 15<br />
& 16<br />
6, 7<br />
& 8<br />
9, 10<br />
& 11<br />
13, 14<br />
& 15<br />
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Local artist wins top award<br />
Māngere-based artist<br />
Andy Leleisi’uao has<br />
won the top prize in<br />
NZ’s biggest contemporary<br />
art competition.<br />
As the winner of this<br />
year’s Wallace Arts<br />
Trust Paramount Award,<br />
Andy will spend six<br />
months working in<br />
New York next year.<br />
His last project of<br />
<strong>2017</strong> involves a public<br />
display at the Māngere<br />
Town Centre at midday<br />
on 28 <strong>December</strong>.<br />
The project commemorates<br />
Black Saturday<br />
(28 Dec 1929), when NZ<br />
military police opened<br />
fire on a peaceful Mau<br />
protest in Apia, Samoa,<br />
killing 11 people –<br />
including the leader<br />
and high chief Tupua<br />
Lealofi III. The efforts<br />
of the Mau movement<br />
eventually led to Samoa’s<br />
independence in 1962.<br />
You can see more of<br />
Andy’s work online at<br />
http://andyleleisiuao.<br />
blogspot.co.nz<br />
Next stop NYC: Award-winning artist<br />
Andy Leleisi’uao (right) with Pacific<br />
art consultant Marilyn Kohlhase.<br />
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Aorere College Choir provides backing vocals<br />
for Lorde at the <strong>2017</strong> Vodafone Music Awards.<br />
(Photo: Topic/Hannah Rolfe – Courtesy of Pead PR)<br />
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Aorere Choir<br />
Takes the STAGE<br />
with Lorde<br />
By Shirl’e Fruean<br />
When my teenage<br />
daughter came home<br />
one afternoon – overly<br />
excited that popstar Lorde<br />
had picked her school<br />
choir to perform at this<br />
year’s Vodafone Music<br />
Awards – I got just as<br />
excited and amazed too.<br />
As a proud and supportive<br />
Māngere mother, I<br />
knew I had to be there.<br />
So I came up with a<br />
master plan and after<br />
a few phone calls, I<br />
managed to secure media<br />
passes for me and two<br />
of my talented friends<br />
(Gabriel Satiu from<br />
Māngere Art Centre and<br />
Benji Timu from Vlog).<br />
At the Awards’ ceremony<br />
I found my daughter<br />
backstage with the other<br />
Aorere College students.<br />
She was so surprised to<br />
see me – we couldn’t stop<br />
hugging each other.<br />
When the choir finally<br />
went on stage with<br />
Lorde to perform her<br />
single ‘Greenlight’, it was<br />
absolutely fantastic. As I<br />
watched the performance<br />
from the media room,<br />
I kept pointing at my<br />
daughter on the TV<br />
monitors. It sure was a<br />
‘proud-mama’ moment!<br />
The day got even<br />
better when my crew<br />
and I got the chance<br />
to film a promo for the<br />
Hip Hop Summit I’ve<br />
been organising.<br />
It was brilliant because<br />
we managed to get<br />
everyone we wanted to<br />
make a special shout-out<br />
on the video. (See them<br />
all for yourself at www.<br />
nzhiphopsummit.com.)<br />
The whole event was<br />
such a cool experience<br />
– a dazzling night we<br />
will never forget.<br />
And it looks like Aorere’s<br />
performance impressed<br />
Lorde, too. After the<br />
show, she tweeted:<br />
“...a massive thank u to<br />
these gorgeous teen<br />
powerhouses from the<br />
Aorere College choir –<br />
have been a fan since<br />
i was at school & knew<br />
they would beautifully<br />
anchor this hometown<br />
performance of GL.”️
Clever 7’s sustainable business journey<br />
When Māngere<br />
College student<br />
Samir Ali signed<br />
up to take Business<br />
Studies in Year 13,<br />
he got more than<br />
he bargained for.<br />
By Justine Skilling<br />
Talking Rubbish,<br />
ME Family Services<br />
“Our teacher told us we<br />
were going to make and<br />
sell our own product<br />
and I thought, oh my<br />
gosh – what have I got<br />
myself into!” says Samir.<br />
Every year the College<br />
takes part in the Lion<br />
Foundation Young Enterprise<br />
Scheme (YES), a<br />
hands-on programme<br />
where students set up<br />
and run a real business.<br />
Samir was quickly given<br />
the role of Chief Executive<br />
Officer (CEO) by his team<br />
mates, and the group set<br />
to work creating Clever 7.<br />
Sustainable vision<br />
With input from mentors<br />
Lucy Wymer (YES) and<br />
Peter Sykes (ME Family<br />
Services), the group decided<br />
to use recycled materials<br />
in their product, because<br />
of the “huge benefit to the<br />
environment.”<br />
They hit upon the idea<br />
of reusing waste tyres<br />
and contacted local<br />
company Moon Motors<br />
who were “delighted to<br />
give the tyres away.”<br />
Combining their love of<br />
animals with their desire<br />
to save the environment,<br />
Clever 7 decided to create<br />
Young entrepreneurs: Clever 7’s Te Aroha Houston (left) and Elizajane<br />
Mafileo with samples of their prize-winning pet beds.<br />
a pet bed out of the<br />
tyres, using old clothes as<br />
stuffing for the cushions.<br />
After raising $400 in startup<br />
funding by selling hot<br />
food at school, they started<br />
production at Samir’s place,<br />
A wobbly start<br />
“Our prototype was a fail,”<br />
admits Samir. “We tried to<br />
paint the tyres, but they<br />
looked horrible. The paint<br />
didn’t stick to the tyres<br />
properly and would’ve<br />
come off in the rain.<br />
“When we started<br />
working on our real product,<br />
we decided to use<br />
spray paint instead.”<br />
Clever 7 worked hard<br />
during the construction<br />
phase, fitting this around<br />
their other assessments<br />
and family commitments.<br />
“I wanted everyone to do<br />
what they could,” says<br />
Samir. “I didn’t want anyone<br />
to feel left out because it’s<br />
all about the experience.<br />
It was actually very fun.”<br />
The group put their<br />
technical skills to the test<br />
– washing, cutting and<br />
painting the tyres, as well<br />
as sewing and stuffing the<br />
cushions to go inside.<br />
Compliments & sales<br />
With nine pet beds to<br />
sell, the group created<br />
some buzz about their<br />
product on social media<br />
before heading to the<br />
Papatoetoe Night Market<br />
to ply their wares.<br />
“At first we were a bit shy,<br />
but once people came up<br />
and were complimenting<br />
us on our product we<br />
got more confident,”<br />
says Samir. “People were<br />
really amazed at what<br />
we’d done. They’d never<br />
seen tyres being made<br />
into pet beds before.”<br />
The group managed to<br />
sell six beds at the market,<br />
and the remaining three<br />
through the school, netting<br />
themselves a small profit.<br />
But the hard work wasn’t<br />
over. As part of YES, the<br />
group had 30 seconds<br />
to present their product<br />
to a panel of judges in<br />
Dragon’s Den style. “It was<br />
really scary,” says Samir.<br />
Award winners<br />
In recognition of their<br />
product’s outstanding<br />
contribution to the<br />
environment, Clever 7<br />
took out the Excellence<br />
in Sustainability Award<br />
at the YES Auckland<br />
South Regional Awards.<br />
Their Business Studies<br />
teacher Savitri Nadan is<br />
“very proud of the group’s<br />
achievements.” She has<br />
seen their confidence<br />
grow and watched<br />
them develop skills in<br />
team work, budgeting,<br />
marketing, communication<br />
and leadership.<br />
A whole new world<br />
For Mentor Peter Sykes,<br />
the benefit of the YES<br />
programme is the in-depth<br />
learning students do about<br />
themselves in complex<br />
systems – balancing family<br />
and school life. “For many,<br />
a whole new world of small<br />
business is opened up – a<br />
cross cultural experience<br />
in itself,” he says.<br />
While none of the Clever<br />
7 group will be rushing<br />
out to start their own<br />
businesses just yet, they’ve<br />
valued the experience<br />
and enjoyed having a<br />
taste of what’s involved.<br />
As Samir says, “If you<br />
have a passionate heart<br />
and a skilful mind, you<br />
can do anything you<br />
want in business”.<br />
ENROL<br />
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Day & evening programmes begin in February <strong>2018</strong><br />
Ma _ ngere East Community Centre, 372 Massey Rd, Ma _ ngere East<br />
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Community Notices<br />
SOUL – TE KARANGA A HAPE HI – KOI<br />
Join SOUL (Save Our Unique Landscape) for a whānau-friendly<br />
hīkoi along Karangahape Rd. Sat 10 Dec, 10am – 12pm. Meet<br />
at Studio One Toi Tū (1 Ponsonby Rd) at 10am for morning tea,<br />
mihi and karakia. Hīkoi starts at 11am. The hīkoi will include<br />
short stops for kōrero, waiata and kapa haka and will end<br />
at Symonds St. For updates and more info, follow SOUL on<br />
Facebook: @protectIhumatao.<br />
Ihumātao is the place where the tupuna Hape landed in Aotearoa<br />
at the end of his voyage from Hawaiki. Hape is a central character<br />
in many oral histories of the Tāmaki Makaurau region, and<br />
Karangahape Rd commemorates his historical call. SOUL’s hīkoi<br />
aims to connect the two sites and to share the group’s conservation<br />
kaupapa with a wider audience.<br />
AUCKLAND LIBRARIES – GREAT SUMMER READ<br />
Win passes to some of Auckland’s hottest attractions, vouchers,<br />
books and more! Just complete 15 fun reading challenges and<br />
log them on the Auckland Libraries’ website. The Great Summer<br />
Read is FREE and it’s open to all members of Auckland Libraries.<br />
Prize draws every week. Even if you’ve just got time to read one<br />
book this summer, you could be a winner. The challenge runs<br />
from 1 Dec <strong>2017</strong> to 31 Jan <strong>2018</strong>. Pick up the list of challenges at<br />
your local library, or at www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz<br />
CALLING PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS & ARTISTS<br />
Do you have a creative project that you’d like to make happen<br />
in Māngere/Ōtāhuhu between Jan & Sep <strong>2018</strong>? Does it involve<br />
craft, performance, visual arts, music, film, dance, kapa haka,<br />
spoken word or digital arts? Māngere Ōtāhuhu Arts Brokers<br />
want to help! They’re looking for projects that involve the<br />
community in a meaningful way, are led by local people and<br />
have strong creative ideas behind them. If your project is<br />
selected, the Arts Brokers can support you to fulfil your vision,<br />
assist with funding, and also help to find the right location or<br />
people to work with. Applications close 12 Jan. Get all the<br />
details now at www.mangereotahuhuarts.org.nz/news.html<br />
FREE CLASSES IN MA – NGERE EAST<br />
Māngere East Community Centre runs FREE and low-cost<br />
community classes in parenting, te reo Māori, Samoan,<br />
literacy and numeracy, korowai, drivers licence theory, tai chi,<br />
zumba – and more! Visit www.mangereeast.org, email: fiona@<br />
mangereeast.org, ph. 09 <strong>275</strong> 6161 or drop in to 372 Massey<br />
Road, Māngere East to find out more. Holiday hours / Holiday<br />
programme: The Centre will close on 22 Dec and reopen for the<br />
holiday programme on 15 Jan. Places are limited. To book, call<br />
Maia on 09 <strong>275</strong> 6161 or email: maia@mangereeast.org<br />
Community Notices are FREE for community groups.<br />
To list your group or event in the next issue, just send<br />
us a 50-word summary by 15 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
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