275 Times March 2018
Mangere community news. This month: ASB Polyfest, What Now in Mangere, students get behind the Ihumatao campaign, a new column from Lemauga Lydia Sosene (Chair of the Mangere Otahuhu Local Board), school leavers talk about their next steps - and more!
Mangere community news. This month: ASB Polyfest, What Now in Mangere, students get behind the Ihumatao campaign, a new column from Lemauga Lydia Sosene (Chair of the Mangere Otahuhu Local Board), school leavers talk about their next steps - and more!
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EDITION #39<br />
MARCH <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 />
POLYFEST FEVER!<br />
Over 90,000 people are expected to gather<br />
at the Manukau Sports Bowl from 14 to<br />
17 <strong>March</strong> as 220 cultural groups from 60<br />
Auckland schools take to the stage.<br />
The iconic Auckland ASB<br />
Polyfest is celebrating<br />
its 43rd year.<br />
Polyfest is an opportunity<br />
for high school students to<br />
connect with the traditions<br />
and cultures of their heritage.<br />
The Diversity stage is a<br />
popular stop for festivalgoers.<br />
This stage features<br />
cultural performances<br />
from China, Fiji, Tokelau,<br />
India, Korea and Sri Lanka.<br />
Students perform on these<br />
stages with pride, passion<br />
and for the honour of being<br />
crowned top school in<br />
their respective cultures.<br />
There has been talk that<br />
the festival’s original<br />
purpose has given way<br />
to commercialisation<br />
of the indigenous<br />
cultures of Oceania.<br />
‘Alisi Tatafu, Social Studies<br />
teacher at Māngere College<br />
and a Tongan community<br />
leader says, “In order to<br />
sustain the Polyfest event it<br />
is inevitable that some level<br />
of commercialisation occurs.<br />
“Sponsorship is vital for<br />
the [festival’s] longevity<br />
and keeping the Polyfest<br />
an ongoing, sustainable<br />
annual event for our<br />
Auckland secondary students<br />
and communities.”<br />
ASB Polyfest Director for<br />
<strong>2018</strong>, Seiuli Terri, says<br />
that her team is reviewing<br />
current structures and<br />
processes, and meeting key<br />
stakeholders and sponsors.<br />
“ASB Polyfest is a huge<br />
undertaking and I’m<br />
working hard to ensure<br />
that it continues to run<br />
smoothly while maintaining<br />
its purpose,” she says.<br />
Polyfest helps to equip,<br />
and enable our younger<br />
generations. It’s an<br />
unforgettable experience that<br />
gives students the chance to<br />
use and develop leadership<br />
qualities while showcasing<br />
our rich diverse cultures.<br />
Go along and support our<br />
local schools: Southern Cross<br />
Campus, De La Salle College,<br />
Aorere College, Ōtāhuhu<br />
College and Māngere College.<br />
Entry is $5 per person;<br />
preschoolers are free.<br />
Limited $5 parking is<br />
available on site.<br />
See www.asbpolyfest.co.nz<br />
for more information.<br />
Boys from Aorere<br />
College’s Tongan<br />
Group perform at<br />
Polyfest in 2015.<br />
(Photo: Supplied)<br />
WHAT’S INSIDE:<br />
P2: What Now in Māngere P5: School-leavers look ahead P7: Maramataka
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EDITORIAL<br />
Aloha!<br />
It’s <strong>March</strong>, and<br />
Polyfest fever<br />
is upon us.<br />
The annual<br />
cultural showcase<br />
is just days<br />
away, and secondary school<br />
students across Auckland<br />
are buzzing in anticipation.<br />
I auditioned for a spot in the<br />
Ōtāhuhu College Samoan<br />
Group back in 1994.<br />
After spending an hour<br />
learning a sāsā routine, I had<br />
to perform the dance with a<br />
small group. I was so nervous,<br />
but I gave it my all. In the end<br />
though, my twelve mistakes<br />
were eleven too many!<br />
Not being selected for the<br />
group freed me to soak up the<br />
atmosphere (and the food) on<br />
festival day, so I was content.<br />
This year, the devastation in<br />
Samoa, Tonga and Fiji following<br />
Cyclone Gita won’t be far from<br />
minds of the performers as they<br />
take to the stage. No doubt<br />
they will perform with spirit<br />
and mana as they represent<br />
their beloved countries.<br />
Local people have certainly<br />
been doing their bit to help<br />
in the wake of the cyclone.<br />
Ōtāhuhu Māngere Youth<br />
Group (OMYG), which<br />
has collected clothes for<br />
families in the affected<br />
areas, is just one example.<br />
The outpouring of love and<br />
support across our community<br />
has been overwhelming.<br />
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and we’d love your help. Share<br />
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Mahalo nui loa,<br />
Hermann<br />
Tuataga Hermann Arp Jr<br />
Editor<br />
‘What NOW’ in Māngere<br />
Children around New Zealand got a taste of<br />
Māngere talent, humour and hospitality in February,<br />
when ‘What Now’ came to town.<br />
The popular Sunday-morning<br />
kids’ TV show broadcast its second<br />
episode of the year live from<br />
Centre Park on Robertson Rd.<br />
Dozens of families joined the fun –<br />
watching performances from Nainz<br />
Tupa’i (Adeaze) with the Saintz Up<br />
Performing Arts choir, Tone 6 and the<br />
Little Saintz dancers – and cheering on<br />
good sports Toaletai Faumuina<br />
David Tua and Dave ‘The Brown<br />
Buttabean’ Letele, as they tackled<br />
some classic – and very messy<br />
– ‘What Now’ challenges.<br />
Several local children also got<br />
to tell the TV audience about<br />
community projects they’re<br />
involved in – including a cloth<br />
bag-sharing scheme in Māngere<br />
Bridge that’s helping combat<br />
plastic pollution, and SOUL’s<br />
ongoing fight to save Ihumātao.<br />
‘What Now’ has gone on the road<br />
after 14 years in Christchurch. For<br />
40 weeks they’ll be filming in 40 different<br />
locations – meeting kids who<br />
wouldn’t usually have the chance<br />
to be part of the live show.<br />
If you missed the Māngere edition,<br />
you can catch it online at<br />
www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/whatnow/episodes/s<strong>2018</strong>-e2<br />
Top: Tia Ormsby (right) tells ‘What<br />
Now’ presenter Erin Wells about<br />
SOUL’s campaign to protect heritage<br />
land at Ihumātao. (Photo: Roger<br />
Fowler) Middle: Aupito William<br />
Sio, Toaletai Faumuina David Tua &<br />
Nainz Tupa’i enjoy the fun.<br />
Bottom: A performance from the<br />
Little Saintz dancers closes the live<br />
show. (Photos: Aupito William Sio)
Designing for a cause<br />
Year 13 fashion students<br />
from Māngere College have<br />
stepped up to help protect<br />
heritage land at Ihumātao.<br />
Working with SOUL (Save Our<br />
Unique Landscape) and a team<br />
of specialists from TV documentary<br />
series ‘Heritage Rescue’,<br />
the students (and teachers Nalini<br />
Singh and Viv Maskell) have<br />
created dozens of bright flags<br />
to draw attention to the historic<br />
site – and to the community’s<br />
fight to save it from destruction.<br />
The students’ handiwork will<br />
feature on an upcoming episode<br />
of ‘Heritage Rescue’ (on Choice<br />
TV), but there’s no need to wait:<br />
their colourful beacons – and<br />
the rest of the artwork at SOUL’s<br />
‘Street Gallery’ – is free to view<br />
right now at the Kaitiaki Village<br />
on Ihumātao Quarry Rd.<br />
Dozens of colourful flags, sewn by Māngere College students, mark<br />
the entry to the Kaitiaki Village at Ihumātao. (Photo: Hermann Arp)<br />
Inset: Students sew like the wind! (Photo: Nalini Singh/Viv Maskell)<br />
New year brings opportunity & challenge<br />
Kia ora, tafola lava and warm greetings from all of us at the Local Board.<br />
Lemauga Lydia<br />
Sosene: Chair of the<br />
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu<br />
Local Board<br />
Firstly, welcome to my<br />
new regular column in this<br />
wonderful publication.<br />
I hope you’ve had a relaxing<br />
and refreshing summer. It<br />
started out with such great<br />
weather and if you’re like me,<br />
you took advantage of all the<br />
great events that have been<br />
going on around the area.<br />
Unfortunately the weather<br />
turned a bit in February, but<br />
for those of us with friends<br />
and family in Samoa, Tonga<br />
and Fiji we know we didn’t see<br />
the worst of it here. So please<br />
join me in keeping those in the<br />
affected islands in your prayers.<br />
One of the big challenges that<br />
our board has dealt with over<br />
the last year, but particularly<br />
during the summer, has been<br />
the drunken and disorderly<br />
behaviour happening along<br />
Kiwi Esplanade, around<br />
Coronation Road and next<br />
to the Old Māngere Bridge.<br />
In the last six months of 2017,<br />
there were 376 call outs to<br />
Police for a range of anti-social<br />
behaviours, and I want to<br />
assure you this issue is being<br />
given our full attention. We are<br />
working with Police, Auckland<br />
Transport, Auckland Council<br />
staff and local residents to find<br />
ways to stop this disturbing<br />
and dangerous behaviour.<br />
However, we would also<br />
appreciate your help, so<br />
please call Police if you see<br />
this behaviour continue<br />
in coming months.<br />
On a more positive note, I<br />
want to encourage you all<br />
to Have Your Say this month<br />
on Auckland Council’s<br />
10-year budget and our<br />
local board priorities.<br />
We are all working hard to<br />
make Māngere-Ōtāhuhu<br />
in particular, a thriving<br />
community, so we need your<br />
input to ensure we’re heading<br />
in the right direction. Check<br />
out akhaveyoursay.nz for<br />
more info on how to do this.<br />
Manuia,<br />
Lemauga Lydia Sosene<br />
Chair of the Māngere-<br />
Ōtāhuhu Local Board<br />
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LOCALS SCORE MANUKAU UNITED FC<br />
By John Palethorpe<br />
South Auckland has more<br />
football clubs than Central, West<br />
or East Auckland combined. Yet<br />
of the 36 teams playing in the<br />
Lotto Northern Region Football<br />
League (NRFL) divisions, just<br />
four are from the South.<br />
For an area with a rich sporting<br />
heritage in rugby, league<br />
and boxing, football seems<br />
strangely absent. But that<br />
might be about to change.<br />
This month, premier-division football<br />
returns to Māngere-Ōtāhuhu for<br />
the first time in over a decade, as<br />
Manukau United FC begin their <strong>2018</strong><br />
Lotto Premier League campaign.<br />
The new club is a partnership<br />
between Manukau City AFC and<br />
Māngere United. It aims to provide<br />
greater opportunities for local<br />
players, and to establish a pathway<br />
for junior and youth footballers<br />
in South Auckland to play at the<br />
highest level of the game.<br />
Seeking success on and off the pitch:<br />
Manukau United coach Kevin Fallon (left), with<br />
chairman and club captain Hone Fowler at<br />
Centre Park stadium. (Photo: John Palethorpe)<br />
With experienced former All<br />
Whites’ coach Kevin Fallon at the<br />
helm, Manukau United are seeking<br />
success on and off the pitch.<br />
“Obviously we want to proudly<br />
represent South Auckland in the<br />
Premier Division,” says chairman<br />
and club captain Hone Fowler,<br />
“but it’s important that Manukau<br />
United fulfils its aim to be a club<br />
for the local community.<br />
“We intend to offer coaching<br />
sessions in local schools – and give<br />
more kids the opportunity to fall<br />
in love with the beautiful game.”<br />
With home games at Centre Park<br />
Māngere, a venue that hosted a group<br />
stage of the 2017 Oceania Champions<br />
League, United have one of the<br />
best playing facilities in Auckland.<br />
But on match days they’ll still be<br />
relying on local support to spur<br />
them on as they represent the south<br />
at the top of the local game.<br />
United’s first official home game will<br />
be at Māngere’s Centre Park Stadium,<br />
Robertson Rd on Good Friday, 30<br />
<strong>March</strong> at 3pm. The new club will<br />
be taking on last year’s Premier<br />
League champions and Chatham<br />
Cup holders Onehunga Sports.<br />
You can follow Manukau United<br />
on Twitter: @ManukauUtdFC<br />
& Facebook: @ManukauUtdFC<br />
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FEATURE<br />
Decision<br />
time for<br />
SCHOOL-<br />
LEAVERS<br />
A good percentage of our<br />
Māngere community lives in<br />
poverty, and with ever-rising<br />
living costs, making ends<br />
meet can be a real struggle.<br />
So when our local Year<br />
13 students said farewell<br />
to school last December,<br />
many were faced with a<br />
tough decision: “Do I go to<br />
university, or do I get a fulltime<br />
job to help my parents?”<br />
<strong>275</strong> <strong>Times</strong> asked four<br />
recent school-leavers<br />
about making this choice.<br />
Soakai Malamala, who was Head<br />
Boy at Aorere College in 2017, understands<br />
how difficult it is for many of<br />
his peers to make the right decision.<br />
“A decision only becomes right<br />
when the person makes it,” he says.<br />
For Soakai, reaching that decision<br />
was a bit of a battle. “One day, getting<br />
a job was winning,” he says. “The<br />
next day, university was winning.<br />
My parents helped me understand<br />
the pros and cons of both options.<br />
Both were equally important.”<br />
Soakai’s parents left the final<br />
decision to him and told him they<br />
would support him either way.<br />
“You see your parents struggling,<br />
and all you want to do is help them.<br />
So, in the end the decision was really<br />
an easy one to make,” he says.<br />
For many students, individual<br />
circumstances – and particularly<br />
financial struggles in the family –<br />
play a huge part in their decision.<br />
For Cris from Māngere East, the<br />
choice was: “Easy! I don’t need<br />
university to get a job. But I do need<br />
money to have a life,” he says.<br />
Cris has already secured a job<br />
and is happily working at the<br />
Looking to the future: Soakai Malamala is pleased with his decision. (Photo: Hermann Arp)<br />
same carpet-manufacturing<br />
company as his father.<br />
Siata Ah Chong, a former<br />
student of Māngere College, can’t<br />
wait for university to start.<br />
“YOU SEE YOUR PARENTS<br />
STRUGGLING, AND ALL<br />
YOU WANT TO DO IS HELP<br />
THEM. SO, IN THE END THE<br />
DECISION WAS REALLY<br />
AN EASY ONE TO MAKE.<br />
Riding the bus back to Māngere from<br />
Auckland city, she tell us: “I’m excited<br />
about uni. It’s a whole different world.<br />
“I was thinking about getting a<br />
job, but after today’s Open Day, I<br />
know that I need to be at uni.”<br />
There is always the option of securing<br />
a part-time job and still getting<br />
a tertiary-level education, which is<br />
a path that many have chosen.<br />
Right now Jeremy is working at<br />
McDonald’s, but he’s been accepted<br />
to start at Manukau Institute of<br />
Technology (MIT) later this month.<br />
“It’s going to be hard, but like the<br />
Bible says, ‘When I was a child… I<br />
thought as a child: but when I became<br />
a man, I put away childish things.’<br />
“I am now a man, so I can<br />
handle hard things – um – you know<br />
what I mean!” he says, to thunderous<br />
laughter from his Maccas’ workmates.<br />
By the beginning of <strong>March</strong>, thousands<br />
of first-year university students<br />
will have begun their journey.<br />
Nestled in the middle of them all,<br />
in a warm enclosed music hall, will<br />
be Soakai Malamala – a University<br />
of Auckland student aiming for a<br />
Bachelor of Music – majoring in Jazz.<br />
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Get into Performing<br />
Arts with Shirl’e<br />
By Beatz Revel8ah<br />
I know what you’re<br />
thinking… Where’s<br />
Shirl’e? Don’t worry.<br />
She’s still here.<br />
We just got the “Word”<br />
that Queen Shirl’e is<br />
preparing to throw<br />
down her wisdom and<br />
skills in an awesome<br />
community arts<br />
programme for high<br />
school students.<br />
‘Pathway to Performing<br />
Arts’ will be presented<br />
by the Queen over four<br />
Friday afternoons –<br />
beginning on 2 <strong>March</strong>.<br />
Each session will run<br />
from 4pm to 5pm at<br />
the Māngere Town<br />
Centre Library.<br />
Students will build<br />
confidence as they<br />
learn the basics of<br />
song writing, film<br />
acting, beat making<br />
and performance.<br />
And apparently, it’s<br />
all free! (One can’t<br />
argue with free...<br />
Um, can I join?)<br />
If you haven’t already<br />
enrolled, pick up a form<br />
from the Māngere Town<br />
Centre Library today.<br />
Hmm… It’s kind of<br />
nice out here on “the<br />
Street”. I wonder what<br />
else is happening?<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
OUTREACH PARTNER:<br />
PRINCIPAL FUNDERS:<br />
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MARAMATAKA:<br />
Poutūterangi (<strong>March</strong>)<br />
Artists for the future (left to right): Anonymouz (Matthew Faiumu<br />
Salapu), Musu Neil Tupu-Sitagata, Milo Fuli (Skolar), To’asavili<br />
Tuputala, Lastman So’oula, Lemoa Henry Sevesi Fesulua’i & Kas<br />
Futialo (Kas tha Feelstyle). Photo: Raymond Sagapolutele.<br />
4 THA LUMANA’I<br />
In a ground-breaking live performance led by<br />
local music and sound producer Anonymouz,<br />
‘4 Tha Lumana’i’ finds the parallels between<br />
traditional Samoan oratory customs and<br />
contemporary hip hop art forms.<br />
While visiting Samoa to celebrate<br />
the 50th anniversary of<br />
the country’s Independence,<br />
Anonymouz became interested<br />
in exploring ways to integrate<br />
his Samoan culture into his work<br />
in the hip hop and commercial<br />
radio scene in New Zealand.<br />
This eventually led him to<br />
take his own tatau (traditional<br />
tattoo) journey with<br />
master tufuga (tattooist)<br />
Su’a Paul Junior Suluape.<br />
“...one of my ideas at the time<br />
was to sample [the] sounds<br />
of the tufuga’s (tattooist’s)<br />
tools tapping to turn into a<br />
beat for a jingle,” he notes<br />
in a recent blog post.<br />
Anonymouz found similarities<br />
between the way rappers ‘rep<br />
a crew’ when battling other<br />
rappers, and how Samoan<br />
tulāfale (orators) represent<br />
their families as they battle<br />
other tulāfale for the right<br />
to be the main voice.<br />
To tell this story of cultural discovery,<br />
a cast of local Samoan<br />
tulāfale joins rappers, poets<br />
and community performers<br />
for a living conversation about<br />
the past, present and future.<br />
‘4 Tha Lumana’i’ will run for<br />
two nights on 23 and 24<br />
<strong>March</strong>. Both shows start at<br />
7:30pm at the Māngere Arts<br />
Centre, Corner Bader Drive<br />
& Orly Avenue, Māngere.<br />
Book your FREE tickets<br />
Tickets are free, but you must<br />
book to guarantee your seat.<br />
Drop in to the Māngere Arts<br />
Centre, or book online at:<br />
www.eventfinda.co.nz/<strong>2018</strong>/<br />
whanui-the-lumanaii/<br />
auckland/mangere/tickets<br />
WANTED! EDUCATION SUPPORT WORKERS<br />
Part-time work available.<br />
Work with children with special needs in early childhood education.<br />
Experience preferred, but not essential. Training provided.<br />
Speakers of Samoan and/or te reo Maori are particularly encouraged to apply.<br />
Call Shayla today<br />
ph. 09 263 0798<br />
By Ayla Hoeta<br />
Kia ora koutou, and welcome<br />
to Poutūterangi!<br />
Poutūterangi is in the sixth phase<br />
of summer (Matiti Rautapata).<br />
After an incredibly hot few months,<br />
the temperature cools and we<br />
move into the harvest season.<br />
When it comes to harvesting, our<br />
kaumatua share stories of whānau<br />
gathering and preserving lots of kai for<br />
tough months ahead. The cupboards<br />
and storehouses (pataka) were full!<br />
Today you may see the preserving<br />
of peaches, jams and pickles.<br />
Tohu (Signs) for Poutūterangi<br />
The star Whānui (Vega) is the tohu in the<br />
sky for the start of the harvest. At 5:30am<br />
on 5 <strong>March</strong>, it can be seen in the north-east<br />
sky at about 35˚. The other star marker<br />
for this time is Poutūterangi (Altair), who<br />
stays in the sky for most of the year.<br />
The tohu in the water are tuna (eel),<br />
which start to migrate to the sea,<br />
and the tohu on land include the<br />
fruit which will be preserved.<br />
Key dates in Poutūterangi<br />
1 Mar: Rakaunui – Highest energy day<br />
28 Feb & 2 Mar: Oturu & Rakau Ma<br />
Tohi – High energy days. Good for<br />
planting root crops & watery crops.<br />
3 Mar: Takirau – Plant root crops.<br />
5, 6 & 7 Mar: Korekore Te Whiawhia,<br />
Korekore Te Rawea & Korekore Piri<br />
– Reflecting & low-energy days.<br />
8, 9 & 10 Mar: Tangaroa A Mua,<br />
Tangaroa A Roto & Tangaroa Kiokio<br />
– Fishing & planting days.<br />
12, 13 & 14 Mar: Orongonui, Omauri &<br />
Mutuwhenua – Plant all types of kai.<br />
15 Mar: Whiro – Lowest energy<br />
day. Best for resting & planning.<br />
For a maramataka dial, email:<br />
ayla.hoeta@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz<br />
Thanks whānau!<br />
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Community Notices<br />
MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP DAY<br />
Help the Sustainable Coastlines crew with this massive job!<br />
Sat 10 Mar: 9am – 1pm. Register online, or on the day at<br />
Māngere Boating Club, Kiwi Esplanade, Māngere Bridge. You<br />
must wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes to participate. (No<br />
gumboots!) You’ll also need warm clothes, a raincoat, a sun<br />
hat, sunscreen, a drink (in a reusable bottle) and your favourite<br />
snacks. Sustainable Coastlines will provide reusable rubbish<br />
sacks, gloves, extra sunscreen, drinking water, hand sanitiser/<br />
soap & water for hand-washing, and refreshments at the end<br />
of the event. For more info, visit: sustainablecoastlines.org/<br />
event/manukau-harbour-public-clean-day/<br />
ADULT BIKE SKILLS & MAINTENANCE<br />
FREE drop-in session: Thurs 15 Mar, 6pm – 8pm at Centre Park,<br />
Robertson Rd, Māngere. Learn how to ride, improve your cycle<br />
skills, or find out how to look after your bike. No need to book,<br />
just turn up. Bikes will be available to borrow for the session<br />
on a first-come, first-served basis – so be early! For more info,<br />
see the events page @aucklandtransportcycling on Facebook.<br />
CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU NEEDS VOLUNTEERS<br />
Time to spare, or skills to share? Volunteer for Citizens Advice<br />
Bureau (CAB) in Māngere, Ōtāhuhu or Papatoetoe! The CAB<br />
is all about the client – making sure individuals do not suffer<br />
through ignorance of their rights and responsibilities. Apply<br />
online at www.cab.org.nz, or call or drop in. CAB Māngere is on<br />
the Orly Ave side of Māngere Town Centre (ph. 09 <strong>275</strong> 6885),<br />
CAB Ōtāhuhu is in the Tōia Precinct, 30–34 Mason Ave (ph. 09<br />
216 9813) and CAB Papatoetoe is at the back of the Town Hall,<br />
35A St George St, Old Papatoetoe (ph. 09 278 5191).<br />
FREE NEIGHBOURHOOD BBQ – 24 MARCH<br />
Sat 24 <strong>March</strong>, 5:30pm – 7pm. Bring your family and neighbours<br />
and join Māngere Connect for a FREE BBQ at Boggust Park,<br />
Favona, Yates/Ferguson Reserve, Māngere East OR Miami<br />
Park, Māngere East. Bring a picnic mat and salad, Māngere<br />
Connect will provide the meat! Sponsored by Māngere<br />
Ōtāhuhu Local Board, Māngere Community Patrol, CPNZ and<br />
Neighbourhood Support as part of Neighbours Day <strong>2018</strong><br />
(www.neighboursday.org.nz)<br />
FREE CLASSES IN MA – NGERE EAST<br />
Māngere East Community Centre runs FREE & low-cost classes<br />
in parenting, te reo Māori, Samoan, korowai, drivers licence<br />
theory, tai chi, zumba – and more! Visit www.mangereeast.org,<br />
email: fiona@mangereeast.org, ph. <strong>275</strong> 6161 or drop in to 372<br />
Massey Rd (behind the library) Māngere East to find out more.<br />
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