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Mangere community news. This month: Cycling in Mangere, Waikato war service, make your own maramataka (lunar calendar) - and more!
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EDITION #43<br />
JULY <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>275</strong> times<br />
<strong>275</strong><br />
Māngere’s<br />
times<br />
Our stories, our people, our Māngere<br />
Kōrero paki ō tatou, Tāngata ō tatou, Ngā Hau Māngere ō tatou<br />
GETTING ABOUT<br />
ONLY THE<br />
BRAVE?<br />
Cycling in Māngere<br />
Free!<br />
By Donna Wynd<br />
Cycling in Māngere and<br />
Ōtāhuhu should be easy.<br />
The roads are relatively flat,<br />
and most streets are wide<br />
enough to accommodate<br />
cars and bikes without<br />
too much trouble.<br />
The number of cyclists that<br />
commute and cycle for fun has<br />
grown over the last few years, and<br />
it’s now common to see lycraclad<br />
jocks and people in their hiviz<br />
vests and workboots zipping<br />
along in rush-hour traffic.<br />
Our young people and family<br />
groups are also riding bikes much<br />
more than they used to. And why<br />
not? It’s fun, cheap, and you don’t<br />
have to stress about parking.<br />
Room for improvement<br />
It’s not all beer and skittles, though.<br />
We sent our intrepid cycle reporter<br />
out to identify the prime areas<br />
for improved cycle safety.<br />
The verdict is in! Great South Road<br />
and Massey Road are scary. There<br />
are few cycleways, the lanes are<br />
narrow, and as main arterial routes,<br />
they’re used by heavy trucks, carcarriers,<br />
and oversized loads.<br />
Māngere East cyclists Alan & Emily Worman take refuge<br />
from Massey Road traffic at the Village Cafe. (Photo: Roger Fowler)<br />
Technically it’s illegal to cycle on the<br />
footpath, but that’s what many of us<br />
end up doing. That might be OK, but<br />
there are parts of Great South Road<br />
where there’s no footpath, either.<br />
Auckland Transport has talked up<br />
a big game to get people out of<br />
cars and onto bikes, but with the<br />
main South Auckland commuting<br />
routes dangerous to cyclists,<br />
it’s only the truly brave that will<br />
abandon the safety of their cars.<br />
This is made worse by a prevailing<br />
philosophy that appears to prioritise<br />
the needs of the freight industry.<br />
In suburbs such as Māngere and<br />
Ōtāhuhu, with their container yards<br />
and freight depots, the chances of<br />
the roads being made safe for cyclists<br />
any time soon is wishful thinking.<br />
Connecting to Sylvia Park?<br />
On the upside, Auckland Transport<br />
has committed to putting in a<br />
cycle path from Ōtāhuhu to Sylvia<br />
Park. This is planned to run down<br />
Church Street, across the footbridge<br />
then up the hill to Atkinson Ave.<br />
So far so good, at least for those<br />
who want to ride their bikes to<br />
Sylvia Park. In the meantime, the key<br />
piece of infrastructure in this plan<br />
– the footbridge at the bottom of<br />
Church Street – has effectively been<br />
blocked off by a pair of bollards.<br />
SNAFU! You might be able to get<br />
past in the daytime but don’t come<br />
back in the dark after you’ve had<br />
a few at a bar in Sylvia Park!<br />
WHAT’S INSIDE:<br />
P4: Keeping Māngere Beautiful P7: Make your own Maramataka
Parenting Facilitator Elaine Spark<br />
will use Ohomairangi Trust’s new<br />
7-seater electric van to transport<br />
families to parenting courses.<br />
Going electric<br />
By Bob van Ruyssevelt<br />
Ever more extreme<br />
weather conditions, rising<br />
sea levels and the new<br />
fuel tax are all reasons<br />
to consider a change to<br />
Electric Vehicles (EVs).<br />
Right now there are also extra<br />
incentives such as exemption<br />
from Road User Charges and the<br />
ability to use some bus and truck<br />
motorway on-ramps. There may<br />
never be a better time to buy.<br />
Ohomairangi Trust, which<br />
runs parenting courses at the<br />
Māngere East Community<br />
Centre, has obtained a<br />
generous 50% grant from the<br />
Government’s Low Emission<br />
Vehicles Contestable Fund<br />
(LEVCF) to buy six EVs.<br />
The new vehicles will be<br />
based in Māngere East, and<br />
will be used for making home<br />
visits and transporting parents<br />
to and from courses.<br />
Appropriately-named parenting<br />
facilitator Elaine Spark<br />
(pictured with the Trust’s new<br />
eNV200 seven-seater van)<br />
was surprised to find how<br />
easy an EV was to drive.<br />
With duties all over Auckland,<br />
Elaine is now busy locating<br />
the city’s public EV charging<br />
stations. The network of stations<br />
is expanding rapidly, and while<br />
some cost a small amount to<br />
use, others are currently free.<br />
The change to EVs will save the<br />
Trust thousands of dollars in<br />
vehicle operating costs such as<br />
fuel, licensing, and servicing.<br />
The new vehicles only need<br />
a quick $100 maintenance<br />
visit annually, and the<br />
main consumables are<br />
tyres and brakes.<br />
The money saved can be<br />
used to provide more valuable<br />
services to the community.<br />
Although EVs are not exactly<br />
cheap at the moment, prices<br />
will come down as they<br />
become more common. Used<br />
imports are available at more<br />
affordable prices, and as the<br />
big operators like Auckland<br />
Council, Air NZ and Meridian<br />
Energy turn over their fleets,<br />
more NZ-new EVs will come<br />
on to the secondhand market.<br />
Companies such as Meridian<br />
are offering their own incentives<br />
with some free power and<br />
the ability to take advantage<br />
of cheaper off-peak power.<br />
If you’re planning to replace<br />
your car or van soon, perhaps<br />
an EV might be for you!<br />
“Not one more acre!”<br />
At sunrise on 14 <strong>July</strong> 1863 the British<br />
invasion of the Waikato began.<br />
The war that had the most devastating<br />
effect on New Zealand society<br />
continues to the present day.<br />
We remember and will not forget.<br />
Join SOUL for a dawn service on Saturday,<br />
14 <strong>July</strong> this year at Monument Corner, Great<br />
South Rd, Ōtāhuhu, followed by a short hikoi<br />
to Fletcher Building’s HQ to challenge the<br />
new invaders of Māori land at Ihumātao.<br />
All welcome from 6:30am. Speeches<br />
at 7am. Hikoi begins at 8am.<br />
(“Not one more acre” was the slogan<br />
of the Māori Land March of 1975.)<br />
Right:Marchers prepare to join the hikoi<br />
at the Nixon monument in Ōtāhuhu in 2017.<br />
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Library<br />
knitting club<br />
celebrates<br />
3rd birthday<br />
By Lyndsey Smith<br />
Every Thursday for the past<br />
three years the Māngere East<br />
Library Knitting & Craft Club<br />
have been meeting up for a<br />
cup of tea and a chat over their<br />
knitting and craft projects.<br />
This friendly group of knitting and<br />
craft enthusiasts have been busy<br />
creating beautiful knitted and<br />
crocheted baby beanies, booties,<br />
jackets and blankets to donate to<br />
the babies at Middlemore Hospital.<br />
On 7 June the club celebrated their<br />
third anniversary of meeting every<br />
Thursday with a special morning tea.<br />
Over a cuppa, the members shared<br />
stories of how they first learned to<br />
knit. Mary explained that her father<br />
Above:Members of the Māngere East Library Knitting & Craft Club with clothes they’ve<br />
made for babies born at Middlemore Hospital. Clockwise from left: Sylvia, Naomi, Aria, Mary,<br />
Jean and Selwyn. (Photo: Lyndsey Smith)<br />
had originally taught her to knit on<br />
6-inch nails! She progressed from<br />
there to meat skewers. Others often<br />
had to learn through necessity or<br />
by being around older people.<br />
Mostly taught by older family<br />
members, the enthusiastic<br />
knitters have produced countless<br />
garments for the new little<br />
babies in the maternity ward<br />
at Middlemore Hospital.<br />
The knitting club provides a warm,<br />
friendly space at Māngere East<br />
Library for anyone who would like<br />
to come along and learn a new<br />
craft, share their knowledge and<br />
skills with others, or simply have a<br />
chat over a cup of tea and biscuits.<br />
Positive outcomes from the local board’s advocacy<br />
Tēnā koutou, tafola lava and greetings from our Local Board.<br />
Local Board<br />
chair Lemauga<br />
Lydia Sosene.<br />
As many of you will know,<br />
we take our responsibilities<br />
seriously to consider what’s<br />
good for the community.<br />
The proliferation of offlicences<br />
is one such issue<br />
which has a detrimental<br />
impact on our people,<br />
particularly on our youth.<br />
We have been at the forefront<br />
of this issue over many years<br />
and so it’s heartening to see<br />
the owners of the Curlew Bar<br />
withdraw their application<br />
for a liquor licence after<br />
local community groups<br />
such as the Māori Wardens<br />
voiced their concerns.<br />
This follows Grace’s Place<br />
in Māngere having its onlicence<br />
application declined<br />
by the District Licensing<br />
Committee in 2017.<br />
These decisions can give us<br />
hope that we can curb the<br />
spread of these venues.<br />
You may have also seen two<br />
other recent consent issues<br />
in the news. The first being a<br />
refusal of a resource consent<br />
application to use an Ōtāhuhu<br />
building as a boarding house<br />
following community and local<br />
board opposition. And secondly,<br />
we lodged our concerns<br />
over the potential health and<br />
environmental impacts from<br />
the operation of a factory<br />
to be built on Tidal Road.<br />
I raise these matters to highlight<br />
the great advocacy work<br />
being done by all our local<br />
board members in ensuring<br />
our community is safe.<br />
It’s also important you let us<br />
know about issues that you<br />
see so we can raise these<br />
issues through the channels<br />
we have available to us.<br />
Lastly, can I let you know<br />
about an exciting project<br />
that will greatly impact our<br />
area, particularly those in<br />
Māngere East. Thanks to our<br />
local board’s advocacy, the<br />
Auckland Council Governing<br />
Body has agreed to allocate<br />
funding for the development<br />
of the Māngere East precinct<br />
and Walter Massey Park.<br />
The plan is to improve access<br />
and connectivity in and around<br />
Māngere East and Walter<br />
Massey Park, so keep an eye<br />
out for further updates as more<br />
detailed plans come to light.<br />
Manuia,<br />
Lemauga Lydia Sosene<br />
Chair of the Māngere-<br />
Ōtāhuhu Local Board<br />
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Plastic<br />
pollution<br />
revolution<br />
By Justine Skilling<br />
Talking Rubbish, ME Family Services<br />
“What’s the biggest environmental<br />
problem facing us at the moment?”,<br />
I asked a group of young leaders from<br />
Southern Cross Campus last year.<br />
“Litter”, was the overwhelming<br />
response.<br />
While climate change might be the biggest threat<br />
to our continued existence on the planet, the<br />
rubbish in our streets, parks and waterways is the<br />
issue that we all see and deal with every day.<br />
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concerned about the littering and dumping going<br />
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Staff from Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Pool & Leisure Centre take a break<br />
during their recent clean up of the Tararata Stream in Māngere.<br />
on in her part of Māngere. During a recent<br />
presentation, Puna explained that rubbish<br />
dropped on our streets ends up in our streams,<br />
and flows into the Manukau Harbour.<br />
“Once it’s in the ocean, our rubbish will eventually<br />
join one of the enormous rubbish gyres [islands]<br />
floating around in the sea, some of which are bigger<br />
than six times the size of New Zealand!”, she said.<br />
Building community pride<br />
Toni Helleur (Crime and Safety Prevention Liaison<br />
for Māngere Town Centre) notices lots of litter<br />
dropped around the Town Centre – mostly cigarette<br />
butts and food packaging. “There’s a feeling of a<br />
‘lack of pride’ in our community”, she says. “We’re<br />
discussing this as a Town Centre, and looking<br />
at introducing new bins to encourage people<br />
to take more ‘community pride’ in this area.”<br />
Mucking in to clean up our rubbish<br />
Groups from around our community are<br />
responding to the problem and giving their<br />
time and effort to cleaning our place up.<br />
º º Friends of the Farm in Māngere Bridge<br />
organises regular community clean ups along<br />
the Manukau Harbour foreshore, filling dozens<br />
of bags with discarded packaging from takeaway<br />
meals and late-night drinking sessions.<br />
º º A group of young leaders from Do Good Feel<br />
Good are currently cleaning up and monitoring<br />
an alleyway between Deborah Place and Imrie<br />
Ave. “It’s not healthy and safe to be surrounded<br />
by all this rubbish”, says TOP SKWAD leader Laila.<br />
º º Recently, the staff from Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa<br />
Pool & Leisure Centre dedicated their staff<br />
team-building day to cleaning up the Tararata<br />
Stream in Māngere. “This year we wanted to do<br />
something to help our local community”, says<br />
centre manager Waitangi Mika. The group pulled<br />
four shopping trolleys and lots of household waste<br />
out of the stream during their morning’s clean up.
E hara i te para<br />
he rauemi ke<br />
It is not waste, but a resource<br />
Looking at the bigger problem<br />
Where does all this rubbish come from and what can<br />
be done to stop it ending up in the wrong places?<br />
It’s clear that this is a complex problem, which needs<br />
to be addressed on different levels. While clean ups are<br />
great for raising awareness of the issues and removing<br />
rubbish from our environment, they don’t stop people<br />
from continuing to litter and dump their waste.<br />
Frustrated whānau in Ihumātao have recently started<br />
their own group to tackle the issue in this area. Their<br />
group ‘Para Patrol’ is monitoring and reporting illegal<br />
dumping. “This is a fight for our entire whenua, to get<br />
people stop filling our lands with rubbish”, say Para<br />
Patrol rangatahi Ceejay Maitai and Honey Olsen.<br />
Businesses doing their bit<br />
Businesses in the area also need to start taking<br />
responsibility for the rubbish they’re bringing into<br />
Māngere. Hammer Hardware in Māngere Bridge is<br />
showing leadership in this, going plastic-bag free<br />
from 1 <strong>July</strong>, and Countdown has pledged to get<br />
rid of plastic packaging from its own products.<br />
Other shops in our community need to start thinking<br />
about the packaging they’re using and what impact<br />
it’s having on our environment. Imagine a plastic<br />
bag, plastic straw and polystyrene-free Māngere!<br />
Other options<br />
Having somewhere local to take our waste and<br />
unwanted stuff would give people options other<br />
than dumping in local parks and streams. And<br />
when it comes down to it, we all need to think<br />
about whether we need to be buying all this<br />
stuff that creates rubbish in the first place.<br />
For help with reducing rubbish at your place and<br />
getting rid of unwanted stuff, check out the Talking<br />
Rubbish website, or get in touch with us directly:<br />
http://www.mefsc.org.nz/whatwe-do/talking-rubbish/<br />
By Ceejay Maitai<br />
& Honey Olsen<br />
Kia ora, we are two Te<br />
Ahiwaru rangatahi from<br />
Makaurau Marae who have<br />
sadly witnessed illegal<br />
dumping here in Māngere.<br />
In the ’80s, sustainability was<br />
pushed aside, and because<br />
of that we’ve had to re-learn<br />
and re-teach the younger<br />
generations about it.<br />
Our tupuna were taught<br />
to use our land as their<br />
supermarket, the sea as<br />
their deli and the native<br />
bush as their pharmacy.<br />
They never had a choice<br />
to travel in a car or shop<br />
at a supermarket, where<br />
food is distributed in plastic<br />
packaging. They used<br />
kete made from flax to<br />
hold almost everything,<br />
hue or gourds for water<br />
bottles, and waka carved<br />
from quality wood as their<br />
main mode of transport.<br />
Para Patrol is an initiative<br />
driven by us as frustrated<br />
whānau in Ihumātao. We<br />
were brought together<br />
by our Aunt to ‘red-light’,<br />
name and shame illegal<br />
dumping around our<br />
papakainga and whenua.<br />
Our whakapapa (identity) is<br />
Ihumātao, where currently<br />
we are fighting for our<br />
whenua. This is a fight<br />
for our entire whenua, to<br />
get people to stop filling<br />
our lands with rubbish.<br />
Here in Māngere not<br />
enough people are<br />
managing their waste<br />
correctly. But is everything<br />
we purchase necessary in<br />
our lives? We are digging<br />
through our mountains,<br />
mining our sands and<br />
drilling for our oils to<br />
produce unnecessary items.<br />
As Para Patrol rangatahi,<br />
we’re also trying to stop<br />
the production of plastic.<br />
We think manufacturers<br />
should at least think about<br />
what they’re distributing.<br />
We’ve heard that milk used<br />
to be delivered in glass<br />
bottles, and the ‘empties’<br />
were collected and recycled.<br />
Our shopping used to be<br />
bagged in paper made<br />
from a renewable resource<br />
(trees). We think these<br />
practices should return.<br />
Soon we’ll be asking<br />
local small retailers to<br />
support Para Patrol’s<br />
“Kirihou Coup” where<br />
plastic bagging becomes<br />
a choice rather than the<br />
norm. We hope retailers<br />
and our communities will<br />
support this initiative.<br />
We’d really appreciate<br />
endorsement of our<br />
mahi from Māngere-<br />
Ōtāhuhu Local Board<br />
and Auckland Council<br />
and we’re only too happy<br />
to share our initiatives<br />
with our community.<br />
“E hara i te para he<br />
rauemi ke”. (It is not<br />
waste, but a resource).<br />
If you would like to know<br />
more or to help our<br />
efforts please contact<br />
justine@mefsc.org.nz<br />
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Left:Some of the first<br />
children to attend the<br />
Māngere East After School<br />
Centre. Kahu and Maia (third<br />
and fourth from left) went<br />
on to work at the Centre.<br />
Below:“Kermit” the<br />
Māngere East After School<br />
Centre’s first bus.<br />
Serving the<br />
community<br />
for 21 years<br />
Twenty-one years ago,<br />
a group of Māngere East<br />
parents got together<br />
around their pressing<br />
need for after-school<br />
care for their children.<br />
Recognising that many other<br />
families in the area shared the<br />
same problem, the group set up a<br />
Trust, and in April 1997 the Māngere<br />
East After School Centre opened<br />
its doors for the first time – inside<br />
what was then the Māngere<br />
People’s Centre in Massey Rd.<br />
Initially, parents Roger Fowler and<br />
Piu Autagavai’a drove their families’<br />
minibuses to pick up the children<br />
from the neighbouring schools,<br />
but as more families enrolled in<br />
the programme, the After School<br />
Centre purchased a 22-seater bus –<br />
and built an outdoor playground.<br />
Education for all<br />
When the People’s Centre moved<br />
its medical services to Manurewa<br />
in 2003, the After School team<br />
stepped in to keep the Centre’s<br />
adult education classes going.<br />
To reflect this broader mission, they<br />
also changed names, becoming the<br />
Māngere East Learning Centre.<br />
Since then, the community classes<br />
have expanded to include a range<br />
of parenting courses in partnership<br />
with Ohomairangi Trust – and the<br />
Centre’s name has changed again.<br />
Now known as the Māngere East<br />
Community Centre, the vibrant<br />
community hub offers weekly<br />
Zumba, Tai Chi, salsa and siva<br />
Samoa classes, as well as driverlicence<br />
tuition, and literacy and<br />
numeracy, te reo Māori, Samoan,<br />
and English language courses.<br />
Korowai, Taniko and ethnic craft<br />
classes are also enjoyed by many,<br />
and yoga and computer literacy<br />
are recent additions to the raft of<br />
learning opportunities at the Centre.<br />
Other activities include community<br />
workshops, two big community<br />
festivals each year, night markets,<br />
and the ‘Village Café’ at the front<br />
of the Māngere East Hall, which<br />
provides valuable work experience<br />
and healthy food options.<br />
The Māngere East After School<br />
Centre is still going strong too. It<br />
now runs a before-school service<br />
and popular holiday programmes,<br />
catering to over 50 local children.<br />
Plans for a new centre<br />
The local community has been<br />
strongly advocating for the old<br />
Centre buildings to be replaced<br />
with a big, purpose-built modern<br />
community centre, with multiple<br />
classrooms, early child care facilities,<br />
a gymnasium and community café.<br />
The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local<br />
Board have got in behind this<br />
endeavour that will transform life<br />
in the Māngere East community.<br />
Celebrate the 21st<br />
anniversary of the Māngere<br />
East Community Centre<br />
this Matariki: 6pm – 9pm,<br />
Saturday 11 <strong>July</strong> at the<br />
Māngere East Hall (Metro<br />
Theatre), 362 Massey Road.<br />
All welcome.<br />
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Day & evening programmes begin in <strong>July</strong>/August <strong>2018</strong><br />
Ma _ ngere East Community Centre, 372 Massey Rd, Ma _ ngere East<br />
ph. 09 263 0798 | e. admin@ohomairangi.co.nz | www.ohomairangi.co.nz
MARAMATAKA: TE RUA HONGONGOI – JULY<br />
By Ayla Hoeta<br />
The moon is shining<br />
bright this Matariki!<br />
Known as the Māori New Year,<br />
Matariki is also the name of<br />
a star that rises around<br />
June each year. It’s<br />
one of seven sister<br />
stars that can all<br />
be seen around<br />
the same time:<br />
• Matariki<br />
– eyes of<br />
Tāwhirimātea<br />
• Tupuā-rangi<br />
– sky<br />
tohunga<br />
• Waipuna-ārangi<br />
–<br />
sky spring<br />
• Waitī<br />
– sweet<br />
water<br />
• Tupuā-nuku<br />
– Earth<br />
tohunga<br />
• Ururangi<br />
– entry to<br />
the heavens<br />
• Waitā – sprinkle<br />
of water<br />
Make sure you head<br />
down to one of the events<br />
around town this month to<br />
find out more about Matariki!<br />
KEY DATES FOR<br />
TE RUA HONGONGOI:<br />
26, 27 & 28 June – Oturu,<br />
Rakaunui & Rakau Ma Tohi:<br />
Highest-energy days. Great for<br />
planting, sports and other things<br />
that require a lot of energy.<br />
30 June, 1 & 2 <strong>July</strong> – Korekore Te<br />
Whiawhia, Korekore Te Rawea<br />
& Korekore Piri nga Tangaroa:<br />
Low energy days. Good for quieter<br />
activities like reflecting, planning<br />
and relaxing with whānau.<br />
3, 4 & 5 <strong>July</strong> – Tangaroa A Mua,<br />
Tangaroa A Roto & Tangaroa<br />
kiokio: Fruitful days. There’s lots of<br />
ika to catch, and kai flourishes when<br />
planted on these days. There’s also a<br />
greater chance of positive outcomes,<br />
so now might be a good time to<br />
ask your boss for that day off!<br />
7, 8 & 9 <strong>July</strong> – Orongonui,<br />
Omauri & Mutuwhenua: Good<br />
for planting all types of kai.<br />
10 <strong>July</strong> – Whiro: Lowest<br />
energy day and darkest<br />
night. A great time to<br />
reflect, rest and plan.<br />
15, 16 & 17 <strong>July</strong> –<br />
Tamatea a Ngana,<br />
Tamatea a Hotu<br />
& Tamatea a Io:<br />
Moderate energy<br />
days. Great for fishing.<br />
Good ‘all round’ days.<br />
Make your own<br />
MARAMATAKA<br />
1. Cut out the two circles on this page.<br />
2. Place the small circle inside the big<br />
one. Put a pin through the middle of<br />
both circles, then push the pin into the<br />
wall to hang up your maramataka.<br />
3. Set the month. (Each month starts<br />
on Rakaunui, which falls a day<br />
before the full moon (West Coast)<br />
OR on the full moon (East Coast).<br />
4. In <strong>July</strong> this year, the full moon is on<br />
the 27th, so turn the small dial<br />
until the number ‘27’ lines up with<br />
‘Rakaunui’ on the big dial.<br />
Thanks whānau! If you<br />
need more copies of the<br />
maramataka dial or help<br />
setting it, email me: ayla.<br />
hoeta@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz<br />
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Community Notices<br />
MANUKAU SOCCER HOLIDAY PROGRAMME<br />
<strong>July</strong> 16–18 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). For juniors /<br />
youth aged 9 to 19. Walter Massey Park, corner Massey &<br />
Buckland Rds, Māngere East. $20 per day (includes free t-shirt<br />
and bootbag). To register, call Hone: 021 299 0210 or email<br />
manukauunitedfootballclub@gmail.com<br />
MA – NGERE EAST HOLIDAY PROGRAMME<br />
Make the most of the school holidays at Māngere East<br />
Community Centre. Get into our great local facilities, as well as<br />
trips to activities such as Bounce’n’Beyond, Ōtara Fresh Gallery,<br />
Skateland, rock climbing, Mumuland, beaches and more! For<br />
school children aged 5–14. WINZ subsidies are available. Ellina<br />
and Mat can assist you with your application. Don’t miss out –<br />
register today: oscarcoordinator@mangereeast.org.<br />
ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT (A2E)<br />
Get assistance with your CV and connect with people who<br />
can help you in your search for a job. The A2E programme is<br />
a relaxed, informal, FREE session held in the Māngere Town<br />
Centre Library at 10:30am on Fridays. Meet other locals and<br />
hear from employers and training agencies. All ages and<br />
backgrounds welcome.<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. CAB<br />
especially needs volunteers who are available 12.30pm–4pm.<br />
To apply, ph. 09 <strong>275</strong> 6885 (Māngere), 09 278 5191 (Papatoetoe)<br />
or 09 216 9813 (Ōtāhuhu) for an appointment. You can also<br />
email mangere@cab.org.nz or apply online at www.cab.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. 09 <strong>275</strong> 6161 or drop in to<br />
372 Massey Rd (behind the library) Māngere East to learn more.<br />
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