275 Times November 2016

EDITION #25 

NOVEMBER 2016 

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Bringing pedal power to the people 

You’ve seen him 

on TV, in the 

newspaper and 

even on billboards 

around our streets, 

but Teau Aiterau 

is more than just a 

Māngere celebrity. 

He’s the hard-working 

and generous guy 

behind Māngere BikeFIT 

(Future In Transport), 

which celebrated its first 

anniversary on Labour Day. 

The cycling club has 

introduced hundreds of 

kids and older beginners 

to bike riding, road safety 

and bike repair through its 

school holiday programmes 

and community events. 

Cycling Capital 

Teau says his work is about 

promoting health and 

fitness in Māngere and 

having fun while doing it. 

“Our vision is for Māngere to 

become the ‘Cycling Capital 

of the Pacific’,” he says. “We 

hope to have more people 

on bikes and push for 

more bike lanes to connect 

schools, shops and parks.” 

All Teau’s programmes are 

based out of the Māngere 

Community House on 

Robertson Road. He has 

a large number of bikes 

which young and old can 

use for free to improve 

their cycling skills. 

Above: Teau Aiterau has introduced hundreds of kids in Māngere 

to bike riding, bike repair and road safety. 

“Cycling is the go for me 

and I want to see our 

kids healthier. I’ve been 

running this programme 

so we can teach kids all 

about bikes, about safety, 

how to fix bikes and 

how to build them. And 

then we go for rides.” 

Teau doesn’t cycle just 

for fitness but also to 

stay alive. The Māngere 

resident lost both parents 

to weight-related illness 

and his oldest brother is 

bed-ridden due to obesity. 

Teau started exercising 

as a way to ensure he 

didn’t follow the same 

path as his family. 

“At my heaviest I was 252 

kilos,” he says. “But seeing 

how obesity affected my 

family motivated me to get 

out there. I don’t want to 

end up like that. So every 

morning I jump on my bike 

and do a 30km cycle – all 

before 9am. I love it.” 

Teau now weighs around 

150kg, but weight-loss 

isn’t his only goal. 

“The more you exercise 

the better you feel and the 

more weight you lose – 

and then it doesn’t matter 

what you eat,” he says. 

Inspired? Get on 

your bike with Teau 

Māngere BikeFIT has 

planned a ‘Bike the Bridge’ 

day on 13 November, 

and ‘Māngere Have a Tri’ 

event on 25 November. 

Go to https://www. 

facebook.com/tripleteez 

for more info about upcoming 

events run by the 

Māngere BikeFIT team. 

Can you help Teau? 

To keep up his great work 

Teau needs support. With 

275 Times’ help, Māngere 

BikeFIT is running a fundraising 

and awareness 

campaign to ensure that 

the club becomes a more 

sustainable and permanent 

part of our community. 

Skills, Time & Tools 

The top five things Māngere 

BikeFIT needs help with are: 

1. Skilled volunteers to assist 

with after-school and 

holiday programmes – 

you’ll need a knowledge 

of bikes and the ability to 

form positive relationships 

with children. 

2. Someone with admin 

skills and/or an understanding 

of charitable 

organisations to help 

with applying for grants. 

3. A car with a tow ball 

and trailer to take the 

bicycles around schools. 

4. Tools for repairing bikes. 

5. Spare bike parts, or 

money to buy them. 

Please contact Teau on 022 

360 5748 if you can help 

with any of these items. 

Give-A-Little 

A Give-A-Little page has been 

set up so you can donate 

to the club’s programmes: 

www.givealittle.co.nz/ 

cause/bikefit 

As Teau would say, let’s “keep 

those wheels spinning!” and 

get behind Māngere BikeFIT. 

WHAT’S INSIDE: P2: Violence not OK P5: Gardener recognised P7: Cricket champs need help

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Students say family violence is not OK 

Two years after students at Māngere 

College launched a campaign 

against family violence, the 

programme is still going strong. 

This year started with a leadership 

camp at Hunua Falls run by student 

services staff. During the weekend, 

current and new ‘It’s not OK’ 

champions were trained to help 

provide assistance to, and refer, 

students experiencing family violence. 

The champions learnt about what 

family violence is, where to go for 

help and how to support and refer 

their peers at school. They also 

learnt leadership skills, participated 

in team-building exercises and had 

lots of fun – and not much sleep. 

The school’s annual ‘It’s not OK’ 

day was held on October 13 and 

focussed on the junior school. The 

school’s health council made orange 

ribbons for all staff and students, 

and teachers and champions wore 

their ‘It’s not OK’ t-shirts. At lunchtime 

the police joined students 

in a fun game of volleyball while 

health council members handed 

out oranges to staff and students. 

After lunch the juniors attended a 

special assembly where they learnt 

more about the ‘It’s not OK’ antifamily-violence 

programme. 

The champions used spokenword 

and dance as a way of 

Community café Turns 15 

Emeline Afeaki-Mafile’o 

was only 25 when she set 

up Affirming Women, but 

she knew she wanted to 

run her own mentoring 

and educational programmes 

in South Auckland 

schools to develop 

leadership skills and to 

make a difference. 

Based on the Pacific model 

of Tupu’anga (to grow from 

your roots), mentors work 

with young people across 

all school levels addressing 

social and educational 

needs such as literacy, 

numeracy and transitioning 

from school to work. 

What started out in a twobedroom 

unit in Papatoetoe 

in 2001 has now turned into 

a business that has helped 

thousands of young people. 

communicating the anti-violence 

message. They also shared with the 

juniors what champions are and why 

they had become champions, and 

encouraged any students who were 

worried about family violence to 

approach them in the playground. 

The company changed 

names from Affirming 

Works to AW and is now 

run by Emeline and 

her husband Alipate. 

Alipate runs the Tupu’anga 

Coffee business in 

Tonga and is responsible 

for sustainable coffee 

production and the 

community cafés in New 

Zealand, while Emeline 

looks after the mentoring 

side of the business. 

They are a formidable team 

and base their organisation 

on traditional strong 

family values of love and 

respect, helping others, and 

working in collaboration 

with the community. 

Emeline, a trained social 

worker, was the writer for 

the Tongan Family Violence 

Conceptual Framework and 

Training manual for Family 

Violence Practitioners; 

Fofola e fala kae talanoa 

e kainga. She was also 

a member of the Pacific 

Advisory Group (PAG) 

for the Ministry of Social 

Development for 7 years. 

Emeline’s initiative, drive 

and huge contribution to 

the Pasifika community 

has seen her win one of 

Above: Police joined Māngere College’s student 

champions for a game of volleyball during the 

school’s ‘It’s not OK’ day in October. 

Left: Student champions spread the antiviolence 

message to juniors at Māngere College, 

and explained where to get help. 

IT IS OK TO ASK FOR HELP 

If you are in immediate danger, 

dial 111 and ask for the Police. 

Free phone 0800 456 450 for 

information about services 

that can help you if you are 

experiencing or witnessing 

violence, or want to change 

your own behaviour. 

Above: Emeline Afeaki-Mafile’o (second from left) at the Community Cafe 

the most prestigious New 

Zealand prizes for women 

– the Women of Influence 

Award (for community 

service and social enterprise). 

She was also awarded the 

Sir Peter Blake Emerging 

Leader Award in 2006. 

The Māngere community 

café is located at Nga 

Tohu o Uenuku / 

Māngere Arts Centre.

māngere east 

Festival 

Saturday 19 November 

Walter Massey Park 

Hain Ave, Māngere ¯ East, Auckland 

BIKEFIT REP FM 

FOODSTALLS FUN 

MANGERE ¯ 

EAST 

PRIMARY SCHOOL 

TE KURA MAORI ¯ 

O NGA ¯ TAPUWAE 

UNITY PACIFC 

12–5pm 

& HOUSE 

OF SHEM 

To find out 

More, Or to 

Volunteer 

Drop in | Email: info@mangereeast.org 

Phone 09 275 6161 | www.mangereeast.org 

Facebook: @MangereEastFestival

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Above: Human rights activist and lawyer Moana Jackson (right) calls 

for the end of prisons at Māngere Central Community Hall. 

MOANA JACKSON: NO PRIDE IN PRISONS 

Over 100 people attended 

the No Pride in Prisons 

meeting at Māngere 

Central Community Hall 

on October 26 to hear 

from prominent Māori 

human rights activist and 

lawyer, Moana Jackson. 

Moana outlined the 

history of prisons in NZ 

and their use as a tool of 

colonisation – including 

during the land grab, 

when prisons were used 

to ‘contain the natives’. 

He reminded us that 

we are all responsible 

for calling out racism in 

government systems, as 

well as classist attitudes 

that maintain inequalities. 

No Pride in Prisons 

advocates the abolition of 

all prisons. The initiative 

is part of a bigger project, 

one that seeks to challenge 

the values that underpin 

our social systems and 

reinvent the ways we 

relate to one another. 

Through constitutional 

transformation we can 

move towards healing 

– both for the parties 

who have been harmed, 

and the perpetrators – a 

state of tika or justice, 

in pursuit of just-ness. 

Moana ended with a quote 

from Martin Luther King 

on the Vietnam war: 

History teaches that 

“the arc of the moral 

universe is long, but it 

bends toward justice.” 

MARAMATAKA: 

November 2016 

By Ayla Hoeta 

Kia ora tātou, as those of you who’ve 

been following this column will 

already know, the maramataka 

(moon calendar) is based 

on three connected 

elements: the sky 

(Te Rangi), land 

(Te Whenua) and 

water (Te Moana). 

You can use the 

maramataka dial 

(featured in previous 

editions of 275 

Times) to predict 

natural activity. 

This month, the 

high-energy days 

Ōturu, Rākaunui 

and Rākau Mātohi 

(which are best for 

sports and outdoor 

activities), are Nov 

14–16. The best days 

for fishing and 

planting are Tangaroa a mua and 

Tangaroa a roto, which fall on Nov 

21–22. The Oike day (te ra Oike) falls 

on Nov 17. This is the best day for 

weeding and tidying up the whenua. 

The maramataka can also help us 

predict the coming of seasons and 

different parts of the season. The 

seven periods of summer (raumati) 

can be identified by patterns of 

flowering trees, ripening berries 

and so on. These periods are: 

Matiti Kura: This first phase is 

triggered by the ripening of the 

small red berries in the bush. It 

happens toward the end of October. 

Matiti Hana: The second phase 

occurs when the puawananga or 

puareinga (clematis) flowers turn the 

canopy of the forest a brilliant white. 

Matiti Muramura: The third 

phase is noted for the flowering 

of the northern rātā and the old 

pohutukawa. The canopy turns from 

white (hana) to red (muramura). 

Matiti Kaiwai: This is the middle of 

summer, when the ground is so dry 

it opens up and thirsts for water. 

Matiti Raurehu: The most difficult 

phase to detect, this usually occurs in 

early February. It may even precede 

the rise of the harvest star Whanui. 

You can recognise this phase by 

a white dust-like substance on 

the lawn that resembles a frost. 

Matiti Rautapata: The sixth 

phase is easy to spot if you are 

near the bush. The the seed pods 

burst and the seeds fall (tapata) 

onto the dry leaf bed below. 

Matiti Rauangina: The last phase is 

also easy to identify: just keep an eye 

out for leaves that swing to and fro as 

they fall from the trees. This rhythmic 

dance is called ‘te angina’ or free fall. 

At the start of November we are 

in Matiti Hana and by the end 

we are in Matiti Muramura. 

Try observing the flowering 

patterns if you can, and see the 

beautiful pohutukawa blossom. 

Contact me on Facebook 

for further info or for a 

maramataka dial: Ayla Hoeta 

– Miss Five Crowns NZ Finalist.

5 

Above: Metua Aerenga is a finalist in the 2016 Gardener of the Year awards. 

National recognition for 

dedicated Māngere gardener 

Māngere was once known as the food bowl of Auckland, 

and that heritage continues in the many fruit and vege 

gardens flourishing around our community today. 

Māngere local Metua Aerenga has a hand in several 

of them, although he wasn’t always a gardener. 

By Justine Skilling 

Waste Minimisation Facilitator 

Talking Rubbish, ME Family Services 

Born in the Cook Islands, “on the 

little island of Mauke”, Metua moved 

to New Zealand in 1973. He started 

out at the freezing works in Bluff, 

but eventually moved to Auckland. 

For 17 years he worked as a carpenter 

on building sites, until eyesight 

problems forced him to give up his 

job. “That’s why I’m not working”, says 

Metua. “Otherwise I’d have another 100 

years to go. I’m capable of carrying 

on but my eyesight let me down”. 

So Metua found an activity that he 

could do even with poor vision: 

gardening. “I already knew how 

to garden”, he says. “That’s what 

we do back home. If we don’t 

plant, there’s nothing to eat!” 

He went down to the Māngere Town 

Centre garden and met fellow Cook 

Islander and gardening legend Tom 

Wichman. At the time, Tom was 

helping out in the Māngere College 

garden. Metua followed him and 

still works there on Wednesdays, 

tending the fertile plots and inspiring 

a new generation of gardeners. 

“If we don’t plant, 

there’s nothing to eat!” 

When the Town Centre gardens 

closed, Metua found a new home 

at the Old School Reserve Teaching 

Garden. Here he works a large plot, 

producing enough veges to feed his 

family and friends all year round. 

Metua’s gardening style blends knowledge 

from home with new learnings 

from fellow gardeners in Māngere. 

In the Islands, he grew mainly taro, 

arrowroot and kumara, as there were 

hardly any seeds available for greens. 

Now, alongside root vegetables, his 

gardens also burst with silverbeet, 

lettuce and kale. He still follows the 

traditional ‘arapo’ or Cook Island 

moon calendar for planting kumara. 

In the Islands, his garden and food 

waste was burnt or given to the pigs 

and chooks. In Māngere, Metua has 

learnt to return nutrients to the soil 

through composting and sowing 

lupins and mustard over winter. 

He has also created raised beds from 

scrap wood, concrete and plastic 

crates – a great way to keep these 

items out of landfill and save money. 

All this gardening knowledge is freely 

shared with the Māngere College 

garden club, some of whom “didn’t 

know anything about lettuce or 

vegetables or how to cook them” 

when they started. Sometimes 

they’ll use an outdoor stove at the 

College gardens and cook up a 

feed from the garden together. 

Most days, Metua can be found in 

one of the gardens that he tends. 

“I love gardening”, says Metua. “It’s 

something to do. I don’t like sitting”. 

A humble man, Metua’s gardening 

talents are now being recognised 

in the wider community, with 

a nomination for 2016 Gardena 

Gardener of the Year. “[Metua’s] 

nomination by Māngere College 

recognises the hard work he’s done in 

the local community to mentor and 

inspire young people in setting up 

their own gardens at home”, says NZ 

Gardener Magazine’s Christine Rush. 

Metua is one of only five finalists 

for the award nationwide. 

Congratulations Metua – we wish 

you all the best in the final round!

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Spark proud to 

make a difference 

to 275 Times 

Spark recently ran a campaign internally 

for its staff called ‘One Spark One Wish’ 

which gave employees of the company 

the chance to nominate a community 

group to receive a donation. Twenty-four 

schools, sports clubs, community groups 

and cultural organisations were presented 

with a donation to put towards an area 

or project that needed it the most. 

One of the chosen recipients was Māngere’s 

275 Times, which was nominated by 

Spark’s Senior Analyst, Rachel Fleming. 

Rachel put forward 275 Times because she 

has roots in Māngere, having previously 

worked in the area as well as having friends 

who are active members in Māngere. 

She also loves the positive impact the 

newspaper has on the community. 

“Māngere is a wonderful place that 

isn’t celebrated enough in mainstream 

media, so I wanted to nominate 275 

Times as it aims to challenge stereotypes 

and encourage a strong sense of 

community pride,” she explains. 

The $2,000 grant from Spark has allowed 

275 Times to enhance the quality of 

paper used and grow from a four-page 

newsletter to an eight-page magazine. 

The organisation has also been able to 

expand the circulation to now include over 

140 sites throughout the Māngere area. 

“It’s proven that there’s an increased sense 

of community pride when individuals 

read positive news about their area,” says 

Rachel. “It was great to have been given 

the opportunity to assist 275 Times with 

providing a platform for the people of 

Māngere to communicate their stories 

back to their local community.” 

Congratulations! 

to Māngere music producer Anonymouz 

(Matthew Faiumu Salapu), who received 

the Emerging Pacific Artist Award at this 

year’s Creative NZ Pacific Arts Awards. 

Thank you from 

Behind the Wheel 

Since launching in February 

this year, it’s been a really 

positive journey for Behind 

the Wheel Māngere. 

The programme feels a like a 

part of the Māngere community 

and has been taken under 

the wing of local leaders. It’s 

awesome to hear and share 

all the stories of success, and 

see Behind the Wheel help 

the community to make the 

roads a safer place together. 

Here are some awesome 

achievements worth celebrating: 

ÊÊ91 Pledge Teams 

ÊÊOver 216 young people 

who have got their Learner 

Licence and over 48 who 

have progressed to their 

Restricted or Full Licence 

ÊÊOver 250 Learner Licence 

workshop attendees 

ÊÊOver 200 Licensing Support 

workshop attendees 

ÊÊOver 134 Restricted and Full 

Licensing workshop attendees 

One person who has been 

a leading force in holding 

things together is Programme 

Manager, Kathy Chinn. Kathy’s 

efforts in collaborating on the 

programme with the community 

and agencies have helped 

community leaders to own and 

keep Behind the Wheel moving. 

As we come to the end of the 

year, we want to acknowledge 

everyone’s efforts and 

look ahead to the future 

of Behind the Wheel. 

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Above: Kathy Chinn (right), Programme Manager for Behind the Wheel Māngere. 

“It’s been truly amazing to 

collaborate with Māngere 

and Kathy. She has been so 

integral to driving Behind the 

Wheel forward and I know that 

Māngere has become really 

close to her heart. We’re excited 

for what the future holds for 

Behind the Wheel Māngere and 

hope that it continues to thrive.” 

– Jo from Curative (creative agency 

for Behind the Wheel Māngere) 

“Kathy has been inspirational 

in her role as coordinator of 

the BTW project. She has taken 

ideas and made them a reality 

while advocating for community 

in a meaningful way.” 

– Hone Fowler (Māngere 

East Community Centre) 

“It has been exciting to help 

whānau support their rangatahi 

through their licensing journey. 

Kathy Chinn, you have been 

a stunning project leader and 

I know there are some big 

shoes to fill. Nevertheless, 

we will endeavour to keep 

Behind the Wheel alive for the 

benefit of our communities.” 

– Val Teraitua (Papatūānuku 

Kōkiri Marae) 

A massive well done and 

thank you to everyone who 

has been involved in making 

Behind the Wheel Māngere 

what it is today. Now, it’s time 

to look forward to the future: 

continuing to support our 

young people and making the 

roads of Māngere a safer place.

Manukau City AFC member named Player of the Year 

Football is on the up 

and up in Māngere. 

After being crowned champions in 

Division 2 of the Northern Regional 

Football League (NRFL), Māngere 

East-based club Manukau City AFC 

have followed up with their top goal 

scorer Ubaldo Nuñez Espinoza earning 

the title of Player Of The Year for the 

northern region (which covers the 

upper half of the North Island). 

Chairman Duncan Edwards is happy 

with how the club is developing. “The 

award is fantastic for Ubaldo – and 

well deserved,” he says. “It’s also a 

sign that we’re doing things well as 

a club. With Kevin Fallon (Manukau 

City coach) voted NRFL Divison 2 

Coach of the Year, the men’s team 

winning the 2016 Championship, and 

the high-standard of ladies', youth 

and juniors' football it all adds to the 

positive atmosphere. I feel we are 

putting a stake in the ground and are 

starting to be taken seriously within 

the football community in NZ.” 

“With the potential and talent in 

football being largely untapped in 

Māngere and throughout the South 

Auckland region, we see this past 

year as just the first step”, Duncan 

says. “We are extremely excited about 

developing further opportunities 

through football, especially among 

the diverse and youthful population 

in the Manukau region.” 

Player of the Year: Ubaldo Nuñez Espinoza from 

Māngere East’s Manukau City AFC has been 

named the northern region’s best player across 

all men’s divisions for 2016. 

7 

Viscount’s 

champs 

need help 

to reach 

Nationals 

Viscount’s Year 7/8 girls’ 

cricket team has beaten 

all comers this year to 

take out the Auckland 

Championship title. Now 

they need help to get to the 

National championships 

in Christchurch. 

By Keith Gayford 

Principal, Viscount Learning Community 

Diocesan School and Somerville 

Intermediate School fell away 

in the semi-finals, then Belmont 

Intermediate School (last year’s 

champs) were beaten soundly in 

the final by the Viscount team. 

Outstanding bowling and fielding 

allowed Viscount to dismiss 

seven Belmont players for ducks, 

and restricted their team total 

to 92 for 8 in their 20 overs. 

Viscount openers Tame Taupa’u and 

Adyhanna Urika-Filifilia scored 40 and 

26 respectively, and chased down 

the Belmont target in 12.5 overs. 

The win means that Viscount 

gets the chance to play for the NZ 

Championship title in Christchurch 

at the end of November – going up 

against the best teams from every 

cricketing province in the country. 

Since 2000, when NZ championships 

were first organised for Year 7/8 

students, the Viscount girls’ cricket 

team has played in every Auckland 

final except one – winning the 

regional champion’s title nine times. 

“Finding the $6,000 needed 

for the four-day trip to 

Christchurch could de-rail 

this year’s adventure.” 

At the NZ Championships, Viscount 

has finished 3rd three times, 2nd 

three times, and 1st once in 2001. 

Maybe this year the girls will 

be able to attach the title of NZ 

Champions to their school again. 

The format of the national competition 

means that the finalists from 

each province are only selected late 

in October each year. Unfortunately, 

this leaves very little time for schools 

like Viscount to find the money to 

get their girls to the competition, 

which is always held in either 

Palmerston North or Christchurch. 

While Viscount Learning Community 

is rightly proud of their team, 

finding the $6,000 needed for the 

four-day trip to Christchurch could 

de-rail this year’s adventure. 

Regional Champs: Viscount Learning 

Community’s Year 7/8 girls’ cricket team with 

their trophy. The team needs to raise $6,000 to 

contest the NZ Championship in Christchurch. 

(Photo: Stuff.co.nz) 

Viscount is a Decile 1A school in the 

heart of Māngere and there’s not much 

cash left in the school’s lockers at this 

time of the year. We are definitely 

going to need some help from 

somewhere in a very short time-frame. 

Success in forums such as the 

NZ cricket scene doesn’t come 

easily or cheaply — however, this 

kind of success is like gold dust in 

a community like Viscount. The 

chance to compete with the best 

in the country, in a sport where 

the odds are not stacked in your 

favour, only comes within your 

grasp a few times over the years. 

Lets hope that one or more of the 

many community trusts around our 

country can find a way to support this 

hard working group of young girls. 

If you can help the team get to 

Christchurch, please get in touch. 

Email: keithg@viscount.school.nz 

or phone: 09 275 4699.

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Community Notices 

MANGERE EAST FESTIVAL – 19 NOVEMBER 

An annual FREE celebration of food, fun, and family – featuring 

House of Shem, Unity Pacific and upcoming local talent. 

Saturday 19 November, 12pm–5pm at Walter Massey Park, Hain 

Ave, Māngere East. To volunteer, call 09 275 6161, email info@ 

mangereeast.org, drop in to the Māngere East Community 

Centre (372 Massey Rd) or find the festival on Facebook: 

@MangereEastFestival 

DARE TO EXPLORE – AUCKLAND LIBRARIES 

Looking for fun, FREE ways to keep your tamariki learning and 

building their reading skills over summer? Sign up for ‘Kia Māia 

te Whai – Dare to Explore’ at Auckland Libraries. The summer 

reading programme is for ages 5–13 and starts on Mon 12 

December. Along with fun summer challenges in English and 

te reo Māori to stretch your brain, the libraries have books and 

graphic novels to hook in readers of all ages. There are also free 

activities throughout the holidays. Visit http://aucklandlibraries. 

govt.nz for more details. Then get along to your local library and 

join the fun! 

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU NEEDS VOLUNTEERS 

Time to spare or skills to share? The Citizens Advice Bureau 

(CAB) is looking for volunteers in Māngere and Ōtāhuhu. The 

CAB is all about the client – making sure that individuals do not 

suffer through ignorance of their rights and responsibilities, and 

that communities are responsibly developed. CAB volunteers 

ask questions and actively listen to the answers to find out what 

information, advice and support clients need. Contact the CAB 

Māngere for more info on how to get involved. Find them at 

Māngere Town Centre behind the library (Orly Avenue side). 

Ph. 09 275 6885 or email: Māngere@cab.org.nz 

NGA TOHU O UENUKU / MANGERE ARTS CENTRE 

Altered Egos: Sat 12 November – Sun 15 January 2017 

Interactive exhibition of illustration and animation, featuring two 

world-class Māngere illustrators. Ali Cowley and Michel Mulipola 

lead a talented team that includes Nanai Tolovae Jr. Jimmy Vea 

and Te Iwihoko Te Rangihirawea. Create your own comic and 

contribute to the exhibition with a collaborative drawing work 

and an interactive drawing app. 

Tufunga Arts Trust Exhibition: Fri 18 – Sat 26 November 

Works by South Auckland artists as part of the 2016 Outsider Art 

Fair New Zealand. Tufunga Arts Trust provides access to the arts 

and positive social engagement for people with mental health 

disabilities. 9am–5pm Monday to Friday, and from 10am–4pm 

on Saturday. https://www.facebook.com/Mangereartscentre/ 

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