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Onehunga Festival 2023
Bring the whole whanau along to the Onehunga Festival 2023 on Saturday 4th March, from 10.30am to 3.00pm at Onehunga Bay Reserve to enjoy a day of free entertainment and activities!
Watch the much-anticipated cardboard boat race at 10:55am, followed by upbeat stage performances from local cultural and dance groups. The last performance will be at 2:00pm with the famous Auckland covers band Hands Off.
There'll be lots to keep the kids busy, including Little Bo Peeps Mobile Farm, The Bubble Man, face painting, balloon twisting, plus amusements to suit all ages, such as a 7-metre Climbing Wall, X-Run Slide, Goliath Obstacle Course and a Bouncy Castle.
Delicious food and beverages and a great range of retail and community stalls will be available.
The Onehunga Festival is a zero-waste, sustainable and smoke-free event which is proudly sponsored by:
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Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board
Onehunga Business Association
Four Winds Foundation
Thank you to our supporters:
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Onehunga Community Patrol
Onehunga Community News
Auckland Transport
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Three lovely black miniature poodle puppies available now
9 weeks old
The breeder is registered with Dogs NZ and we can provide papers for the pups.
The puppies have been vaccinated and wormed.
The puppies are available for sale now.
There are two girls and one boy. We've called them Honey, Heather and Horatio, but of course you can choose your own name.
They are sweet and very bright - they are playful, but also love cuddles.
The puppies are purebred pedigree miniature poodles, and are $2,000
PM me if you are interested and you'd like to come and meet them.
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Q&A: Ask a question about...Online Safety
Continuing with Neighbourly's online Q&A with experts in their field, this week we are tackling online safety with Jandy Fiske from Netsafe.
Jandy Fiske has been with Netsafe for nearly 8 years. Starting on their helpline, she's now Netsafe's Community Engagement Advisor. Jandy says: 'I'm passionate about online safety because I strongly oppose bullying and want to support those affected by it.'
Jandy is passionate about protecting vulnerable communities and is promoting online safety to ensure no one falls prey to online scams. She can answer your questions about any type of online scams, and also about online harm such as online bullying.
↓ Ask your question below now and she'll be online on Wednesday, 11th September to reply to you ↓
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Police are investigating after a bus driver was allegedly punched in the face and "had some teeth knocked" out in Avondale.
Police said it was alerted to the incident at about 10.17am yesterday.
"The driver received facial injuries and was transported to hospital," a spokesperson said.
"Police are making inquiries into the assault to identify those involved."
Tramways Union president Gary Froggatt said the driver was allegedly punched in the face by a passenger.
Froggatt wanted more to be done about "issues like this".
"I realise you can't have a policeman on every bus, but the drivers and the unions seem to be left out of the conversation.
"He's in hospital getting stitches put in his knee. He had his teeth knocked out," he said.
Froggatt said he got "about three or four calls like this" from drivers a month.
"I feel for the family, the drivers should be able to go to work and go home safe."
Auckland Transport said it was aware of the incident and assisting police with their investigation.
Group manager of public transport operations Rachel Cara said the bus operator was ensuring the driver has the support they need.
"We operate over 13,000 bus services every weekday and fortunately the majority of our passengers are amazing, but these isolated incidents are concerning.
"Our bus drivers work tirelessly to keep Aucklanders moving and deserve to feel safe in their place of work.
"We continue to work closely with police, other agencies and communities to improve safety on public transport."
Police urged witnesses to call 105.
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