Noah Hickey encourages students to Shine

Former New Zealand All White Noah Hickey is helping to motivate and inspire high school students across South Auckland with his Shine mentoring programme.
The year-long programme was created by Hickey and Sam Luteru of AUT’s Sports and Recreation Department in 2007 to get year 11 to year 13 students more interested in academic learning.
Hickey believes New [...]

Cultures unite to rid Auckland of crime

South Auckland crime protests will hit Queen Street prior to the election, says the chairman of the Asian Anti-Crime Group, Peter Low.

Low expects the marches to take place in October and is keen to get the message across to the major parties that Asians, Maori and Pacific Islanders are united against crime.

“Whatever party gets in power, we are going to lobby to make the law tougher,” says Low, who wants to see tougher sentencing, tighter parole conditions and a greater police presence across Auckland.

Creative environment for Otara students - Clubhouse 274

Clubhouse 274-have you heard of it? It’s a little gem of a drop-in centre in South Auckland’s Otara. However it’s not just any drop-in centre.
It’s a computer clubhouse for students at Clover Park Middle School, where they are able to kick off their shoes and put on their creative hats through the use of [...]