pulse Massey Community
Edition Eight Dec / Jan / Feb ‘18
In this issue: Community Hubs Update Learn what your community hubs have been up to West Means Business Latest community courses from West Means Business Youth Update Check out what’s happening for Youth in Massey
Thanks to our contributors You are what makes Massey Community Pulse interesting! We will consider any article or image that may be of interest to our community.
The deadline for our next publication is 15th January. For more information Green Fingers about contributing, email Find out the growing news admin@masseymatters.org from our community gardens or phone 832 0431 Henderson-Massey Funders Local Board Update We achieve what we do Catch up on what’s being because of support from going on at HMLB! our Funders; Henderson Massey Local Board, Play Now Whanau Foundation North, Play Now evenings Lotteries and Trusts and a BBQ Million Dollar Mission. Community Connection A huge thanks for Feedback from you on supporting our community. Triangle Park On the Cover Snippets & Stuff Some inspiration to Random news bites from remind you to get out into the Massey Community our parks this summer Massey Community Events to feel the grass between your toes. Listing of all the great events coming your way
CONTACT MASSEY MATTERS Email admin@masseymatters.org.nz Phone Massey Matters 832 0431 Massey Community Hub 833 6650 Manager Laurel 027 722 1150 Office Massey Community Hub 385 Don Buck Rd 9am – 4pm Monday – Thursday 9am – 2.30pm Friday Online massey matters masseymatters.org.nz
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MASSEY COMMUNITY PULSE
Image by Andrés Nieto Porras
Ah, the summer edition arrives. With it the colours and warmth of a new season, and the promise of rest and relaxation over the holiday period. I fondly remember childhoods when not only schools and businesses shut down, but shops too. The whole country went into ‘chill mode”. There was something about that that was delightful. A collective time out from the busy-ness of the year that blanketed the country in days that melted into each other without care for having to be anywhere or do anything.
and hang out under a tree to read for a day. Create a treasure hunt for your kids and get them active outside. Set up the hose in the back garden for some splash time to cool off. Just take some time to forget about doing, and just be. Mostly, be kind to each other, celebrate and give gratitude for what you do have, and the people in your life. Happy Holidays everyone.
Taking time out is an important part of well-being. How will you create that for yourselves and your whanau these holidays? If you have to work, remember time out can be as simple as packing up a picnic and heading to one of Massey’s marvellous parks for your day off. Take a blanket and a book
Here at Massey Matters we’re sending the hard working team home for some time out. We are shutting down from the 22nd December and will be back on the 8th of January.
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“Kia mau kit e tu manako, te whakapono me te aroha” Hold fast to hope, faith and love
Happy holidays everyone.
community hubs update Family Connect at Colwill Community Hub Colwill Community Hub is running their fourth training course on computers for adults in the community. For a small fee, participants have 20 hours of tuition on computers, technical support and the use of a laptop for home. This course has become hugely popular as it helps adults to upskill, adds a certificate to their CV and gets them internetconnected at home for their family. The Hub also has a drop-in internet cafĂŠ and friendly people to help. For more information please contact Nicky in the Colwill Community Hub ph 09 833 6081 For the second year running the caring people at the Colwill Community Hub are putting together Food Box to be given to families for Christmas and the holiday break. Donations of nonperishable foods by friends of the Colwill community and Epsom Rotary are being delivered to the Hub in Kintara Drive. Each box is topped off with a cute and cuddly Christmas Bear donated by Royal Oak Whitcoulls.
Hi my name is Melissa Tainui-George I am the Lincoln Heights Hub Coordinator. My role as Hub Melissa Coordinator is to meet and greet people that visit the hub, I am based at the 16 Keegan Drive, Lincoln Heights School in the old dental clinic. We have a range of weekly activities i.e. Card making, vision board making, arts & crafts, getting involved and volunteering for community events so grab a calendar or follow our Facebook page Lincoln Heights Community Hub for updates of what we have on. We have an Internet cafĂŠ with free cuppa and free wifi and a few laptops available but you are most welcome to bring your own, we also help with job search and C.Vs to apply for jobs, we also do free prize draws for the community to be involved in. We have free clothing that is donated from the community and every Wednesday we get bread from a community group called New Money.
Massey Community Hub Kia Ora! Hope you are enjoying the services which we are providing at our hub. If you still haven’t been to our hub please do come and meet us, have a cuppa and get information as to what is going on. The following are some of the services which we are providing for the Massey Community, Regular activities include; Communicare, Tai Chi, Te Reo, Flax Weaving, Niutau, Youth Connections and Guitars and Stars. Our regular groups include; Quilters and Stitches, Muslim Prayer Group, Vaka Pasifika, Plunket Parenting and Quit Smoking. We also have the Haven Church and Discover Church utilising our hub for their Sunday services, and a monthly Meditation group.
Manutewhau Community Hub West Harbour School 74b Oreil Ave, West Harbour Tina or Samantha: 416 9397 hubs@masseymatters.org.nz manutewhau community hub
We have recently started with our ESOL classes which is on every Thursday from 1.30 – 3.30pm.
Massey Community Hub Triangle Park 385 Don Buck Rd, Massey Melanie: 833 66550
Our Play Now Sessions for toddlers is on every Wednesdays from 9.30 – 11am, budgeting services every Mondays 11am – 1pm. Starting from this term we have started with our BOOST courses which is on every Thursday 9.30am – 1pm. Hoping to see you soon at our hub.
WHERE ARE THE HUBS?
Lincoln Heights Hub Lincoln Heights School 16 Keegan Drive, Massey Mel: 021 075 2292 thehub@lincolnheights.school.nz lincoln heights community hub Colwill Hub Colwill School Kintara Drive, Massey East Nicola: 027 446 2166 nicolaa@colwill.school.nz colwill community hub
HUBS UPDATE
Manutewhau Community Hub The year that was...
Dreaming about 2018:
Welcome back to all our wonderful community members reading this.
2018 is going to be the year of community connection, satisfaction and growth.
What a year it has been! A new government, new community members, new groups, new activities and a whole lot of new friendships built at the Hub.
We want you to know your neighbours, be happy with where you live and be reaching your full potential!
We have really enjoyed re-starting our community lunches this year. We got to meet so many new people in the community over some shared kai. We have been blessed to have so much love sent our way through donations of food, time and effort from our community members who helped make these events special. With the end of the year fast coming up we are looking forward to the break over Christmas to recharge and do some serious planning for next year.
We want 2018 to be our best year yet, which means we need you! We can’t do our job without the community of Massey, so whatever you’re dreaming of... Make it known so we can start helping you achieve those dreams!! We are here to help empower you to make your dreams a reality, so the more you talk to us, the better we can do our jobs. We are looking forward to seeing you in the Hub for a cuppa, or on Facebook telling us all about your vision for Massey.
If you have any ideas on the kinds of groups, Kia Kaha Massey. activities or events you want to see around Wishing you a safe and happy Holiday Massey, then make sure you let us know. season from Tina and Samantha
WEST Means Business Christmas is a Great Time to Buy Local! At this time of year I find I inevitably spend more, whether it is a small Christmas gift for work colleagues, food for the Christmas family lunch, or organising well overdue odd jobs as the weather improves and we venture into the back yard. Small changes in the way we purchase during the holiday season can make a huge difference to our local economy. Supporting small businesses located in our community - such as local artisans, food and wine makers, tradespeople and cafes helps these businesses to grow and ultimately employ. This in turn supports our wider community through job creation and small business start ups. So this holiday season I am going to do my part as a small piece in the local economic jigsaw. My aim is to purchase 100% locally. Of course some things I won’t be able to purchase locally made (I don’t know of any local DVD manufacturers) but I can purchase a bottle of local pinot noir, or locally made soaps to give as gifts at Christmas. And to make purchasing local a little easier WEST have a searchable online directory of small local businesses – visit www.westmeansbusiness.co.nz for products or services available in your local area. If you know of a local business that isn’t on the directory please let them know about it - it’s free to advertise and they can join via the website.
WEST MEANS BUSINESS
WEST Means Business WEST are always on the lookout for new workshop and course ideas. If you have an idea for a workshop please get in touch with us via the website or email wmb@west.org. nz WEST Means Business * Website Design * Branding * Social Media Marketing - Facebook * Developing your Small Business * IRD Business Health Check * IRD GST * BNZ Financial WEST Driver Education * Learner Licence Theory Preparation * Restricted Licence Preparation * Full Licence Preparation WEST Training * F Endorsement / Forklift Certificate * OSH Operators Certificate * English Conversation classes – elementary/beginner/intermediate/ reading and writing * Treaty of Waitangi * Financially Fit WEST Work Ready * Support for people wanting to access employment or further training For more information on any of the courses we offer please email admin@west.org.nz, phone 09 8371471 or visit us at 9 Henderson Valley Rd, Henderson.
youth update The MYC Movement
Every Wednesday we have our project team (MYC) meet up and put loads of energy into what we want to do next for our youth in the community. With 19 members, we’re ready to make a mark in Massey with our slogan “Massey Youth Can” designed and created by our Massey Youth. With the opportunity to co-create projects in partnership with Massey Matters we invite all Youth aged 12 above to come along and take part in your community by pitching in your great ideas. With The Selfie Exhibition and Haunted House done and dusted our focus will be on the Shoot Out Competition, and your youth ideas and help is what we are looking for! Come down to the Massey Hub every Wednesday 3.30pm!
Shoot All Out Competition – December 9th, 2017 at Te Hiro Rangi Park The biggest event in Massey Yet! MYC and Raise Up present to you our annual basketball event, The Shoot All Out competition. With Zeal Fresh Dance Crew involved, Ranui 135 and other surprise guests we’re putting on the best basketball 3 point shootout competition you can expect. We’ll have 3 v 3 battles, leading into the comp day, so we only have the best of the best on the event date. Make sure you pencil this date in your calendars. 3 Point Shoot Out Winner “Michael… will be looking to retain his trophy and title as the 3 point King.
MASSEY YOUTH CAN
Haunted House The MYC Project Team had loads of fun injecting their creative talents into making the Haunted House a stand out event. The team put together an amazing project for our participants to walk, feel, hear and sense the spooky vibes of our track of doom. It was very unlikely our community participants were to come out unsatisfied. We had exceptional feedback on the event and cant wait to get the next event under our belt. As the Team grows, so do the quality of the events. Stay tuned and make sure you get to our next event! Drop In Our Sunday drop in has been moved from Sunday to Tuesday at 3.30pm at Triangle Park... a pure space to activate our lovely park triangle and make this the heart of Massey for Youth. Come down, hang out, meet the team and grab a sausage while you’re at it. MORE INFO Contact Allen Taua ph: 021 826 314 youth@masseymatters.org.nz MYC – Massey Youth
Manutewhau Hub Garden Have you checked out our amazing before and after pictures from our working bee? What a difference some new ground cover and soil can make. We want to give a huge shout out to all the community members who participated and showed up to help us celebrate conservation week. We were lucky enough to have Eco Matters come down as well and take the awesome kids from room 17 at West Harbour School down to the river. The kids got to have a look at the bio-diversity in the stream and also helped us collect some rubbish from the Manutewhau reserve. We also had some delicious yoghurts donated from The Collective from their Forest and Bird collaboration. These yoghurts show pictures of extinct native birds to help educate our young ones about how to better protect our lands so we don’t lose any more. Overall, we had an amazing day filled with good people, good food and a good outcome.
Above: the amazing after shot of our renewed and refreshed veggie patch Right: the before picture of our sad dead garden..
If you are into gardening then come down to check out our new and improved community plot. It is free to participate in and the best part is that your hard work gets to feed not only your own families, but also the wider Massey community. We planted a huge variety of veggies that should be fresh and ready to pick in the New Year. Looking forward to seeing you when you come down to enjoy the harvest with us. Nga Mihi The Hub team
GREEN FINGERS
Triangle Park Community Garden We hope you are all managing to keep your greens growing, as the number of slugs and snails is massive this year! We are using beer traps (low plastic tray – they fall in & drown) or Quash. Small regular sowings of lettuce provides constant supply too. If you want some free herbs for your garden, come and see us any Wednesday and Saturday at 10am. Thanks to Living Herbs for their support!
Children’s Sensory Garden
Our sensory garden at Massey Community Hub is really beginning to A colourful Xmas recipe is Lemon, red take shape. Thanks to Massey Men’s capsicum and courgette salad: Shed for our wonderful seats. By the time you read this we should have plants Heat tablespoon olive oil in a saucepan, in. Come on down and see what you can add 2 cloves crushed garlic and 2 smell, touch and see. If you would like to red peppers deseeded / cut in strips volunteer in this garden contact Siobhan lengthwise, cook on low for 10 mins then at Massey Community Hub. remove. Add tablespoon olive oil to pan, 3 courgettes cut lengthwise plus zest of 2 lemons, cook on low for 8 mins. Add peppers plus tablespoon lemon juice. Season. Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley. Happy holiday season from Triangle Park gardeners!
HENDERSON–MASSEY LOCAL BOARD
Update We need another pool in the northwest. That’s the main message our board will be delivering to Auckland Council’s Governing Body as they determine what will get funded in the next 10-year Budget. In February and March next year, council will be consulting Aucklanders about what it should prioritise for funding for the next 10 years. Each local board gets to pitch for one big thing they want for their area. For 7 years straight, our Board has submitted on behalf of Massey residents for a public pool. Auckland has 27 public pools, and the West only has 1. Our area desperately needs another pool. While West Wave is in our area, it is bursting at the seams. Last year, West Wave had 1.2 million visitors from all across the city, and on track for 1.5 million this year. During school holidays, kids are left waiting in lines going all the way to the carpark. It’s not fair, and it’s not acceptable.
The current and future population growth in Massey, including the Red Hills and Westgate areas, means this facility is an urgent project. The population is already large, and predicted to grow by another 40,000 in the Northwest. A new facility will also take a while to get off the ground because a lot of planning will need to go into it with regard to location, facilities, design, etc. The sooner we can be certain of support and funding, the sooner we can start the process. When I’m out and about or when looking at online comments, I have the sense that there is strong support for a pool in our area. So I urge you, our community, to make submissions during the budget consultation in February and March supporting this pool. The more voices that make themselves heard, the more chance we can get a pool. Shane Henderson, Chair Henderson-Massey Local Board
Play Now Whanau Evenings We’re having two of these next year: one on Friday 19th January and one on Friday 16th February. These evenings are all about getting out into our parks with your whanau, playing some games and sharing kai.
Street BBQs Yes, they’re back again! We’re holding these over summer and you get to vote to have one in your street. The dates for these are: Wednesday 17th January Wednesday 7th February Tuesday 27th February Tuesday 6th March
We’ll let you know the Look out for Facebook posts about it locations closer to the time where you can nominate your street on Facebook and our website to have one. so keep an eye out for that.
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Triangle Park Pop-In Day We held an Pop-In Day during the last school holidays to get some feedback from you guys about what you would like to see in Triangle Park to make it a better place for whanau and community to play and relax in. We had a huge amount of ideas from the community with quite a few coming through that were along the same lines. We are in the process of putting an application for funding based on these ideas. Look out for updates about it on our Facebook page.
SNIPPETS & STUFF
What’s On This Holiday Season YMCA will be continuing to run their Youth Burn free workout sessions. Every Wednesday 4 – 5pm, free for 13 to 18 year olds. They will also be opening up their youth hub and stadium for free throughout the summer holidays, details on specific times will be posted up on the raise up Massey Facebook page and website. Northwest Mall have free Face Painting over the holidays. Little Whoo? A very large box arrived at Colwill School Massey and out of it came a Little Hoot – an Owlet now being painted by some Colwill kids. The Little Hoot will then join its flock of other Owlets and 46 Big Hoots (decorated by some of NZ’s famous artists including Dick Frizzell, Flox and Jeff Thompson) and be part of the ‘Wild in Art’ Haier Big Hoot Trail around Auckland City next March. An Auction of the Big Hoots is for raising funds for Child Cancer NZ. Colwill’s Owlet represents the school’s many cultures in its design, and will include Colwill’s pukeko ‘Manaaki’ who stands for being kind, caring and careful, as well as clever, curious and creative – just like Colwill kids! There were a number of senior students who came up with the designs and carefully worked on their part. Every child in the school will have added at least a feather!
Wanting your photo with Santa? See below for the hours that he will be in Northwest Mall. Friday 1 Dec
10am – 4pm
Saturday 2 Dec
10am – 3pm
Sunday 3 Dec – Wednesday 6 Dec
10am – 3pm
Thursday 7 Dec – Friday 8 Dec
10am – 6pm
Saturday 9 Dec
10am – 4pm
Sunday 10 Dec – Tuesday 12 Dec
10am – 3pm
Wednesday 13 Dec – Saturday 23 Dec 10am – 6pm Sunday 24 Dec
10am – 4pm
MASSEY COMMUNITY EVENTS
MANUTEWHAU HUB Free Counselling Mondays 9.30am – 2pm
Portuguese Language Classes Fridays 4 – 5.30pm
Niutau Group Thursdays 6.30 – 10.30pm (fortnightly)
Korean Dance Mondays 10.30am – 12pm
Available for Hire Saturdays
Flax Weavers Fridays 9.30 – 11.30am
Toastmasters Mondays 7 – 9pm
Polish Language School Sundays 9.30 – 11.30am
Muslim Prayer Meeting Fridays 1.15 – 2.45pm
HIPPY Group Tuesdays 9.30am – 12.30pm
MASSEY COMMUNITY HUB Christian Assist Trust Mondays 11am – 1pm
Niutau Group Fridays 6.30 – 10.30pm (fortnightly)
Project Club Tuesdays 12.30 – 2.30pm Craft Club Tuesdays 1.30 – 3pm
Vaka Pasifika Mondays 6.30 – 9.30pm
Communicare Overcoming Anxiety Tuesdays 9am – 1pm and Depression Wednesdays 10.30am – 12pm Plunket Parenting Mondays 10am – 2pm or 12 – 2pm Friendship Group Wednesdays 11am – 1pm Tai Chi Tuesdays 7 – 8pm Homework Club Wednesdays 2 – 3, 7 – 9pm, Wednesdays 3 – 4.30pm Saturdays 10am – 12pm IRD & GST Workshops Thursdays 9.30am – 1pm Play Now Wednesdays 9.30 – 11am ESOL Thursdays 10am – 12pm Quilters & Stitchers Wednesdays 12.30 – 3pm Lego Club Thursdays 3 – 4.30pm Te Reo Wednesdays 10am – 12.25pm The Wagglers Course (fortnightly) Thursdays 7.30 – 8.30pm
Guitars & Stars Saturdays 1 – 5pm (fortnightly) Haven Church Sundays 9am – 1pm Discover Church Sundays 4.30 – 7pm Mediation Sundays 6 – 8pm (third Sunday of the month) LINCOLN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HUB Free Christmas Card Making Mondays 9 – 11am Free Morning Tea Wednesdays 9 – 11am MYC MYC Movement Wednesdays 3.30pm at MCH Drop In Tuesdays 3.30pm at Triangle Park
Merge NZ Sign Language Thursdays 7 – 9pm
Youth Connections Wednesdays 3.00 – 5pm
Free Counselling Fridays 9.30am – 2pm
Home 2 Grow GOT AN EVENT? Thursdays 10am – 12pm Send your event or activity (first Thursday of the month) info for the next edition of Massey Community Pulse to ESOL admin@masseymatters.org.nz Thursdays 1.30 – 3pm
Friendship Support Group Fridays 9.30 – 11am