Glen Eden's Local Monthly Newspaper

SENIOR CHEF – OUT WEST

Left to right: WEndy Claire and Melanie Tuscia

It won’t quite be Master Chef or Cordon bleu but there will be some tasty treats in store for residents of Waitakere Housing for Older Adults.
Times are tough out there with the cost of food creeping up week by week. For people on a fixed income like National Super Annuation it can be a challenge to source fresh, nutritious, produce which is affordable, then turn it into interesting, tasty meals. Furthermore it can be hard to raise the enthusiasm and motivation to cook for just one. With the support of residents at Westview Village, Janet Clews Place,

Where’s Carmel Gone?

Three months after the election and I still get people coming up to me on the street to express their condolences over the election loss – thank you everyone for your support. However life doesn’t end with politics and I didn’t move out of Waitakere just because I lost an election race. I’m still a Westie!

Friday 13 lucky for Bears

The Glenora Bears League club has its season launch at the clubrooms on Friday 13 April but no one is superstitious. There’s a whole lot of New to keep any hoodoos away. The junior teams are flush with new strips (seen here being worn for the first time by the Glenora Gladiators), new balls, tackle bags, headshields and first aid kits, funded by a Trusts Charitable Foundation grant, via Portage Trust. In addition, the inside of the clubrooms have had a makeover courtesy of club volunteers and some sponsorship from Signmax on Waikaukau Rd. Friday is also the launch of GEDS, the Glenora Development Squad. Looking like a good year for league in Glen Eden.

Which Way West?

The Butler family hug a Kauri

Sitting on my deck with cup of tea in hand I’m confused.
It started last month when I went to the ten year celebration of Unitech out west. Now Unitech is a great asset and 10 years is a milestone to celebrate; but here’s the point. The talk from the speakers was the importance of the partnership with West Auckland as a progressive community and ‘eco-city’.

What does community mean to You? – Part 2

Not everyone has a peaceful or loving home.
People deserve to have a place where they can feel positive about themselves and benefit from that all-important warm, human encouragement – or simply a peaceful place to get away from the busi-ness of work or family.
Many teenagers are bored and feel there aren’t enough affordable local outlets for positive socialising. In her Cultural Well-being & Cultural Capital booklet, Penny Eames states, “Youth who spring back after trauma often do so because of having a place to go that involves neither school or family.”