I'm sorry, if you somehow got the impression that women have no say on a Marae, you clearly haven't been to a proper one. Them Aunties run the show on the Marae.
Civil Defence Payments!!! People don’t know you can get this. You can.
Call 0800 400 100
But this is super important to share with friends, neighbours & strangers.
For accommodation, food, bedding, lost income etc etc.
Read all details here:
https://t.co/kM6tFlV9j3
Had a lady ring me there’s 16 of them as she took in her family who had been flooded out, she actually rang for skip bins as she couldn’t afford them. She’s very grateful to hear of this.
Families coming through needing help they didn’t want to go to Manurewa too far. So here at Mangere mountain Te Pane o Mataoho memorial hall. All your health, welfare, accommodation needs here. Even though it’s not a shelter with beds it’s become a support hub much needed.
Still seeing lots of vids of kids & even adults playing in flooded areas.
This will highly likely have raw sewage and road run off in it.
Water is dark and may have sharp or dangerous hazards in it.
Weather can change quickly and water can move or rise.
Please remind kids.
For our Pacific communities needing health supplies
Please ring 0800 727 240
Pacific Health team under Whatu Ora
Replace medicines, nappies etc
Require Name, DOB, address and contact number
Just dropped off blankets and sleeping bags at Manu Tukutuku, the emergency response site for S AKL. We're a little confused as to why the S AKL site is so far away from the affected areas, but at least the team looked prepared to receive people once they start coming theough.
If you’re safe and dry and the images are a bit upsetting and stressful.
Maybe stop scrolling and check in on those who might need support. It’s pretty overwhelming looking at all the shocking images aye. 😔
Never mind that none of our other ideas have properly come to fruition, I'm just looking forward to hanging out with the old people of our hood next week.
When we moved to Rewa 5 years ago, we had ideas of what community life could be like. Today, we locked in our first catering gig providing Christmas brunch for the elderly sponsored by our local community hub.
Doing a bit of research into Disruptive Business Models and wondering if anyone can recommend a podcast (or something else that I can listen to while working) about the history of railroads in America?