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Wardens start patrolling to a Pacific Beat
Cr Linda Cooper was among those to welcome the new Pacific Wardens which are now patrolling Waitakere.
Pacific Wardens are on the beat in Waitakere.
Waitakere City Council, Waitakere Police and the Waitakere Pacific
Wardens Trust recently launched the initiative at the Pacific in the
Park event in Massey - where wardens were on duty for the first
time.
The wardens' role is to support local police and the council's
community safety initiatives to provide reassurance and an
ambassadorial role to deter public violence, vehicle crime, graffiti
and vandalism. At times they will be required to patrol problem
hotspots, as directed by police and the council via its Safe
Waitakere unit.
"The wardens are our eyes and ears in the community," says Deputy
Mayor Penny Hulse, who chairs
the Crime Prevention Reference Group.
"We already support other groups doing similar work and now with
their Pacific colleagues coming on board, Waitakere has an extremely
valuable resource in the push to deter crime and antisocial
behaviour in our city."
League legend support for White Ribbon Day in Waitakere
Join the Waitakere White Ribbon Parade on
November 25 calling for an end to family violence.
What do a couple of rugby league legends, a mayor and a group of
motorbike-loving blokes have in common?
They're among those throwing their support behind this year's
White Ribbon Day parade
in Henderson on November 25 -
a chance for people to stand together and say: "Family Violence -
It's Not OK in Waitakere".
It's a sentiment that sits well with rugby league legends Ruben Wiki
and Awen Guttenbeil, who are happy to use their profile to get men
to realise that violence against women is not acceptable...
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Service to remember those lost at Erebus
A service at the Erebus Memorial at
Waikumete Cemetery on November 28 will remember those who
died in the air disaster 30 years ago.
A special memorial service will be held at
Waikumete Cemetery on November 28
to mark the 30th anniversary of the Erebus air disaster.
The remains of more than 60 of the 257 people who lost their lives
in the 1979 crash are cared for at the cemetery, the majority in a
mass grave marked by a special memorial.
Opened in 1981, the memorial features names of unidentified
passengers and is now surrounded by attractive gardens, including a
cherry tree planted by the Japanese Bereaved Erebus Family Society,
and seating for visitors to the site.
