Heads up (May 2024)
Wearable art success Congratulations to the Flaxmere College students who entered the Showquest Toi Competition in May. The college...
Fresh veges delivered to Flaxmere
Family packs of fresh fruit and vegetables are being packed by keen Flaxmere College students every Thursday, on the same day they arrive...
New wheels for community patrol
The continued strong support of Flaxmere’s Trust House Foundation means the Flaxmere Community Patrol is now even more visible on the...
FlaXrock 2s ready to explode
Full-on fitness is all go at the Flaxmere Community Centre’s FlaXrock Gym, with the third FlaXrock 2s event already in the planning. The...
Safety planters tell tamariki stories
The planter boxes outside of Te Whai Hiringa (formerly Peterhead School) have a very practical use – slowing traffic so children crossing...
Language weeks 2024 - we're celebrating!
There are 11 languages on the national 2024 Pacific Language Week lists, starting with Rotuma (back in May - story here:...
From Rotuma to Solomon Islands; celebrating language
The annual celebrations of Pacific language weeks have kicked off, starting with Rotuman in early May, and Samoan later in the month....
Tipene’s lifeblood:People, culture, music
Flaxmere’s Tipene Harmer can pinpoint the exact moment he fell in love with music, and the age he knew he would be a rapper. The first...
Flaxmere music man and pou ārahi help rebuild storm-ravaged school library
Omahū School tamariki are back home and very close to having a school library where they can access more than 2500 exciting new books....
