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  Youth and Community/Business Initiatives in Te Puke

  by VectorGroupCharitableTrust, almost 9 years ago

  We would like help with community and youth support in our area. Tracey and I head up Vector Group Charitable Trust and would love to see some backing for youth projects and initiatives. 

  http://www.vectorgroup.org.nz(External link) We support, Alt Ed, TPHS, CACTUS, Chaplaincy in Schools and have initiated a Youth Creatives Center on main street of Te Puke called The Loft, after School table tennis, pool table, games area, film and photography workshops, Pop-Up Ball shop to aid students in acquiring outfits, starting a youth led op-shop, doing 48 hour film comp with youth, launched Te Puke directory, launched online Business... Continue reading

  We would like help with community and youth support in our area. Tracey and I head up Vector Group Charitable Trust and would love to see some backing for youth projects and initiatives. 

  http://www.vectorgroup.org.nz(External link) We support, Alt Ed, TPHS, CACTUS, Chaplaincy in Schools and have initiated a Youth Creatives Center on main street of Te Puke called The Loft, after School table tennis, pool table, games area, film and photography workshops, Pop-Up Ball shop to aid students in acquiring outfits, starting a youth led op-shop, doing 48 hour film comp with youth, launched Te Puke directory, launched online Business forms management tool. Business to youth mentoring and working with Dale Williams to implement strategic youth initiatives. We need help and financial support. We have received NO applied for funding and have done and are doing all of the above. 

  We need a hand up to begin one of our projects which will enable us to be sustainable without relying on funding.We have also engaged in research, surveys and are community and youth informed. Our why, what and how is informed by our every day engagement and research.Please consider supporting youth initiatives in Te Puke and investing in those who are engaged in such projects. Belonging is a huge cry in this town.
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  Te Puke farm charm

  by Young kid on the farm, almost 9 years ago

  I often think about visiting our family friends at their farm in Te Puke when I was a kid.

  We lived in Auckland at the time and an escape to the farm was always so exciting. I remember being completely charmed by farm life: learning to ride a little motorbike, hearing the cows in the morning and seeing the tractors on the roadside. Oh and eating a big slice of hot sticky date pudding in the kitchen - a small home on a huge section filled with possibility to little young me.

  That was... Continue reading

  I often think about visiting our family friends at their farm in Te Puke when I was a kid.

  We lived in Auckland at the time and an escape to the farm was always so exciting. I remember being completely charmed by farm life: learning to ride a little motorbike, hearing the cows in the morning and seeing the tractors on the roadside. Oh and eating a big slice of hot sticky date pudding in the kitchen - a small home on a huge section filled with possibility to little young me.

  That was the beginning of my Western Bay story!

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  give em a taste of kiwi

  by Yankiwi, almost 9 years ago
  • My family and I lived in Auckland in Brown's Bay. We would walk to the beach and I would dig for pippies and bring them home to boil and eat. My sisters and I would play in the rock pools when the tide was out. You never knew what you would find. 
  • My grandparents owned a kiwi orchard in Tauranga so we were always in the bay of plenty. On our road trips to "Nana's road" we would stop in Paeroa and play in the local park. I can still taste the naturally carbonated water that came from the tap... Continue reading

  • My family and I lived in Auckland in Brown's Bay. We would walk to the beach and I would dig for pippies and bring them home to boil and eat. My sisters and I would play in the rock pools when the tide was out. You never knew what you would find. 
  • My grandparents owned a kiwi orchard in Tauranga so we were always in the bay of plenty. On our road trips to "Nana's road" we would stop in Paeroa and play in the local park. I can still taste the naturally carbonated water that came from the tap in the park. Oh how I miss L&P!!!! For lunch we would stop at Georgie Pie in Rotarua. I would eat mince and cheese pies and I even miss the smell of that place. 
  • We climbed the mount (maunguanui) and I would often pick up the broken white shells that littered the path while the kingfishers flew overhead. My mum said the Maori would eat the shell fish and throw the empty shells down. I remember thinking I was holding the hand of the person who had eaten the resident of the shell I examined. I remember swimming in the hot pools and just feeling the wonder of the volcanic water channeled into the pools
  • While at grandad's we would catch the metallic blue lady birds and go to the neighbors to see Ollie the Eel that lived in her pond. 
  • We would walk the orchard and pick the fresh Fejoas, persimmons, and oranges. My favourite part of the orchard was climbing the groves of avocado trees that were so tall my grandad could no longer harvest them from the tree. I'd sit in the tallest branches reading the famous five by Enid Blighton. I was in the greatest story and it's one that has contributed to the man I am today. 
  • The dairy down our street on Phillips Drive where I would walk to Glamorgan Primary school. It's how I learned my right from left! 
  • Fish and chips in yesterday's post with battered sausage on a stick in tomato sauce. 
  • Hubbard's cereal or Wheatbix for breakfast   Vegemite or spaghetti and toast for lunch Jellytip and Hockey Pokey ice cream for dessert. 
  • I would eat them in a hurry so I could run to my mates and play with our Tamiya Cars
  • I moved to the US when I was 7 and I'm 31 now. I got a taste of kiwi but oh the flavour it was. 
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