Tamariki will get a safer ride thanks to the efforts of Māori Wardens.
Papakura Local Board has made a $4000 grant to wardens based at Papakura Marae to fund a child safety restraint programme.
The wardens plan to target marae events and police operations to provide advice on the type of child restraint best-suited to whānau.
They will also share practical knowledge on how to correctly fit restraints and demonstrate how to use them properly.
Child car seats will also be fitted in the wardens’ van, so it can be used to transport families that police might not allow to drive their own cars because they have sub-standard, or no seats at all.
Wardens also plan to work with police and Auckland Transport to become child restraint technicians.
Other grants:
- Papakura Sea Scouts, $4000 for jamboree costs
- Auckland Seniors, $2600 venue hire for We Play and We Help programme
- Mountains to Sea, $3000 for Cosgrove School kaitiaki programme
- Papakura Art Group, $1200 for venue hire and exhibition costs
- Counties Manukau Gymnastics, $4000 prizegiving, venue, yearbook, trophy costs
- Southside Drama, $3750 workshop and production venue hire
- Counties Manukau Sports Foundation, $6000 Wellbeing through Sport programme
- Papakura Toy Library, $2500 for toys
- Papakura Business Association, $3000 for Christmas lights
- Panacea Arts Charitable Trust, $2500 for South Art Transition
- Mercy Missions Trust, $1500 glasshouse for community garden
- Papakura Museum, $3000 military gallery rostrum build
- Touch New Zealand, $2500 TouchED costs
- Youthline, $4000 service costs
- Great Potentials Foundation, $1650 for washer and dryer
- Life Education, $4000 for education programme
- Rosehill College, $2000 football uniforms.
Multi-Board Local Grants
- Manukau Orchestral Society, $1156 for mentors and soloists
- Connect the Dots, $2000 towards Make Moments workshops
- Auckland Kids Achievement Trust, $4000 for Kiwi Can
- Operating Theatre Trust, $2500 for tickets for children to attend Greedy Cat
- Counties Manukau Sports Foundation, $2000 excellence awards
- Resource Sustainability Trust, $1000 for Paper for Trees programme.
