Neighbours

Reunite Over Dinner

Sunnynook residents got together this week at the community centre for a casual dinner in the wake of the floods. The event, supported by Rotary volunteers, reunited those whose homes were hit with those who pitched in to clean them out.

“A lot of the people who were affected wanted to meet the people who helped,” said community centre co-ordinator Bronwyn Bound. “We wanted to remind people what a great community we have.”

The centre is hosting a parenting coach the evening of 7 March, with tips for those with children traumatised by weather events.

In Milford, a community barbecue was put on by Rotary on Nile Reserve last month for those who lost power in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Kai 4 Communities group arranged emergency catering drop-offs for residents without lifts in the Spencer in Byron building in Takapuna. In Hauraki, it set up its caravan, to help cater for people from some streets without power for two days.

Meanwhile, Takapuna resident Marko Barber, who was overwhelmed by his call for donations for those hit by Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti, has done a second charity run south in his truck.