First Waingakau homes ready for living
Minister Nanaia Mahuta was in Flaxmere in December, to help celebrate the opening of the first of the Waingakau Village homes. Building...
Raranga classes have new home in Flaxmere
Learning the art of weaving, raranga, has a multitude of benefits, including connecting to wairua and tīpuna, and learning the tikanga...
Free insulation for Flaxmere homes – it’s a real thing!
Every home in Flaxmere can be warm and dry – no excuses. A scheme that provides free insulation to homeowners who live in their homes in...
First Waingakau homes almost ready
The first of the 124 homes in Flaxmere’s Waingakau Village are almost complete. The vision for the village, masterminded by Te Taiwhenua...
Age Concern: 25 years on and still going strong
📷Lots has changed at Age Concern Flaxmere over the last 25 years, but the principles remain the same: a friendly place where older...
Basketball changes lives
Watch this space: A young Flaxmere woman with an eye for telling stories through video has had a phenomenal reaction to her work – and...
Kimi Ora rebuild thrilling the kids
There is nothing 7-year-old Oupea Moata’ane likes better than watching the diggers demolishing the old buildings at his school. He is out...
Waingakau Village
Next up was the blessing and sod-turning of the new Waingakau Village, the 120-home village being developed in Flaxmere West. The...
Fabulous Flaxmere: Three BIG days
With four huge events over three days: Mid-June was fabulous for Flaxmere. Over June 13, 14 and 15, it was all about colour, culture,...
Coffee stop the new catch-up spot
Ka Pai Cuppa Waka has turned out to be so much more than Shelley Pritchard had ever hoped. As well as providing a business for herself...
