Welcome to people moving into the new townhouses on Miranda and Ruahine Streets.  If you have children, make sure you come and check out Glenavon School and Preschool.  It is a small friendly school and Mr and Mrs Herbert will give you a warm welcome.  The school is run like a private school with excellent teachers, programs, behaviour and corresponding above-average achievement levels.  

A community trust has been set up to coordinate the transformation of the old school dental clinic into our own small community centre.  Services offered from the centre will include Plunket, Under 5 Wellness Checks and School Social Worker.  The centre will also be available for other community groups to use.  The trustees are currently planning the renovations and seeking funding.

It has been a successful year for the Holbrook St Neighbourhood Support Group with a significant reduction in local tagging and vandalism at the school.  Highlights included catching taggers on camera and returning a stolen scooter to its rightful owner.  Thanks to Auckland City Council and local police for great support.  Biggest thanks and gratitude go to those people who have stepped up to be witnesses, despite fear of retribution.  Courage is a great character attribute.

We've learnt a lot about working with different agencies, especially the police.  The police are extremely helpful and quick to arrive if you've been keeping them informed about the minor stuff that's going on in your street.  On the other hand, don't expect them to turn up in a hurry if you can't be bothered doing your part to reduce crime.  If you want an information sheet on how to effectively work with the police, contact us.

If you would like Somebody to make your part of the community safer, chances are Nobody will do it.  It's pretty easy for Anybody.  And if Everybody got involved, there wouldn't even be a crime problem.  If you know who the magic person Everybody is give us a call!  Maybe its you - all you need to do is keep your eyes open and start talking: to your neighbours, other community members, the police.

We have an unclaimed found mountain bike which was stolen quite a long time ago.  Please contact  us if you think it might be yours.  If you own bicycles, please record their serial numbers.  This way if the bicycle is found in someone else's possession, its easy to prove they stole it.  You can usually find the serial number on the frame below the pedals (try turning the bike upside down).

Also found – a small, long-haired grey tortoiseshell dead cat.  Our condolences if it was yours.

Several months ago some local girls were assaulted and robbed as they walked home by people hanging out at the bottom of Holbrook St.  Some of these offenders are now on bail.  If you wish to help make sure they keep to their bail conditions please contact us.  Its easy – we teach you how to identify them, you keep an eye out to make sure they're behaving themselves and get the police to come pick them up if they're not.

A number of local people (some the same as those mentioned above) have been served trespass notices by the school.  We are sick of them using the school for crime purposes.  If you live next to the school and are willing to help enforce the trespass orders, please contact us.  Again, its easy, just ringing the police when you need to.