South Auckland is flooded with unhealthy food choices, but a group of women are ensuring there s something for those wanting an alternative.
Pauline Fotu-Moala at her Ikuna Taste store, left, and Michelle Potoru at the Papatoetoe Food Hub.
Photo: LDR/ Justin Latif
One gave up a career in the world of investment banking, while the other, as a single mum to five children, chose to take a leap of faith with a burgeoning social enterprise selling rescued food.
The compelling factor behind both women s gamble was a desire to see their fellow South Aucklanders get better access to healthier and tastier food choices. The pair now play key roles at two Auckland Council-backed food havens in Ōtara and Papatoetoe.
Matthew Hooton: Lockdown 4 sparks Jacinda Ardern s wrath
4 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Auckland has moved to alert level 3 lockdown for seven days from February 28 at 6am.
Auckland has moved to alert level 3 lockdown for seven days from February 28 at 6am.
NZ Herald
OPINION: The Prime Minister is grumpy. Publicly, Jacinda Ardern s frustration was directed at a sick KFC worker. But the worker was just the victim of bog-standard displacement anger, with the real sources of Ardern s wrath being health officials and, to a lesser extent, the police.
Contrary to growing perceptions, Ardern s criteria for a lockdown are clear. If the source of a new infection is known, she will rely on the track-and-trace system. But if transmission is unknown, Ardern will apply her hard and early doctrine.
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What’s coming down the line will reveal Covid-19 to be what it really is -a minor inconvenience on the road to worldwide collapse of existing systems, leading to mass impoverishment, mass starvation and then probably extinction of the human species.
None of those will be consequences of Covid-19 but WILL BE the consequences of the abysmal failure of a succession of governments over many decades to plan for the REAL future.
Indeed, it can be argued that the Covid-19 pandemic is symptomatic of the collapse that is underway as a consequence of failures of governments around the world.
‘Why Collapse Occurs; Why It May Not Be Far Away’