George Hawkins 

Council needs to clean up graffiti in Browns Road, Manurewa

05.09.2008

Manukau City Council needs to take all possible steps to remove unsightly graffiti from a block of retail shops in Browns Road, according to Manurewa MP Hon George Hawkins.

Manukau City Council needs to take all possible steps to remove unsightly graffiti from a block of retail shops in Browns Road, according to Manurewa MP Hon George Hawkins.

 "The block of shops at 235 Browns Road is in a absolutely appalling state.  The entire complex is riddled ...  more +

Manukau City Council: big spender

04.09.2008

Manukau City Council presents a clear example of why we have a Royal Commission examining our region’s governance and the operations of territorial councils within it.

Manukau City Council presents a clear example of why we have a Royal Commission examining our region's governance and the operations of territorial councils within it.

Figures I've obtained from the council show that between the year 2000 and 2007 full time equivalent staff numbers rose fr...  more +

$25,000 funding boost for Manurewa ECE

01.09.2008

Manurewa Member of Parliament George Hawkins welcomed an announcement today that Te Tuareka O Manurewa is one of 27 Early Childhood Centres nationwide to receive a financial grant from the Labour-led government.

Manurewa Member of Parliament George Hawkins welcomed an announcement today that Te Tuareka O Manurewa is one of 27 Early Childhood Centres nationwide to receive a financial grant from the Labour-led government.

Te Tuareka O Manurewa is a successful Discretionary Grant applicant and will r...  more +

Honouring NZ's Pacific War dead

23.08.2005

Speech at the New Zealand War Cemetery in Bourail, New Caledonia.

Speech by George Hawkins to veterans at the New Zealand War Cemetery in Bourail, New Caledonia.


As we mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the War in the Pacific, it is appropriate that we have gathered here in the final resting place of so many young New Zealanders who paid the ult...  more +