Mangere Bridge's Te Puea Memorial Marae set to reopen its doors to the homeless CHRIS HARROWELLChris Harrowell Te Puea Memorial Marae kaumatua Tom Kingi, left, and chairman Hurimoana Dennis. A south Auckland marae that last year provided shelter to homeless people is preparing to do it all over again. Te Puea Memorial Marae in Mangere Bridge began offering emergency accommodation to people in need in May 2016. They also developed a pool of businesses, organisations and agencies that provided valuable support last year and which remain committed. "Countdown Mangere gave us a lot of food and Turuki Healthcare provided a lot of medical services for the [homeless] whanau," Dennis says.

Source: Stuff July 05, 2017 02:23 UTC