March 21, 2023
Man Up Hawke’s Bay clean up applauded
Flaxmere community leader Henare O’Keefe has thanked the Destiny Church-backed Man Up programme for the work it is doing to clean up Hawke’s Bay from Cyclone Gabrielle.
He says Man Up volunteers were some of the first in a month ago and they’re still going.
“These people have walked the talk including Brian Tamaki. I was beside him in the trenches with a shovel, full of dirt and grime in the hot, trying conditions. forget about the politics and your prejudice and bias, their kaupapa, their mantra has been love your neighbour. It’s been pouring out of them. I’ve seen love in action,” Mr O’Keefe says.
He says the volunteers came from all parts of the country with their own heavy machinery.