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Poll: Do you believe more youth workers are needed in Otara?

Caryn Wilkinson Reporter from Community News

More youth workers are needed in Otara to stop young people getting "sucked into" gangs, said Manukau Ward councillor Efeso Collins.

His comments follow a spate of shootings in Otara in South Auckland.

A house was shot at in the third incident of its kind in Auckland on Saturday.

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Do you believe more youth workers are needed in Otara?
  • 82.8% Yes
    82.8% Complete
  • 11.2% No
    11.2% Complete
  • 6% Undecided. It's too complex.
    6% Complete
134 votes
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Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!

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