May 19, 2008 – Matakohe to Manukau
Weather: Mostly fine
Today we awoke with expectations of arriving at the Manukau Habitat (now Greater Auckland) office to hear that the building permit had been obtained and we can start to work building a house. Some of the group spent a little more time at the Kauri Museum in Matakohe before driving on. We passed on the museum having been there at least three times before and went on towards Auckland with a stop at Wartworth. It’s another beautiful small town and we stopped at a café and had a relaxing lunch sitting at a sidewalk table.
Most of us arrived at the Manukau Top 10 about the same time and after getting our campsites secured for the next few days we drove over to the Habitat office and met with the ED Warren Jack, and construction supervisors Mike and Tish. Alas, no permits yet. After discussing all the work that was needed on the ReStore building and inside the shop areas we found more work available than we could do in the next two weeks. Our work will be concentrated on painting the outside of the ReStore at the same time changing the colors to the new Habitat colors and logos.
The Habitat complex is a complex interlinking of building spaces. The affiliate has their offices there in one building, the ReStore occupies two or three buildings with another planned in the near future, and also there is space allocated to workshops. In addition to the Habitat facilities their property also has a Shell station that pays rental fees.
The painting that we will do will not only preserve and maintain the buildings and hopefully make the buildings more attractive to draw more customers creating more sales that will generate more funds for building more houses. Yes we are helping to improve some families living conditions and build homes.
Tomorrow we start to work.
Todays Kiwi word of the Day: She’ll be right – Things will be fine!
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