Pride - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities or possessions that do one credit. That's from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
In Saturday's Daily Post we profiled Ngongotaha pastor Mark Kahu, who is playing a major role in his community trying to instil in local
youth a sense of pride in their township, its people and themselves.
He and his group recently organised a special day they titled simply Youth Pride Ngongotaha, a day celebrating what makes the community on the outskirts of Rotorua city special and which demonstrated to young locals what it meant to have pride.
With pride, of course, comes ownership and instilling that in young people in Ngongotaha will also lead to respect - for themselves, for others and for the place in which they live.
Pastor Kahu, his Oasis Community Trust and other groups and individuals in Ngongotaha involved in initiatives there aimed at creating a great environment for residents, are to be congratulated for all their hard work.
