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Corey does his bit to clean up Te Awamutu

Bethany Rolston
Te Awamutu Courier·
24 Jul, 2017 08:09 PM2 mins to read

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Te Awamutu man Corey Phillips is passionate about keeping the town clean.

Te Awamutu man Corey Phillips is passionate about keeping the town clean.

Every week Corey Phillips voluntarily puts on a pair of gloves and starts collecting rubbish around the streets of Te Awamutu.

The 27-year-old has a message for his town: Please take care of Te Awamutu.

Corey has lived in Te Awamutu for the last two years.

He says it's time people stopped littering.

"People think the side of the roads are a rubbish dump," he says.

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"Te Awamutu is not a junkyard - please take care and pride."

One day he filled three rubbish bags in one hour.

"It makes me angry. People might kill beautiful birds by littering.

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"It's not safe to throw rubbish."

He says he'd like to see more bins around town and wants to organise a clean-up event.

Corey is supported by ConneXu, a local organisation that supports adults with an
intellectual disability in a range of different circumstances and in a variety of ways.

ConneXu operations manager Kate Shaw says Corey is an asset to Te Awamutu.

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"Corey's really proud of the community he lives in," she says.

"For him, it's really important that the town is clean and beautiful."

She says the stigma around people with disabilities can sometimes be negative.

"People with disabilities don't take from the community.

"They actually give back and strengthen the communities they live in."

ConneXu's mission is to collaborate with people to create and sustain a life that is meaningful to them, she says.

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"Our vision is 'communities where people are empowered'."

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