Over 2023 our team worked together with Tamaki WRAP to support the roll out of food scraps with Auckland Council Waste Solutions. Check out this video talking about the kumara vine concept and how we connected and supported our local area during the rollout. https://videopress.com/v/S17VfvlV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
Pacific People Climate Action Project – Final Report
We ushered December in with the fourth gathering for our Climate Action Manava and discussed our relationship with Māori and our fatongia - our duties and obligations to support and protect our cousins here in Aotearoa. 2023 was a year of sharing and learning from each other and this project has allowed us to build …
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Pacific Peoples Climate Action Project
Over the last three months, we’ve teamed up with Pacific Vision Aotearoa to help Māori and Pasifika communities in Tāmaki Makaurau get stronger against climate change. This partnership led to the creation of our ‘Climate Manava,’ a monthly gathering of community leaders rooted in culture to explore strategies for community empowerment in climate action. Inspired …
11th November 2022
Weather on the motorway was terrible with gale force winds and heavy rain and I debated the sense of leaving home. Got soaked doing Phillipa's chicken delivery but the boys were super excited and Hugo especially petted them inside their cage and couldn't wait to cuddle them. He snuggled the second one close and she …
18th October 2022
Good day Tuesday starting with delivery of chickens to *Sengxay. A chat revealed they own a Thai restaurant in Papakura and have had a tough time through covid. Family of ten live there, including Mum who is about 60. He was pretty excited and said his sister was especially excited to be getting hens and …
12th October 2022
I decided to shout Haare and myself to some nail therapy. Been about 4 years since I did this but she talks about stuff like this all the time and with a wedding for me tomorrow... and she's going to a parent/child christian camp this weekend it was a spur of the moment idea that …
Love Food Hate Waste 2023 – Final Report
The Love Food Hate Waste second chance kai sessions were held at Court Cres, Panmure at the Tamaki Community Church with a lovely group of 14 participants to most sessions. We started each session with an interesting fact to get us thinking from a waste perspective, acknowledging and learning a better way. Facts included a …
29th September 2022
The day started at Sirikit's 'Kai korero'. They did an amazing job with several work stations going making things like fruit pies, hummus, pesto, omelettes, risotto and much more! I spoke about my fertiliser workshop next week. First home visit was Nicola who is super lovely, used lots of reo which was awesome. Second visit …
22nd September 2022
I collected Haare this am, as our first stop was right around the corner from where she lived. We delivered two chickens to Teresa. She was over the moon excited. Her husband is 80, a retired builder, and built the run from scrap materials found. Chickens will be very happy and safe in here and …
15th September 2022
First stop was Carla's chickens which are doing great and she's excited to be receiving the veg beds now. Showed me her bokashi bin which is working perfectly and she's singing its praises. I had a second one to give her but had forgotten lids, duh....so I am dropping it off next week. Then *Naida. …
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