I managed to catch up with Jackie Pihama. I had felt she might have few resources to organise fencing and at my visit yesterday she showed me bits of chicken wire, some scrunched, rusty and broken she had scavenged and was trying to make work. I told her we had received a little extra funding …
A garden of Eden
Had a great day and no cancellations, so pretty full on day.Started off today with a second visit to Sai. Sai purchased a further 4 chickens along with another coop to house them and provide extra run and shade. Obviously these guys can afford this and it was lovely to see 6 fat, healthy and …
Food Scrap Project 2023 – 2024
Over 2023 our team worked together with Tamaki WRAP to support the roll out of food scraps with Auckland Council Waste Solutions. Check out all these amazing whānau that connected with our team and joined us in learning all about the food scrap service rolling out across Auckland. Summary Dates of engagements: July - December …
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 …
31st August 2022
Haare and I met at Debora's. She'd opted for tubs which was sensible as her road frontage is very steep and it would have been a mission to get a wheelbarrow down there. She also had a bokashi bin, but had never used it so I took mine away and I will follow up with …
Ope – Youth Wānanga
On the 25th March 2023 we hosted the Ope Youth Wānanga. We had a great group of local youth that came out and took part in this wānanga. We loved spending that time with you and hearing you share your ideas! Tara and Haare led this wānanga on the day with Carla being out due …
Love Food Hate Waste 2023
Love Food Hate Waste is a series of workshops we will be running to teach others how to change habits around food waste and upskill with our budgeting, preparing kai and how to make food last further on a budget. Some topics we hope to cover in these workshops are: meal planning and kai that …
Aōtearoa Kai Journey
It all started with The Kai Collective Project which was a collective of community groups and leaders that came together to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, creating a Food Hub that provided local groups and community leaders with food that they then distributed directly to whānau in need in our community. From here we learned …
The HEART Movement 2023
The HEART Movement is a community-led initiative in Tamaki, East Auckland, which celebrated it's tenth anniversary in February 2022. HEART was developed from conversations between community organisations and community members about working to prevent family violence before it happens it happens rather than only responding to violence after it has occurred. 2023 sees The HEART …
Rākau Tautoko 