My first call is Rose who is just lovely and very keen to learn as much as I can show her. They have a huge section and have been there almost 60 years! Lots of invasive weed issues from neighbouring properties. I was able to identify most of these and we talked about handling ones like …
Kai Sovereignty 2023
As we move from the Aōtearoa Kai Journey project to our new Kai Sovereignty project we are excited to be able to provide more gardens and chickens to whānau in need in the local community. Together, partnering with Whenua Warrior, who supply the garden beds and soil, along with The Patchwork Gardens, with hands on …
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 …
Ope
Ope (noun) army, troop, party, entourage, contingent - group of people moving together. Ope is an Auckland Council programme to help connect Enviroschools and the community around waste reduction and climate change activities. Rākau Tautoko practitioners Tara, Carla and Haare are working in partnership with Tāmaki WRAP Community Activators Sarah, Kristine and Sam to engage with …
Kai Central Platform Launch
On 14th July 2022 we held our Kai Central soft launch with a small gathering, this also coincided with the wrapping up of our Kai Collective work and we were able to celebrate the end of this work together with the Kai Collective Leads from the community. We signed up 30 - 50 beta users …
Kai Sovereignty – Uncover Auckland
Our Managing Director, Tara Moala hosted a panel in Onehunga for Auckland Council in their "We Read Auckland: Kai Sovereignty". https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/kai-sovereignty-uncover-auckland/s-tVZ6ydCkRsQ Kai binds us to whenua (land), to tīpuna (ancestors) and to each other. Uncover Onehunga and Manukau Harbour’s kai connections with our panel of experts. Be part of the conversation as we find out how they’re …
Social Impact Summit – Kai
In partnership with The Good Fale, and with support from Foundation North, we hosted a space where practitioners and stakeholders from different sectors could connect, collaborate, explore and learn together. This year, we focused on food security, food sovereignty and the food system. The 3-day summit attracted over 100 practitioners and community workers that showcased, …
The Kai Collective – Our COVID-19 Response
This consisted of the creation of a collective of community groups which came together to support our whānau most in need of food support. The collective responded by creating a network of food rescue, purchasing and distributing through many different local leaders in East and South Auckland. This was started in the first lockdown, in …
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