With Covid and the wet weather, all gardens are delayed now till mid August. Nothing much grows through these mid winter wet months so growing time is not really lost. This week I visited Tewai who is in an amazingly large beautiful section across the road from the reserve and water. It is very tidy …
7th July 2022
I had just three pre visits today with the afternoon bookings being postponed. Tabbusam is from India and is lovely. She first showed me a tiny 1 x 3m space at her front door on the damp and shady side. I didn't feel it was a great space for chickens, so she then took me …
30th June 2022
Today I visited Shannon first who is very easy to work with. She has gardened before by just digging up some of her lawn, but never had any tools, a raised garden or really good soil. Her dog had been a pain pooing wherever she gardened, so we are exploring options to keep him out. …
23rd June 2022
My first visit of the day was Rose's planting. Her garden was set up a few weeks ago but with whanau commitments and covid out of the way I could finally come in to plant. She had a 9 and 10 year old there whom she had whangaied when they were babies and she is …
15th May 2022
Seven visits planned for today but already had one postponed first thing. First up *Ailana and *Makamae, who came through Kesi and live almost opposite each other. Both have quite a bit growing wild and untended, which is a great way to garden in my opinion. At this point mostly taro and kūmara, from which …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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