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Warning - contains a detailed description of an injured chicken. Wet day but I was lucky enough to have the rain easing each time I visited a whanau. I visited Max & Candace who have chickens. Candace had texted me as they have had a problem with 'Chrissie' the chicken who has had a 'weeping …
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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 …
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 …
Day started with a follow up visit to Nic. Her Dad, who is also keen to grow, met with us too. Both are lovely and they have extended from the one bed we put in, finding soil from somewhere and adding in bought bags of compost to enrich it. I've sent Nic some info on making …
Today I had a second visit with Kimiwai and her 6 week old baby. She came out smiling and keen to show me the garden and told me they had eaten out of it just last night! She was bouncy and happy when I produced the last of the lettuce seedlings from the school workshop …
Had an awesome day Friday. It always helps when the weather is great! First delivery was Chickens to Chloe. She homeschools and had just the two girls at home. She has fenced off a largish area behind the garage which is filled with piles of soil and weeds and remnants of vege gardens. The chickens …
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We are so saddened to hear of the passing of Rose Ikimau Armstrong. All our thoughts and aroha are with Rose’s whānau and the community she loved wholeheartedly. We were privileged to have spent time working alongside Rose over the years. Here are some words from our team who have been touched by time spent …
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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 …
First visit was Monique who firstly apologised for not cleaning her house yet but thought I would be there in the afternoon. I laughed like anything and said I hoped she'd never come to inspect our place which most often looked like a bomb had gone off, but secondly I didn't care at all what …
First visit was cancelled today with a sick child needing picking up and Marsha also wasn't able to meet today, so I went straight to the next appointment to *Sally. She is lovely and has a large grassy space in her backyard. We chose a space handy to her kitchen so it doesn't get forgotten …
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