Mana Kai Mana Ora
Our Why
We believe people have a right to healthy, culturally appropriate, and affordable kai.
For Growers
Are you looking to donate excess fruits and vegetables? Interested in funding opportunities for transitioning to regenerative agriculture? Want to connect with other growers committed to food resilience? Join our network and be part of a supportive community.
For Volunteers
We warmly invite you to join us in a variety of community activities such as working bees, permablitzes, planting days, bottling drives, fruit gleaning, seed sorting, and much more. Your participation will help strengthen our local food system, promote health and well-being, and be part of taking action for positive change.
For Kai
Whether you need a hot meal or want to know where you can pick fruit from public places, we are your one-stop shop for information. Perhaps you’d like a planter box or a kiwifruit bin at your home and some assistance with growing food. Join our network and let’s grow together.
Local Resilience Groups
Local groups have anywhere from 5-25 people and meet up approximately every 6-12 weeks.
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Wider Regional Kai Resilience Network
Our wider network is made up of individuals and organisations across the Bay of Plenty and meet 4 times per year at the Regional Kai Resilience Network Hui.
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Beyond the Food Parcel: A Recipe for Community Change
From preventing 110,000kg of CO2 emissions to serving 132,000 meals, The Hub Te Puke is cooking up a revolution in how we think about food security and community care. At The Hub, our approach to kai security is rooted in a simple but powerful belief: every meal we...
Food Forests and Syntropic Agroforestry
Syntropic Agroforestry: Building Resilient Communities and Ecosystems Through Food Forests Syntropic agroforestry, also known as food forests, is much more than a low-maintenance way to grow food that mimics natural forest ecosystems. Rooted in a revolutionary...
Regional Seed Librarian Hui
Regional Seed Librarian Hui Community seed libraries are special things. They help people access growing kai for very little money. Seed saving, abundance and generosity all go hand in hand. Chrissi from Ngapeke seed library is interested in the whakapapa of seeds....
Get in touch
Email: wbopkairesilience@gmail.com
Phone: 022-521-3756