Kai Sovereignty & Security

Through sovereignty, we can create long-term food security

Mana Kai Mana Ora

Our Why

We believe people have a right to healthy, culturally appropriate, and affordable kai.

We believe building a local food system will ensure we are a kai secure and well-connected community.
We are tangata whenua and tangata tiriti growers, gardeners, community service providers, whānau.

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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Te Arahi got one of Rays koha planter boxes for his māra kai at his home by Whareroa Marae near Mount Maunganui. He also joined Ngapeke Permacultures new subscription programme and getting 4-6 seedlings per month for $4.50. Each month he is going to put the ngapeke seedlings in Ray's box and all that food grown he will give away. Te Arahi has much more experience getting kai from the ocean, he's pretty new to growing kai in the māra. But you wouldn't know it- his gardening is pumping! Ka rawe e hoa ma ... See MoreSee Less
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Regional Seed Librarian Hui

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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....

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Email: wbopkairesilience@gmail.com
Phone: 022-521-3756

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