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Ngāti Kahu Hauora Food Forest
After nearly a year of dreaming, planning, learning, and steady determination, the Food Forest at Ngāti Kahu Hauora came to life in December 2025. This wasn’t a rushed project or a quick install. A lot of thought went into the lay out and it was the result of shared...
The opening of the Pataka Kūmara of Kai Rotorua
Words : Te Rangikaheke Kiripatea Whakaotirangi, our Te Arawa ancestress, was entrusted with the safe passage of the kūmara tipu from Hawaiki to Aotearoa aboard Te Arawa waka. On arrival at Maketū, she disembarked and began the first plantings at Kiokio, later...
CropSwap Tauranga
"This is one of the few groups where there is no one upmanship, competitiveness, bartering, no money involvement. We meet in the spirit of kindness, freely giving, with respect for the planet and a wish to share our collective knowledge of gardening and the benefits...
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Ngāti Kahu Hauora Food Forest
After nearly a year of dreaming, planning, learning, and steady determination, the Food Forest at Ngāti Kahu Hauora came to life in December 2025. This wasn’t a rushed project or a quick install. A lot of thought went into the lay out and it was the result of shared...
The opening of the Pataka Kūmara of Kai Rotorua
Words : Te Rangikaheke Kiripatea Whakaotirangi, our Te Arawa ancestress, was entrusted with the safe passage of the kūmara tipu from Hawaiki to Aotearoa aboard Te Arawa waka. On arrival at Maketū, she disembarked and began the first plantings at Kiokio, later...
CropSwap Tauranga
"This is one of the few groups where there is no one upmanship, competitiveness, bartering, no money involvement. We meet in the spirit of kindness, freely giving, with respect for the planet and a wish to share our collective knowledge of gardening and the benefits...
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....
Permablitz Bay of Plenty
Permanent + Agriculture + Blitz = Permablitz Permablitz Bay of Plenty is relaunching during Climate Action Week at Ngapeke Permaculture, September 15th 2024. What is Permablitz? Permablitz is more than just gardening; it's a...
Regional Kai Resilience Hui
The Regional Kai Resilience Hui will be at 6.30pm, Saturday August 3rd, 2024 at Gurudwara Temple in Te Puke. The purpose of the hui is to build relationships with each other and our Sihk whānau. We also want to acknowledge their contribution on local food security,...