COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY

encouraging a feeling of belonging, making a difference to our fellow beings

Celebrating Matariki – the Moonlight Lantern Walk
July 17, 2023 Ambury Regional Park | COMMUNITY | Education | EVENTS | Friends of the Farm | Local Treasures | Manukau Harbour

Families gathered at Ambury Farm Park during Matariki weekend to make lanterns & enjoy a moonlit walk to the Mānukau foreshore.

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Māngere Bridge Repair Café winter 2023
June 26, 2023 CARING | COMMUNITY | Food Scraps Collection | Friends of the Farm | Māngere Bridge Library | Workshops

It was a busy Saturday morning at Māngere Bridge Library recently when local group Friends of the Farm (FOF) ran another Repair Café

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A Lovely Autumn Day for Tree Planting
May 24, 2023 Ambury Regional Park | CARING | COMMUNITY | Food Scraps Collection | Friends of the Farm | Manukau Harbour | WASTEWISE

Sunshine, outdoors, a working bee, tree planting, sausage sizzle wastewise education. Locals caring for Māngere Bridge.

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Autumn Orchard Working Bee – Mulching, Weeding and Feeding
April 21, 2023 CARING | COMMUNITY | Community Orchard | Friends of the Farm

Pruning, collecting & harvesting, thinning, weeding, digging, filling, sharing, enjoying and eating.

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Important information for cat owners around Ambury Regional Park
April 13, 2023 Ambury Regional Park | Birds of Māngere Bridge | COMMUNITY | Friends of the Farm | Manukau Harbour | Pest Control

Reminding Māngere Bridge local cat owners how we can help support the marvelous shorebird and wildlife sanctuary at our doorstep…

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Easter Clean-up Pop-up Event 2023
April 12, 2023 Ambury Regional Park | CARING | COMMUNITY | CONNECTED | Friends of the Farm | Manukau Harbour | Recycling | WASTEWISE

Always an enjoyable event for families, collecting litter and exploring the shorelines – some of our little helpers get side tracked by the crabs, but this is all part of what makes it fun

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Locals learn grafting & cutting at community orchard workshop
April 6, 2023 CARING | COMMUNITY | Community Orchard | Education | Friends of the Farm | Workshops

What a beautiful afternoon we enjoyed, an enthusiastic group, gathered under the shade of the feijoa trees.

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Our 3rd Repair Café – locals helping locals
April 2, 2023 CARING | COMMUNITY | EVENTS | Friends of the Farm | Māngere Bridge Library | WASTEWISE

Another successful day with locals helping locals keep items from the landfill by repairing them. Genius

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Moth Plant Pod Competition 2023
February 27, 2023 CARING | COMMUNITY | Pest Control

Help your community and te taiao and win up to $500 in prize money!
Registrations open 9 March 2023 and close midnight 6 April 2023.

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Repair Café Nov ’22 – 68 Items Saved from Landfill
December 13, 2022 CARING | COMMUNITY | Education | Friends of the Farm | Māngere Bridge Library | Our People | WASTEWISE

Our Repair Cafes are proving popular as locals thronged to have items repaired at the Māngere Bridge Library. 91 items were examined and 68 were saved from landfill.

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