News and Events

Māngere Bridge Repair Café: Saturday 21st March 10am-1pm

Friends of the Farm bring you the Māngere Bridge Repair Café 21st March 2026 – our 12th!

Save the dates!  Lots of Wastewise events coming up! 

Orchard Working Bee, Giant Pumpkin Competition, Sewing Bee, Repair Cafe and e-Waste Collection…it’s all on!

Māngere Bridge Community Orchard

2026 Begins at Māngere Bridge Community Orchard Working Bee

Friends of the Farm Frequent Facilitator Caroline was delighted with our first Community Orchard working bee of the year. Let’s hear her recollection…

SEWING

Sewing Bee at Ambury Barn – Sat 14th Mar 2026, 2-4pm

If you’re skilled with a needle or want to learn to sew and would like to join some like-minded buddies, come along to Friends of the Farm‘s next sewing bee in …

E-Waste Drop off Event, Mangere Bridge Sat. 28th March

This is a chance for residents to divert unwanted electronic items so they don’t end up in our landfills.

Two Years of Crafty Work – and Counting

The Māngere Bridge Library Craft Group has been meeting for two years now and continues to grow and develop.  Locals come along to knit, crochet,  embroider, do felt work, macrame …

Summer at the Māngere Bridge Community Orchard Working Bee

It was so encouraging, despite the forecast 27C heat, to see nearly 15 people working hard to create a place that will shade us and feed us in the future…

Sew Good!

It was a lively day at Ambury Farm’s for the Friends of the Farm Sewing Bee for November, filled with the rhythmic hum of sewing machines and the cheerful buzz …