Colin

Colin

I'm Colin the horse. I live with my pal Conner at Ambury Farm Park. We have a great time with all the folks that visit the park along with our best friend Ranger Janine who makes sure we are both healthy and happy. Come say hello some time. I bet you didn't know horses could write web articles!!

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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“Anything with a Plug” – Computer Recycling
May 19, 2023 Business in Māngere Bridge | CARING | Education | Friends of the Farm | Recycling | WASTEWISE

Friends of the Farm visits this innovative business making great strides in e-waste recycling. FoF scribe Robyn summarises…

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Food Scraps Collection in Video
April 26, 2023 CARING | Food Scraps Collection | WASTEWISE

Check out videos explaining the Food Scraps program – created by Auckland Council

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One of the largest food scraps collections roll-outs in Australasia begins
April 26, 2023 CARING | Food Scraps Collection | Friends of the Farm | WASTEWISE

Auckland Council’s food scraps collection service is about to roll out to about 500,000 households over the coming months

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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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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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