Māngere Bridge Craft Group at Māngere Bridge Library
2025-12-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-29 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-12 14:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) and 10 more dates | Māngere Bridge Library, 5/7 Church Road, Māngere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
The Māngere Bridge Craft Group knits and crochets items for personal projects as well as important charities like the Middlemore Foundation.
A colourful pile of 6 blankets and 45 baby hats plus cardigans, knitted slippers, adult sized hats, knitted toys, and some tiny hats and booties for premature babies. Over 10o items in one recent workshop!!
The group meets weekly every Thursday from 2:00-4:pm and monthly every third Saturday from 2:00-3:45 pm, in the Māngere Bridge Library.
All are welcome to join in.
People can knit or crochet their own projects or produce items for local charities.
Donations of wool or cotton yarn are most welcome and can be dropped off anytime at the Māngere Bridge Library.

Māngere Bridge Community Orchard Working Bee
2026-01-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Friends of the Farm Community Orchard, behind 84 Wallace Rd, Mangere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
Interested in joining a keen local bunch of gardening enthusiasts? Come and join Friends of the Farm’s next orchard working bee on the first Saturday of every month from 2-4pm.
This forms part of our plan towards helping Māngere Bridge to become more food resilient; feeding our community well into the future from plants which have proven over time to grow well in our place. The reduction in waste from packaging and carbon emissions from air miles, when you just have to walk down the road for a feed, is an added bonus!
Good company plus home-made baked goodies and tea/coffee will be your reward. Look out for the Friends of the Farm flag on the side of the road near 82 Wallace Rd, Mangere Bridge

Summer Fun Day at the Māngere Memorial Hall
2026-01-08 09:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-09 09:00 - 14:00 | Māngere Memorial Hall, 23 Domain Road, Māngere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
Summer Fun Day in Māngere Bridge at the Māngere Memorial Hall. Family friendly event with DJ music, bouncy castles, face painting and a variety of food and beverage vendors.
Brought to you by milkncookies.co.nz

PUMPKIN GROWING COMPETITION and Harvest Swap: Sat. 21st Feb 10am - 12pm
2026-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Ambury Regional Park, 43 Ambury Road, Māngere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
GIANT PUMPKIN GROWING COMPETITION
WHO HAS THE BIGGEST?
Saturday 21st February 2026, 10 – 12 at Ambury Farm.
Competitors please bring your pumpkin for weigh in between 9-10
Winner will be announced at 11am.
Not only will there be big pumpkins, we are also hosting a harvest swap – for all those keen gardeners in our community that may have an abundance of food from the maara to share.
Come along to guess the weight, pot yourself some seedlings or seeds and to vote for the biggest, ugliest, cutest, weirdest and best carved pumpkin.

Community Orchard t-Budding Workshop - Sat 28th Feb, 2-4pm
2026-02-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Friends of the Farm Community Orchard, behind 84 Wallace Rd, Mangere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
As part of Friends of the Farm’s long-term plan to replicate prolific fruiting trees in our area, we’re running a new workshop to discover a different way of propagating new plants from old.
Bring with you a cutting or two from the peach, plum or apricot tree that has been giving you fruit for years in Māngere Bridge.
Richard will teach us how to take just a bud from that twig and attach it to an existing plant. Over the next couple of years, you can watch your fruit grow from a different tree.
Sound interesting? Come along and join us for this free workshop.
Afternoon tea and home baked goodies will be available at the end to celebrate a successful session.
The orchard is located behind 82 Wallace Road, Mangere Bridge. Look for the FoF flag

Sewing Bee at Ambury Barn - Sat 14th Mar 2026, 2-4pm
2026-03-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Ambury Regional Park, 43 Ambury Road, Māngere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
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 the barn at Ambury Farm.
We might be making more of our popular fabric gift bags!
There is every chance we will also be making veggie bags (fabric provided) to top up our Tote All Recall bag bins in the library and at St Vincent’s shop in Māngere Bridge to encourage people to take reusable bags when shopping and reduce the waste from single-use plastic or paper bags.
We’ll have at least one spare machine if you’d like to do some of your own sewing or would like to learn how to use a machine.
We’re friendly and welcoming, and will provide tea, coffee and home-made baking.

Māngere Bridge Repair Café: Saturday 21st March 10am-1pm
2026-03-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Māngere Bridge Library, 5/7 Church Road, Māngere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
Friends of the Farm bring you the Māngere Bridge Repair Café 21st March 2026 – our 12th!
Do you have any small items that need fixing? Bring them along.
Repair Cafés are free events where local people bring in damaged or broken items and volunteers repair them. This reduces waste, saves money, and raises community awareness about waste.
We’ll have skilled volunteers on hand to sew ripped clothes, mend damaged books, and fix small household electrical and wooden items.
Enjoy a cuppa while you wait. Koha/donation appreciated.
We are part of the Repair Café Aotearoa New Zealand (RCANZ) , aiming to foster a culture of repair in New Zealand.

Here are some pictures from our previous Repair Café

Click here to read about our last Repair Café.

E-Waste Drop off Event, Mangere Bridge Sat. 28th March
2026-03-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Ambury Park Centre, 66 Wellesley Road, Mangere Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand
Drop off your unwanted electronic products during this drive-thru event!
Thanks to the support of Friends of the Farm, this event is FREE (koha appreciated ) to drop off all electronics!
Staff from our event partner EchoTech will unload everything for your convenience www.echotech.co.nz
*Collection may be arranged for elderly and disabled living in postcode 2022. Please email friends@fof.nz with items to be collected and address.

ITEMS ACCEPTED:

Computers & Laptops
Toner Cartridges
Keyboards
IP & Landline Phones
Microwaves / Ovens
Vacuums
Kettles
AV Equipment & Stereos
Digital Cameras
Household Batteries
Batteries
Tablets & Small Devices
Mobile Phones
Oil Heaters
Printers & Photocopiers
Scannners / Fax Machines
LCD & Plasma TVs
Washing Machine & Dryers
Dishwashers
Fridges & Freezers,
Heatpumps
Power boards & Multiplugs
Servers & Switches
Routers & Modems
HDDS & USB Drives
Wiring & Cabling

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:

CRTTVs & CRT Monitors, vapes, CDs & DVDs, Floppy Discs, LED & Household Lightbulbs, LPG Gas Bottles, Electric blankets and other hazardous waste e.g. paint, garden waste or general furniture
e.g. TV cabinets, medical devices or glass.

Venue

Ambury Park Centre

66 Wellesley Road, Mangere Bridge
Auckland, New Zealand

Waterlea Park Discussion Friday 24 April, 3.15 - 4.15pm & Sat 25 April 10 - 11am
2026-04-24 15:15 - 16:15 | Waterlea Park, Māngere Bridge, 28R House Avenue, Māngere Bridge, Auckland, 2022, New Zealand
Kia ora Waterlea Park neighbours!
Friends of the Farm are supporting our community to care for Waterlea Park through a community-led native planting project. We’re keen to talk with park neighbours to find out more about how people use the park, what ideas you have, and who would like to be involved.
We’ll be down at the park on Friday 24 April, 3.15 – 4.15pm and Sat 25 April 10 – 11am to chat with neighbours about the project- please pop down to say hello and share your ideas!
Jan and Justine
Supported by Friends of the Farm
