Category: COMMUNITY
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Perfect Weather for our Aug Orchard Working Bee
Another lovely day in early August saw around 12 hardy souls enjoying the sunshine and braving the chilly breeze to complete a number of jobs that have been on the waiting list for a while…
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Great Turnout for our June Orchard Working Bee
The sun was shining, it was not raining (for a change) and there was no wind! Perfect weather for a working bee!…
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The 3 R’s on show at our 10th Repair Café
Repair Cafes are all about recycling, repairing and reducing waste with 53 fewer items headed to landfill…
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Moonlight Family Fun – our 2025 Matariki Lantern Walk
Friends of the Farm hosted another very successful lantern walk at Ambury Farm to celebrate Matariki. It was a huge turnout – our counters clicked nearly 300 people!
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Māngere Bridge Recycling – blister packs, batteries, and more!
Tucked inside the door of the Māngere Bridge Library is a compact recycling hub that visitors use well…
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6500+ more plants at Ambury Regional Park, Māngere Bridge
Hundreds of people of all ages turned up at Ambury Farm Park to plant 6500 native trees and grasses during the 3 weekend planting events.
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Māngere Bridge Craft Group
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. 102 items in total for an excellent cause.
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Māngere Bridge – It’s a Hive of Wastewise Activity!
Friends of the Farm members have been busy bees this month, buzzing around, running 3 different working bees. An orchard working bee, a mangrove working bee and a sewing bee!
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Tonnes of eWaste Collected at Ecofest – Māngere Bridge eWaste Day 2025
Over six tonnes of e-waste was collected at our very own Ecofest eWaste recycling day…
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Māngere Bridge Repair Café #9 was so fine!
A jacket turned into a sleeveless vest, a 13 year old favourite suitcase repaired, a 65-year-old Kenwood mixer running again and more at our 9th Repair Café…