Category: Friends of the Farm
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Locals learn grafting & cutting at community orchard workshop
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
Another successful day with locals helping locals keep items from the landfill by repairing them. Genius
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Repair Café Nov ’22 – 68 Items Saved from Landfill
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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Friends of the Farm turns 10!
Ten years of making a difference in Māngere Bridge, a reflection on achievements and looking ahead.
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Ambury wins Outstanding Park Award
We always knew Ambury Regional Park was outstanding. Now it’s official!
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Māngere Pony Club Show Cross Event
Riders from all over the Auckland region converged on the club with floats, horses and supporters for a big day out – all wonderfully Wastewise.
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World Clean Up Day 2022 at Māngere Bridge
World Clean Up Day was celebrated in Māngere Bridge with a “pop up clean up” organised by Friends of the Farm
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Our People – Maioha Walker
Kia ora, I’m Maioha. I’m a local resident and student volunteer for the Māngere Te Ara-rata Stream Team. My dad, Clint, also volunteers and serves on the Stream Team committee. In May 2022, we did the Poor Knights Dive Experience in Tutukaka, 30 minutes from Whangārei. “[The dive experience] opened my eyes to the need…
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Local website a new way to stay in the know
Friends of the Farm have developed a website called ‘It’s all about Māngere Bridge’
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Recycling Right – an update
Friends of the Farm has recently upgraded the recycling station at Māngere Bridge Library.