Tēnā koutou, Malo e lelei, Talofa lava.
Māngere Bridge is a great place to live, surrounded by natural taonga, maunga, harbour, farm, historic places and people. Our website is a tool to help create a caring, connected and wastewise community.
Latest News
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Kiwi Esplanade Mangrove Update from Friends of the Farm
Information on mangrove management in our Māngere Bridge area…
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Māngere Bridge eWaste Day 2024
Nearly five and a half tonnes of e-waste was collected on Sat 6 April at Friends of the Farm’s latest recycling initiative…
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Fixing to fix, repair with care – Māngere Bridge Repair Café
Bikes, lamps, clothing, pillowcases, books, soft toys, heaters, timers, scissors, knives, loppers, tablets and fans were among the items brought back to life at our Repair Café.
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From MOMA New York to Māngere Bridge
At our recent Friends of the Farm hosted Sewing Bee, we were amused to see how most of us brought along the the same sewing machine. And we learnt a bit of history about that machine…
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Making it a budget friendly Christmas and holiday season
Friends of the Farm have put on their thinking caps and come up with a few ways to stretch your dollars further and still have a memorable and happy holiday season and reduce waste too!..
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Colgate Products Only Please!
With the help of Library, Friends of the Farm (FOF) work with Colgate to recycle your oral care packaging…
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How do you treat your recycling bin?
Here is a handy video about what you can and cannot put in your recycle bin.
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Keep Cups by Friends of the Farm
Helping change behaviour in our ‘hood, Friends of the Farm now have keep cups with their logo on them.
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The Repair Café Movement Continues
Our 5th Repair Café in Māngere Bridge Library saw pleanty of locals visit with items for repair. The usual foot traffic in the Library was increased by 200 people!
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Repair Cafés do more than fix things!
As well as practical repairs Repair Cafés bring together our local community and here’s a great story about a budding electrician.