Newsletter Issue 4 – September 2022

Newsletter Issue 4 – September 2022

Welcome to our fourth issue of It’s All About Māngere Bridge, our Friends of the Farm community newsletter.

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Below you will find a list of our online versions of the articles from this issue. Enjoy!

Newsletter Issue 4 (Sep 2022) Article List

Māngere Bridge: a sanctuary for shorebirds

Māngere Bridge is located on the shores of the aptly named Manukau Harbour. In te reo Māori, ‘Manukau’ translates to ‘settling birds’. With its shallow tidal flats, the harbour is […]

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. […]

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’

Spring planting tips from Whenua Warrior

Kelly from Whenua Warrior says, “It’s time to prepare your garden beds for spring planting!”

Recycling Right – an update

Friends of the Farm has recently upgraded the recycling station at Māngere Bridge Library.

Māngere Bridge Village Update

New park benches, a permanently installed ‘Whale Tail’ sculpture, and a CCTV upgrade are three of the latest projects completed in the Māngere Bridge Village

Latest News

  • 2024 Winter Repair Café – Records Broken

    2024 Winter Repair Café – Records Broken

    We wondered, why do skilled locals volunteer their Saturday mornings to diagnose faults and mend household items? Repair Cafes are a worldwide movement, gaining in popularity each year as people try to reduce waste being sent to landfill and repair damaged household items.


  • Māngere Bridge – It’s a Hive of Wastewise Activity! 

    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!


  • Village Lights Festival 2025

    Village Lights Festival 2025

    Two massive light installations transformed Bill and Naomi Kirk Park in Māngere Bridge village into a magical looking place…


  • Tonnes of eWaste Collected at Ecofest – Māngere Bridge eWaste Day 2025

    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…


  • Māngere Bridge Repair Café #9 was so fine!

    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…


  • Kiwi Esplanade and Mangroves- Update for Residents 2025

    Kiwi Esplanade and Mangroves- Update for Residents 2025

    An update for residents on mangrove management in our Māngere Bridge area…


  • Community Orchard Budding Workshop

    Community Orchard Budding Workshop

    This literally takes a bud from a plant that you want to reproduce, and attaches it to a host plant. If you’re successful, it grows a branch of the original bud plant on the host. Amazing!


  • Preserves Workshop

    Preserves Workshop

    We are always looking for ways in which we can bring people together, with a common interest, to learn new skills, and how we can utilise the resources we have, as in knowledge and in this case feijoas.


  • Wash Against Waste

    Wash Against Waste

    Battery and blister pack collections are growing steadily each month as more of our community become aware of the service at the library. Be sure to tell your friends and family…


  • That’s just peachy!

    That’s just peachy!

    What do you do when you have masses of ripe peaches?  Put the word out to see who wants some!  A Heritage peach tree in Mangere Bridge had a bumper crop this year so the tree owner asked who wanted some.


  • 2024 Volunteer Celebration and Thank You

    2024 Volunteer Celebration and Thank You

    Over 60 locals gathered recently to celebrate the end of another year of working together to make Mangere Bridge a caring, connected, wastewise community.