News and Events

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!…

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…

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!

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.

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…

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 …

Village Lights Festival 2025

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

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…