SOUPer Emergency Preparedness
Emergency preparedness event at the kura (our civil defence hub)
14 June 2-4pm
Theme SOUP-er PREPARED
Permaculture Your Life As If It Were a Garden
Permaculture Your Life We invite you to spend a day at Doris & Bob’s, experiencing how permaculture can help you design more than just your garden! 10am to 2pm, Saturday 17 May 2025 Doris will share her journey of integrating permaculture ethics and principles into her life’s questions, her diverse home garden and community projects in Paekakariki […]
Paekākāriki Plant and Car Boot Sale – 10 May!
The World-Famous-in-Paekākāriki May School Plant and Car Boot sale is on Saturday 10 May from 10am to 1pm. Give your garden an autumn boost ready for next spring and summer. Rosie’s Tea Room will be open for refreshments. This is a combined fundraising event for the school by the Potty Potters plant nursery and the […]
Come Gardening with Potty Potters
Potty Potters is a local voluntary group enabling kids to learn gardening skills at Paekākāriki School. And they need your help!
A recycled garden shed: a dream come true
Maree White shares her story of how a dream came true – building a garden shed out of recycled materials.
Matariki plant-a-thon
Megan Salole on a change of name for Paekākāriki’s Matariki planting project with a useful kōrero around the appropriate use of te ao Māori concepts. Buy a pack, and/or join others in the community at Wai Ata this Friday 24 June at 9am to help restore our natural habitat.
Making Friends with Honey Flower
Julia Wawrzyniak recently opened Honey Flower & Friends in a tiny gallery at the end of the Holtom Building. Her philosophy encompasses nature and organic processes, along with working in a collective.