The Evergreen Foundation

13/03/2026

It's the annual Maraekakaho Country Market Day today! 10am - 3pm. Pop over and check out the rides, stalls & events. A great community day for everyone!

🌱🔥 SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT: Evergreen Foundation 🔥🌱

Maraekākaho Country Market Day simply wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of organisations that believe in strengthening rural communities - and we’d like to give a big thank you to The Evergreen Foundation for getting behind this year’s event.

The Evergreen Foundation is a generous supporter of Market Day, helping us continue raising vital funds for Maraekākaho School and Gumboots Early Childhood Centre. Their support is a great example of their focus on education and community support in action.

You’ll see Evergreen’s ethos in action on the day too. Their fancy barbecue trailer will be firing up the grill for the ever-popular lamb buns (a Market Day favourite for very good reason 🔥🥖). They’ll also have their tent set up over the cake and book stall, helping keep those classic country Market Day traditions alive.

The Evergreen Foundation proudly carries the message of “Growing Good in Our Community” — a sentiment that fits perfectly with what Market Day is all about.

We’re incredibly grateful for their ongoing support and partnership in helping make this day possible. 🌱

05/03/2026

Such a great community day 🏏🏆

05/03/2026

Such a great community day 🏏🏆

01/03/2026

Evergreen is a proud supporter of the Heretaunga Women's Centre thanks to the generous support of the Anne-Marie O'Sullivan Foundation.
Don't miss the chance to attend the inspiring event HWC is hosting to celebrate International Women's Day this Friday 6 March

https://events.humanitix.com/hwc-international-women-s-day-2026

Last chance to secure your spot at our International Women's Day panel discussion and breakfast this Friday 6th March at 7am, there are just a handful of tickets left! We can't wait to hear the discussion with our panelists that we are sure will spark meaningful conversations with our audience.

25/02/2026

We're a very proud supporter of this amazing organisation connecting with so many rural communities.
Pourerere at 4pm today sounds like the place to be!
Keep up the great work Surfing For Farmers CHB 🏄🏽🧑🏼‍🌾

Surfing today at Pourerere 4pm

Come out we have plenty of spot prizes to give away thanks to BlackHawk pet food, Waipawa butchery and Latitude

Make the most of the last few days of summer and get off farm for the arvo

23/12/2025

Wishing you all a wonderful festive season and summertime with family & friends.

Huge thanks to our donors, supporters, funding partners, volunteer groups, local schools and rural communities - your commitment to our community means the world to us.

Merry Christmas from the Evergreen team🌲🎅🏽

22/12/2025

Picnic tables for summer - in kids size too!
And you'll be supporting the amazing Building Futures trainees.

22/12/2025

Last minute shopping idea!
Evergreens new hardcover book ' People Helping People' with incredible stories of our community coming together during the Cyclone recovery.

Lots of locals featured, great photos taken by local photographers including Rich Brimer, and so many inspiring stories.

🌲Books are $25 at Wardini Books - Havelock North & Napier stores. ( big thanks Wardinis!)

🌲All proceeds go to Evergreen.

Happy Christmas🎅🏽

08/12/2025

The wonderful Lou & team at Wardini Books are kindly stocking Evergreens recently published hardcover book 'People Helping People - the story of The Evergreen Foundation's Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Fund'.

With pics by Richard Brimer and other local photographers, the book captures images and some of the many stories of our Hawke's Bay people, communities and volunteers who have come together in our regions time of great need.

⭐️Books are $25 with proceeds going back to Evergreen.

⭐️Available at both the Wardinis Havelock North & Napier stores.

Pop in and take a look at it and all the other great treats Wardinis has in store! 🌲📚

06/11/2025

🌿 People Helping People book launch 🌿

A beautiful Hawke’s Bay day - and as the afternoon sun shone down - we gathered last night to celebrate the launch of People Helping People, a commemorative book marking 1000 days since Cyclone Gabrielle.

Written by Jessica O’Sullivan, with stunning photography by Richard Brimer and others, the 119-page hardcover captures powerful stories of resilience, generosity, and community spirit. It celebrates the incredible volunteers, donors, and supporters who have helped restore lives and livelihoods across Hawke’s Bay.

📖 'People Helping People' will be available from Friday 7 November at Wardini Books (Havelock North and Napier, in-store and online) for $25.
All proceeds go directly to The Evergreen Foundation.

12/10/2025

Congratulations and thanks to John, Michelle & the O'Sullivan family for being such wonderful supporters of local young people & their families through the Evergreen Foundation Scholarships; and to Lindisfarne College for the great partnership.

31/07/2025

It's great to see these Building Futures trainees gain their OSH Forklift Operator Certificates - another great skill to offer employers. Congratulations team!

Big thanks to Pub Charity Limited for helping us to fund one of these forklifts for Building Futures so they have training opportunities like this at their fingertips!

Last week our team completed their OSH Forklift Operator certificates. Now they have the basic training, they have the opportunity to practice, practice, practice and master the skill.